rvyn's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

["From my Room"]

Amazing

The author's comments, while sounding a little self-praising, is right on the money. The atmosphere and richness of color in this short was perfect. I have not seen purity in film like this other than Pixar's stuff.

[Cube]

cool for what it is...

... as a tech test, this is really cool. would have preferred something more applied, like in XiaoXiao, but works great nonetheless.

[boy]

Meh

It better have taken a long time to do the graphics (which look fabulous), because honestly the animation is quite simple and rough, and once the graphics are done already, would not have taken long to do. I expected something longer...

thistler responds:

well, to tell the truth, the graphics took me about 2 minutes to draw. it was like my second try at flash and at the time i didnt realise what potential flash had for story telling. im making up for all my past animations with my next cartoon though (due in about a month)- (check the ALPHAS soon)

[Princess Mononoke]

no effort whatsoever...

...i know it's not supposed to be an actual movie, then why did it have the file size of one? One, because of the music, the length of which is not needed for something only 3 seconds long. Two, because the simple kodamas in the picture are made of bitmaps or jpegs or something other than Flash graphics. It would have been very simple to trace them as such, and cut down at least 10-20 kb of space.

[Argon Episode1 3D-]

good, but...

...you're right, doesn't really fit into a Flash context. This would have made a much better Quicktime. Otherwise, the part I actually was most impressed with was the way the letters came in in the end credits.

[Unlikely Super Heros 1]

Ehh...

... this could have been so much edgier. the art in itself is cute, but it doesn't work when you're driving for satire. it reminds me of the old computer animated shorts on Sesame Street, when it shouldn't.

Seawana responds:

Hm. I'm not sure I understand why this doesn't work for satire? I don't think it matters what the art is like since anything can be used satirically.

Next time please offer some suggesions of how you might have done things. Everyone could use more ideas ... including me.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

[windows Cement]

extremely crude

sure, we all get that feeling more often than we should be entitled. however, this seems like a very blunt and obtuse way of expressing it. where's the creativity? [sarcasm]oooh, gates is an evil monster who plans to take over the world and enslave us all... never seen THAT before [/sarcasm]. the art was pretty decent though, i like the roughness of it, but not the roughness of the humor.

[Interrogation of Dead Guy]

Jhonnen is right...

If the author of this actually did NOT get the style from Jhonnen Vasquez, then I strongly suggest he/she check it out immediately! It's in tune with Jhonnen's "happy noodle boy" art style, and even the deadpan violence and random humor is right up the alley.

My own animation was somewhat inspired by Jhonnen (although I tried to avoid it) as well, at least in the "I Feel Sick" and "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac" vein.

Overall, a simple and amusing animation.

MakoSucks responds:

what is a jhonnen?

[No Remorse]

Dead on-animation

The animation is one of the most realistic I've seen ever done on Flash, and the full-motion stuff looks a lot like the stuff of Ralph Bakshi (Wizards, American Pop), which gives it a very rough yet fluid look.
Storywise, it really isn't something I haven't seen before, I'd say this is a more visceral version of Pearl Jam's Jeremy video with Freak on a Leash thrown in (both concept and audio).

[Enlightenment]

One can't blame a man's thoughts...

...and for having the guts to lay his cards out on the table. Must admit, not the most exciting, efficient, nor the least obtuse way of expressing things that trouble someone inside, and on a technical note most of the file size is made up by the Rob D music, good soundtrack music that is driving but not in-your-face, however doesn't work as well when the visuals don't stand themselves out. but nonetheless, this is an honest man's views of the world, and another way of seeing things is always a good way.