EagleRock's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Snow Wars]

Funny movie

I'll admit that I'm the first person to say that movies belong on other websites, but I think this one can be an exception. You take advantage of Flash to handle the menu and scene select, which makes this site perfect for its presentation.

The movie itself was quite good. Obviously the quality was reduced to get the size down to 13MB, but I think you chose a decent balance of filesize and quality. Any larger would have made the Flash just a bit too large for Newgrounds, and any smaller would have sacrificed too much quality.

As far as the actual film itself, I thought it was quite funny. The graphical effects were excellent and almost seemed natural. The sound effects were excellent quality. The dialogue was hilarious. You struck just the right blend of humor and seriousness, similar to the "Lethal Weapon" and "Die Hard" series films.

Overall, I enjoyed the film from beginning to end. Even the credits were funny enough to make me watch it through. I think I'll have to check out the other movies you have on NG.

Thanks for the submission!

Fro responds:

Thank you for the review!

[Apple iPaper]

Overwhelmingly accurate

This is about as perfect as it gets when it comes to describing Apple's video "tours" on their products. Since they came out with the iPhone guided tour and the whole huge descriptions of their laptops and the MacBook Air, they really typecast themselves as boasting their ideas as the best thing that ever existed.

Sadly, the verbiage and the descriptions you used in this are not a stretch at ALL. This is exactly how they act.

I was laughing the entire time and was compelled to see how you should satirize this further. You even got the Apple designers personified to a t.

I'm quite impressed. I hope to see more of this stuff from you. You sure have a knack for it! Thanks for teh great submission!

Chag responds:

Hey man, thanks heaps!

The thing I noticed about their videos like this, is they're always very careful never to mention what a product DIDN'T do. So in this case, the fact that once you use a pen on paper... It's there to stay

[RHG vs. Spearton (1)]

Great Stick Flash

I have to say, while I've seen dozens of these stick flash, few stick out as being really good. This shows a lot of potential. I like how you set up the characters in the description and give them personality, and how smooth the flash was.

There are only two real suggestions I have to offer:
1) Don't end the flash so abruptly. Give the viewer a split second to know the final blow is coming...it'll give it all the more effect.

2) Make a series of these. Create different characters with different personalities/strengths, and go to town. Who knows, how about a huge tournament? This could realy go somewhere.

Thanks for the great submission, and best of luck!

Kwing responds:

1. Yeah, that's a great suggestion! People on FluidAnims just told me to practice, but it's nice to get some quantitative advice to build on!

2. These are RHG battles, meaning I'll be facing off several enemies, but Steven Walking will always be in MY RHG battles. However, I do have another character ready in case I decide to ditch Steven.

[|Red Ball|]

Nicely done

Despite this flash being relatively simple, it is quite pleasing to the eye and is just enjoyable. All aspects of the flash come together to take an otherwise bland concept to a very enjoyable movie!

Graphics - The graphics, in ways, were kinda simple and basic, but in other ways, the graphics truly were a pleasure. The use of gradients certainly helped the look along in a big way, giving it a nice polished look. If I had to make some suggestions, I'd try working on honing in the details of different items, such as the grass platforms. Otherwise, a lot of good concepts were there, and gave the flash a nice above-average look.

Animations - In a word, awesome. The animations were very smooth, and a nice framerate was chosen. Your use of blurs and camera action really make the flash and give it a very smooth look. Keep it up!

Music - The musical accompaniment was perfect. Not only was Africa a good choice in general, but Andy McKee's instrumental version was the perfect low-profile choice. Also, I noticed how you integrated the music with the animation, which made it all the better.

Overall, I gave your flash a 9/10 just because it came together so seamlessly for an otherwise simple subject. I really enjoyed the flash, and thank you for submitting it!

xtended12 responds:

Thanks :] and for really great comment!

[Skittles N' Dickz]

Hilarious

Quality animations, funny jokes, PERFECT timing. Really, what more can I say? The only recommendation I have is to keep making flash, as your stuff is great! Thanks for the great submit!

Emanhattan responds:

thanks yo

[The Jimmy Chiu Podcast]

Excellent

It's great to see our friend Jimmy Chiu back in action! As a long-time fan of Jimmy's movies, it's great to see you're making a podcast! I think using Newgrounds for a form of animated podcasts is a novel idea, and as long as you can keep the humor coming, it'll do very well.

Hope to see the next podcast soon!

SIGNE responds:

Thanks for the vote of confidence, fans like you make it all worthwhile.

[SOLDIER!]

Good short

Seeing as your other submissions (most notably, timewaster) were excellent flash, I was glad to see this one pop on the Portal. I enjoyed it a lot, even though it was a bit short and left me wanting more.

Graphics were amazing as usual, thanks to your top-notch style. The animations were nice and smooth, and looked very clean and professional.

The actual content was pretty funny, thanks to your "thought bubbles." They, in fact, made the whole flash, as the ending wasn't really funny enough to blow me away. However, that's not to say the flash wasn't funny at all, as it definitely was.

Lastly, as I mentioned before, the flash was quite short and lacked substance. I have a feeling that a few more jokes in addition to the "thought bubble" gag, a longer playtime, and a funnier ending would make the flash front-page quality, but I'm satisfied with what it is.

Great job on the flash, and thanks for the submit!

RatherRandomReality responds:

First, thanks for the thorough review. I'm happy to see you are familiar with some of my other submitions here. The idea about this short came up to me rather randomly (what else can you expect) about a week ago, so I animated and recorded it without thinking too much. I just wanted to see what people think. I'm working on some plots for future episodes, which will be longer of course, and hopefully will make more sense overall. Thank you again for the review, take care, have fun, play with flash and submit more stuff to the portal.

[Phoenix Wright zero pt.1]

Amazing

You really captured the Phoenix Wright game style perfectly. The jokes were great, even if a bit more risque. You need to do more of these.

Thanks for the submit!

MogMage responds:

I will try to get the next part up in some weeks.