jackbliss's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[My Ass]

Great movie, terrible title!

I swear when I saw this movie's title "My Ass" I thought it would be some total crap, but when I watched the actual movie I was quite stunned at how good it was! The animation was smooth, the characters were simple but crisp with excellent shading, the storyline was hilarious, and other elements like lighting, camera movment, fighting sequences were spot on with a nice humorous twist in the end. If you'd thought of a better title for this movie it would've definitely gotten a better score I think. Nonetheless great work and looking forward to more stuff from you!

My vote is 5/5, and review score is 10/10

[Comments Appreciated]

So true!!

Youtube can be SUCH a cruel place especially if you're new and don't have many subscribers. I've found myself in more or less the same situation as your character after uploading a video. Luckily in NG things are much better off where people actually care enough to leave a review to appreciate your work or atleast offer constructive criticism whereas Youtube is such a popularity game these days... makes me sick!

Overall funny Flash and wonderful theme! I voted 5 and giving you a 10/10 review score!!

Joonza responds:

Thanks man! Yea, I think the biggest problem in YouTube is that it's hard to get views unless it's some popular subject. For example, if you're like a really talented musician, and you post your own music on there, your videos get barely any views. You should be able to see all the most recent videos on the frontpage, or something.
But thanks for the 10! :)

[Mini - Ninja]

Very good 3D animation!!

You seem to have really mastered 3D animation. Your story was simple and slightly cliche' but nonetheless quite entertaining to watch. All in all it was really good and hope you can make it into a series. Btw incase you haven't put this on Youtube too. They'll love it :)

I voted 5 and giving you a 9 score in review!

[Fruit N' Veg Attack 2]

Took me to another dimension!

Not entirely sure what was going on in your mind when you made this, but damn! You really took the viewers to a whole other abstract darker world for awhile and for that I must applaud you for few creators can achieve that with only their 2nd flash and in such a short movie!

Hope your graphics and animation skills improve in time to really bring to life that bizzare wicked imagination you have seem to have in abundance... not to mention some great vocals! 8/10 :)

Lord-Desolator responds:

Cheers! I'm stoked to hear it took you to another dimension. I try to deliver things short and sweet to avoid boring the viewer. Though I could make it a little longer, depending on how things go with improvements and experimentation.

I just have a messed up imagination and my mind has given the green light for all manners of weird thoughts to come in.

I aim to improve my graphical and animation over time and I love experimenting with things. Glad you liked the vocals too. To be honest I had to layer and modify them in Audacity. Since I used an inbuilt mic they would have sounded weak on their own. When giving duplicated tracks different pitch levels, the sound can turn out to be even more awesome than each of the layers.

[Disguise art a wickedness]

Amazing movie and touching moral!

This was really great and it's weird I wasn't quite expecting it to be touching. In just a short moment you really feel for the kid plus the music adds a nice even touch. Good job and you really deserve that award you won for it. Hope this wins some NG awards too.This certainly deserves to reach much higher score and I voted 5 to make sure... keep makin more!! ;)

Madtav44 responds:

Thanks for the kudos! Much appreciated! I'm surprised you liked the music :P I didn't want to get pinged for copyright infringement so I actually made the little piano chords at the end... and I'm no piano player... :P I might've added background music, but I really didn't have the time or the motivation to do it within the deadline.

[What Can Be Changed]

I will remember this movie forever...

...and have the rest of my life to learn from it. Thank you so much for making this!!

[The Pen is Mightier...]

Pure Art

If you could create a masterpiece out of a Flash Movie... this would be it. Stunning simply stunning and so well put together! Thank you for sharing this thought provoking message to the world....

[The GameBoy Band]

One my absolute favorites!

I have a good deal number of favorite flash movies, but this is certainly the one I keep coming back to again and again. Mostly because of the magical nostalgic feeling I get when I hear the video game music you used I admit, but also because you took a very simplistic approach in bringing it to life using the perfect sprites and animation not over doing it in the least so it didn't get cheesy or overdone.

This has tremendous replay value and am truly upset with other NG users in giving this amazing transcending work of art such a low score.

I'm giving you a 10 review score and recommending this into the collection, plus I voted 5/5 . Hope that helps you out, and please by all means keep making more :-)

[An Animusical Minute Ep 3]

Nice graphics but too short and pointless

Yeah nice graphics but that's about it with this one. There is absolutely no real plot, and I guess the basic message you're trying to convey to kids here is (like every OTHER cartoon ever made) that Classical music sucks and rock and roll rules. Being a VERY big fan of Classical music myself I was rather disturbed by this, and I think Pachelbel Johann's original Canon deserves more respect on it's own and needs absolutely NO rock and roll substitute or a fancy lead by every 'Slash' from GNR wannabe to make it more interesting or beautiful in anyway. Perhaps one day you and the majority of people out there will realise the true great classics as they are.

This cartoon is a real slap in the face for those who've spent years developing a skill and taste in Classical music only to be blown away by some sappy stereotypical electric guitar lead. I myself have gotten a Grade-3 degree in Trinity College of Music London in Piano and trust me it's NOT easy to find people to appreciate and encourage me when I play the Classics. Classical music is already a dying art and cartoons like yours don't make it any easier for their survival :-(

For now I voted a 3, and am giving this review a 5/10 purely for good animation and graphics style.

Foreverland responds:

Well I see what you mean, but I suppose I would argue your point. I grew up learning the classics from Looney Tunes and have subsequently had an appreciation for classical music my whole life. I rock out to Beethoven's 9th in my car all the time. I don't mean for this to be a slap in the face of classical music, but rather an homage or appreciation of what classical music is. I love the traditional version of classical music, but I love it when people do different takes on it as well. I think any kind of awareness for classical music will get people to go back and figure out where the original came from. It certainly has for me.