Lazarou's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dark Realm Ep1 Pt2]

A wasted opportunity

I must say that this flash surprised me quite a lot. Some of the effects and graphics are stunning, and it has been edited in a very stylish way. I can tell a lot of thought has been put into the camera location and joining of scenes. However I have one big problem with this movie - WHY IS IT A STICK MOVIE?! The graphics alone (presuming you made them) show real talent and originality. The characters are actually animated very well. BUT WHY ARE THEY STICKS?! This movie could have been about 200x better if only you had put in real solid characters. The sticks just cheapen it and make it look awful. Its a shame, it could have been so good, but the sticks drag it down. If you should change anything about this movie, you should remake it without the sticks, honestly. It may take longer, but will get you infinatley more respect and credit, maybe even a front page. Think about it!

Other than the sticks, good work!

[Tails and his GBA]

yay, nice to review a movie that wont get blammed

not bad, some people will hate this coz of the sprites, I think you did a good job though. Plus I can tell you are a fan of homestar runner! Keep up the good work. Nice bit of interactivity scoring material in there too. And yay for nintendo!

RupeeClock responds:

Yes, yay for nintendo, yay for the homestar runner.

and as for the interactivity, did you find the easter eggs? ;)

[Red virus]

needs improvement

not bad, but your graphics need improvement. Also the pacing is a little slow (i guess this is to fit it with the song) but it gets kind of boring staring at a still image for 20 secs waiting for something to happen. I can see what you are aiming for with this, with a little more effort on the graphics side i can see you achieving this. Good luck, i am sure the next part will be better.

[lullaby pie]

wasn't this just submitted a while ago

wierd to see it back up again, dont know where it went. I liked it, kind of. Some parts felt more worked on than others. I didnt understand it though, it was all a little strange (not in a good way, I usually like strange).

And by pie do you mean pi (ð)?

[The Lightsaber Fight]

nice work but seems unfinished

I liked it, but the end seemed a little like you couldnt be bothered to finish it properly. The movie just stops, no "The End", no "replay", it doesnt even go back to the start. Also could have done with some bg music to make it seem a little more lively. Also needs a preloader with start button, its annoying when movies just start by themselves.

Good work for a 2nd submission.

[Rebel Burger Ep.1]

Beautiful

wow, that was amazing! You are a really talanted artist and it really shows. I recognise the influences in this movie style, reminds me quite a lot of animes such as FLCL. The voice acting was spot on, it suited the characters and added to the movie.

I cannot fault this movie at all, I think it is a great start to what will most likely be one of the best series on NG this year. Great job! If I had to pick on anything for improvement, perhaps make the subtitles less obtrusive. They are quite big and distract a little from the movie. The sound is so clear anyway that they are hardly necessary (although it is always nice to have suibtitles incase your speakers are crappy).

You get my 5!

[Just Another War]

Great!!

Wow, I really like this a lot. It is the sort of thing I have been trying to do, although a lot longer and more complex. I really liked the style of the movie, it is very clear that a lot of effort went into this.

Some constuctive comments that come to mind are that some of the graphics looked a little bit ropey, and the sound quality for the speech wasnt that great. Most of the graphics were lovely, but it was obvious more care had been taken with some parts than others. As for the sound, maybe you could get someone to help with the voice acting and use a better microphone.

Great movie though!

[Sketch]

cool

I really liked that, nice and stylised. Good, fluid animation. Keep up the good work!

[Goodman]

that was really sweet

I felt really touched by this flash, I know what heartbreak is like. I hope you find happiness soon :)

Good work, really nice. Glad you managed to keep the audio and graphics in synch.

Aka-Star responds:

I wasn't too sure about sharing it at first being a personal issue. but I'm glad some people understand it. Thanks for the review.

Yes I've learnt Sound and Flash don't mix well - syncing was difficult.

[Chillin]

Nice animation

but you should really learn to draw in flash. Having so many imported graphics in a flash movie makes it way too big.

Once you learn to draw in flash, it is easy. You just have to get the hang of how it works.