lenkalamari's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Super Mario bros Z ep.7 (old series)]

In a nutshell

-Graphics were mostly stolen (obviously) and awful looking in some parts.
-8-bit idea was very sweet
-Music was ridiculously annoying
-The whole weegee thing isn't funny and never will be.
-I like what you did with Luigi himself though.
-Fights were dull as dishwater
-Plot delved into many useless details (like the origin of this 8 bit place)
-Way too much text, holy shit. May as well rename it 'spacebar the movie'
-Felt much too long for an internet cartoon. I even had to cut my viewing short on the first go.
-3D was impressive
-'Direction' was as tight as ever (I'm talking camera movements etc)
-Comic relief seemed more desperate than usual (fart jokes blah blah blah)

It didn't take itself as 'seriously' as the others though, which was a relief to see.

Keep flashin'

-Lenko

[sprite or not to sprite?]

That was very sweet

You're right, a lot of sprite animators do get stick despite having some nice ideas at times. But still as long as people are making what they want, they should be happy lol.

But yeah. drawn stuff is a hundred times more creative than most sprite stuff.

sweet little toon.

Emanhattan responds:

thanks dude :)

[Spaceman Bobs Time Apple]

Fucking amazing

I love it. It looks the bomb, the sound is refreshing to hear in a short cartoon piece, there's just so much fucking love and care and attention put into it. There's a lack of inbetween frames in a few places which can make the animation kinda jarring at times, but otherwise it's great.

[The Great Mushroom Chase]

Haha

Well I'm not too keen on sprite movies these days but this was pretty creative and fast paced and well 'directed'. Nice timing with a lot of the events and the hospital interlude was pretty genius.

The reaction face at the end would have been funnier if I hadn't already seen it. I know it's a homage and all but I think that's the reason why you'll be marked down a bit. It's not so much that you stole the face, it's that you stole part of the 'joke'.

JonBro responds:

"It's not so much that you stole the face, it's that you stole part of the 'joke'."

I don't think it's possible to have that face without it being part of the 'joke' XD

[Edible Castle #10]

Entertaining

This was my first Edible Castle ep and I've gotta say i really liked it. everything was so damn clean and well put together, and the fact you had a little collab themed around winter olympics events was really creative. everyone did a pretty damn good job too.

If there's one thing I didn't like it was the constant name-dropping...I think the whole 'announcing everyone's name' thing was a little cringey. Like you were going "Oh look this bit's by Egoraptor! Isn't he funny? Oh look Tom Fulp made this lol." It kinda took away from the show in a way cos we were constantly being reminded who made the shorts inbetween.

But yeah, great work overall. loved the voices lol.

EdibleCastle responds:

ah! hadnt really thought about that. we just thought it'd be a nice touch but in hindsight you're probably right. it was just a device we used to show who did what instead of having their names on screen during their shorts.

["A Slice of the Action"]

Oh you

Smooth, great backgrounds, well directed, yadda yadda yadda.

Great animation. I love the over-cheesy, almost 1950's presentation of your toons. it makes me giggle.

[There She Is!! step4]

Not as good as the others.

Still a really nice flash, goes to show every relationship has a sad point or two. Animation wasn't as bright or lively than the others, and there was a bit of an emphasis on panned shots with little animation, but still a great toon that pushes the story even more forward.

[Pianist on the Way]

staggering

That was absolutely amazing. Mindblowingly good animation whether you used flash or not.

Can't wait to see more from you.

[Rick Roll Flash]

I really shouldn't like this

But I did, animation was lively and kinda sincere, and for one day's work it's awesome.

[Harry The Harlequin Fetus]

Terrifyingly brilliant

Damn, your animation keeps getting better and better. some fucking awesome stuff here, trippy colours, inventive use of line work etc. etc. naturally its as crazy as ever and a bit hard to grasp at first, but it becomes sorta dream-like and you sorta just...go along with it. That cat was the stuff of nightmares and the bit where the woman's face started.....melting? scared the crap out of me for real.

wasn't too keen on the soundtrack as much as your previous stuff but other than that it was pretty awesome bro.

Catoblepas responds:

Thank you vvery much.