jonthomson's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Joe Zombie :: Episode 1]

A great improvement over the old JZ

Having just watched the original Joe Zombie episodes, I can say this is a hell of a big improvement. The addition of voices and more sounds adds a lot to the movie, and the improved graphics and lengthened story make this a joy to watch.

[Original JZ Episode3]

Best of the originals

This is better than the first two of the original episodes - there's more humour, more action and it just seems better to watch. A good amount of stick violence, nice.

[Original JZ Episode2]

OK

I thought it was slightly better than episode 1 - it was a bit more interesting, had cleaner sounds and the visuals were about the same. It was still on the short side, but it had a little bit more violence in it. If you liked the first one you'll like this one, and vice versa.

[Original JZ Episode1]

Er, it was OK

It's not too bad, I thought it was a little on the short side, didn't have great graphics and the sounds were sketchy. The movie didn't have much of a storyline either. I suppose it was the original series in fairness. Alright but nothing special.

[Frontier Psychiatrist]

Nice clock music video

It was never going to be as good as Sonne, but anyway... I think this is great. Frontier Psychiatrist is an excellent song, and while I don't think this is as good as the actual music video, it's a very interesting take on the song. Relevant to the lyrics, and the numerous creators make for a lot of different flash styles which works. The graphics were changeable - I love Strawberry's expression when the nuke went off, but in other places it looked fairly amateur. Overall, it's a great watch and a good movie, especially for clock fans.

[WTC: The Animated Series]

Funny!

If we ignore the whole WTC incident, this is actually pretty funny. Shame most people can't accept it's possible to make a joke out of this sort of thing. I liked it.

[Perfect Kirby 3.3]

Great finish to the episode

This is a terrific conclusion to what is, at the time of writing, the best thing on Newgrounds, but despite the 10 rating I've given it, I found myself slightly disappointed with it. I thought the second segment was better, this final part not having as much action, and the whole flashback scene was fairly dull to be honest. But, to make up for that, you've got a great selection of outtakes. Shame about the filesize as well - that could put off a lot of people with slow connections, it would have been a better idea to release the outtakes as a separate flash in my eyes. Having said all that though, I'll say that as a whole, Perfect Kirby 3 is clearly better than anything else that has been on Newgrounds for a long, long time.

[Perfect Kirby 3.2]

More action based than PK3.1

Continuing from where the brilliant Perfect Kirby 3.1 left off, this sees much more action, and yet manages to have a great deal of humour and random moments which keep you guessing and engrossed in the movie. The addition of Ridley was partially unexpected and looked great, and the Samus fight scene was excellent. Fun from start to finish!

[Perfect Kirby 3.1]

Wow! Incredible!

This series gets better and better with each passing episode. The first thing you notice is the improved graphics - everything looks so much better, the animation is great, the sounds also seem to be improved and the humour is on a different plane to before. I loved the answer phone scene, it was hilarious. Loads of special features too. Not a great deal of violence in this segment as it's really just setting the scene, but it's still 10-worthy as a submission. Having watched PK 1 and 2, it's great to see the improvements that have been made over time. Now for part 2!

[Perfect Kirby 2]

Big improvement over the first episode

This is much better than PK1 - the graphics seem to be a lot better, there's more condensed action and the sounds are better too, although the volume is variable in a lot of places. It helps that the episode is in just one file as well. The actual movie was great - a simple clear storyline, with absolutely tons of violence yet never unnecessary, good quantities of comedy and even more violence. A cracking parody.