Van-pl's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Canvas And A Struggle]

Artsy

This movie really makes you think what art really is? Does it needs such sacrifice as shown in your movie, or it comes with few fancy lines drawn with pencil?

It's really hard to say and it depends on the artist and the person, who later watches your work.

Anyway, animation and drawings were perfectly balanced, and with geniously choosen music it created very heavy, old-time dusty atmosphere. Character outlines are thick, and you added weight by drawing such dark shadows.

However the thing i didn't like was moment of the suicide/sacrifice. You could put more heart into it, since 'twas the climax of this movie.

5/5

[How 2 Succeed on NG pt.2]

Well

How to get 5?

Tip no. 7: Make "How 2 Succeed on NG"-like movie laughing at dumbness of other movies. Truly briliant. Even if you're being an hypocrite.

Nice voice acting and animation thou.
4/5

[Base 17 ::03::]

good, but...

Plot, which is the most important stuff in this kind of movies was pointless, and well.. not original.

Again school, again super-duper-powered students, some post-apocallyptic world. School life is as hell as boring. You try making your characters a living persons with feelings, but it ends like you've make them emotional cripples, who hit each other, when they are arguing.

And, where the new school recruits come from? World is in a desolate state afer all, yes? And above all, where is the whole point of keeping those students in the bases? To brainwash them?

The characters:
- L-from-Death-Note like guy, the Prodigy, who doesn't have any human feelings at all.
-Cybil, tough ass bitch, who isn't actually a bitch but a sobbering whimpy girl inside
-Prodigy's mates, taken from the random shoen anime, acting like trying to be cool, but actually being lame
-Super evil villian, mad man, controlling whole the US. Soooo original.

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Animation weren't so bad, however you need more detailed foregrounds and backgrounds. Pepole gestures are pretty good, i like noses of your characters :P

Sound quality could be better, you could use less variety of music to keep it possibly non-mixed. Voice acting is awesome, you really feel emotions coming from the voice actors.

Overally, try to make it more original. Basing your plot on existing stories isn't always that great.

Keep up the good work, I hope you will suprise me in another episode :)
4/5

[Birthday Surprise]

OH man

That was so awesome, i totally laughed my arse off. What pathologic! Having a gay daddy and normal family. xD

Also, visual aspect and drawings may not be the strong part of the movie, but it fits the situation perfectly. Audio was good too, it had an important role to suprise and it suprised.
Keep up the good work

[Bad Baby]

Intreresting

I liked this movie, mainly for it's freakiness and animation. Also audio built up nice athmosphere, it was simply incredible.

I'm with you. Don't listen to the assholes, who give you zeros and such. I think artists should make movies containing every topic even if it's politically wrong. Many were throwing shit at you beacuse of the baby chopped in half by the elvis guy. I found it more artistic and controversial, overally your submission shouldn't be taken seriously.

and BTW, the most freaking thing i found here is that horse-headed-businessman.

4/5 8/10 good luck on making such cool movies in future :)

Catoblepas responds:

I still don't know what it is with those businessmen that freak people out. I myself find them fascinating.