Ghosty22's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[F.U.]

Hmmm... Where to start...

This is probably a review that is probably going to cause you to say something like "Who the hell do you think you are?" But I have to say it.

I really hate long ass introductions for flash movies. I'm not sitting down in front of a TV show for a half hour of entertainment. I'm looking at a really short film. It just seems strange... It's not as if you even have enough credits or people working on this think to necesitate an entire segment dedicated to giving credit. It almost seems as if you've created some kind of video which is supposed to capture the coolness of each of your characters. But why not show that in the actual film.

A lot of these intros seems to suggest that the creator thinks his characters are the shit, and really quirky or weird of funny, or cool, and the music amplifies that... But no one ever seems to pull it off... This one actually wasn't too bad, because the body of the film was pretty long, but it's still a little annoying. I guess you can take that one or leave it.

Secondly, it just seemed as if the film was way too long for the for the amount of jokes and entertainment that was actually in it.

There were two jokes that I liked... There was "Suck on THESE fiery balls," and then the pirate scene...

Why did you pay more attention to the fights scenes in this than anything else? Why was the animation cool, but no color?

What's with the obsession with video games characters here on Newgrounds?

Anyway... In conclusion, I have to say, don't assume your characters are cool...

rockymike responds:

First off...you put way too much thought into the intros. I always wanted to make an intro like Cowboy Bebop, and now that i got that out of the way I can move on.
You ask about why I pay more attention to the fight scenes. Well, if you'd paid attention you would have seen that I'm not the only author on this flash. There were a few different people doing differnt parts.
And last, the dumbest question of all...I think it's obvious the gamers are the core demographic on Newgrounds. So most people make video game based flashes to suit their fix. I'm a gamer myself and I like to add some nes and ff7 references wherever I can. And lastely, my characters are not cool, my characters are the real life people who helped make this possible. We are who we are...nothing more.

[!!!jump Around!!! Iv]

Who were those guys?

Who were those guys and whose faces were placed over their heads?

[Metroid Sex Education]

This might've been cooler...

When you drew the text with your hand... That sucked. It made it look very sloppy. I think that if you just used the text tool to type the text in, it would improve this short, maybe like 67.34593%. Oh... Wait... Not 67.34593%, I actually meant to say 67.34693%.

Oh yeah... And add more jokes. These jokes weren't really funny. But don't get me wrong!!! They were smirky, which is one level below funny. It's not bad, but funniness is better.

IceKeyHunter responds:

They were SUPPOSED to look sloppy.

[Havin' A Semi]

What the ...?

What the hell was that?

The beginning, where you had all those shots of the earth, was cool... I like how it seemed as if we were falling toward the earth.

Then it was, like... In a classroom... What did the classroom have to do with space and views of the earth from space... That almost suggest that something space-related is going to happen... But no... No aliens... Nothing! WHo was that guy supposed to be? Where were the sound effects from?

The premise was really strange, but I wanted to know more... Cuz it's good to see a fat be-mustached dude, who knows a lot about trinomials, kicking some ninja ass... Especial excuse making slacker ninjas... The Beach Boys music was a nice touch... By why? What is the secret of the Beach Boys tune? Did it inspire him in his ass beating?

Yeah... The story was confusing... And there wasn't a whole lot of characterization... Which hurt its over all score, in my opinion... But who can grade this badly with that delicious scene where the fat guy was sexelently dancing with the TI-82? Nobody, that's who...

Can't say I liked it when he kicked that kitten... but hey, maybe the kitten had it coming to him... Maybe he wasn't studying very hard, and need to get his act together by way of a kick to the face.

But the question still stands... Who the hell was that man?!?! He was amazing!!!

Obadiah responds:

Well.. the Earth shot zoom in suggests the immensity of the world/universe versus the immense madness of this man in room 420. There is no alien-space stuff going on here, this is real.

What is worse for a teacher than when he/she gets interrupted?

But this man is not without a soul.. He feels remorseful and thus enters his dream world of mathematics as he prances the dance floor of life with the only thing he can trust... math itself (the calculator)

I know it's a complicated story here folks but try to understand! this man is MacGowan.

[NONE HERE GO AWAY]

Shut up!

Geez... What a whiny baby... This happens to everyone... You haven't said anything new or even remotely interesting here as far as I'm concerned.

Especially since the details are... Practically nonexistant... Maybe if you actually made an effort to show how this is in some way different, or characterized yourself or the girl, or even your friend, maybe the audience could get involved with the story... Maybe you could be liked and the audience would sympathize with you, or your character...

But all this story does is say "I'm saaad..." in a puty pathetic voice.... Nobody cares, because we've all experienced it, and we know the details of our own situations... We have experienced the nuances of our own real feelings and experiences...

You don't tell us anything about yourself, or SHOW US what she means to you, so how can anyone care about your situation?

rgfunnyman responds:

But has anyone made a flash of it.

[Island Invasion]

Pretty Good...

All I wanna know is... What kind of asshole puts his picture on the top od his parachute?

He really didn't do any sneeking around... But let's say he takes a guy out and puts on his uniform as a disguise... What if the island people found his parachute? They'd know exactly what he looks like... In fact, if he'd gotten away, now they know exactly who to hunt down in the name of vengeance... Not make it easier and post his home address and directions to his house on the parachute as well.

Why were all the bad guys made of marshmellow-like material?

Well... Other than those to points, it was pretty good. The backgrounds were really cool to look at, and your animation was well done. You seem to have good instincts when it comes to physics, which is something a lot of animators don't have.

tommylm responds:

hmm, well originally the in-joke was that Luis always appears to be extremely bored in every photograph. So, that is why in every shot he looks more and more tired and weary and somehow manages to just waltz in and take what he wants effortlessly. The white guys were characters from some of my previous cartoons (in a time trial) so I thought it fitting to make them the "generic cronies" since they are so blank. Maybe this was too subtle for you..?

[CHICKENMAN!]

Pretty good... AND pretty bad... HA HA!!!

Well... This had the best graphics and art work of any other claymation movie I've seen here. There script was kind of good... Even though it was all about mindless violence.

I thought it was kind of corny how you ripped off the whiffle bat joke from South Park...

And let me ask you this, since that black-haired guy was so violent and murderous, why didn't he just kill the guy in the car? He could've shot him, and then taken chicken Man's body, and got the reward... Then he could flee to Mexico, and be livin' it up... He'd be drinking tequila, and eating burritos... Mmm mm! Delicious burritos... He could've had it all... But nooooo, he was so dumb, that he shot his stupid self right in the head... It's a shame... He could've had burritos!

Freemont responds:

Why didn't I think of that!

[Janis and Joyce]

Kinda cool...

This was pretty funny... I liked the way she kept carrying on her normal business despite having to carry a corpse.

I think you should make more of these, but nest time, you should "stream" the vocal parts... That way you can tell which frame is making each sound, and it's easier to match up the mouth movements...

Gi-go responds:

Yeah, it was matched up perfectly (took forever) but then when it came on the internet it was all screwed up, kinda disapointing but I cant stream it cause I used 18 scenes and it would be cut off.

[craigs castle]

This could've been pretty cool.

The art work was really good. I like how it was so dark... And the monster was all black, with shiny spots. The fact that you couldn't really see him made it mysterious and interesting. I wasn't really sure what was going on half the time... I'd like to know who the characters were... Why they were drinking tea in a castle, and what happened to the little alien-looking guy at the end...

k-slash responds:

its better when its done a uploadid the wrong flash but am gonna update it real soon

[Two short skits]

It was ok...

The graphics were pretty good. You should work on making the walking motions a little smoother.

The story wasn't that great... Why didn't he check the address on the front?

But the feel of the animation was cool. It had a nice warm desert feel with mysterious desert music that was... Really... Mysterious. Too bad you blew the guy's head off, because he seemed like he could be an interesting character.

Penguinated responds:

He's not really dead, he's more like "Happy Tree Friends" dead