yelowcow's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[the Last of the Dashkin]

Show don't Tell

Of course this is better than most every thing on newgrounds but my review is in context of your other work. I don't feel that the animation was up to par with your earlier work in this series, the scenes of when bitey was younger in particular. The narration was also rather dull and I think it told too much. I understand that you are trying to introduce a higher level of understanding for the brakenwood world and tell the story of teh dashkin, but it feels as if the narration was used as a crutch in this animation, which is a crutch you definitely don't need, as you are a master of visual story telling and character animation. Please tell us the story through the visuals as much as you can, as you have in the past. The writing wasn't bad, it just told way too much compared to what was going on visually.

Been following you from the begining, and I love all your stuff, so I hope you will find this constructive, and not offensive in any way.
%Nils

[Charlie the Unicorn 2]

Could have been better.

I know its hard to top some thing as amazing as the first one, but this animation completely followed the same formula as the first one, only the "out there" factor was increased by a notch or two. Although it had some funny moments, overall I was pretty disappointed by it, I know that you could have been far more original with it than you were.

[how it will end.]

I'm afraid to watch your other movies

Because I'm afraid they wont be as good as this one. amazing video, should be in the top 50 instead of 500.

[TANKMEN 2]

An Honest Review

The animation has great style and is very well done. That is why you are getting a 7. The reason why you aren't getting a 9 or 10 is because that was the main thing you had going for you. The humor didn't come close to matching the first one (two). Especially before they got on the tank, the pace of the piece was a lot slower than it should of been. I think that even though the humor was in the same style for the most part, it wasn't as smart in this one as the other ones. Just focus more on the idea and the script.

-Nils

JohnnyUtah responds:

i know the pace was slower, that was intentional. sorry you didnt like it, but i dont completely agree with you.

[Aladdin 3150]

Very well done, But one part needs a make over.

*spoilers* I would say the only part of this animation which was not successful was the part where the princess got shot and all of those memories flashed before his eyes. Some of the faces in there were just annoying. I liked the idea behind that scene, it was a fairly original way to do it, but the images them selves didn't live up to the rest of the animation (especially the ones with her lips puckered up, they just didn't fit with the mood at all). Overall you deserve all the praise you are getting for this, it is definitely one of the top 25 on new grounds. I think your strongest point on this was the editing and camera angles, you have a very good cinematic sense.

[Fjernsyn]

Nice

It's art man. Nothing else to be said.

[Dad's at Work]

Sorry

Doesn't live up to the original at all. I am sure you put a lot of work into this, but the content isn't nearly as funny as the original, that is really its only downfall, but a huge one. I'm not convinced you should of made another one any way.

[Madness Consternation]

do you..

Remember when these were funny?

[Ida's Luck - Part 1]

Not as good as normal

I feel the quality of this animation isn't as good as some of yours in the past, maybe you are trying some thing new with the animation, i don't know, but it didn't have the same aura as your other animations which is definitely part of the appeal. The sound seems to be low quality, maybe the mic it was recorded on, or the quality was turned way down to save space, either way, its not some thing i noticed in the past. Even the narration doesn't seem to have the same feeling as in other animations.

The story, however, so far is interesting, and i hope to see the next part soon.