Bigfoot3290's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Into the Castle 2]

You're learning. The animation is getting a bit smoother and your fight scene was much better this time. Your sprites don't look great; are you exporting at 100% image quality in your publish settings? You can also increase your sound quality the same way (the default setting for both is 80% i believe).

Anyway, this is much better than your first. The fight was more balanced and exciting. I would add some more special fx in your next flash. When an object lands, try animating a small dust cloud. When Megaman shoots, add 1 or 2 frames of flash on his armor. When Bowser's fireball crashes into something, try adding some smoke effects. Some of your sound fx were off too; they sounded like you were using your mouth and a cheap mic. There are great sound fx websites out there. Flashkit.com is a good start. If you want to go for consistency, try only using Mario and Megaman sound fx, filling in with other generic sounds only when you don't have another option.

I hope this info helps. Don't take it too hard, as you've made a lot of progress already. Looking forward to your next one :)

MoeMoeTheAbler responds:

No I understand completely. Some of the MegaMans and a Bowser I actually drew. Others were just copy pasted due to laziness on my part. I dont know what you mean by publish setting though. I use Adobe Flash CS3 and im not that great with it. (As you can see) Believe it or not I made most of the soundeffects myself. (Thats why they were off) Thank you though, Ill make sure I do all I can to touch things up a bit and make them look better in the future!

[NWAR: Vision Quest]

Your imagination is clearly kaleidoscopic.

danmarkowitz responds:

That's pretty colorful language.

[(notes on) biology]

So good and stylish. Not surprised that you won. One of the coolest flashes I've seen in a while.

[What will you choose?]

God man. I remember all those years ago when I first played Blue version and being in the same spot. No bulbapedia or iphone to help out. Just my seven year old instincts, which told me that the little fire lizard definitely had the most badass potential. BOY was I right. I admit Blastoise was a lot cooler than I expected, but when I found out about Venusaur, I smirked and looked even more fondly upon my level 88 Charizard :D Great flash and reeeally good song writing. The Charmander part was superb.

[Confusion Through Sand]

One of the most groundbreaking animations I've seen on NG.

[TD-This Too Shall Pass]

You're a very talented storyteller, which might get overlooked in all of the awesome sketchbook style art you put into these movies. Many of us who went to college can relate to just about everything you're talking about, but this movie is a bit wider reaching. Just about all of us know someone who attempted suicide. It's a brutal and destructive thing to deal with. You nailed the feeling of confusion and internal conflict perfectly; are you supposed to be furious at the suicidal person, or consoling and understanding? College is a time filled with self-exploration and adventure, but simultaneously laden with regimentation. All of this on top of a powder keg of emotions and insecurities. Dave, you're doing a great job delving into these issues from a unique perspective and I just hope you keep at it.

[Salty Swamp - Sac Village]

I remember the original coming out all those years ago. The overwhelming awesomeness of the color palette is still the most appealing element. The fishy guy has the most potential for comedic value imo. I get the whole "old project renewal" issue, especially in terms of dealing with a script. That said, I definitely feel like the writing was the weakest part of the flash; I found myself more interested in the ridiculously cool scene transitions and character design than plot development. Of course, that's not really a terrible thing, but I just think the talent gap between the art and the writing is glaring and needs to be addressed in the sequel. There were some snarky bits that I found really clever, like the boss's criticism of the "overly stupid character" in spite of his negligence to where pants. All in all, I'm eager to see part two. You've got a great team of voice actors, a unique art style, and you also did an amazing job on an original soundtrack. Interested to see where you take the plot.

Blordow responds:

Oh yeah it will definitely be addressed with the next part, the first part was extremely vague and really had a lack of direction, I had to make up what happened along the way visually, as their was no context, just voice actor lines and that's it. It was very difficult at times to work on it because I felt it lacked a lot but needless to say I think the next part that we have we-written will somewhat make up for the first part. Thanks for your review man, I appreciate your feedback!

[John The Fisherman]

As the audience, you're sort of lured into a sense of complacency, as if to say "Well, yeah, there is a fisherman there, but he seems insignificant." You spend the majority of the film admiring the highly stylized graphics with their ironic color palette. The narrator's voice is clear, but a bit nondescript and hollow. But then the camera pans out and the cemetery comes into view behind him and right when a series of light bulbs go off in your head, the film is over, and you suddenly feel inquisitive and frustrated. Overall, very postmodern and a bit eerie, but certainly thought-provoking. Well done.

Gerkinman responds:

Im glad you found the film thought provoking, its something that I don't think a lot of my films can really achieve so its good hearing comments like this to let me know I am on the right path!