Alamus's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[All NG Fads Die!!! 5!!!]

Never seen anything from this series...

But I like the idea. Its pretty funny by touching on all those popular NG series here...but....why did you have to kill Bitey like that!?!? It was so sad!

(Still it was very good, and I was surprised on how long it was. Good job guys.)

Radioactive24 responds:

Hey, i don't tell anyone how to kill there fad. It's totally up to them. But, there are more gruesome ways to die.

- Radioactive24

[the Echo]

Wow...

That was awesome! Truly some great mystical concepts there, and very tightly held together by keeping with the style. I really like the parchment paper in the background, it really adds a great feel to the animation.

The only part I felt was moving too slow was when the brush first appeared and the woman was just kinda standing there. Maybe have her check her instrument to make sure its working right and have her fidgit more? Still, this is awesome.

And the end where she brings the color back into the world and the way you made it happen. This is a very touching piece. Nice job.

Cridia responds:

Yeah, she indeed seems a bit dull in the beginning, but it was for a reason though ;). I wanted her to look around, as if she was looking for someone, whereafter she would take her instrument to play to forget her sadness. Anyways, you suggestions are not bad either, I will take it in mind next time :D.

[Squaresville]

A lot of thought went into this...

Its all over this piece. Even though most animations are very very simple, the way you've designed around that with colors and shapes, its truly a great piece of work. I know just how hard it is to balance colors and all the thought that needs to go into it, and well, you pull it off wonderfully in ways that I dare not bother with cause its such a bitch.

Wonderful job, and I still liked the little windchime squares. :D

5/5

ZekeySpaceyLizard responds:

^_^ thanx

[Patterned]

Haha, I like the concept

But I think what the person said before me, how its missing something, I think it is too... The music you have playing is just to busy for whats going on in the animation. Really quirky music while the animation wasn't so quirky. Perhaps if the textures on the characters jittered a bit to kinda meld with the song, or if you had a background that had strange shapes and stuff that gave the illusion of a distancing plane. Other than that, this was a pretty cool idea. :)

MorrowDays responds:

Thanks, the music seems to be the main thing people talk about in the reviews. I like the idea of the shapes and such.

Thanks for the review

[Scenes From A Memory]

Well that was--

Beautiful. Its pieces like this that show just what beautiful things flash can produce with an artist behind it. I really like the concept, and the music you used. Also the bird, an owl correct? Very spiritual.
My only beef with it is at the end when the light makes the symbol and it is just silence. Although this could have been to give the audience the sense of being in the silence of space, I think it sorta makes the ending of your animation somewhat unfinished. Perhaps a slight ambience or some gentle long notes.

Besides that little tid bit I really loved the concept and the style of this. It was really beautiful to watch. Wonderful job, you get my 5. :)

badmonkeyfinger responds:

i was tempted to use photoshop a lot in this, but i decided to use only flash, to see how far i could push it. i actually had to cut down a lot of it because the frame rate dropped to unwatchable speeds

youll find that ive fixed the sound issue, thanks for your review

[In loving memory of steve]

This was a nice tribute..

Its nice that you mentioned the family, I'm sure they are going through hell right now along with everyone down in the zoo. My only fuss is that I never got to go down there and visit to see Steve...

Today is starting off as a sad day.

autowepon responds:

i know if i was his family i would be going through hell. so would the zoo alltogether

[James Bond SM 3 (1/2)]

This is great!

The only problem is that it isn't animated. This might do better on youtube or something if it isn't already there.... But I do like it. I'm wondering just how big that camera is that you got it taped to your head.
And the timing you guys got for the shoot outs were great. I love the kid who goes flying over the couch. And great job on avoiding the mirror when you went into the bathroom. Plus you guys did it all in one take, thats great. Still, not an animation, so it might not do so well here on newgrounds. But I still liked it. :)

X-Aldin responds:

I think theyre doing quite alright here on Newgrounds. On youtube anything makes it on the site, while here there actually has to be a good production to make it on. The camera wasnt taped to anyones head lol. James would go kill a guy who would follow up behind him providing a left arm. We did this right at the start where James loaded the gun. Doing everything in one take is fun and challenging because if we mess up once then we got to re-do it. Thanks a lot.

[rAndomizer]

oh my god...

my brain... it hurts.... But I really dug that PI part. Where is that song at?? I really liked where it was going!

Pretty funny weird shit here, the transitions and timing were good, and the content was rather strange.... hehehe. good for a chuckle.

rAndomizerInc responds:

Hard N' Phrim - Pi is the song you want :D

[The Adventures of Steve 2]

Interesting concept.

But I think maybe the timing could be a little quick when Steve and his friend are talking back at one another. I would think that whole part would be a little more snappy...

But I really did like the part when the head board meeting guy was thinking about all the other things Steve wore to the meeting...That was pretty funny.

Neo-Egyptian responds:

Thanks for the advice, glad you liked the board meeting scene.

[lll_Join NG_lll]

hahaha..

that was amazing. :D

alexsmolik responds:

Hearing... well... reading this from someone who won an award with only two submitted entries... what else can I say if it isn't it means something to me ? :)
Thanks for the review!
ALEX