Kwing's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bunnykill]

Shows its Age

After watching 5a, I came here to see where it all started. If I'd seen this first, I would have taken points off of your latest one for your lack of creativity. The graphics are pretty outdated, but would have been good the day this was submitted. The animation is really good at some points and mediocre at others... The music and sound effects are so-so as well, with the music being particularly unfitting. All in all this was still pretty good, but needs some cleaning up. Also, a lot of the things, such as the white rabbit baiting one black rabbit to stab another one, turned out to be reused later. The combos were clever but you can't keep reusing them!

[Bunnykill 5 Part 1]

Really, Really Good

This is my first experience with the Bunnykill series, and I have to say I'm floored. The animation is nearly perfect and smooth to the point of impeccable. The graphics look great and the weapons and environment are good as well. There's a bit of a story going on, which is a nice little add-on, although it's far from the main focus. And the music and sound effects are extremely good as well. I do have a few complaints though... First, the enemy bunnies seem to be almost deaf, which is ironic since rabbits have a keen sense of hearing... Yet they don't react to sounds going on just a few feet away. Second, as smoothly as the limbs move, they all seem to move stiffly. Joints rarely bend, and the ears never bend either, which I find quite unrealistic. Third and last, the weapons don't seem to get any blood on them no matter how much they're used. Really?

Other than that I have no complaints. The sheer smoothness in this animation is just mind-boggling.

Mottis responds:

thanks!

1. I could've made Snowball be 100% silent while sneaking, but that would've sounded very bland. I knew it was a bit unrealistic but I decided to add in the sounds anyway.
2. Bending joints would have been really difficult to animate. Simple as that ^^'
3. This was a deliberate design decision. Had I put blood on the weapons, the sword would have gotten bloody from the first kill ,and stayed that way for the rest of the movie. I decided against it because I thought it would look bad, and I didn't want Snowball wiping his sword every few seconds.

[School 13 - TongueTied]

Cute

Very nice brushwork on this, and the contrast between the characters and background really fit, oddly enough. The music selection is good, and all in all the animation is very cute, although I do think sound effects would have been nice. Loud ones would have broken the 'magic' of it, but if you had altered them to make them very, very quiet, the animation would have been a REAL hit!! I also thought it was kind of odd that their arms weren't around each other as they kissed.

[The Shape of Love]

Nice

Good choice of music, nice animation, good graphics, really good concept. It's short and minimalistic, though, so I can't give you more than an 8, really. I get that it's supposed to be stylistically simple, but it feels like somehow it could have had more. Perhaps subtle lighting, frame by frame, or shadow effects would have really made your animation pop. Or 3D shots, zoom-ins, and extra angles.

[LunaRose 1-9]

No Polish?!

Though the drawings are actually really good, something about the lack of lighting and the simplicity of the colors make this Flash look extremely outdated. The music and sound effects are also a little too loud and high-pitched.

Onto the animation itself, the voice acting was great and I especially loved the accents, but I didn't like the story or dialogue at all and couldn't really tell what the point was. In fact, it just seemed like some cliche soap opera bullshit. To make matters worse, the tweens you used were absolutely awful. Peoples' capes should drag as they walk.

All in all this is pretty good in terms of graphics, but the story just... Makes no sense.

[Soulja Boy Tell Em]

Funny

I love the balance between good animation and graphics and poor animation and graphics. The shittiness seems aesthetically placed, somehow, and the voice acting and music (which are yours, coolly enough) add a nice spark to it. Unfortunately the whole thing seemed rather long and senseless, but I still enjoyed it.

[The Death of Nyan Cat]

Niiice

Extremely well drawn, great animation and easing, and the sound quality was good. The style was also aesthetically pleasing. In terms of the humor, I can't say it was too funny. Still, it can be appreciated for what it is.

[Animator vs Animation III]

Man, It's Got Everything

Jeez, you really outdid yourself this time. Stick figures, frame by frame, ASCII art, technical art, particle effects, and some very clever concepts with ActionScript and the default features Windows has to offer. The animation is solid (although the imaginative aspect is what makes it shine), and you wrapped up the trilogy extremely well.

I do have somewhat of a complaint, though... At the end when the screen cracks, the cracks disappear when Windows bluescreens. Are the cracks supposed to be shown on the monitor, or is the guy's computer really breaking? I'm inclined to believe the latter.

This trilogy was done extremely well, and of all of the different animations I've seen on Newgrounds, this is probably one of the first ones I'd download to put on a portable device. Excellent job!

[Failed Containment Twoooo]

Excellently Anti-Climactic

Short, but I have to admit it was pretty darned funny. The humor didn't really last, though. The music stopping was timed PERFECTLY, though.