Bit's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ricks Minecraft Tales]

Good

Minecraft has been getting quite a bit of attention lately. There are parodies all over the Internet. The popularity of something on the Internet is proportional to the number of jokes made about it, I suppose.

The graphic quality is good, but it's simply not smooth. It looks good in a few places, but the animation is overly jumpy and detracts from the animation. The roughness of the animation is nearly made up for by the good quality of the frames that are actually there and the facial expressions of the characters.

The facial expressions of the characters and the way the creepers move adds to the silly theme of the animation itself. The creepers swing along as if to say "Don't mind me. Just creeping around.", but the protagonist is rightfully confused by their odd appearance.

That being said, Minecraft jokes related to creepers are a common theme in Minecraft parodies. They're done much too often. The parts with the lava and the chicken were original, though, and show that this flash is about more than creepers exploding and causing havoc.

The ending with the chicken is the best part of the animation. It's unexpected and not entirely logical, but it's just what was needed to end the animation.

Overall good animation and very good considering only eight hours of production time.

RickkMurray responds:

wow thanks for the long review. I do agree on you with the creeper jokes and I have noticed everyone dose them. There was another skit I wanted to do but by then this was on newgrounds. lol again thanks for the review
RIP Chicken

[JomBOX]

Not Bad

Not bad for a stick animation. Probably one of the most original stick animations on Newgrounds, considering there weren't any instances of shoop-da-whoop or Dragon Ball Z moves.

As with nearly all stick animations, the graphic quality wasn't very good, but the animation was fairly fluid. The fighting sequence was kept interesting by the wide variety of weapons used by the enemies which were commandeered by the protagonist.

The camera shake effect used during some of the fighting along with the camera movement following the protagonist as a whole added to the scene and made the fight sequence more eye-catching and interesting.

Not much can really be said about the story which isn't in-depth by any means. What could set this more apart from other stick animations would be voice acting. Many stick animations lack voice acting and, although coordinating voice actors may be a bit of trouble, it would make the overall experience more interesting. Just an idea for future animations.

[Wonders of the Universe 1]

Well Done

The animation was smooth and uniform, all camera movements were fluid and interesting, and the jokes were good. The "old film" style of the introduction was a nice touch. The cast of characters is already looking to be interesting. The voice acting was done well and no voices seemed to be "off", as at least one voice in most complex animations has a tendency to be. The protagonist even looks a bit like Gordon Freeman.

Toonwerks responds:

We wanted him to look like kind of a dork :P

[IAMW, Charlie Brown]

Great

It's well animated and has a good plot. The scene where the strange creatures and the eye appear are a huge twist in both the apparent atmosphere of the flash as well as a temporary change in art style which serves to foreshadow that something is wrong with Charlie Brown. Good use of animation style change to signal a disturbance in the apparently serene world this takes place in.

NEXTVIEW-Designs responds:

Thanks, the climax doesn't occur until the very end so I put that scene in there early to pique the interest of the audience. Glad to learn the foreshadowing was effective.

[I Can't Draw]

Good

Good for such a short animation. It's quick and to the point, the animation is good, and it's funny. Many Newgrounds users seem to have the same problem as the protagonist.

That being said, this is well above the quality of most users' first submissions. I hope that you continue to improve and submit more work in the future.

SkoopleFloop responds:

You've figured out the joke ;P

[Warriors of the Portal]

Amazing

I've never seen such a complex 3D animation submission in the portal.

The story is good, the fights are interesting, and the twist at the end is shocking. It must have taken a lot of effort just to model out the characters let alone animate them. This will certainly go down as one of the best Newgrounds flashes of all time.

[Game Over - Part 1]

Not Bad

The sound quality wasn't very good, but the animation was good.

[The Birthday Skeleton]

Good

Short, but good. It's an interesting idea for a flash and was well executed.

[Cute Explosion]

Great

The music, animation, and moral were all good.