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Lots of work - Not enough planning.

You should try throwing these down in front of friends and enemies and get them to watch this... You had quality recordings and art but the animation was lacking and the story was incredibly slow. I don't feel anxious to see anymore because there wasn't anything for us to see other than characters being sad or running away. Try adding some soft humor in the writing or something.

Nice effort though.

good effort. Lots of work put in

I can see tons of work put into this. If more time was dedicated to the writing aspect though, I ( and others, I'm sure) might have been able to sit through the whole thing....

RogerregoRRoger responds:

writing? There was no writing in it, only a bit typing for the subtutles..

Well, you can use flash

It's good that you're using reference. This is a far cry better than people who attempt their own thing first time without any reference. I think your next step is to learn the basics of animation because there were some things in here that were pretty mediocre considering they were copied straight out of Naruto.

Remember, copying isn't a bad thing. It's the best learning tool out there so long as you adapt it to learn. (and as long as you don't steal credit)

Gotta run with your idea

You have an interesting style in this movie, I love the always moving lines and the colour choices are really good as well. You just need to find a way to run with your idea.

GreenPhat responds:

Thanks for the input.

You should listen to Daddy

There's a good reason he doesn't like it.
There's a good reason I don't like it either.

You get the fisheye!

zeppelin-man responds:

???? I don't know what to say.........really....?

score of pi? (3.14) wow.

How this made it through the strict newgrounds filters (sociopaths like me) I can't figure out.
The point of visual storytelling is that you create animation and movement to give a feeling of life. I felt nothing for this ornamental cat and the calligraphy font that magically appeared from time to time.

You have a story so far. Now find a way of telling it.

DAIRYDOG responds:

I don't think so. No, no, no.

nice effort

No real substance to it. This wasn't very interesting either because some things were too unbelievable. Why was that guy shooting for like 30 seconds straight (at nothing: there wasn't even anyone firing back for half a minute) and how did he manage to hit those cops after having the shitty aim to hit every barrel and box? Why did Batman just sit there while the dude murdered two police officers? What was that Gothlam is Gothram supposed to mean? It's not even a riddle.

Anyway, those are a few of the major criticisms I have. As far as art goes you showed that you tried. Also, the downshot on the rotoscoped legs were a nice touch.

All in all though, I get the feeling that you just like things that go bang. Maybe you should leave out the story and just make a random batman fight scene. Could look nice

Fantastic art and colour

really great art there. Animation and composition are excellent. I felt let down by the ending, there was no resolution. Even if you just wanted to leave it as them being friends, there should have been some factor that makes it feel finished. I was waiting for something to happen rather than feeling like it's resolved.

Nice of you to think of beginners

You should mention that during foot slip (where the grounded foot moves across the ground) the foot moves an equal space per frame until it leaves the ground, otherwise a constant moving background will make the walk cycle seem to jerk in places. If you were to do this with something other than a thick stick figure, you'd be able to see errors easier.

Also, one thing that would make it easier for beginners to see is if you were to colour the rear leg a different colour than the front. You'd be able to tell exactly what is where.

TvP responds:

Good tip! Thanks for the review.

A nice attempt.

This is your first step at getting better at animation. If you want to learn how to tell a story though, you should study movies and read more books. The character didn't seem to have any goal throughout the movie. Even if he does have one that you inteded, you didn't show it. Everything should happen for a reason within a movie. Why did you make the dragon flying so LOOONG? we know he's riding a dragon, why was it necessary to have it that long? Maybe even ask yourself if there was something to gain by making it longer. You should watch and rewatch your own work multiple times in a day, at least a couple days after you finish it. You'll be amazed how many things you'll catch that you want to change. It'll be better for us viewers too.

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