Esn's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Moonlight]

To be honest...

I thought that the rough style didn't fit with some parts of the animation (i.e. the fairy; it made her look grotesque instead of beautiful). Also I don't see what's so deep about this, since AFAICS it's a classic "revenge" tale, not really anything groundbreaking on Newgrounds.

Still, this was edited to the music very well, and it undoubtedly took a lot of work, so I'm giving you an "8". I liked FEAR better, though; it was short, but it was tight.

[RagTag]

Good art...

...but try actually creating a story around your characters, not just putting them in random places in the film. This seemed more like a concept test to me.

[Syenika - Prologue]

That was very well done

Nice style, and good pacing!

Only thing is, that gremlin looked a bit disproportional (head very big compared to body) which actually made him look more comical than menacing.

Other than that this is REALLY good! Make more. :)

ShadowInsignia responds:

Yeah that was done on purpose, he was supposed to have a few lines that would actually show his humor-factor in the movie but i cut it out. How could you not laugh at that ugly SOB? hes not suppsoed to be intimidating.

[Fairy Sorrow]

Very well done.

I notice that you seem to draw all your graphics directly on the computer; something that makes it easier to do 3D-like animations & camera movements with straight lines, but a lot harder to do natural-looking movements for characters.

In some cases the movements for the characters do look a little unnatural, but I think that the graphics are still extremely impressive. Just a suggestion for something to work on in the future.

I'm giving this a 10 because, the whole thing obviously took a lot of work, and it was very well balanced, although I really didn't understand why he shot the arrow into the blue portal thing. An explanation would be nice... :)

[Salad Fingers Episode 2]

The voice was MUCH better in the 1st one!

Really... this one was better in almost every other respect, but the voice acting in the first one was WAY better. This time the voice sounded more normal, not as high pitched, and I think that was a mistake...

Oh, 1 other thing; I think you should have made the kid look more like the "young child" in the first movie. But anyway, this is still great. :)

[Chipmunks Gangsta Rap]

Not my thing...

Well, I suppose I should say that you did a good job on the graphics & rhyming. However, this was just too offensive for my tastes, & I didn't find it funny at all.

I like your your other Gangsta Raps (Star Wars & Redneck) a much, much better than this one...

I can see why Bagdasarian Productions want to sue you, even though they haven't got a legal foot to stand on. I would too, if I were them.

[-The Escape-]

Hmm... I dunno...

good style, very minimalist & I imagine it's hard to make it look good precisely because of that.

However, I didn't understand what was going on. I mean I got the gist of it, but that's about it; I didn't understand what anybody was doing at any given time.

So... try to make things clearer in the future please. :)

[Burnt Face Man]

Well...

to be honest, I liked your style in Salad Fingers much better; at least you HAD a unique style there, which somewhat marred over the fact that you can't animate bodies very well...

This was funnier, but it's no longer unique.

[Salad Fingers]

The sound & the style was incredible however...

...the lack of well animated bodies really brought down the overall quality of the animation for me.

I would have given you a 10 otherwise, because in almost everything else this is a classic!

Please, please make a "revised" version of this with properly animated bodies, arms and legs! It would make it so much better...

Did I mention how amazingly well the sound and the voices fit in with the rest of this, and how balanced the whole thing was? Man, you've got talent! (Just PLEASE add better looking bodies... )

[Bob the Ball - Episode 2]

Good, but #1 was better IMO

Lesbian who lives in the sewer! OMG!

But anyway, the art in this was of much lower quality overall than in the 1st one (although there were some good parts). The humour was good, but the song should have lasted longer!

At least it made me laugh... good job overall.