jonthomson's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[3 short movies]

Not great on their own

It's a nice idea putting three entries that on their own would probably get blammed together in one movie, which just about has enough to be worth saving. The sounds weren't great and could have used some voices, and the graphics were quite amateurish. But all in all there's enough funny bits to make it worth a quick look.

[Jim Parker]

Damn good seeing how it's unfinished

You really should have finished this, it's got potential and the stick graphics are some of the best I've seen outside of Xiao Xiao. As it stands, it's a pretty neat little stick violence short which is a worthy entry in it's own right.

[weebl and bob: donkey]

Must be bad end!

I'd already seen this on the main Weebl and Bob site, it's a classic episode. Simple, pure donkey related antics, nothing more to be said.

[Cat Gang]

Great cartoon

The concept has a fair deal of originality about it, and the movie is excellent to watch. The graphics are very slick and frame by frame, and the amount of work that went in is clear. Paragon's sounds never fail to disappoint, although the voices did lose sync quite quickly on my fairly powerful computer, so turning the quality down could be a good idea. Nice little preloader game, although for me it didn't start until the movie had completely loaded and ended straight as level two started. Full of character, this is a high quality production, and although it's not one of my absolute favourites, it's up there.

[Carrots and Tomatoes]

Massively overrated

Didn't like this at all - graphics were below par and they were the best feature. Seems just to tell a long boring story which doesn't even get started, which is somewhat impressive for 35K. No sounds, and little else to recommend it.

[superstick!]

Poor but with good humour

Really, this should stink. But there's enough funny aspects to it to make it worth a look. If this was done without sticks and had sounds I reckon it'd be a 3 pointer without a doubt. If you don't mind sticks and like a movie that's funny and has some sort of a storyline, watch this. If not, don't.