punbeard81's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Lady In White]

Nice but characters suffer at times

A nice fluid look to your style, (I really like the trees and backgrounds) but the human characters suffer from inconsistencies. Legs get too thin in places or you can see obvious breaks where legs meet up with the hips. Walk cycles need a little more work as they distract. Basically, needs some polish and it will be good to go. Still, good effort.

Hildebrandt responds:

Farrck, dude, I thought- well, okay, that part where hes is walking through the woods where he is just a black shape) (--> less work XD) his leg doesn't seem to be connected to the hip for a quarter of a second because I used one SHITTY formtween (I don't do that anymore since I got a drawing pad...), but, well, people won't realize... I was just to eager to finish the animation, I really worked sloppyly on some parts- but, you know... animation just always takes so damn long, and neither am I a professional animator, nor am I unemployed... :/ Thx for you review!!

[Upstairs]

I almost gave up on it half way...

But stuck with it and I'm glad I saw it through yo the end. The somber beginning and faceless style got me a little scared this was yet another self indulgent piece of crap whine-fest but it wasn't. The only thing I would have liked to see different was a little more animation/body acting from the character. It's hard to capture emotions with no face, and I think some parts did better than others. Non the less, I'm nit picking, but I feel good artist should get real input, not just smoke blown up their ass. Way to try something different (and serious, no easy feat around here) and I'd have to say you pulled it off. Good stuff.

Five-Iron responds:

Thanks for the review Mr.Punbeard,

Yeah, it does really start out slow but that has never really bothered my in movies or animations, I kind of enjoy the groove I get when easing into a movie or film. The character animation should definetely have been done better! I can't tell you how many times I say to myself, "That looks way too machine like or clunky". I really didn't know much about movement or even human anatomy so I just kind of did what I could. Looking back at it, I'm really happy I've improved.

[Nimbin 5]

Sorry Dude, just not impressed

I can tell there is time and effort in here, but the jokes are real stale and it takes forever for anything to happen. Voice acting is weak too. On the plus side, backgrounds and the raptor looked very nice. I think a faster pace would really help this out. Long, drawn out humor is hard to do, even the office and Family guy don't get it right all the time and they really set the bar. Keep at it.

th1rt3en responds:

Yeah, we know the story/humor is really incomplete and weak. That's why we sort of forgot about it for two years. And I don't think either of us want to use Family Guy style humor. For me, at least, while it's funny, but when they came back on the air, the jokes just got more and more randomly placed and some of the stories just got bad. Anyway, thanks for the comments.

[Kingdom Hearts Anime pt2]

Nice but why all the effort?

You have some great talent, but you don't really stray far from the original plot or anything, why not put that effort into an original series. Right now it's almost just a 2d version of a game we all played. Feels like more of an exercise to showcase your talent (not a bad idea) but it just feels to me like wasted effort. We've seen this before, you really should use your powers for something original. Or don't, newgroundians love watching these remakes anyway, just sumpin' to think about.

PS None the less, good work.

KobraEditing responds:

Trust me I have thought about it and I will do so. Right now I am just going to finish this up. I am no crazy person so I am not going to go all the way through the manga. The next one will be the last few chapters and contain a summary of the rest of the story. I should have that done in a month or two if not sooner. Hopefully it will be sooner. So after I make that it will be the end of this. I'm going to spend some time making the last one look good. Then I will take my own story and bring it to life. I even have one in mind already. I hope you stick around to enjoy it. Thanks for the review.

[jenbyws]

different

THis reminds me of what happens when you play the original nintendo, the game fritzes out, but not completly and the background is full of letters and the number seven and the main characters head is a block. Neat animation but needs more purpose. Also the 'noise' doesn't work for that long, other sfx or music would really help. Not sure i got it but neat non the less.

Mushroomboy5 responds:

I usually just got a blue screen, or vertical bars running down the screen. If you want some kind of purpose watch 'value". This right here is a different version of it.

[Kielo Trailer]

not bad

Decent hair blown animation but the rest leaves quite a bit to be desired. Also, if you are gonna have a closer shot of her face with her hair blowing AND a shadow, you gotta make the shadow match the movement of the hair. The static shadow doesn't work close up. Not something that's dire but it makes a difference.

Good tune.

bearmoon responds:

Ah, thank you very much for the imput. I know...I was very very lazy with this and there's quite a few things I could have done better. I just didn't feel like working on it too long since it was a kind of spur of the moment kind of video. Still. You're points are ones I'll keep in mind when I create another flash!

Thanks once more!

[The Face Collab]

Snapzilla. Freakin' rocks

Great editing, great ideas on one idea, and great collab!

TheBoogley responds:

Cheers punbeard81, you have high hair and I respect that.

[Megaman X: 'the MR']

Too long and better writing

Shorter and too the point would really help this. I realize they are bored but I get anxious for something interesting to happen. Also, some of the wording for your jokes is weak, think of how you can say them more clearly. Audio quality shifts between actors, throws off your vibe.

Kudos for trying clean subject matter, it's a lot harder than just saying ass and damn every ten seconds like a lot of the stuff 'round here. But if you are going to have your dialogue run the better part of your animation, it needs to be more solid, and more entertaining.

Shadowii2 responds:

I know, Im natively Finnish so no wonder why my jokes arent so good sounding most of the time.
Also I'm still pretty much on "rookie" level with picking voices, so no wonder why they dont sound so good sometimes.

Anyways, thanks for your opinions though.

[Time in a Bottle]

great animation

Very nice and fluid movement from one idea to the next. My only beef is I wish sometimes you'd stay on some of the more complex animations just a tidge longer as it's hard to take some of them in so fast. Nice to see a lovey, artsy animation that doesn't make me want to barf. Mad Kudos.

Gate-keeper-girl responds:

Yeaaaah, I apologize for the rushed parts.
Some sections are very "line heavy" and they started to lose their form after 10 or so frames, so I didn't want them to "melt" onscreen

<3

-GKG