n0ir's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Endor Vengeance Unleashed]

++Sweet jesus++

Brilliant.

graphics:
Well, i dont' think this was meant to be the prettiest film. It would've actually been less humorous if it had more fluid graphics and animation.

sound:
the repetative 'matrix' music could have been something else, but the battle sounds and the epic soundtrack from spr almost made me cry. :'(

humor:
holy fuck, i haven't laughed so hard in a long time. The baby with the machinegun in the carriage was fucking wonderful!

overall, great job guys. i don't care how low this scores i will fifen it. Please make a sequal, but take your time on it. It wasn't a visual achievement, but it was fucking funny and if it makes me smile as much as it did then it deserves a high score.

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5/5

Onic responds:

Wow, such a long review, thanks.
I'm glad that you liked the flash that I put together here. And I am making a sequal as we speak, I am putting more time into this one so It will be alot more visualy stunning than this one.
On this one I wanted to keep the graphics mild as too not take away from the humor in the flash, and I think it worked out pretty well. I originaly made this as a joke and showed people and they loved it so I made it into a full flash, and I had to use the SPR SoundFX, they top it off.
Once again thanks for the review and have a great day.

["!Counter Strike!" (gka)]

++CS!++

Graphics:
Very nice, you gave the environments a sly cell shaded 3d effect by not using any lines. I thought the part inwhich the [camera] spun around the bullet was nicely done.

Style:
Just like CS! The colors, characters, weapons, and maps were all nicely matched up with the actuals in game.

Sound:
Techno music wasn't the right toon for this de_dust bit. If you go by the bomb sites you here a mellow arab / middle eastern music playing. Try to find something to fit the situation, put aside the dance /trance music. Otherwise, the sound effects were great.

Overall:
Cool job. I don't see enough cs parodies and tributes any more.
btw, If you play source, stop by club and crew on the newgrounds bbs and look for the newgrounds cs source clan. It would be a pleasure to have you join.

4/5

[Half Life:2 - Ragdolls]

++<3HL2++

Graphics:
Even though it was just premade stuff through the HL2 engine, what you did with it was pretty great. The picture quality was also decent for a recording. Did you videotape it, or did you record it off your computer?

Sound:
The rock sound track went great with Doctor Breen (sp?) fucking around on the grass with the gravity gun. Some sound effects might have been nice though. You probably could have voiced it to.

Humor:
I'm guessing you used Gary's mod to do this? I still have to download that myself, looks like loads of fun. The combine humping sequence was hilarious, and so was doctor badass doing the 360 on the ground in his motor car.

Good job. Make more, but try to add a few more little touches.

[Cold Blooded Killer]

++Stylish++

Graphics: I loved the frame by frame. Your characters looked fairly realistic, but you could probably work on adding some more detail, including shadows to the faces and body, if you want to give it a fully realistic effect. Maybe downsize the brush tool a bit so you get a more fine line and can fit more detail. Otherwise, it was animated and drawn nicely.

Sound: The Kill Bill music is a compliment to any film noir styled movie. Nice choice there. The sound effects were top notch. The guns sounded nice and crisp. Maybe work on the voice recording quality though.

Style: The black/ white look was a good decision on your part for this film. The violence is more straight foward and intense when blood red is the color that stands out most. You presented your characters nicely, and the main characters moves were both suave/smooth and stylish.

Story: Well. This one, story wise, was extremely generic and cliche. Some guy goes and kills a bunch of bad guys with guns blazing. Maybe add a bit more of a story to the next one. A rich plot can make a movie, when no plot at all can break it.

Overall: Good job. Cold Blooded Killer is exactly what it sounds like it is. Some guy who seems to have no remorse for the people he kills, and is a badass at doing it. Good job, you chose good colors, presented nice action sequences, and the overall mood was fun and stylish. The only thing I can really complain about, is the "kaboom", and the black and white scetchy clips at the end were extremely random and completely killed the awesome mood of the rest of the movie. If you make something as good as this, you want it to end on a strong note, not an abrupt rushed ending.

4/5

mchawking responds:

Thanks for the thoughtful review... If I do the extended version I will take not of your concerns.

~Nate Johnson
[e-mail]

[PICONJO: Besitzen Sie]

++N0E. I <3 j00 m0re!! ++

Graphics:
We all have known you have great talent. You can draw, and animate smoothly. (much better than LF, to tell you the truth). I loved the dark look, your backgrounds were nice, cool rain effects, and great gore. Wadolf's character was awesomely designed. Especially when his shirt ripped off, hulk style.

Sound:
The music was great. The sound effects were fairly good, generic sword sounds etc, but it was all good. Piconjo's voice had some static, but the German voice overs for Wade were beautiful.

Humor, and Style:
Evidently, you have finally proved yourself to everyone. You have talent, no one can deny that now. I'm very glad you took a more original aproach than LF with his wang out. The whole Wade as Hitler was hilarious. It was written well, and the whole audience of Nazis (as frogs - LF frogs I presume) added to the hilarity of it all. I was literally falling out my chair during the opening sequence.

Overall:
I am very glad you made this. I remember the thread Wade made about asking to terminate your account on the general BBS forums..I doubt you'll get front page (considering you just made a movie about Wade being the Hitler of Newgrounds) but people will watch this movie, and start to apriciate what you are here to do. I still am not clear on your motives, but I enjoyed this from start to finish non the less.

5/5
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[Auf Achse]

++Nice++

Graphics: The drawings and character designs could have been slightly better but the animation was awesome. I loved your use of colors, and fast paced character movement. The visuals were awesome.

Sound: The music really fit this good. I'm glad you didn't use any sound effects, it would've taken away from the overall presentation.

Style: You did a great job on this one. The scenes ended at the right time, the music was good, great visuals. I also liked how it was sort of suspensful, but it had a happy ending. The mood, and vibes were delivered exellently.

The only thing I could complain about is how it ended kind of abruptly. They just looked at eachother and it was over. The rest of the movie was fast paced which was good, but you should have slowed down the end a bit. Otherwise, it was great.

5/5

AligatorHead responds:

no the ending. it shows a nice SLOW result. it showed the ending slowly. go wathch again and seee what i mean.

[Jeremy.]

+Touching+

Graphics: The visuals were top notch. Sometimes the frame by frame was a little spazzy, but overall the visual presentation was beuatiful. Your drawings are great and your character design and use of colors were near perfected.

Sound: The music seleted for this was very good. The small subtle sound effects added to the depth of the story, and really made it feel more realistic. Nice use of audio.

Style: Probably the most stylish, original movie (that actually makes sense) on newgrounds to date. The idea of playing the scenes backwords instead of from the start + the random flash backs really added alot of mysteriousness and depth to the movie. It reminded me of the movie 21 grams where they play the seens out of order. You also cut the seens at the right time, and your exceptional editing skills really made this movie as good as it is. If this was played from start to finish, rather from end to begining then it wouldn't be as enjoyable and original.

Overall: This was a beatiful piece of flash work, and is one of the rare jems you find in the portal. This should defidently be scored higher than a 3.83, so I'll make sure to vote 5. It deserves it.

Brilliant Job at achieving an emotional and gripping peice of art.
5/5

[Nightmare Room]

++Creepy++

Graphics: Your monsteres and creatures were really well done. The lighting and the boys facial expressions helped to create an eerie creepy mood.

Sound: The ambient sounds and music were perfect. It made the movie very suspensful.

Style: I love your -no lined- graphics, use of music, and timing. The twist at the end really added to the atmoshperic setting. Very stylish.

Overall you did a great job on this. It defidently lacked story, but was more a dreamy abstract vision of what you would have seen when you were younger. Good job

4/5

[Xombie: Chapter 5 | Reel2]

++holy shit++

I'll sum up both 5 : reel 1 and 2:
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Graphics: Some of the best animation I have ever seen in flash. The lypsyncing, fbf, and robots were all so fluid. Also the particles and light yor rendered were great too.

Sound: Your voice acting was brilliant. When Zoe's flashbacks occured, the suspensful music set in and was actually quite breath taking. The timing was great, and all the sounds were very deep and rich whch really added a very proffesional clean cut feel to the whole thing.

Style: Your cinematic presentation is that of a proffesional. The camera movement, sound timing, nicely developed characters and dramatic and intense moments couldn't have been executed better. The cliff hanger ended at a perfect suspensful moment, and Zoe's flash backs were well played out.

Overall: Each episode seems to develop into something better and better. The story is action packed and clever. Each chapter is excellently executed, and contains the proper amount of drama, comedy, and action.

Brilliant job!

5/5

[This is Karen]

Ha

Clever, I loved the humor.

Your animation sucks though.