Auz's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Micah Teaser]

Don´t like teasers much, but I´m curious

Well, too bad this was just a teaser. I don´t really see the point in submitting teasers here. You made me curious and I could keep an eye out for it now. But when exactly do you plan to submit this? It says "coming soon", that could be in a couple of days, next week, next month, in a few months.... by then, everybody have already forgotten about this teaser anyway, it really won´t get that much extra attention. And if it is a very good movie, it´ll get plenty of attention once submitted, so there really isn´t much point in submitting teasers.

But anyway, so far it looks pretty awesome. The drawings are very good, really don´t think you could improve much on that. The music is a bit weird, but I think it would suit the movie pretty well. As for other stuff, well, I think you should´ve added a bit more action in this if your goal was to make people curious. I do hope the series will have lots of action. You should also add a replay button at the end of the episodes and you could maybe add scene-selections if the episodes are long.

Overall 7 out of 10, 3 out of 5. Again, too bad it was a teaser. It wasn´t very long, and it just had some text and a couple of short scenes. Anyway, I do hope you´ll submit this soon and I do hope you finish this project and don´t stop somewhere halfway (like some other people do). Good luck with the series.

[Ganon Knows Best]

I expected something different

Hmm well, I must say I was a little bit dissapointed at the end. I thought the song would be just some kind of introduction, but it was what the movie was all about. The movie wasn´t bad though. In fact, it was pretty good.

The graphics were not perfect, but they were deffinatly not bad. Some pretty good drawings. You could work a little bit more on the animation though I think and maybe a little bit more on the drawings as well. The sounds were very good. I didn´t liked the song much, but it suited the movie well. Also some nice jokes in it. I liked the references to other video games. As for other stuff, you could add a little bit more interactivity in this. I´m talking about stuff like quality buttons and scene selections. The scene selection could be a little diffecult though, since you can probably only seperate this movie in before and after Capt. Falcon visits Ganondorf.

Overall 8 out of 10, 4 out of 5. I actually thought this would be some kind of dialogue between Ganondorf and Capt. Falcon where Ganondorf would teach CF all kinds of (evil) things. It turned out to be quite a good music video. I did think it was a little bit weird that Ganon didn´t really seemed happy at all to see "his son" in the beginning, but was having quite a good time at the end.... Oh well, anyway, I saw there were some more episodes of this, so I´m off to watch those now. Keep up the excellent work.

[Super Mario bros Z ep 3 (old series)]

Another great episode

Another great episode. Thought this was gonna be quite a boring one, cause of all the talking in the beginning. Luckily there was a great fight at the end. I must say, the fights look amazing in this series. Very enjoyable to watch. Series also got some humor in it. You should deffinatly keep Luigi in every episode =P

Sounds and music are also good. I recognized the music from Metroid Prime 2 when Metal Sonic appeared. Great choice, suits the scene very well. The Mario, Sonic etc. voices are also very good. At least you don´t have to read everything then.

There´s just one thing that was not good in this. It was annoying that the position of the arrow at the bottom changed all the time. Can´t you just keep it in the corner? Would be much nicer and perhaps you should give the textbox at the bottom a new layout as well.

Overall 9 out of 10, 5 out of 5. In my opinion, this is deffinatly one of the greatest sprite series on Newgrounds. I´ve seen many series, but I rarely see one where the action looks as good as in this one. Probably because you´re changing the camera view many times. Anyway, keep up the excellent work. Can´t wait to see episode 4.

Alvin-Earthworm responds:

Yeah. I must admit it's time I updated the text box, considering i've updated everything else in the series.
Glad you enjoyed the movie. =D

[Legend of Zelda: The end]

Good movie, but needs more action

Graphics were very good in this movie. Everything was well drawn. The music was also very good. I do wish that there was a little bit more action in this movie though. Like you said, it was more like a slideshow then a movie. That was a little bit boring and the storyline is also not much special. I also think it would be better if you added voices in this.

Overall 7 out of 10, 3 out of 5. Well this was quite a good movie in my opinion, but next time you should add fights and stuff. Maybe you should turn this into a series. You could make this the first episode and in episode 2, you see how Link meets Zelda and Ganondorf etc. I´m sure it´ll become a great series. Anyway, keep up the good work.

[Zelda: Don Keyote 4]

Another nice episode

Graphics: Well the quality is good. Movies like this usually have a very bad quality, but this one looked nice. But you barely drawed anything yourself. Only the special effects at the end. The explosion didn´t looked that good, maybe you should work a bit on that, but I liked the effects on the picture.

Sounds/Music: The voice-acting is not bad, Link has a nice voice. And the quality of the sounds is also very good. As for the music, I could barely hear it. Of course you shouldn´t make it too loud, cause you can´t hear the voices then, but you could turn it up a tiny little bit.

Interactivity: Well it only has a play button. That´s decent for a movie, but you could add some more stuff to make it better. Like scene-selection or maybe some kinda timeline.

Overall 8 out of 10, 4 out of 5. A very nice series. Watched all the episodes so far and I enjoyed them all. I really hope that you will make a Don Keyote 5 someday, although I really don´t know how you could continue the story from here. Ow well, anyway keep up the excellent work and good luck with other stuff you´re gonna work on.

[the YuYu]

Amazing

Amazing animation and graphics as always. You´re drawings are really beautiful and I don´t think there is any way you can improve on them, they´re just "perfect". The music was also great. I really liked the song and it suits the movie very well. What I also liked was that you finally decided to add a scene-selection. That was the only thing your flashes still needed, and I´m glad you finally added it.

As for other stuff, the story is very nice so far. What I like about the main character bitey is that it's kinda hard to tell whether he's a good creature or a bad creature. You would say he's just an asshole who only cares about himself, but I can remember that he had a dream about that yellow creature (in prowlies at the river) where he seemed pretty happy, so maybe he's just lonely and looking for a friend. I hope you will make this all a little bit more clear in the next episodes.

Overall 10 out of 10, 5 out of 5. Well I guess I can't give this any lower then this. Fully deserves an overall score of 10 in my opinion (I can't believe that some people actually gave this a 2). I hope waterlollies will come out soon, can't wait to see it. Congrats on all the awards again and keep up the excellent work.

[Ultimate Ninja Showdown 4]

Very nice movie

Graphics: Very nice 3D effects. I must say though, the fight didn´t really looked that good. It looks a little weird that their whole bodies move and not just their arms when they swing their katana´s, know what I mean? I understand that might be a little diffecult to make, but maybe you should practise a bit more with that.

Sounds: The voices were not bad, but like the guy before me, I sometimes couldn´t hear what the fat guy was saying either. You did gave the other ninja subtitles, why didn´t you give the fat ninja and the mcdonals guy subtitles as well? It also didn´t had any subtitles at the end. I think you should just add them everywere in the movie. As for the other things, well the music was okay. It could use some sounds at some places like during the fight.

Interactivity: Well it got plenty of options at the end, but what I missed was a simple replay button. It would be nice if you added that.

Humor: I think the fat guys order took a bit long and later in the movie the mcdonald guy repeated it all again. Got a little boring, but it was still a very funny movie.

Overall 8 out of 10, 4 out of 5. Well even though there are still some things to improve, I think it was a very nice movie overall. I watched part 3 as well and I think your doing a very good job. I hope you´ll make many more. Keep up the excellent work.

PureCarnage responds:

I can work the subtitles in for all characters. Trying to make improvements in all areas, these flashes are great opportunities to sharpen my skills.

[The Dream (from SFDT)]

Didn´t expected much, but it wasn´t bad

Graphics: In the beginning they didn´t looked that good, but later on (during the dream) they were alright. I liked the backgroundcolor and the stars. The houses looked alright as well. I also liked the drawing style there, everything looked pretty cool. There´s still some room for improvement though, you could improve the beginning a bit. Perhaps you should try to draw a real person instead of a stick figure. During the dream it is alright to keep the stickfigure in in, I understand it´s a little diffecult to draw a flying person in 3d.

Music/Sounds: I must say, I really liked the backgroundmusic during the dream. It suited the movie very well. The intro with the trombone was alright. No sounds, but that´s okay. Anyway, I think the music is the best part of this movie.

Interactivity: I got a small complaint here. When you press the replay button, you got back to the "stick figure death theater"-screen made by blablabla. I think it would be better if you directly go to the beginning of the movie, but like I said it´s just a small complaint. You don´t really have to change that if it´s too much trouble.

Overall 5 out of 10. Well when I looked at the score I didn´t really expected much, but it was not bad actually. I didn´t liked the ending that much though. Still I think this flash deserves a little higher score and I think you could do better then this. Try to make it a little longer, improve your drawings a bit and I´m sure it´ll be a lot better.