DreadMore's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Happy Urchin Gurchin!]

Good animation and sound (for most part, obviously aside from pieces that was supposed to stand out with their "low res" shenanigans), but all of it was lacking a logical plot. As in, what gives? More confused after watching this than any other feeling, and not talking about the artsy kind of confusion.

Liked the main character though.

Edit:
Rised score by +1 cause u left "loud voice" notification. Might be a nice idea to create your own original disclaimer page with that info (similar to splash screen), not even writing it down, just an icon/animation of a really loud speaker, or maybe distressed person in heaphones (just my idea). BTW. to avoid distress, the score is basically for content meaning, but if you feel this will go through to your friend, please treat it as a solid 4.5. Good fortune to you and him.

SmoothE responds:

thank you for the response!! very glad to have gotten a more formal critique based one as i was kind of hoping for some feedback, so thank you!! gonna respond to a bit of this though for the hell of it :D

the logical plot bit was entirely on purpose, there was no script or plan while making this, i just kind of said 'okay now what can happen here?' and rolled with it. i would've loved to make some actual consistent and logical plot and whatnot but i feel like it wouldn't have fit in some one off birthday gift. the confusion aspect was also intended, as it was supposed to be chaotic to the point of little understanding, especially since most of the jokes were just kind of left in because the people i was talking to while making it just kind of asked me to throw it in (and i was ridiculously tired lol, in fact still tired while writing this thing!)

also yeah the main characters pretty cool, gurchins rad :D

and i totally would've put a disclaimer at the beginning but i was running out of time quick and couldn't really figure out WHERE to put it, i tried my best to make it at least apparent that it was gonna be loud and purposefully low quality at times but i didn't really make the point all too well haha.

and i'll be treating it as a 4.5 because he seemed to enjoy it quite a bit, thank you dread and good fortune to you as well! :D

[Meme pixel art animation Yorha 2B]

Very neat. Question: what's the song version? I'm trying to find it on the net and either it's too slow, or too fast. Looking for that specific one where they pause in the middle, or at lest this exact speed and feeling at least.

EDIT: Thx Simon444, confirmed at 1:40, +1

Simon404 responds:

Gypsy in my Mind - Never Dull tiktok (sped up)

[Family Brap]

Liked the whole idea of chicken fight, classic Peter Griffin.
-1 star for mildly awful sound effect at the end - someone please end this "fashion"

KOLANI responds:

hehe funny fart sound ~

[misogyny]

Joke aside, liked the pixelated art.
Below low quality of sound effect, and for some reason I believe it's the centerpiece of this movie - would really love people to stop thinking screaming in movies is in any way a good comedic trick.

Don't care about misogyny or whatever.

Ant responds:

i went to your house last night to spook you but i think i smelt decomposing human bodies in the backyard so i left
the police are on their way

[Loss]

The art that is remembered through ages is the art that speaks volumes of those ages.
As much as I don't want 21st century to be remembered as the fallings of democracy and its futility against countries that go in with armed offensive, this really brings in close the late moments happening to our neighbours.

The medium used here pronounces loss. Good use of colours and scenes as they bring about thoughts of war and aftermath of violence.
It is clearly made not as a movie, but a show of painting, a sliding show of a breakdown.

I thought every scene was a bit too long, but that might be my impatience.

I too hope this war ends, as much as I want people to get along, we might be the next target.

Maffi responds:

Oby do tego ostatniego punktu nie doszło.

[The Holiday Network]

Few of them were really good, fully animated (girl sitting in front of pink doll, russian guys at the end), some had nice ideas (1st one, alien boy).
Some seemed like they were inside jokes (Santa in the mall going ballistic for...reasons?), felt a bit unfinished or rush, some were made pretty fast and choppy, other seem hand animated - so pretty diverse.
And some were not even animations, just phone recorded teenage jumpscares that attempt to rupture an eardrum or two.
Pretty much solid 3-4 to some while BLAM to the others.

All in all, a Merry Christmas collab made by both nice and naughty.

EDIT:
P.S. Shoutout:
I'd rate the music and all that if I had not listened to this collab on MINIMUM volume level (feels like the question was a sarcasm).
Unfortunately due to the parts with very loud noises trying to compare audio quality is just not worth it. If you guys really want RETURNING people to listen to your pieces, go on and persuade your friends to try out venues that don't involve damaging audio quality. I mean, sure, you can go on with this infinitely, but that just mean they will instictively always lower volume and miss out whatever someone of you put heart in it. Feels like art cannibalism :p
Which is a real shame, it's like you get meal where you love bunch of stuff and somebody puts intentionally a surprise aimed directly at getting a nasty reaction - and you sometimes wonder if you want to bite later on.
But you do what you want, it's Newgrounds - everything by everyone. Still like the meal, if the chefs want me to LOVE it they can try something different in a recipe - just make sure whatever you put on the plate it is still YOU - don't like much chefs that throw coriander into their burrito art just cause someone nagged that it's not there :p

EDIT 2:
Oh yeah, threatening others will suuurely improve everything, especially opinion. I'm sure Michealangelo was running around stabbing around the haters. And Leonardo DaVinci was hanging his victims upside down. And we all know that Van Gogh didn't use his own ear in his auto portrait.
But seriously, I did not mean to insult anyone, it's called a "critique", don't waste your breath, cause I'm not stopping.
I wrote it, cause I believe 2 things:
- any random Newgrounder has the right to know what he's looking at if he wants to, it's called a "Review", not a "Comment" section for a reason
- you guys can do more than this, maybe not today, but one day, you decide the date. But you ain't gonna do squat unless you get feedback, I think harsh feedback is better than little patting comments, but we have a 5 star system that most use like youtubers are using "thumbs up/down"
If you insist it's an insult, check details below - and I think you mean this "Teddy" you keep writing about is the one who did the "Santa night stalking" part - here's the scoop:
- good acting on making impression of genuinely looking for beliving in Santa
- good use of night vision, or green filter, or whatever you used (me <= not a specialist)
- nice touch with choosing the screenshots before filming yourself - creepiness level increased
- awesome handling of the camera on the face, looks similar to Blair Witch and REC scenes where people give their "Famous Last Words", was missing snotty nose from "Scarry Movie" but if you wanted to do that it would kinda give away your intent (horror movies fan here)
- transition-effect between different scenes to make it look like movie is cut - good
- the appearance of Santa - AWFUL, simply AWFUL sound, drawing was meh
- Good finishing touch with the "body being snatched" leaving a sleeping hat (or a Christmas hat? IDK).
Summing up: It would be pretty good (for a video recording/producing) if it wouldn't be for that god awful sound at the end, which is irritating, because it's long and awful, and covers the initial impression I get when watching the movie - if you wanted to make people rethink horror movies - good job; if you just wanted to jumpscare someone - GET OUT of HERE :-]

I know that's just a one of the phases and that everyone in this collab, regarding of their level, will find even better ways to express their work.
Until then (and after that) I'll keep reviewing :-)

P.S.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

pollyanoid responds:

mucho texto

[Taco Spaghetti]

Nicely done, catchy music, just one side note: he's basically singing ONLY about spaghetti (pasta + sauce + tomatos + cheese), where's taco in it (Chilli beans, corn, salad)

BooneBum responds:

In the Raining Tacos Universe, tacos *CAN* have those ingredients but the main 4 ingredients in TacoBot 3000's tacos are shell, meat, lettuce & cheese. In this cartoon, his ingredients are reduced down to seasonings/toppings w/ taco meatballs! :)

[Crazy Japanese Man Screaming Sex while Running in Tunnel]

Looked funny, sounded horrible - is there a filter that makes sound purposefully distorted going around the net or something? Is that a thing these days? I remember poop-piss jokes being a thing, but not this aduo.

Animated representation quite ok

Lunydoobles responds:

audio was taken from a video online

[WhitePeopleBeLike]

Let's see a "Black people be like" and see this survive here
Also, racism aside, nice animation, but really poor joke.

EDIT:
Game on Potatoman! Find a good one :D!

Potatoman responds:

Ok, I will make that next

[REPENTANCE'S SECRET ENDING]

LoL, that was a voiceclip? I thought it was this:
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/608431

Still, good reuse, pretty relatable to Binding of Isaac.
Also, a well deserved hail Oney and TomaMoto!

EDIT, Yeah, I see the credits to the left, just couldn't resist to butter up everywone :3

DegoDraws responds:

Its in the credits lmao