jonthomson's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Strategy Guide Ep. 1]

Very funny stuff

You can't help but laugh at an alien that sucks at Gradius and can't even remember the Konami code... this is good stuff, nice graphics and a generally good idea. Good to see you're doing a series, should be one to watch for. The combination of classic gaming and comedy is always a winner!

[Bacon]

WTF???

That's some crazy stuff you've got going on there - it's funny simply because everything is so random. If you're stoned or like things that are generally weird, you'll love this. Otherwise you'll just wonder what the hell it's all about.

[Flying Dream]

Didn't cut it for me

I didn't like this much at all - there's nothing really going on in the movie, just a series of short animations with some quiet music in the background. Lacking in storyline, this reminded me of My Angel only nowhere near as good, and I didn't like that much either. The drawing was nice, but for my money that was the only good aspect.

[Arnie the Saviour]

Not bad

It's a random Arnie based short - didn't like it massively but it's better than average and it looks and sounds nice. Fairly funny and surreal.

[History of fuck!]

Still great even now

I saw this the first time around and someone just reminded me of it. It's still funny now, three years after release. It's all based around the sound file, and some simple image movement, but to coin a phrase it's fucking hilarious. A classic NG submission.

[Dulusion 2]

Poor random animation

I have no idea what the hell that was supposed to be - it was just a load of random disjointed effects which weren't interesting in the slightest. I guess if you're stoned or something it might look not as bad. Still bad, but not as bad as this actually is. No humour, plot, nothing. Poor.

[Quadradic Formula = Fun!]

Crazy stuff, but very funny

This is the sort of random insanity that works well and is perfect for NG. Crazy music track, mental animation and all round madness. Makes no sense, but that's what's good about it! The quadratic formula is indeed fun!

[Mario Brothers - Part III]

Disappointing stuff

Like someone else said, this was just boring. There's some plot development, but I just found that the movie wasn't going anywhere or telling me anything new in the series, and given the lack of action, this is somewhat of a step backwards. I'm sure it will be rectified in the next episode, but this one isn't too good in my eyes.

[Saria's Song(Evolution)]

Good music, poor everything else

Needs a lot of work - the music choices were good but every other aspect was pretty poor - there can only have been about 20 frames of animation in the whole movie, it lasted far too long and wasn't funny. Add to that the pointless background and the messed up credits and there's not many reasons to watch this.