Auz's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pokemon Bahamut Version]

Brings back memories

This sure brings back a lot good memories about the original pokemon versions.

I can still remember your first flash animations with your own drawings and you have improved a lot since then. A lot of things actually looked fairly good, like the PS3, the DS, the pokeballs, the cap, Professor Oak and several other things. The animation could have been slightly better sometimes though, like the walking animation for Graham, but I think that also added a bit to the humor. Maybe it would have been even funnier if some things were intentionally drawn really poorly.

For the rest I kinda have to agree with Chriis07's when he said that it could use some more voices. I don't know if Graham is also you, but perhaps it would be good if you had practiced on some more voices. Even if it sounds really bad, it might also add to the humor you know.

Overall 10 out of 10, 5 out of 5. Although I don't think I have seen all your flashes yet, this is the best Bahamut flash that I can remember.

~Auz

kinggila responds:

Pokelord does Graham's voice as credited on the flash. As for having more voice actors, it would have been nice if I had the voice actor who does Oak in the English dub. :P

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Always wondered what was up with this submission

You know, I have been wondering for such a long time now: Why does this submission not show any info on your userpage? Does it have something to do with the title being too long or something? I just can't figure it out.

Anyway, very nice ending on this epic battle :p I liked how you first showed the battle at the previous years and then the ending which lasted not more than 5 seconds and ended in a draw. On one hand that was pretty lame, but on the other hand it was just the perfect ending. I also loved the music you picked for this flash. Suited it very well in my opinion.

Too bad this was the end of the series though. I would have loved to see another episode on clockday and there are still plenty of other fun things you could have done with this series I think.

Overall 10 out of 10.

~Auz

kinggila responds:

Extremely long title FTW! :D

I don't know what else I could have done with this series. Maybe show Mario and Sonic fighting in hell? :P

[Adolf Hitler: ATWI80D 01]

Good first episode

I'm not sure what Hitler was holding there. Looked like a simon says themed beach ball or something. That's not the first thing that comes to mind here when I think of Germany. Personally I was thinking of stuff like beer, bratwurst and Oktoberfest. They're also known here for digging holes on the beach, but I think that's a dutch people vs germans thing.

Anyway nice first episode although it could've used a few more items. Good location you picked though, in front of the Brandenburger Tor. I can't think of a better place for Hitler to start his journey.

Overall 9 out of 10.

~Auz

AfroUnderscoreStud responds:

Well originally I was just going to have Hitler holding a beach ball throughout the whole journey. I picked this as I felt a beach ball was a good representation of a holiday. I was only going to change the location and music at first, but when I got round to the next flash (Switzerland) I decided that 'Sex on the Beach' would be really out of place, so I stuck with it. Fortunately this change of plan led me to deciding that I would change the items as well.

Thanks for the review Auz. Just don't go passing RebeccaRose in response count before the next update. :P

[Adolf Hitler: ATWI80D 06]

Nice episode

Yeah the windmills, tulips and cheese represent my country quite well. A joint in Hitlers mouth would've been nice as well. I think the legal soft drugs policy is actually the thing a lot of people here are most proud of. With that perhaps you could've transformed Hitler a bit into the Frau Antje Haggard mentioned. It basically covers every stereotype about us dutch people.

Anyway, my only complaint is that the two items Hitler was holding were of very poor quality. I can't really read or see what's on the cheese and I wonder why those tulips were so white in color. I could just barely recognize they were tulips, mostly by the shape. You could've perhaps paid a bit more attention to that. But other than that, this was a nice episode.

Overall 10 out of 10, 5 out of 5.

~Auz

AfroUnderscoreStud responds:

I think he was smoking a joint. :P

The quality of these does improve eventually. I always forget how bad the quality of Hitler was when I first started these and whenever I see it I'm appalled.

[LoL: Oh Yes And Spiders]

Excellent

As far as sprite movies can go, this was a very nice piece of work. I think you did an amazing job editing all those sprites for this flash. They looked very good most of the time. I especially liked the brownish pictures in the beginning. Best part graphicwise if you ask me.

As for the voice acting: I personally thought it was pretty good. I like how you used voices instead of plain text. All the actors who worked on this did a good job. I just thought Zelda sounded a bit old for some reason. She doesn´t quite have the voice I would imagine her to have in the original videogames. I mean, in most of the videogames I would assume her to be 16~20 and have a girlish voice, but I thought she sounded much older here. But then again, it´s probably hard enough already to find some decent voice-actors for a cartoon.

What I would recommend for next time though is that you add a bit more speed to the scenes. Sometimes I had a feeling the story dragged on slowly and this went at the cost of some of the jokes. Also 20 minutes (?) is a bit of a long sit. You might wanna split it up in two episodes next time. That will also double (your chances of) awards and will probably get you much more exposure in the end ;)

Oh and by the way, there were also a lot of spelling mistakes in the subtitles. Sometimes there were even words there that weren´t even spoken. It´s not such a big deal, but it looks a bit clumsy so you might wanna fix that.

Overall 9 out of 10, 5 out of 5. Like I said I thought this was a very good piece of work. Would love to see more, but I guess I´ll have to wait a long time before another episode comes out. Anyway, keep up the excellent work and good luck with any future projects.

~Auz

Emptygoddess responds:

Sorry about the spelling issues. My spelling is horrible, I tried with all my tiny might to make it as spell perfect as i could. I failed.

I'm going to go cry now.

[Magikarp vs Metapod]

Nice

Well this was a pretty nice movie in my opinion. Like many others I also expected an endless loop of Splash and Harden, but the loop was broken quickly by Magikarp's Solarbeam. Perhaps it would´ve been funny if it kept looping, but that´s not original anymore. Anyway, I thought this was a fairly good parody of Splash Attack. The drawings and music were nice and the jokes were pretty good.

There were still a few things that could improve though. The voice-acting could´ve been slightly better, and the quality of the sound/microphone wasn´t that super. But it certainly was not bad either. Also you could improve on the animation a bit. Sometimes I thought the animation didn´t look so smooth. Especially with the camera zooming in and out.

Overall 8 out of 10, 4 out of 5. I enjoyed watching it, nicely made movie. Keep up the good work and good luck with any future projects.

~Auz

PostTimeskipSam responds:

Thanks, well the voice-acting was really just yelling into the microphone so that did take a toll on the quality, but thanks for the suggestions and I will keep those in mind.

[Merry Cupcake]

Not bad

Not a bad animation. I must say I did kinda like it. There´s still some stuff that could be improved though.

The drawings of this movie in itself weren´t that impressive. Both the characters and the stuff in the room seemed pretty basic. So they could be a little better and I suggest you practice with that. Perhaps you should especially practice with the use of colors and shades. I think that would improve it a lot. The animation was pretty good on the other hand. Except for when the cupcake 'came out of his eye'. That part seemed a little choppy, adding a few more frames would fix that I suppose.

Also, I suggest adding subtitles. In some parts I really couldn´t hear what was said. Not that it mattered that much in this case because I got the overall joke, but perhaps in your other projects it could be a problem.

The backgroundmusic was nice I thought. It helped giving the movie an overdramatic atmosphere, which added to the humor of the flash. The voice-acting was alright in my opinion. Could be better, but it´s probably pretty hard to find really good voice-actors so it´s fine this way.

Overall 6 out of 10, 3 out of 5. Well, I did kinda like it as I said above. Just keep practicing and I`m sure you´ll produce some great flashes someday. Keep it up and good luck with any future projects.

~Auz

Assios responds:

Thanks!;)

[The Mighty Quinn]

Pretty good

Hey not bad. Deffinatly not bad. The style of the movie was quite nice, with all the colors and the 60's music. I must say I actually kinda liked the song. I´m personally quite a fan of 60's and 70's music, so good choice of music in my opinion. Also it´s nice to see a music video with an older song. The average choice of music here is songs from bands like Muse (really don´t like them) or Linkin Park or whatever, so it´s nice to see a change.

As for what to improve. Well, the drawings could´ve been slightly better. And then I am especially talking about the people in the movie, as most of the other stuff looked nice actually (pidgeons were very good). I´m not saying that the people were drawn badly, it was surely much better then I have ever done, but still they seemed fairly basic.

Another complaint that I have is that the movie kinda dragged on a bit. It was rather long and I must admit that I got kinda bored in the end. So perhaps next time make your vids a little shorter (or find a way to keep it interesting until the very end).

Overall 7 out of 10, 3 out of 5. All in all I must say I liked it really. I think you have quite a lot of potential. I would say just keep practicing on drawing and I´m sure you´re not gonna have that much trouble with winning any awards in the future.

~Auz

CSanimations responds:

Thanks. That was a good encouragement. I'm glad SOMEBODY noticed the pigeons!
Lol. Yeah, my drawing still need work, I must admit.

[Old Lady Vs. Chicken]

Funny little short

Quite a funny little short, managed to put a smile on my face. I especially liked the style of this movie. The colors you used, the text, the simple music, the foot picture in the end. The foot kinda reminded me a bit of the Quest for the Holy Grail movie by Monty Python. But anyways, that was all nice in my opinion.

As for the bad stuff, well it was indeed very short with not much of a plot and it didn´t really make much sense or anything. But I suppose the only goal was just to make a funny little short and I think it did succeed in that. The only thing I could say is, perhaps you should add a replay button. Couldn´t find one in the ending screen and I did want to see it again before reviewing. I could of course just press right mouse button and press play, which works but it´s a bit unprofessional.

Overall 6 out of 10, 3 out of 5. Not a great movie, but it was nice. I do hope you´re gonna continue making flashes, because this was promising in my opinion. I think you´re able to make award winning material if you put some extra effort in making flashes. Anyway, keep up the good work and good luck with any future projects.

~Auz

ForNoReason responds:

Thanks for reviewing!

[LOZOOT "Stop and listen"]

Great

This was a good movie in my opinion. I can see you have a lot of talent with drawing and animating, cause everything looked great. Also, I think you have a good voice for the voice-acting. The dekutree really sounded like an old man and Navi like a little girl (I can hardly imagine this was done by the same guy).

The only big complaint that I have is, like everyone else pretty much said already, it´s hard to hear what the great deku tree is saying. I could understand most of the words the second time I was listening, but I had to listen very very carefully. Subtitles would deffinatly be nice.

I also think the ending of the movie could have been done a bit better. I thought there was still gonna be one good joke, but then the screen turned white and that was it. Just make that final shot a few frames shorter and perhaps make it slowly fade away. You know how to do that right? Just add a big, black or white square in the upper layer and put the alpha on 0%. Then create a shape tween and make it go to 100%. It´s just a small detail, but it looks a lot nicer in my opinion.

Overall 8 out of 10, 4 out of 5. To be honest I´m a little suprised that this movie got through with a score of only 2.69. I guess that is mainly because of the conversation that was so diffecult to follow. I think if you had added subtitles, it could easily get a 3.00+ score. It might even be award material. Anyways, I do hope that you´re gonna make another one. Like I said, you deffinatly have a lot of talent when it comes to making flash movies. Keep up the good work.

~Auz

Axxe17 responds:

eyah im so fresh to this program, so really i would love some help on it^^; thankyou very much for the advice, and hahah yeah that was really me doing navi, i was using some kind of voice changer, but only a pinch