jonthomson's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[kenny killed by bus]

Way too short

It's obvious what's going to happen given the title of the movie, and Kenny does indeed get killed by a bus. The flash skills exhibited aren't too bad, but not much thought went into the concept of this and it wasn't funny, period.

[The American Dream]

OK 9/11 tribute

Nice drawing of a plane, and the music was apt. The buildings were basic. There's not much more to be said about this flash, I'm guessing it didn't intend to be great, just to be a tribute. I'll give it average marks because the actual movie was average.

[* * * Be Happy! * * *]

Strangely good

Fine movie - the idea fitted the Supermen Lovers track very well, and it was a nice movie anyway. There's some nice graphical effects - I liked the fading from day into night near the end. The movie generally makes you feel good, and that's a good thing. Seven!

[Raspberrybeard the Pirate]

Interesting cartoon

Good idea for a cartoon, funny, violent and original. All aspects were good, although the constant sounds of pineapple eating in the preloader got annoying. Well worth taking a quick look, this is deserving of its score. Well done!

[Counter-Strike Newbs]

Fairly lame shooting action

A collection of fundamental CS errors, except it's badly drawn, with poor sounds and it's really not funny. There's been some effort put in, as there's a few different scenes, but I wouldn't recommend watching this.

[ki1o... does stuff :)]

Mindless rubbish

This made no sense at all - just a random collection of NG related animations which were very poor. Boring, pointless stuff to be honest. Voices were hard to understand, graphics were sub-basic and there was next to no humour and no violence. At least the clock day submissions in 2003 had some good points - this didn't.

[Stick Violence Shorts 2]

Good FBF animation

Above average stick fight, nicely animated with good frame by frame effects. It was too short though - the fight was over before anything really interesting could happen. Next time, add a couple more scenes on and it will be a lot better as you clearly have animating talent.

[Mario Breakdance]

Enjoyable sprite movie

Fun to watch, and better than a lot of sprite movies that I've seen. That background track was great, and there's some good graphical effects and clever ideas in play. The length was just about right so that it doesn't get boring yet it's not short at the same time. Great effort, worth watching.

[I'm a cucumber]

Random insanity!

Made me laugh just with the sheer randomness and stupidity of it. It's a real no brain flash, but it's funny. Not sure what that end bit was about to be honest, and it is on an infinite loop as well. Above average.