merit44's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Epic: Adam]

it's a positive direction but...

First off let me note the positives before we get into the criticism. The graphics weren't half bad. Some notable scenes like the house and the city in the BG really stood out. It was fairly consistent through out which is a plus in my book. Some animation was present; the hero had a very cool look and feel about him.

Now the criticism... When I first saw the giant eye I thought about the "Incredibles" and the tug of war match immediately provoked my "DBZ" radar. It's been done and done to death. Try to come up with some more interesting concepts and techniques utilizing these features rather than just straight copying them. The use of your tweens could use some work too. The motion of the arms when the men were firing the guns was off and looks lame.

This doesn't look like it was your first flash but none the less it wasn't bad. Not inspiring nor was it blatantly lame. I gave it a 4 becasue I feel it has potential so lets see some of that in your next episode k.

teh-mobile-sponge responds:

Well thats too bad, I'm sorry you didin't like it :(


Hopefully the next one will make you feel good :D

[CU-St. Paddy's Special]

^_^

See that I'm smiling! Yeah big deal you may say but its cause of this flash that I am smiling today other wise I'd look like batman on his worst night. I love all your flashes to date and they seem to keep getting more original with a constant flow of humor that I just can't get enough of. You guys definetly earned my 5! I rarely give those too. Keep it up!

[Metroid: Invasion Part 1]

Pretty Snazzy but...

It might have been just my speakers but the bg music seemed to drown out the voice acting almost through half the movie. You might want to play around with the volume controls in flash to avoid that problem in the future. Nice story by the way I like the idea of going back to how it all begins. Many don't feel this is important now adays but its a solid foundation of any good story. Take batman begins for instance. If that had been released before all the other batman movies it might have captivated a larger audience in the long run.

ch33ks responds:

True. I'll post the link to the translation of the official manga for people who want to read up on the story.

[O Pato]

Applauds!

Gorgeous visuals! It is a very common yet cute story that follows behind this flash. The theme makes the entire thing better. I am a sucker for a good love story and samba yeah!

[CU-Valentine's Special]

Now this was funny!

A gay cupid definetly turned this up a notch! What really made it funny was that most of what I saw in this flash is true. I know so many guys that lie about having a girl on v-day which is so damn stupid. You guys make the best flashed in the humor department. I can't wait for the halloween edition if your not planning to make one go for it!

[Ruth's Valentine Tips]

Eh!

Well, no complaints other than the sound quality definetly could use some improvment. It gave me a brief chuckle which is more than half the flashes on this site are able to do. Still if that girl is a virgin that should be a done deal by days end LOL! Nice!

Wonchop responds:

Indeed.

[Ryo the ninja KID ep 3]

Off to a great start as usual ^^

No doubt Ryo is back and wooping the 2$$ as we all know him to do best. This flash in my opinion makes the best use of the programs features of all the submissions I've seen on newground thus far. I've seen the first two and I'd have to say your going in the right direction with the evil doopleganger senario rather than the overly done clone. This one was shorter than the first two yes but just as enjoyable if not more so. Excellent cliff hanging towards the end be interesting to see how our character will preform up against a carbon copy of himself. Ahhh true insperation here!