merit44's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[There she is!!!]

This is what using flash is all about!

Man this must have taken a long time to complete. I saw the first and the second and I will write a review for the second sometime this week inbetween working on my own projects but this was truely creative. I remember seeing such cartoons and animated shorts on nickolodeon when I was a kid (long time ago I think) and this reminded me of how a quality flash goes a long way. The visuals where sweet and simple, the music (some of the best out there now adays comming from over seas) was very catchy. Totally fit in with the mood and atmosphere of the animation its self which was the high point of this flash.

Very smooth animation, excellent pacing with great attention to the characters movement which a lot of flashes seem to ignore on this site. I would recommend in the future if its possible cause I know from my own projects its a pain but a little shading here and there to pull it more towards the professional side but I have a feeling that this was part of the style that was intended. Very satisfied with this one indeed! Can't wait for number 3 don't let me down ^^

[The Ultimate Showdown]

The ultimate showdown must go down...

Okay, I will begin by saying that there isn't really anything wrong with this animation but compared to other submissions on this site like little foot or there she is or even rockman neo there is no way this submission should be # 1. I think that robs the truely creative flash artist out there that have spent far longer trying to turn out actual quality flash projects than this one. I mean as far as visuals mediocore at best. Yeah you had a lot of different pop culture icons and celebs thrown in there with a rather catchy song I will give it its dues in that aspect but still it isn't the best on this site so hopefully, this will drop back down to its rightful spot which should be around the top 30 in my book.

altffour responds:

Thanks for all the constructive criticism that will no doubt make my next flash better!

Oh, so I'm NOT supposed to be number one. I'll get on changing that.

[Egypt Rulez!]

Those poor bastar..I mean egyptians ^^*

For three hours of work by mouse that was very good. Since it was pretty much a school project and taken into consideration you were under the gun it wasn't bad. I thought it was cold when the spinx monument fell backwards crushing all those poor hard wroking slaves >< LOL-Dude word of advise...don't be cheap...buy a wacom tablet. It will be of great help in improving your flash submissions trust me I can't get by without mine. Be interesting to see what else you pull off while in class ^^

Digimaks responds:

Eh- I do have Tablet now.
It was a thing that we were rushed in our course.
Also- the animation was made in TOON BOOM- a pure nighmare for FBF animation!(feels like Microsoft Paint )
And we were restricted to use Flash. CRAP!
But in that case I imported my sequence to Flash and pampered it up.

[Flight of Colour 3]

Wow someones really peeves easily ^^

Hey! Take it easy there guy...no point in getting upset. I mean Kostya- has a valid point...Yes your right there are thousands of movies submitted to newgrounds that show no originality what so ever and sadly this falls into that category. I mean whats with the X carved on the guys hand (cough Samurai X) Yeah! You can pretty much chew me out over that 2 I gave you. Should have been a 1 honestly but opps my fingure slipped ^^

RoobyKillAll responds:

Well, thanks for not giving me a 1 anyway. I just get "peeved" because people fail to see the meaning behind it, rather than the graphical appearance, and thus vote low simply out of misunderstanding. I've never even seen Samurai X, so you can't hold that one against me. I have a scar like that on my hand, so I added it into the flash movie. Simple as that. I appreciate your review though.

[SpriteTT#6:Sonic]

made my night...^^

I wasn't expecting too much at first but one thing I have learned about newgrounds is that if something looks corny check it out anyway cause 9 times out of ten its gonna be worth while veiwing and this was definetly original. Even for sprites this was impressive and although I didn't care for some of the spoofs my favorite has got to be the rouge icon. That had me rolling on the floor. I truely hope you can create another if not better then like this one. If only it was animated sighs...Still good job to all of you. The effort was there and it shows ^^

[Negative 001 - The Call]

...Hum where's the rest?

I was really annoyed by the length of this clip. I mean talk about your highs and lows. I originally saw the original teaser on Da and was really disappointed when you finally release it and its only like increased by 2 minutes. I was really getting into this then as the 2 guys run off the ending line is " what happened?-girl* -guy in white suite*- I don't know? The end? Dude that felt more like another teaser than anything. There is so much I could question there but I will say this. The concept kicked ass. You should continue development cause its bound to be better in the future I can feel it. Work on the animation a little too. You should check out some of Dean Doodrills guides on his forum for some tips. I learned a lot from them. I commend your efforts and hope to see a little more next time around and a bit of a description as to what's going on. Good Luck!