chris-the-stick's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Oblivion Elegy Trailer]

excellent drawings, nice layout, good presentation of your comic, into a motion comic type format.
its clever!

this felt like a cool superhero comic /graphic novel, and it was really good, with an interesting story, and with beautiful visuals (excellent drawings, once again!)

i liked the story, and while im not a fan of violence, it was interesting, to say the least.

also, the music choice of zimmer was great, and it enhanced the movie into becoming more epic...
great work, cool movie, great drawings/visuals.

keep it up!

MartinMaySee responds:

Big time thanks for the positive feedback!

I really appreciate the feedback on my drawing style. The pencil drawing during the montage was done by Sarah, the voice actor for the female character, so for that one I have to give her credit.

I know the violence is a bit extreme at the end, but it all ties into elements of the story.

More updates will arrive in the coming weeks if you're interested. Thanks again!

[Physics project]

once again, you did a creative & helpful guide about gravity...

nice animation, cool stickman scenes (such as the falling stickman animation), and the 5 facts format was good.

i liked it. its a bit short, but everything's nice in your movie, so i cannot complain.
good work, keep making cool movies!

hasanfarhan33 responds:

Thanks again.

[Chemistry project]

pretty good and informational guide about hydrogen.
i really liked the 5 fun facts structure and the stickman scene with the hydrogen balloon+the lighter, it was clever!

i personally liked it, and it was quite fresh and enjoyable. (and educational as well)

good work!

hasanfarhan33 responds:

Thank you. I will try to make my animations longer

[Graffiti (ANIMATION)]

wow! cool, swift 2-D/3-D animation, with a nice combination of real video/real recording/stop-motion, and 2-D stick animations!
amazing! how did you added a video footage into a flash movie? (i want to do that as well, in a short movie)

also, the stick figure battle was epic,fast-paced, and interesting.
as for the story/the ending... i did NOT see that coming! :D
it was quite surprising, fresh, and cool.

very good movie, keep up the good work, and do more stuff like this!

MarksMedia responds:

wow thanks so much! I posted this on youtube and it only got 15 views and no likes so I was beginning to doubt my self.. all of the animation was done in after effects using the puppet tool but im sure you could achieve a similar style with real footage using flash if you imported your flash animation into after effects?

[the guardian of the temple]

wow! what a great 3-D animation!
all of the characters were INCREDIBLY detailed, (from their clothes/the texture of their clothes/of their skin, to their eyes, to their hair, to their teeth... everything was detailed on them), the main characters were really cool, and the whole story was both interesting, with action, AND funny.
i liked the guy with the straw hat( was this a reference to the ''one piece'' manga?), and his peruvian guide with the smartphone, and i laughed alot when i saw that, while the straw hat man was exploring the inner rooms of the temple, the peruvian guide was looking for a date on his smartphone! and the ''dating'' photos were hillarious! XD
as for the ending, it was amazing, and very very awesome.

excellent work on everything, from the texture of the hat, to the details in the characters eyes/in the lighting/shading effects(which are HARD to achieve on 3-D objects+in 3-D animation in general), in the character's face expressions... everything was awesome, while the whole animation was quick, flawless, and very enjoyable.

a perfect 3-D movie/animation.
you should do this professionaly. (if you're not doing this already, in a studio)

keep up the great work, you rock!

ludokiro responds:

Thanks man.

yes this is a reference to one piece we were 3 on this project and each one of us love this manga.

[Vietcong Gun Song]

this was VERY nicely animated, and its a clever visualization of ''music out of guns''
(it truly is an impressive visualization of the perfectly orchestrated ''gun song'' by RefaelBA...)

your movie is GOOD, and its nicely animated.
you've drawn perfect, accurate weapons, with good details, excellent linework, and with a good shading effect on them.
the gun-shots/the 'opposing sides of the shots' effect were clever details, and you've made it look like this whole gun-music is a part of a large war/of a conflict.
that was really cool.

the whole movie was nicely organised, and the final result was awesome.

however, i should mention that the music was originally created by RefaelBA (named ''DJ Bar.- The CS instrumental''), and that the first movie ever to feature this song, was StealthBeast's, (now) classic movie, ''Sounds of CS''. (created in feb. 2006)

ofcourse, the song itself was created on 2002 by the user ''RefaelBA'', who later created an official NG account in early 2007.
(StealthBeast found this song online by accident, and he decided to animate a flash movie in honour of this great gun-song....)
...and he later discovered who created this song, and the 2 artists became friends.
go figure.

this song has alot of history in it...

anyways, you did a cool movie, and it was quite interesting.
keep up the good work.

Dovji responds:

I have credited the original authors.
Thx for letting me know.

[Fox - Knives]

awesome music, and incredibly detailed visual effects, that matched with the tones of the music.
perfect work, keep it up!

Chrisso responds:

Glad you enjoyed it! We just released the full album, so check out the full music video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63X1PfVQDu0

[Mario Vs Sonic: Work pays off...]

good movie, nice animation, clever use of the sprites, and a nice ending with a good message (friendship), but i honestly dont think that the ''mario VS sonic'' movies are original anymore. (if they ever were....)

you did a good job, but i believe that you should create a movie with your own story, and with a more original setting going on.
add mario/sonic/an other character in a cool adventure, or in a comedic short; it will be alot better in terms of storyline.
i mean, you can do anything you want, story-wise, so why limit yourself to the classic ''mario VS sonic'' battles?

those are my two cents, i hope that you will keep making movies, because you are good.

AreteG responds:

Chris thank you so much for the review, because you are 100% right in a lot of the things you've said, especially on the part where you said to create my own original story and characters. But the only thing holding back from doing that is my knowledge of Photoshop and drawing skill, so before I try any of that I should work on those a bit more.

(BTW: Your review is freaking great man and I just wanna elaborate a bit on just how perfect it is, I mean seriously you not only gave me some great ideas you also inspired me to continue sprite movie making, or just movie making in general. So thanks and sorry for my bad grammar, you know what they say kids lose what they learn over summer break.)

[The many deaths of Johnny Wilson, ep 01, Fruit of the sea]

short, but nicely animated.

good style, nice drawings without outlines (a unique art style, i might add!), and smooth animation.
the story was obvious: the ''kenny effect''.

i only wish that the next movie of this saga will be longer, and with more scenes/more jokes/with a story...
you make cool stuff, cheers

KINGSIZEanimation responds:

Thanks for your comment! This first series feels like a warming up for me, the first nine episodes are finished, and they are all super short ;) I have more ideas for longer animations, but they require a lot more time, who knows...

[First episode intro leak]

hmm, this was a good intro for your first project/first animation.
i liked the photo's from the photobooth idea, and it was clever as an intro for your show, BUT...
the photos were too small, and as a result, this looked like a repetitive scene, making it look (almost) like a spammy loop.

you should make the ''photos'' larger, and the characters should be more defined in each photo. (or just make the ''photos'' larger. that way, we will be able to distinguish each character and scene of the intro's presentation.)

other than that, this was a good idea for an intro, and im sure that your show will be great.

an idea for the first episode would be to invite jerry lewis+jim carrey into your ''show'', and to have them duel with eachother on a comedy-off....

hmm

good stuff

KamimationStudios responds:

Thanks for you option, but the last thing you said about jerry lewis and stuff isn't going to happen sorry. Im basing this off of eddsworld with a gaming twist. the main premace(lure) of my animations is a kid(me) finds a crystal that has the power to take him into games. The kid(me) starts bringing his friends along with him on his wacky and corky adventures thus the eddsworld link.