MysticShinHanKu's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[How to be funny]

You know another way to be funny and get front paged on newgrounds? Just attack other users' animations and use a voice actor to make it sound like a joke instructional video. Was it necessary to specifically name a user whose submissions you don't enjoy? ...No. Not at all.

MistyE responds:

Was it necessary to specifically name a user whose submissions you don't enjoy? ...No. Not at all.

[Capture The Flag: Ep 3]

Awesome

I really enjoyed this. I wish I had recorded more reaction sounds for you because when Evan crashed the tub and slid across the ground without a reaction, it was a little offputting. Don't be afraid to stress those types of things to your actors (us). It really strengthens the scene. Also the music at the end was a little loud so I couldn't reallyl hear Sqwuib's explanation that well.

Overall, great job, I really loved it. The appearance of Scarf and the Man in White were great and very mysterious. I love your backgrounds. Great job, man, I can't wait for the next one!

Aeonstars responds:

Thanks Corey. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I guess I would've included a "sigh" or something but I always intended Evan to slide across and just be pissed off and neutral. As for the volume, I wasn't too sure whether it was too loud. I guess it is a bit ><.

[When Cloud Met Vincent]

nice one!

Excellent ending, my friend. The animation was not amazing, but it was good as far as character expression goes. Cloud's movements were great and fit his current character very well, you didn't just recycle the same thing over and over, we saw some changes. you could have just had them standing perfectly still, but you didn't.

It gets a little stale with the setting, but the way you set it up as a quick sketch, it worked. Again, the ending was great. I liked the stutter and almost ramble that they had. It reminded me a lot of Home Movies. Do you watch that show? If not, DO. I think you'd definitely like it. Nice job

ShadowMaginis responds:

i love home movies! thanx for the comment, glad you liked it!

[Life's Good]

Very impressive!

Wonderfully stylistic. If you like these types of projects, you should look into studying After Effects if you haven't. At first, I thought you had made this in AE. You can do some pretty insane things in AE, and it works great as a post producer for flash movies. Great job and good luck with your future submissions and projects. You would be really useful as a web designer or to make commercials and promos :)

Xennethy responds:

ha yes, actually I'm intending to learn AfterEffects too, but so far it looks pretty complicated and confusing to me.

[bluh bluh bluh.]

Wow impressive

That was great - like old school awesome. So is there any quicker way to do it then taking a picture or a shot of it, moving the scene a little, then taking a new shot? Is that really how Robot Chicken is still doing it? Because they have so much movement, and it looks just sooo time consuming.

Great job, I really enjoyed it.

RWappin responds:

Yep. I actually know a guy who worked on Robot Chicken.

But that's how pretty much all animation is done.... frame by frame, so it's all pretty time consuming. :P

[SKATER V2 Episode: 05]

Yeah Marcy!

As always, Marcy, this was fantastic. I think this was my favorite. Your animation and stills just get better and better. Johnny's face when he was first shown was hilarious. Also all of the punks riding by had awesome expressions. Your stuff just keeps getting more awesome!

Props to Tommy for picking up my slack :p If you and Tommy were up for it, I'd love to collab together on a project. I love helping out with voices and writing. Great job, man!!

MarcyVF responds:

Haha, thanks Corey :) you did what you could!

[Pico 09]

You are brilliant.

A genius. A comic genius. Your ideas flow so well together. It is almost improv how you justify your randomness. I love the jokes, and the way they are delivered makes it impossible for them to be offensive or even considered crude. I love it. The art style, the animation, everything was awesome.

The voices were so fitting. You have a naturally cartoony voice. I really enjoy it. Fantastic job. Really.

LazyMuffin responds:

Thank yous.

[Watchmen Movie is Coming!]

Nice doodles

Not a great animation, but great drawings. I think you'd be a good animator if you put some work into it. Let me know if you ever need a voice actor for a full project.

So why did you say they weren't called watchmen? They are, aren't they? The minutemen were first, then the Watchmen

snarkitysnarks responds:

Yeah, it's not so much an animation as it is a...storyboard? Interactive comic? (These are poor excuses). I sort of can't imagine doing a full-on animation, but perhaps I could get my lazy butt in gear some time.

Your offer to voice act intrigues and pleases me.

In the comic, there's the Minutemen, and then years later Captain Metropolis tries to organize the Crimebusters. That falls through, and the second generation of masked heroes never really band together for real (except Dan and Rorschach, who were already partners). "Watchmen" is only referring to the quote "who watches the watchmen," which gets graffitied everywhere when people start protesting vigilantes.

....I feel like an ultranerd.

[Batman Began]

A decent submission

Art style was not great, but not awful. There wasn't a whole lot of animation going on. This does seem like a bit of a copy of the Irod bad-type nutshell cartoons that Joe made. I think it needs a lot of work with scripting. There weren't a lot of jokes and you could have punched a lot of other obscure areas rather than making such large generalizations of the storyline. This has a lot of potential, but the dialogue was not good.

There are plenty of voice actors on newgrounds with great mic quality, so I would recommend using their talents next time. Actually, your info says you got the audio from a youtube video? If you wanted to nutshell a movie, I'd say you should hold a little contest/audition type of thread and ask voice actors to make one about a particular movie. You may get lots of hilarious ideas that way.

There are tons of great writers and voice actors on newgrounds. Don't be afraid to use them. I'd be happy to work with you on a similar project in the future and help you get that extra bit you need. Nice job. Good luck on your next submission.

MoozipanCheese responds:

Thanks for the (load of) advice. Much appreciated.

[Narrator's 2nd Love Story]

A solid animation

not bad at all, but it needs a lot of work. The narrator was not very exciting at all. The bland story-telling made it very hard to stay interested in what he was saying. There was no real character so you didn't care if he got laid. He didn't seem like a smooth lady's man or a complete loser, just a normal dude.

there wasn't much of a storyline and no real plot twists or surprises or actual events. sorry to say but the whole thing probably could have been cut down to under a minute. The delivery of the actors was very unconvincing. It isn't for them to improve, it is more of a nudge to direct a little more. As far as comedy went, it was weak and needed a more structured story so you could really get into some punching jokes.

The art style was alright, but again, it sort of matched the bland narration, there was no real animation involved. The doodles on the wall at one point made me wish the whole thing was drawn like that with some more life and frame by frame instead of constant tweens and nothing but lip sync. When they turned and they swiveled, I really was a little turned off.

Overall, a good animation, fair performance, but needs more excitement and push. The script was the real fault in this though in my opinion. Good luck on your future animations.

PostTimeskipSam responds:

Thanks for the review, l appreciate the honesty; however Narrator is actually just a normal guy, but I see where your coming from. Looking over my script there was really just dialogue after dialogue with very little direction on what the voice actors/actresses needed to deliver, which is why character didn't feel like they were interacting with each other as much. I should added more voice direction in the script.

Anyways appreciate the constructive criticism, I'll keep these in mind.