Bigfoot3290's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pixel Shrooms]

Bloody Hell!

I didn't know fungi were maestros of metal! The pixel art was fantastic, but really, those lyrics were KILLER >:D!

[nomnomnomnomnomnomnom]

Bingo

That praying mantis scene was absolutely spot on.

Nice consistency in the character models and animation as well. Great work!

[Skull in Connemara]

Boogtastic

Now THAT was a stunning flash movie.

Boogley, I love your work. When I saw your news post, I got all excited and giddy and quickly headed for your newest creation. The skull icon caught my interest, but I was simultaneously wondering if you could pull off a noir/horror style film when it seems as if your previous projects all involved overwhelmingly pink, gelatinous, and perhaps even sausage-like animation. Boy, you didn't let me down one bit.

The frame-by-frame animation was extremely impressive. The creme de la creme would have to be the sequence at the very end, where the man picks up the skull and turns it slowly toward his face. The way you captured all of the planes and angularity of the skull's surface with only two tones really elucidates this segment's craftsmanship. A second inspiring aspect of this movie was that you managed to maintain the stylistic shading/highlighting throughout its duration. Much of it appeared to be a bunch of scribble scrabble at first, but the design's continuity proved its artistry. From the car's headlights, to the man shoveling the grave, the animation, in general, was some of the best I have seen in quite some time.

The art, animation, and style of this flash would've been enough to warrant a 10, but there was a second, more interesting dimension to this work - the symbolism. It became clear that this sequence could be representational of a nightmare or flashback, as there were numerous instances throughout the movie in which the animation was literally mirrored. This typically illustrates introspection - most likely, the man remains tormented by that car accident. The noir artwork also supports this concept, but the complexity of the film, as previously noted, offers no clear answer and is a testament to its brilliance.

Boogley, fantastic work. It was a pleasure to watch and I'm eagerly looking forward to the next installment. [5/5]

TheBoogley responds:

You've blown me away with that review, thank you.
You've hit the nail on the head with the dreamlike qualities of everything after the funeral, the plan was to show his emotional state and to make the audience suspicious of his intentions and the circumstances of the car accident. The mirroring was something that had to be done out of necessity for the projection, so that everyone in the audience could take in crucial shots, but it did add that crucial soul searching aspect to the shot where he's looking around before digging, giving the sense that he's staring into himself.

[Batman: Bright Day]

Hilarious

That was so funny. I really enjoyed the Photoshopped artwork, and the mouth animations were spiffy as well. The script was perfect; great build up and timing on the joke. Awesome work! [5/5]

[The Human Snot]

Impressive

You got Flash a few weeks back and your frame-by-frame animation is that smooth? That's something else. You must've studied hard to achieve that level of quality. Congratulations on getting on the frontpage as well, and I'll be looking forward to your future projects. Great work!

[Fraser's Hat]

Good Work Tommy

I can't believe you made this in ten hours. That takes a whole lot of skill. The animation went along with the music so well, especially when the kazoos came in as Fraser flew into the beehive. The FBF was outstanding (as expected) - I loved the hand animation when Fraser reaches for the hat and when the bee swirls around him. I also thought you put some great details into the background artwork.

It was fun and a wee bit trippy :D [5/5] Nice job!

[Courtin'? Here's Adieu!]

Great as Usual

Wow that was a pretty clever joke. I was sitting there for a couple seconds after the movie ended until it dawned on me. It actually made me laugh out loud!

Yet, as witty and funny as the punchline was, it only served as a bonus with high regards to those outstanding animation skills of yours. The lip synch of "Gramps" in particular was impeccable. The art was also top notch, especially in the opening scene. Great work! [5/5]

['Whirlpool Chicken']

Charming

I enjoyed pretty much everything about this flash.

Animation: A little choppy, a little jumpy, but you made it work. Excellent, consistent FBF animation overall - it really gave your movie an identity.

Art: Fantastic. The photoshop rendering of that fish creature was superb. While some of the drawings appeared haphazard at first glance, they always did their job - they were adequately representational of an object. There was also a fair bit of multi-level shading and highlighting throughout the movie. More importantly, these elements complemented the funny, cartoony style nicely.

Music & Sound: The music was upbeat and fitting. Good choice. The sound fx were even better, and you say you made half of them yourself? Bonus points.

Astounding work! I hope to see more. [5/5]

Butzbo responds:

I'm glad you liked the photoshop-made-fish, it took like 2 hours!
Heh, thanks for the 'structured' review :)

[Java Jive]

Cheers

This was great man. I loved the old-American style animation and art. It was full of style and pizazz, and now I think I'm going to brew up some coffee :D Good work!

cellphonebill responds:

Great stuff that coffee.
Thanks for the feedback :-D

[Kill "The Man"]

Decent

You attempted an age-old concept that still has potential if done correctly. I saw some good things, and some bad:

+ The blood and gore was animated pretty well. I noticed some nice highlighting, and bonus points for camera lens splatter.
+ Good use of Actionscript for a scene selection.

- The art could be cleaned up quite a bit. There were plenty of raggedy lines which gave the flash an overall 'unrefined' appearance.
- The animation was choppy at parts. Raise the framerate or work on creating more 'middle frames.'

So, it was a bit of a 50/50. Keep working on smoothing out that animation and getting a feel for drawing with the mouse. Good effort for a first. [3/5]