jonthomson's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Super Monaco Chat up]

A bit silly, but funny

This was very simple, but worked well. A nice parody, better than some others I've had the misfortune to see. The graphics could possibly have done with some work, but weren't bad.

[Beck - Loser (music vid)]

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[Bad Ass Mouse Trailer]

Not bad for a trailer

For a trailer, this was alright. However, seeing how this was done in 2002, I don't think we're going to see the actual movie, so I'll judge this on it's merits. The flash itself was average throughout. If a final movie does come, it should rock.

[8-bit Real Life]

Don't. Do. This. Again.

This was pitiful to the extreme. Painfully boring. No point to anything, very basic graphics and sound, no redeeming features, looks like it was put together in ten minutes. Don't watch this, it's crap.

[SVPD Files]

Not a bad job

You should continue this, it looks alright already but it's a bit short. Just make sure that there's a decent story to it, and it's not just more stick figures shooting each other. The actual stick figures shooting each other in this one was probably better than average.

[EssGhost Vs Greyscale]

Very nice stick fight

I got the tip off to watch this after some wiener stole it - anyway, this is a very well animated stick fight, smooth and extremely stylish. Makes an awful lot of the stick movies on the portal look simply ordinary. Not too short that it's pointless, not too long that it's boring. Nicely judged.

[Rise of the MK: Part 1]

I tried to give this a 10...

But to be honest I couldn't. This is an excellent piece of flash, but I've seen better in many places. The use of Titanic music was probably appropriate, but I hate it (reminded me of the bit in South Park where the Canadian government says they've apologised for Bryan Adams on several occasions), however the effects were good. The visuals were good sprite-based graphics, but weren't fantastic. The story was OK, but nothing special, which I hope part 2 rectifies. I don't like people using "to be continued" at the best of times, but in this case it was particularly poorly timed in the movie. The preloader could have also used a status bar so we can see how long it has to go - not all of us have broadband connections. The Mac version and DVD-style scene selection were nice features. So in conclusion, I can see why this is rated highly, but I don't rate it hugely highly myself.