MistyE's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[[CD10] Colin on Clock Day]

Easily the best submission on NG. Fav'd and 5'd.

Punisher responds:

True story.

[SMB GT TGA Intro]

The graphics, of course, were sprites, so I'll move on to the animation category. They moved fluently, and the shots were all well planned out and timed to the soundtrack. The camerawork was also pretty nice as it allows the viewer to fully experience this intro.

The shots you included were also good, and had a lot of variety. Some suggested heroism, others suggested adventure, and finally, suspense-filled action.

I must say, the intro alone has better animation than 80% of the sprite movies I've seen. I'm looking forward to your series. Also, one last thing: do you intend to put this at the beginning of every episode, seeing as it's 12.3 MB? If you do, I'd suggest abridging it or asking the NG staff for access to the new video player if you have a gigantic episode that's over 20 MB.

Hope this helped! 4.5/5

[Strawberry Clock V]

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GOOD

Definitely a classic, distinguished by the animation style. A favorite part of mine was the voice acting for the nerd, it was both funny and fitting. The cutouts of Tom and Wade were also fitting to the style of the animation.

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BAD

The cutouts can be mildly annoying, but I guess that's the style of the flash, so I can't deduct anything for that.

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OVERALL

Easily a classic.

[Elian, Reno, Castro]

The gradients are waaaay overused. The traced bitmaps used for heads also add to the cheapness of the graphics. Squares for arms can also contribute to that factor. though, it was okay for a parody and it's a classic, so i guess this was okay by 2000's standards.

2.5/5

[garfrield da cat 5]

this
is
beautiful!

[The Average 7th Grader 1]

Great animation. Same here at my school. The only difference is, it's not a 7th grader doing it - it's my math teacher. He does exactly this

InkClod responds:

Haha, shitty xD

[The Squirrel King]

I realize this submission was made a couple years ago, but I'm still going to judge it in every aspect as I would if this made now. Granted, it holds some level of quality considering the programs you made it with, but I personally don't find it "Newgrounds-worthy."

Though, I must compliment you on your title screen; it looks decent, and to a viewer who doesn't feel like reading your long description, misleading.

The guy looks quite awkward; most notably, his arm, head shape and the curve of his body. Of course, having been forced to do it with MS Paint by your unqualified technology teacher, may have impacted the brush smoothness inconsistencies. Though one thing that I'm still wondering about is his lack of an eye. That was probably the most awkward part.

The squirrel was somewhat passable in terms of art, though. He still has some flaws, but it's still fairly decent for what it is and what it was done in.

I realize this is a class project, but I'm still going to say this: for a cartoon as short as this, there has to be a decent punchline. Your typical "abrupt ending" or "stupid joke" probably would've worked better than a generic "King rules, guy disobeys and gets shot" sort of thing.

The type of humor present in most of your submissions is the kind of humor that only works well in a situation, but when tried to be molded into a short, to-the-point punchline, would fail, so a really good joke would be needed for something as short as this.

Those last paragraphs were not so much a complaint of this project rather than a suggestion for future videos you intend to be shorts.

2/5

artistunknown responds:

Well, I'm glad you recognised that a lot of it had to be limited. I'll admit, it could have been better looking, I'm guessing the whole "no eye" thing is in the beginning. Is a lot of the stuff going through the portal newgrounds worthy? Most of it yeah, but this is still better than a lot of the things that aren't...
I might have been better on the art, maybe making the image size bigger, but at the time, I hadn't payed attention to what size the image was, and it was to late to turn back. Some of the art could have been improved, but thanks for the compliment on the squirrel anyways.
Yeah, the lack of humor in this is probably what's going to kill it. A lot of other shorts I've written have better jokes (or just have jokes for that matter) of course those shorts only exist as scripts and have never been animated.
Anyways, thanks for the review, and thanks for the suggestions, not sure how I can put them into use, maybe when deciding on the punch line for a short, haven't made to many shorts though... It will come eventually though.
Again, thanks for the review.