pvt-blasto's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Dragon Girl]

pretty darn good

i usually don't give good reviews, generally because if a movie ends up on front page there will be so many meaningless 10 out of 10s that it seems kind of pointless to jump in, that could indeed be the reason i feel compelled to resist giving you a straight-up 10/10.

however i genuinely liked your movie, even enough to have a look at your first one.

are you in any way influenced by CCC? it has that kind of light-hearted feel to it.

anyway, i liked the style, the animation, the song you chose (much better IMO then she-spider but that is a matter of taste) the design of the mountain king and the over all atmosphere of the whole thing.

comparing it to she-spider, i don't need to tell you your animation has become much more sophisticated, and there definitely seems to be a lot more care put into the crafting of this piece.

that is not to say, that she-spider is not also a very good piece, just in different ways, I'd say it was less atmospheric, more brick-to-face action, with a love story after taste.

why a 7? i feel a 7 is appropriate. one thing she-spider had over this, was substance. the artwork was more crude but you had much more going on, even if it all lacked explanation. but i think i understand what you're trying to say about the mountain king so i suppose an explanation is unnecessary.

if this movie is a strictly visual piece, then it is a success in being very visually pleasing. but if you are trying to tell me something about your character, then i would say more would be nice.

all in all i enjoyed this very much and if you do make another in the series i will make a point of watching it.

MrGUS responds:

I agree, on she spider I was much more focused on a story, this was more about other elements. I really appreciate you're well thought out review and will take your points into consideration. Now that you mention it, even though in my opinion it's different in many ways to CCC of course, vinnie's light-hearted atmosphere probably got stuck with me. Having said that, there are many sources I took inspiration from, the music I use for example tends to be an important one, and it's also related to my personality and thoughts at this moment.

Again I appreciate the review, Thanks

[Don't Wait, Jeremiah]

i understand

but that doesn't mean much.

this was really predictable, that's probably the worst thing i can say about it. but since it's predictable we know what to expect, so i can't be too hard on it.

honestly i was expecting his wife to be killed or something just as pointless. but his cat? oh man that's even better, way to tug on our heart strings. probably the thing that annoys me the most about this, is you could have just shown me a dead cat through-out, and evoked the same emotion. dead cats are sad, no matter how you pretty them up.

so, i get what your saying, but let's be honest your not saying much, and it's a cheap way to be evocative.

so as i can't redeem myself at this point, let me pick it apart.

the jitter-vision. it works 95% of the time, but in your movie it actually made me kind of sick, which isn't fair to say because like i said it work most of the time, but maybe you should have aligned the frames up a bit more, they feel kind of jumpy.

lastly jeramiah's walk cycle was great, but didn't sync with the ground, this is really nit-picky, i realize that, and chances are, you did that on purpose. but, it's necessary. please do it right, sync his feet with the ground, this is not adding to your style, it's distracting.

but these few nit-pick's don't get you the 6, the cat does, if you wrote this whole thing down, maybe a re-write was in order.

other then that, i liked the style, the animation itself was very nicely done, and indeed the music was appropriate, so no hard feelings.

Foxcato responds:

Thanks for your critique.

[Zone of the Awesome]

horrible sound

the sound was bad to begin with but is it me or is it WAAAAYYYYYY out of sync?

i couldnt enjoy this because of it fix that and then maybe i can give this a deserving score... oh yeah and i agree with the whole awsome thing... dont just jump on the awsome wagon...

think of a new name, its a parady like any other....

Galneda responds:

Mmmnahh, I like the name. :P

[Stupid your mom joke]

wow this takes me back

id like to know for curiositys sake, how many cartoons you've submitted..

as for this one... not bad really, but just not any good, i mean the joke didn't really make any sense, and then it ended....

i didnt mind the animation, but more of it would be good, like 30 seconds minamum

try making a few jokes and then submit it, and keep at it...

Ionnan responds:

Thats what I was Plannin' on doin'. just wanted to try one at first though

[Revenge of the Turkeys]

we eat lamb....

or chicken.... we live in canada... turkey is too dry except when its lunchen meat in my sandwich with unhealthy amounts of mayo...

i liked this, because you did it with a mouse which i know really sucks...

muffinman9 responds:

thanks. Merry Christmas

[I hate MAC ads]

i have stange habits

i like these kinds of movies purely to look at the reviews scanning for that one douche bag who gives a zero because hes a mac fag, or visa versa

i was dissapointed, so maybe ill make a cartoon simalar, with only one destination: to piss everyone off, then my strange ego will swell as i tell both pc and mac fools:

"ha ha ha, you have no soul!"

heh heh heh... good times gooood times...

i really liked this and i really liked the linux cameo at the end, good stuff!

Bobert-Rob responds:

There actually were a few reviews in that vein, but they're hidden deep in a page I've completely forgotten. Easiest way is to sort the reviews by rating and find the 0 reviews, those usually have the total biased hatred.

[I Found A Dollar!]

ambitious!

this looks so much like some of my cartoons, its stunning.

the fact that this has become so popular is almost painful, hoever

i thought it meant well, i liked the background in the begginning, but i thought overall this was a fairly lazy production, not just because you used stick figures, not even because you used the SAME stick figures...

i shouldnt even say that there is very little here, you could have done a lot more, the style does not bother me, but i would have liked to have seen a begginning, or an ending...

what we have here is a poor middle...

NibzAU responds:

cheers but your spot on ;) im not an animator

[BiteyCastle Christmas]

i really liked this!

i got a really warm feeling of christmas from this, the jolly old man roaring cheery songs of yore, it got me right here...

i laughed with santa as he dangled the feet of a cherished christmas decoration...

i loved it....

heres my problem...

i'm not sure what you were going for? were you twisting the concept of christmas cheer? or were you once again asking the question, what does it all mean? is it all full of crap? is christmas the time for greed and lies?

heres my other problem, and this doesnt reflect badly on the cartoon... its just my problem..

i hope that this short sweet greetings card does not over-shine legitimatly sweet small ambitions

i still thought it was well done, and meant well, hope to see more!

chluaid responds:

I wasn't going for anything. There's no message or philosophical overalls or underpants.
It's just a Christmas ecard ;)