SonicJ's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The First Pokémon]

I enjoy what typographic flash movies have to offer. Blending pokemon and some really funny discourse made this worth watching!

[Playback - Part 1]

My favorite character is now, and most likely will always be , the foster father. His drawn style, his attitude, his voice acting. Perfect. I love how your transitions are between certain scenes like when he woke up and punched the chicken. That perfect, scene intentionally cut short thing makes me laugh every time. Good work on the animation and voice acting by the way!

[Slightly baconed SpriteF.]

I've seen plenty of sprite fight flash movies. They weren't all good. This is one of the good ones. Usually people go with the same old cast of mario vs sonic, and maybe mix it up with a megaman inclusion. This had a newer selction including DBZ and Bleach, which spiced up the scene a little bit. I liked the setting you used. The animation was clear and fluid.

Pro:
I liked the "Defeated" message.

What can be improved:
During some of the more intense fight sequences, the movements were too slow. The frame rate of the sprites animation could be speed up, perhaps? Or use less frames, or time it differently? Either way, some instances of fights could be made more "awesome" if you used some sort of time distortion, like either a higher rate of speed that would indicate the fighters are landing blow for blow attacks DBZ style, or if you went super slow . Either would provide really great effects.

All in all, 4/4, favorite, and great sprite all around!

pivot5 responds:

Thanks for the good review, and the feedback!

[Sonic Vs Megaman preview1]

Not bad. You gave credits for what you used, and that is good. Try adding credits to the flash movie. There is also native way to credit artists music used from newgrounds, but I'm not sure where to find it. All in all, not bad. It was short, and used sprites. Not a bad place to start for a first attempt, however you have potential to do far better. Try creating original flash movies done from your own drawings, or from sprites you made.

Superluigi7900 responds:

ok thx :D and its just a preview so i go to do really better so really thx^^

[Busser: Episode 6]

Cute personal take on those ever so addicting commercials. Good animation, and funny concept.

[Natural Things]

While watching animals move around the food chain is a pretty used idea, your ending added a much needed twist to making this different and unique! The drawing style is solid, animation is fluid, and it was eye appeasing. I find that a few of the sound effects are very dated and too "stock" if you will. If you could find some new sound effects, or modify the effects you are using, go for it! I saw the penis cloud btw. Kudos.

[PokeBro]

I liked the energy here. The drawings were smooth and solid, the music choice obvious, and the overall presentation was clean. My favorite piece of this is the rival trainer's detailed facial expressions and some time exaggerated feature. His face will now be etched into my memory. Good work!

[Gossip Stones!]

I am not a zelda fan, so I missed the main reference here. Still, I found the joke amusing! I liked the style of the humor from the beginning to end, you had me interested. What I found that mostly grabbed my attention was the voice acting. I liked it, but as usual with newgrounders, we are mostly plagued with low-production microphones. Good flash, good voice acting! Keep it up!

Derolith responds:

Reading this actually made my day. No fooling. When I made this video I woke up on December 31st and had it done by midnight. At the time I had lost my good microphone and was forced to use a cheap headset. Thank you for the support! I think you and I are going to get along just fine SonicJ.

[High School]

That wasn't bad. The animation was fairly basic, yet you were able to convey the characters emotion through their facial expressions rather nicely. The vocals could be improved with some sort of home made pop filter, or a generally better microphone if you're up for it. The song used was one of my favorites from Death note, and the inclusion of anime characters was pretty cute. In a way, it does make me feel that in high school, you thought you were a nonchalant anime character, which we all felt from time to time. All in all, improvements can be made. The journey of one thousand miles begins with a single step.

[Maximillion Bagsworth]

So posh

Clearly you can create a good flash if you have *MONEY*.