reality-monkey's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[|~Enemy In The Snow~|]

I liked it a bit.

Your including of love is so obvious however, that it is expected, and thus has no real impact...Your stories consist of love, no character buildup, no knowing how they fell in love, nothing like that, just love, and then your characters doing something for their love. If you didn't do that ALL the time, it would have something unexpected about it, but you don't...

I didn't get attached to her at all, so when she died I didn't care...She had a dangerous mission, she completed the dangerous mission, that's about it. You have no idea of who the character was or why you should miss her...I don't even know her name because no one said it.

As for the animation itself, overall it was nice, but a few things...First, all of your characters who aren't part of the story look the same...like clone troopers or something...makes it feel unrealistic. The giant swords seemed very fake, who in their right mind in the head of the military would consider a 1 wide but 6 foot long sword a useful weapon? And there were 5 guys with rifles, and the entire base was too stupid to send counter snipers? All this makes it so unrealistic you can't get into it...

The art was pretty good, she walked a bit stiff but that could have been intended...Her costume looked like something you would wear on Halloween...A little heart on the helmet, how cute...that doesn't make any sense. Who would put a heart on a helmet for a medic because it's cute? When has any military ever done anything cute? The backgrounds weren't bad, but I had no feel for the texture of anything, nothing looked like metal or snow or concrete, it all looked liked something rubbery and everything had the same value.

The mouths moved very minutely...it's like they had no jaws...Tiny little mouths that couldn't open... And she was wearing make-up? A little lipstick to go with her styled hair?

All these unrealistic things add up, and when you put in something real, like war, it makes it conflicting and just...fake. Now I know everything doesn't have to be realistic by today's standards, the large robots, the huge weapons, but there are just things that aren't real by human intelligence standards...like for instance, she walked right in...just walked right in, there were no guards checking for ID, no gates, just a giant pathway...who would do that? Those giant weapons and robots, and they couldn't take out a couple guys with rifles? Snow based camp that just sticks out, no attempts at camouflage...their armor had black parts right in it. The riflemen had red scarves.

The riflemen looked like giant stereotype anime tough guys...the guy with the toothpick, the guy with the band aid on his nose...When they were checking for the bomb at the end, they just glanced in the room, staying at the doorway...They too looked like generic anime tough guys, head cocked to the side, messy sharp dark hair...Also they had no guns, just their giant Cloud Strife swords...Because...obviously that's the smart thing to bring to a potential fire fight...And currently, the armor worn protects the chest from high caliber rounds like that, this is obviously set in a more technologically advanced time, why is their armor so much more pathetic and useless than our armor is now?

She shoots someone blocking her path, and let's the scientists just run out screaming...and she's so devastated when her cover is blown? She knew exactly where she was going, it took 2 tries to get the right combo on the door, no one notices the medic running away from the sick people. Was she fighting an army of retards or something? All these things add up to how fake it is and it just loses its captivating qualities.

Everything you went for was undone by all this...there was supposed to be sadness when she died, but you don't know who she is, so why would you care? It was supposed to be a daring mission when she was fighting an enemy so stupid it was pathetic, and then she did something stupid to screw it up.

Overall it was nice, but these things made it just silly...

SpikeVallentine responds:

I LOVE YOUR REVIEW! YOUR HONESTY!!!!!!!!!! And I have request. If you've held back, next time be twice as honest/harsh. I LOVEEEEE IT! Look how much i've learned!

I agree with everything you said 1,00000000000%

And this wasn't a project i spent 80 years on etc. I just wanted to do it. didn't put much thought.

Your review did a much better job than this movie.

"Your including of love is so obvious however, that it is expected, and thus has no real impact...Your stories consist of love, no character buildup, no knowing how they fell in love, nothing like that, just love, and then your characters doing something for their love. If you didn't do that ALL the time, it would have something unexpected about it, but you don't..."
I agree with you 1 billion percent. There's no journey or arch for the love interests.

I normaly quote "What the reviewer said" then give my response.
but everything you've said is 1,000,000,000% on the same page as me.

I loooooove your honesty. and you saying everything etc.
i love how you made jokes too. hhahahahahah..

yeup, this ain't a real movie. just practice. Didn't feel like putting more than a week and a half in this. i never made a real movie yet...

[X-MAS Mario VS Mouser]

did you use ms paint?

because...thats a kinda stupid idea...seeing as how you needed flash to make the movie, why not use flash to animate it?

Steel-the-hedgehog responds:

oh darn! you are more and more brainless.
because! it's an animation style! it's an ANIMATION!!
and YES i animated it in flash, want to know the meaning of animation? "A simulation of movement created by displaying a series of pictures, or frames" I must draw it in flash??? that's what you think?.
Why don't you do something more smoother than this? ok go do some stick figure animation like the rest! and darn, is that an animation??

[teh unfinished collection]

i liked it

i really liked it, very much so, but i thought youd finish the last segment first at least....

farfenwaffle responds:

did you say finish? look at the title!

[Dumbledore is Gay]

creepy....

i liked how snape was an emo, that was good, very funny

RSQViper responds:

Well, he DOES look like one doesn't he?

It suits him

After he left the scene he cut himself.

[Waterlollies]

it was great, yes..

but not your best...artistically, i felt it was different... a lil better, but i still liked little foot better.

this had a hell of a lot of build up....everyone waiting for this great thing, but it just felt sorta...empty, dunno how to say it.... the speed is bitey's thing, and i figured "oh $#!! !! bitey battles the alpha bigfoot" but, it turned out no, not so much

the art, great
the music, synced and great
the story is the only thing that needs improvement. it was hard to describe, so dont take my review seriously...cause i dont think i made any points....

Great though...definately worth mine and anyone elses time

chluaid responds:

I take your review seriously all the same. Thanks for the comments and I'm taking notes reading these pages :)

[Newgrounds Reborn]

well

its kinda sad because this is actually one of the better "Redesign" flashes, but i still didnt think it had a point, just explaining the features, ok jokes, and that last sound was loud and annoying

KKyuubi responds:

Oh come on, the edn noise is a crucial requirement for a Clock Flash! I can't help it! It's a tradition dating back to the works of OrangeClock!

[NG Redesign - My Part]

umm....

isnt there supposed to be something to prevent bad flash? well, the voting system but that sorta peetered away from being useful, so im sure thisll get in, but my vote remains unswayed. More attempts at something good plz, cause there was no way you tried on that

MetalDart responds:

You could have actually reviewed the Flash instead of saying how terrible it was.

[Welcome to the Hilton!]

i still hate paris

this was good though, the voice acting was a little off for the chinese guy, and you shouldnt have had her just have no wounds in the next scene, she shoulda kept them and got more, im glad she got beat up everytime she said something stupid, i hope she stops talking. good artwork, good animation, it was pretty funny too.

GoldenSalamander responds:

nooooooo WONTON SPECIAL MOVE is my favorite lineeeeeeeeee

[From sketch to finish]

well, its a sheild

it just shows that you can make a sheild, big whoop, ng is ment to entertain, not to show off some mediocre 3d skills.

TheJaredWilcurt responds:

Point noted. As I mentioned, this just started off as a test, didn't realize at the time that it would end up on here. Next submission will be purely for entertainment value. 3D stuff is just a hobby, I'm not trying to do it professionally.

[Castle III part D]

you can only take sticks so far

this is pretty much as good as a stick flash can get, but other non stick flash are better. do normal characters next time

Get-lost responds:

I disagree.