AflacMan13's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Snow Hare]

Whoa. I am rather speechless right now. That was one of the most amazing pieces of art I have ever watched. You and the crew you ran are phenomenal at flash. Great work.

ShawnBranden responds:

Thank you. The people that helped me with this were amazing. Not flash by the way. That's all pencil and paper compiled into toonboom :)

[Valentine]

Would have been better if the little figures mouth would have been singing the song.

julienmandell94 responds:

eille merci monsieur.

[A shoddy stop animation]

Kinda funny, a little childish, short, and simple. Shows the potential of some real talent here. A littel more work, some music in the background and it would be even better.

Remember this, music and sound effects can make or break a scene. Even ambient white noise is better than nothing at all. It gives the brain something to hear and satisfies a primal instinct in the mind. While your dialouge was amusing, having some sound effects or music in the background would make this even better.

Music is to movies as air is to breathing.

PixelsGame responds:

Well cheers for taking the time to actually think about the animation, heh, I'll make sure to remember music for next time but this was quite literally the result of a couple hours fooling around, on the flipside if this isn't as absolutely terrible as I think it is then when I actually get some proper animation done everyone will love it.

[Diplomatie]

Nicely done. I like the style and the feel of it. The music fits it quite nicely and the whole thing felt very smooth.

I have just one tiny tweak.

At between 20 and 25 seconds; the scene where the camera is behind the king and his soldiers zooming away from the first line of troops. As it zooms away the second line of troops seems to POP into view. It just feels a little jumpy on the transition, not totally smooth. The rest felt very smooth and non-jumpy. Perhaps a glitch in the upload? My theory is that you may have taken a break at this point and were either distracted by something or perhaps you lost a little focus here. It seems as though at between these five seconds you were thinking of the troops appearing from AT the lense of the camera instead of from BEHIND the lense of the camera. Not saying it should be fixed or anything and I really just nitpicking to be honest but; I know how many artisits of talent such as your can be sometimes. Small details can feel like a massive boulder sitting right in the middle of the project.

Art is by no means about perfection but, the details can be the difference between whether you like your own art or don't. The important thing is that YOU are satisfied with your art. That is what this is too...

...true art.

Very nicely done. I enjoyed watching this. I only point it out because I think it should be pointed out, that is all. My opinion is only my opinion.

Your art is superb.

iLott responds:

Thank you very much, appreciate your time.

Yes, there actualy is an error that I forgot, it pops back since there is one frame after the whole layer fades out. I don't get how I didn't notice that, I'll fix it and reupload when I get home. Thanks mate :)

Well coming from my personality I usualy don't like my own work very much and find too much mistakes in it all the time. And honestly if you want to succeed with art in real life you can't focus on just how do YOU like it, but you need to make it generic in some ways.

Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate when I get to hear constructive criticism.

[Dot Dot Square]

Ha.

Yes there are stupid people here on Newgrounds...

...just like anywhere else.

Makes you wonder though; when we finally colonize Mars...

...will human stupidity become less or more?

Nice flash you guys.

Sketchy responds:

Thanks mate :) And we'll wait till/if the time comes haha.

[OUTBalanced Promo]

Refine

Could use a little refinement on the lines. They look too much like they were drawn by middle schoolers with too much time on their hands.

I do not mean to sound insulting, I am just being as honest as possible. Instead of just drawing the weapons and flnging them around in 2D, try actually making them look better and rendering the whole thing in 3D.

Yunguy1 responds:

Well the weapons are supposed to be shapes, not fully customized guns that were drawn by pro makers. This is OUTBalanced, meaning that the weapons are supposed to be simple. Plus, this is a collab. You don't even know which part is mine. So please, watch your mouth about who makes what. I get really mad.

[Knock Knock part 1]

Sound fix.

Your sound was horrible. It was physically impossible to discern the dialogue from the bacground noises throughout most of the flash.

Also your line work, inking, and shading could all use work. The animations did not always match up to the sounds and it felt very sluggish at times.

I am going to be nice and tell you that this is a mess. From what I could tell the concept may have had some validity but the entire flash was just too messy to see it.

LuckoDaStars responds:

thanks man i'll keep that in mind for my future animation, it was my first flash though it was bond to have mistakes, but that's the fun, you learn from feedback, but i'm still an amutar. anything you can tell me plz also put them on my mail

[Flash 3D Demo]

Hmm... music is your friend.

Might I recommend some Electronica for the background music. I recommend Cla, Bazooka Joe, Daddy DJ, Lords of Acid, Sister Sound, or Poseidon Cagliari.

You definetly need music. Without music any flash or even any movie or tv show is just a boring bunch of pictures.

halomademeapc responds:

Thanks, I noticed that, but I wasn't entirely sure of how the audio portal citations worked (this being my first submission). I went ahead and added a song.

[HP8: The Inevitable End]

WaAAAYYYYY too slow.

Your rirle screen is far too slow. I got bored after the first 15 seconds of it. Your "movie" started out with a very loud beep noise. Annoying to say the least. It also seemed to have no real plot, the action was painfully slow, and the whole thing moved like pond water. Your music was decent but the sound fx were slow and off. There was no dialouge or text at all. Nothing to go off of at all. Very boring and uninteresting all around. Painfully slow for a flash that should take like 15-30 seconds. Took a full 2 minutes to hit the credits. Sprite Flash is generally limiting in some of the stuff that can be done with it... but it is only limited by your imagination really.

Again you must try Padawon. The Learning you must have... hrumm hrumm hrummmmm.

Celvan responds:

Thanks, I'll try to make this better

[Meathead Preview]

Mmmm... meh.

I usually absolutely hate previews and "trailers" and Blam them like the plague. However; this one is somewhat interesting. The art style looks like you know what you are doing and the music and background noise seemed rather well thought out and nicely done. The movement was fluid and the coulor scheme was simple but not simple enough that it looks like you forgot shading or something. All around a nicely done flash preview... Now just GET RID OF THE D*** LOOP... LOOPING IS ANNOYING TO EVERYONE!!!

Other than that keep it up and please for the all that is good and right in the world; don't quit half way through and actually finish this please.

MadVTaco responds:

Don't get your panties up in a knot. I'll finish it.