chris-the-stick's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sonic's Deathbed]

well, this was sad, and nicely depicted, as it showed us a devastated, broken sonic, who barely clung to life, and whose time was soon coming to an end...
(its similar to the actual status of the character in the videogame franchise: the character's popular and he's nicely designed, but his games have long-lost their artistic flare/the ''fun'' element a long time ago, and nowadays, only silly/random/empty games with sonic get created, with the result of lower sales for (new) sonic games, and the eventual ''death'' of the character...

and
even if sonic's existence will get prolonged+supported by various nostalgia fans/random gamers/sonic-lovers(both in a good/bad way)...
soon, one day his presence will end, due to the developer's lack of commitment/originality, which damage the whole v-game industry, in many ways.
(a repetition, that is also seen in various super-mario/luigi/zelda titles, to a lesser extend).

NOW! about the movie:
the start/setting was excellent, the hospital was drawn nicely, and i liked that the background had a dark, gloomy sky, showing the general melancholy of the whole setting...
also, showing mario appearing through a green pipe in the hospital's front yard, was another good detail! bravo!
the nurses/hospital room/sonic/sonic's friends/mario AKA=the whole characters of the movie were nicely drawn, they had good face expressions, their movements+actions were nicely animated, the whole scene was executed perfectly, with NO need for dialogue whatsoever, (which is a difficult thing to achieve in a movie, and thats good...), and a nice sequence of events, which lead to the character's tragic demise:
sega created (yet again) one more (unoriginal) sonic game, and it turns out that THIS was the last straw that killed sonic, making him to fail and to die, which resulted in mario preparing a ''+1-UP'' (extra life/revival) mushroom, (in order to save sonic), but alas, shadow told to mario that ''it was too late''(and that people were beating a dead horse, in this case, a broken idol...).
so, sonic died, and his life-ring fell down, and crumbled in pieces... (this was also one of the best scenes in the whole movie, very nicely animated, with good FPS speed, and good details, it was by far one of the best+most memorable scenes of the movie... very sad and dramatic...)
also the character's expressions with them seeing sonic's end were spot-on, from the obsessive girlfriend amy, to the devastated friend/protege of sonic, tails, to the calm+reserved shadow, who grieved his acquaintances death in a more distant, ballanced way... with some sadness, yes, but without any obvious signs of strong emotions...
thats shadow for you!

all in all, great work, good design, excellent animation, and clever criticism on today's gaming/videogames ''quality''(or lack thereof).

you are awesome, keep up the good work!

Ant0on responds:

Wow! :D Really amazing to read such detailed impressions and deep analysis lol. Thank you for taking your time to write about such thoughtful observation! :) I'm glad you enjoyed the film, and I hope you will enjoy the continuation of this story in part 2!

[Israro Animation Showreel 2016-2017]

a very nice collection of animations that you've created throughout the year...
good animations, nice design, nicely drawn characters, and alot of action, while i like the few bits of humour here and there...
good work, i like your skills, keep it up!

Ismartal responds:

Thank you very much, I hope to continue to improve it

[ART.FLA]

short but sweet, i liked the underlying horror that lurked behind the artist's (a madnessified dali, am i right?!) face/nature...
i liked how he trapped the poor man into his surrealistic movie.

if only you've added a few fight scenes, where the madness dude fights off some surrealistic monsters (abominations from hieronymous bosch's drawings? grotesque creatures from goya's paintings? there are many choices for scary characters that you can add in your movie... (in order to create a fight in paintings.. even that screaming creature from munh's ''the scream''... ))
if you would've added those things, and a final confrontation/fight of the dude VS the artist, then this would be a more complete movie...

other than that, it was good tho.
and nicely animated.

good work.

Rgessimai responds:

thx u

[Triple XXX Tattoo Scene Parody Stickman the Comedian]

hahaha! this was a funny recreation of the (already) funny scene of XXX: the new badassery film returns...
i really liked how you drew vin dizel's face (XXX), and how you drew his tattoo's, while i also like how you drew the girl, and i also liked the way you drew HER tattoos... it was clever.
also, you delivered the punchline perfectly, and the narration/the voice-acting/the whole design of the show was VERY good.

like i (already)said above, you might have a stickman for the narrator's role, but you've drawn vin dizel+the tattoo girl really really well, with some very funny face expressions+tattoos, and thats a win in my book.
this was a really cool, funny and nicely executed movie.

great movie, keep up the good work, and make more stuff like this!

tonyfamous responds:

Hey, thanks for the really positive review. Most people don't realize how long it takes to make even a simple ( very simple ) animation like this, so I really appreciate it. :-)

[X-men 3 in a nutshell]

nice movie, i liked the humour, and the fast-paced summarisation of the whole movie...
along with the clever commentary+the jokes between scenes...

good work, keep it up, its cool!
you should do more stuff like this.

duffosaur responds:

thanks and i will make another

[Sandwich Man]

intereresting story, and an even more interesting character.
ham the sandwitch and BBQBEEFBURGERMAN would be proud with your work...
pretty funny.

onesketchyguy responds:

I can only hope to make BBQBEEFBURGERMAN proud...Thank you sir.

[How man discovered milk]

hahahaha! its a shortie, but a goodie!
nice lil movie, with good animation, (OK-ish)nice drawings, and with some very good humour...
very cool movie, you should make more stuff like this!!

sweet stuff, sir...

onesketchyguy responds:

Thank you very much! I work on these alone, so it feels good to know people enjoy it, if you can't wait for tomorrow, you can check out all of my toons on https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCT-95zywDMqy5UliOKROu8g

(careful, I put up allot of garbage too)

[Rickroll animation loop]

really smooth, fast-paced animation... i loved how fluid+flawless the character's movements are in this movie!
VERY nice FPS/animation pace/design in this movie...
i like it.

you did a great work here, and the only problem is that rick ashley didnt have a face in your movie...
and that the movie was too short.
other than that, it was perfect!!!

keep up the good work, 5/5

Corroid responds:

Thank you

[Samurai Shin Issue #1 Comic Book Release Trailer]

man... that song was groovy, awesome, and absolutely PERFECT for a fight scene! :)
you make nice music, sir... good job!
as for the movie itself?
it has excellent animation, with nicely drawn characters, and with some VERY detailed faces/face expressions...

and the whole story sounds promising, so this will be an epic comic, i will definitely check it out...
good work, man!
you have mad skills... keep it up!

SamuraiShin1 responds:

thanks man for supporting and no its just a trailer for comic