Budj's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Date Night]

Let me just say I think it's extremely commendable that you guys are keeping the spirit of this show alive after Edd's untimely passing. Kudos to you all.

[Trick Question]

Jumping out the window is the only logical option.

[The Sketch Collab 2012]

I love the concept of this. Simple, yet also very effort-intensive. Great work by pretty much everyone on this. I really can't fault any of the parts since they seemed mostly improvised and were for the most part well animated, despite being sketches (as the name implies lol). The credits however let it down for me in the end. The whole thing was sweating creativity and imagination all throughout and for the whole piece to end with such a bland credits sequence was rather disappointing. Apart from that though this was very well crafted. Well done :>.

[The Vending Machine]

I remember seeing this months ago. I really liked the simple plot and the art, it's way better than my first animation was lol. My favourite bit was the walk cycle at the start, flowed really well and was cunstructed pretty much perfectly. The line work is a little inconsistant though, which I find is a common thing with Flash unless you have a really good tablet or a cintiq. Also just another nit pick, but I didn't like the font at the start that reads "Presents Sophie Girl in". Something a little more cartoony or fancy would have suited better.

All in all though, exceptionally good for a first animation.

[Rise of chaos episode 2 c]

I'd offer you some constructive feedback to help you improve, but you clearly have no interest in taking it. So instead, I will just say that this was one of the worst things I've ever seen and you should stop making it.

[Pkmn: World of Chaos Ep 8]

I'll re-break down what I already said. Story is developing well, the sort of cliff hanger ending left me wanting the next one, which is good. It's just those vectors that bother me x_x. Really though this is the best episode yet. Well done. :>

teejay-number13 responds:

Yeah I agree that mixing sprites and vectors can be off-putting, whcih is why I'll only do it in rare cases. Like the phone calls for example.

[Carbonshow One]

God forbid you learn how to make a walkcycle.

Carbonwater responds:

Sorry, i'm still learning.

[Halo: Wise Guys Promo]

That was awful!

Poorly traced artwork, ugly background art from the game, incredibly mediocre animation. And lol, Braveheart? Never heard that before.

[Rise of chaos episode 1]

I gotta say this was pretty hard to watch. I'll try and critique as best I can without sounding like a royal prat :<.

First and for most write a proper story. This felt like you making it up as you were going along and it made no sense. Secondly, the images in the text boxes were ugly as sin, as were most of the sprites and the font you chose. You should never use Times New Roman font :<. The characters from animes, games etc and some fan-made characters just made this non-sensicle. It's like you're trying to add as many as possible, and the outcome is just... what is this? I couldn't even finish watching.

Interms of critique, all I can say is start smaller. WAY smaller! Learn some basics about animation, get an idea of how to write a compelling story and create characters that an audience can relate too/enjoy watching. If you are going to use sprites, keep the characters in character. Vegeta saying "I made a funny" felt awkward and out of place on so many levels, or even get someone to help you with writing. On the subject of the text boxes though, if possible you should bypass that entirely and just get voice actors. Text dialogue in Flash animations is so 2002, in this day and age good VA should be standard.

I will however give you one star because you are obviously still learning, but considering that there are so many movies like this on NG, this will just get swept up as being nothing special unfortunatly. If you want to make something that will get tons of views and a good score, you'll need to practice. Make shorter animations and try new things.

I don't mean to sound like an ass, you have potential! You just need to practice. :>

Punisher33 responds:

one. i did not make this up as i went a long. this i actually planned out. from beginning to end. are you a sprite person or a flash person. this was in no way played by ear. i'm not in anything on this site for popularity. i'm not like the goons that gotta make stuff involving popularity for being popular. in no way none of this stuff is stolen from anything unlike every one else where every one has to use tv jokes or anything. this is a well thought out story. you guys are so used to stories ending in fights. i'm giving something different. i'm bringing something fresh and new to this site. there is nothing crooked. you guys are spoiled by fight scenes. violence on this site is highly over rated. practice? I've pretty much perfected the animation. i recolored all my sprites for this. the only dumb ass move i made was with the walking animation instead of leaving it the way it was i cut out some things so it would fit. which was stupid right now. that i admit. i'm going to be recoloring sprites. the 3d work and everything is apart of my script. stuff like this real work. real animation process always gets over looked here due to the fact that people are used to popular stuff constantly being released.