Viridis's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[TLC - Episode 9]

Ok,,,

To be honest this wasnt great, but maybe i felt that way because i havent watched the whole series so sorry if im a bit unfair on it, i though the humor and the characters were a little weak, i dont think i laughed once throughout it, it seemed a bit forced to me.

The graphics were ok, some things seemed to be drawn well while otheres seemed to be drawn terribly so id advise you to work on your consistency. The backrounds and characters were alright i suppose, the thing needs shading as well to make it look better. The animation was alright i guess, some of the lip synching looked kinda weird though, but overall it was ok.

The sound was probably the best part of the entire thing, the voice acting was pretty good and it was clear as well so that was good. Now i cant be too harsh on this as the whole series seems to be a success but im sorry if i dont have the time to go back and watch all of them. But i suppose it was ok overall.

Graphics - 6
Animation - 6
Sound - 7

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[Office Christmas Party]

Wicked

For some reason i really liked this, it made me laugh quite a bit, i loved the way how she had no input in the conversation at all while he just went on and on, about him jumpin out the window lol.
Very cool dude.

Graphically it wasnt spectacular, but that didnt bother me as the character had real personality, the figures were ok, maybe add some more detail, the backrounds were ok too, more detail again. Simple figures and backrounds but still effective so it doesnt matter. The animation was pretty scarce but it didnt need much, i liked how you put the table in the front to avoid using a walking animation, im seeing this more and more nowadays.

The sound was good, very cool voice acting, very clear and easy to understand, did you do the acting yourself? Maybe you might of wanted to add some quiet christmas music in the backround to give it more atmosphere. ^_^

Overall though it was a really cool flash, id love to see more and review more like this so keep coming back and asking!!

Graphics - 7
Animtion - 7
Sound - 8

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JacobMichaelCampbell responds:

Thanks a lot for the input!

Yes, I did do the voice acting. I didn't have a lot of time to get this into the christmas contest, so yes, I did put the table in front to avoid walking animation :P

[ShortShakespeare- Othello]

Pretty Good!

Ridiculously short but sums up Othello very well, i had to study this at school so i got a bit of a laugh out of this. Pretty good flash, i like how you sort of adapted the style for modern times, but maybe they should of used modern suicide methods :D

Graphically this was pretty cool, the people were drawn simply but effectively and the backrounds were alright, maybe add a bit more detail in some parts and you could make this better. The rough finish on the charaters was acceptable as well. The animation was pretty smooth throughout, i noticed u avoided showing peoples legs, to prevent the walking animation im guessing. ^_^
Pretty good graphics amd animation though.

The sound was alright, could be alot better though, the backround music was simple and classical and fit the flash pretty well overall. And i know you've heard this from about everyone but the voice acting needs work, dont put your mouth so close to the mic and you wont get that awful crackling noise when theres loud parts ^_^

Overall it was a pretty good short flash, sums up the story of Othello nicely and good style, music and animation. Maybe try this with some more of Shakespeares plays. Like Romeo and Juliet. ^_^

Graphics - 7
Animation - 7
Sound - 7

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Timsplosion responds:

Yeh, thanks for the comments. This is actually the fourth one of these I've done.

I've done Macbeth, Romeo & Juliet, The Tempest, and Julius Caeser, I've already started putting Hamlet and King Lear together.

[Toon Link VS Ganondorf]

Very Cool!

This was pretty cool, i liked the idea behind it and maybe if you made a longer one you could make this better. Maybe with a bit of a story. But the whole idea of link fighting Ganondorf never gets old so make more! ^_^

Graphically it was cool, sprites nearly always look good so theres not many ways you can go wrong with sprtie flashes, there was one thing that bothered me though, the sprute for Toon Link didnt really fit in well with the sprite for Ganondorf and Zelda, So maybe a different sprite for link. Also where did you get the sprites cause they rock! The backround was nice as well, good and simple. Smooth animation throughout the whole thing was good but Link seemed a bit too athletic for my liking >:(

The sound was very good, nice choice of Zelda music, fit really well with the battle scene, I liked it, you really should of put some voices in it, if not speaking then some shouts and grunts from Link and Ganondorf, but otherwise good audio.

Overall it was a cool sprite flash, just needs some more depth and some audio maybe, But i liked it. Im not a fan of sprite flashes unless theyre good and i thought this was was really cool. Looking forward to seeing more stuff from you! ^_^

Graphics - 8
Animation - 7
Sound - 8

~Shadow-1409~

[Présentation de La France]

A Beauuuuutiful Flash!

This is a very weird flash, describing France in the form of a weird French figure. It was a good flash in connection to what it was about though. I dont know if it was meant to be funny but i found it lol worthy. ^_^

The graphics were nice, clean and well coloured, not much i can say about that really. I noticed the figures had a slight blurriness about them though. It could of just been my moniter. The animation was smooth, not very much of it though, some more facial movement and perhaps some lip synching would of made this alot better.

Sound was pretty good, the French national anthem is a nice one :) I'd recommend you get a better microphone as yours wasnt of the best quality, a good bit of static. Apart from that the voice acting was done very well, but work on your French accent as it sounded a little forced, even though your from Belgium! ;P

Overall a nice little flash, and very cool for your first submission, im hoping to see more from you, also your better off animating in flash as the file size will be smaller, i think its the conversion which caused the blurriness. ^_^

Graphics - 8
Animation - 7
Sound - 7

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Hashnoerej responds:

Thank you very much, that was pretty helpful.

I'm pretty sure though that the bad sound quality wasn't caused by my microphone but that it's because of the conversion. Though when listening to the original wmv and avi files, there's a bit of cracking in there too. However, usually my microphone does record sound quite reasonably, so I'll see what I can do about that. And did my accent really sound that forced? I was also trying to make my voice a bit more heavy and raspy so that might be it too.
Yes, when it comes to animation it's not the best thing ever, seeing as I made it in an afternoon and just for a school assignment (and well yeah my teacher'd be impressed at anything, lol). I just made one that had even less animation for school last week, but everyone liked it.
But I'm not sure if I could learn to work in Flash. I love Moho, which is what I'm working in, and it does have this 'export to swf' function, except it does not render in images, and it seems to forget sound as well. I also usually export in individual scenes for longer movies which makes it easier for me to edit them in other programs (that only work with avis or wmvs, alas)

But thank you very much for this review, very helpful.

[Freddy]

Pretty Cool!

This was a pretty cool flash and the story intrigued me, who were they murdering and why? You could get out of the whole executed thing by making a prequel to this, I think it would fit well and i'd like to see one. :)

The graphics were nice, nicely drawn characters with good detail, Pretty cool art style as well. What was up with the monkey though? The animation was pretty fluid throughout the whole thing. Nicely done. The lip synching was very good. It seemed all in time. I hate it when the sound doesnt fit with the mouth movements so well done. ^_^

Audio was good, The voice acting was cool and sounded good, also it was very clear which is good. The music was good, Linkin park and what was the emo band called? Good lip synching for the music scene as well.

There were a few bad things about this flash. First problem was the stroyline, gives no backround information which leaves the viewer slightly lost to whats going on. Secondly was the music scene. It was cool but far far too long, Shorten it because it seems its put in there as a filler to make the flash longer.

Overall it was good, i found the funniest bit was where the monkey went black and claimed he went emo. When in doubt, go emo!! But this was a relatively funny flash and i liked it. Looking forward to seeing more of your work. ^_^

Graphics - 8
Animation - 8
Audio - 8

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ShortMonkey responds:

Thanks for the review. I should've filled in a bit more in the story and the emo band was Good Charlotte.

[Tributes of Life]

Emotional.

I liked this flash, it seemed sad at first but ended happily and lovingly, Its not bad for your first submission and once you work on certain aspects of your flash making, your movies will be much better. I liked this though and you captured the emotional aspect of the piece extremely well.

Graphically it was ok, for a first flashthe graphics were good, and i suggest just drawing things in flash to get better with your artistic skills. The colouring in the flash was amazing, its not the fact that you used greyscale (used to great effect) but its the dashes of colour you put in, the circles on the calender, and the colour of the flower. These really made the simple style of the piece stand out alot.
The animation wasnt bad, but once again maybe practice on short flashes that you dont submit, just to enhance your skills. Because in this the animation was a bit stiff.

The sound was good, a nice slow melody helped capture the emotional tension throughout it, and the lack of sound effects is something i only noticed once the movie was over, which means you didnt need to have them as the backing audio does it all.

Overall i liked this, however i had to watch the flash twice to catch what was written on the note hat his girlfriend left him, as it moves across the screen too fast. This is a very good flash despite the simple style and still animation, because the back story and emotion in it are so good and are captured so well. Very Good.

Graphics - 6
Animation - 6
Sound - 8

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Clinpachi responds:

i'm glad you rated the sound so high... i put most effort into that... and those are very fair scores otherwise... tyvm for the review~!