chris-the-stick's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Brendan Barnes 2nd try against Raiders]

great work in drawing+animating realistic people, with a VERY realistic movement in this flash animation, along with the already good animation speed of this film, AKA=its FPS speed...

i also like the ''flowing lines'' effect, and the vivid colours that you've used in the movie.

you always draw++animate realistic humans+human movements in a great way, so its needless to say that i admire your work alot.
you are one of the most skilled artists out there, and i love how realistic are the movements+appearance of your (movie) characters.

keep up the good work!

matilus responds:

Thanks mate for the positive feedback.

[Careless Episode 1]

wow!
this is a really nice animation, with a cute story, its a nicely orchestrated film with a good FPS speed, fluid animation, nice linework, and good character designs, despite their (seeming) simplicity.

also, i love how nicely the character's face expressions and movements are drawn, while the cockroaches+the humanoid creature that tries to help them are really nice, cute and cool characters to observe!
question: did you used mostly FBF, or tweens?
and what was your FPS speed?

all in all, this was a really nice, innocent, and cute movie, with beautiful, fluid animation, with good speed and a nice setting in general, while its design+style remained unique and charming.
great work my friend!
i see lots of potential in you, so keep practising and you will become (even) better!
keep up the great work!

Demetrios responds:

Thank you for your kind words! I really enjoyed making this animation and plan on making several to follow up with. Keep on the look out! ^_^

Even though I do not respond immediately due to work and school, I read every single one of your replies. :)

As to answer your questions: I have used FBF this entire episode with 12FPS.

Thank you again! To hear how much you enjoy viewing is great motivation for me to make more animations!

Always continue to be an amazing person! :)
-Demetrios

[Happy 4th July]

well, happy 4th of july!

this was a really nice movie, nicely animated, with good use of visuals, good use of the photos of various characters, and a cool story in it.
it was funny, wild and i liked it alot.

my only complaints are with the lack of voices in your movie.

any voices would be good.
i suggest you to add some speakonia voices in your movie (the robotic voices), and the subtitles (the ones that already exist in the movie), the subtitles would THEN be used properly, since any good movie like yours, needs subtitles+voices in it.

plus, the gunshot sounds appeared early on in the movie, at ~1:45, while they should normally be heard at ~2:51.

just like bob-clock said, one of the ways to fix this is (relatively) easy:
just keep a silent audio file playing through the duration of your animation, that is, create a NEW layer, and paste a silent audio playing in there for the whole duration of the movie.
hopefully, this will fix your audio problems...

also, from 03:05 and onwards, the movie fades to black and stays that way up until the end of the movie.
now, if you did this for the purpose of creating a dramatic effect in your movie's ending, then its good!
but if you did this because you didnt knew what to add in the epilogue of the movie, then i have a few suggestions:

-you could add a scene of SBC and redbook-clock saying ''you cannot kill redbookclock'', and then having then say lololol many times to an angry trump.

-you could just add some credits about the movie.

-you could add a scene where redbook clock gets better and escapes from trumps evil empire.

those are just some suggestions, mind you.
anything beyond a blank screen is good tho.
just like a credits scene.

anyway, this was a good clock-movie, and i really liked it, despite redbook's sad demise.
you are a cool guy, and i see great potential in your flash movie skills...

so,
keep up the good work, and keep making cool movies!

RealRedbookClock responds:

Thx.

[Apple and Orange]

hey, nice movie!
good visuals, nice use of classic clock designs, good animation speed, a funny story, and a cool twist!
all in all, this was a great movie, and i really enjoyed it!

my only suggestion would be to use subtitles in your films, (if you want), because orange's voice was a bit low in the volume, so i couldnt hear his voice well...

other than that, great work!
keep making epic CC movies!
you rock

RealRedbookClock responds:

Thanks dude! And well the truth i don't know how to made a button to show the subtitles.

[Agent Kill in dhe hood!]

good movie: it had an (almost) immortal, interesting protagonist, it justified his resistance to bullets thanks to the ''armour'' counter next to his health bar, then it had MANY scenes of good, solid action, good animation speed, nice FBF sequences, and flawless battle choreography.
plus, both the characters, the guns,, AND the backgrounds were all nicely drawn, with good details, and everything was nicely combined, into one cool, action-filled animation.
good movie, nice animation skills...

this was a quality stick-movie.
keep it up, and make more cool stuff like this!

Xefcoolerz responds:

LOL thanks "sticky" if you know what i mean! haha!

[Mom, Mommy, Mama, Mom... DJ Khaled Remix]

hehehe... clever use of DJ khaled's joke on his wife, with the (now)classic family guy scene of stevie annoying his mom in the same way.

good use of the snap-vid soundfile, and good editing on the (already existing) family guy scene+characters.
did you draw DJ khaled's face on your own?
if yes, congrats! its a good drawing of his face.
if not, its OK... your movie is still good, and i will assume that this was a sprite design of his face.
either way, your movie was funny, and it delivered a good pun.

good work.

PointBlankAnimations responds:

Thank you for your review! And to answer your question, we did draw DJ Khaled's face.

[The Clock And The Lock]

like i've said before, this was a great movie, with nice drawings of bluestone-clock and of his enemy, strawberry-lock, having a wild chase scene on horseback and then an epic gun-fight, which results in the final scene, and with bluestone-clock's triumph.

you've drawn all the characters nicely, with some good face/clock/lock expressions, with good characteristics, nicely drawn guns, hats, and with a decent background.

my only objections are that:
-you should add a preloader, or a play/replay button.
but dont worry, because this can be easily fixed in your next movies...

-you should add some shooting sounds, and a western music in your movie.
it would make this already good movie 10 times better!

-the horses should be more detailed/better drawn, for they were quite minimalistic, to say the least.

all in all, this was a good movie, full of action+epic gun fights, but it could be better, if you would add some more things.
keep up the good work, and make more clock-themed movies!
you rock!

SunSmog responds:

i already added shooting sounds and western music, in the mp4 version.

[PORTAL SPAWNED]

such sorcery! how?! XD

really nice effects dude, i liked it alot.
my only suggestion: you should've added a blue portal somewhere else as well...
it would be more ''complete'', in terms of portal-lore, at least.

i wonder, did you used green screen for this?
good work, i found it cool.

JustineHrishi responds:

Thank you sir! I appreciate your support will make a new one with blue portal soon.
I didn't used any green screen sir .

[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