jonthomson's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ghost Motel 3]

Best in the series so far

Although this episode featured less interactivity than the previous two, it's probably the best of the bunch so far. The movie continues with the plot of the first two Ghost Motel flashes, and has a fair deal of interesting and funny moments. A little bit of violence, and it's possible for GM4 to go in many different directions. The voices still weren't great and were quiet in places, but overall it's a good job.

Violet-AIM responds:

I wanted this one to focus more on the story part, thus having less interactivity. Thanks again.

[Ghost Motel 2]

First one was a bit better

Personally, I think the first one was a bit better. This episode carries on in the same vein as the first, and has a bit of plot progression and the same interactivity which made the first Ghost Motel cool, but it just didn't seem as interesting. Still above average and worth looking at, but you need to watch the first one before seeing this.

Violet-AIM responds:

You're right, it's better to watch the things in order, just the way you're doing right now, since it's a continuing story. :)

[X A Stick And A Clock]

Well, it was better than stick man

Kind of makes a point, then chucks in some violence for good measure. The sound was good, although I suspect that took up a large chunk of the filesize. Nothing great, but it's better than that stick man thing you did ages ago and it's better than anything I could do.

XwaynecoltX responds:

Ok well thanks for the review, yeah it was from along time ago, you might want to check out some of my new stuff like P-Bot which is in the dress-up series page aswell, or mine and violet-AIM's work of ghost motel series 4 awards out of 5 movies in the series isnt tobad...

~X~

[Drunk Killer]

Simple stick violence

I'm guessing you may have watched Face/Off shortly before you made this. Simple stick violence, short and to the point. Nothing special, but had enough to it not to be rated terribly. Could have used more sounds ideally.

[head is eaten by box man]

Not terrible

It's very short, but what there is of it is fine. A simple idea, if somewhat unoriginal. As Kid_Davis said, you've clearly got some talent, just try and make a movie which has more length and a decent story. Ten second movies are never going to score that highly.

[My First Movie]

Not bad for a first

For a first movie it's OK. It's fast and frenzied skate action - I'd say probably too fast, as it gets unclear and is over in about ten seconds. Animation isn't bad but it's frequently confusing. Could have been worse.

[Windows FFS]

Not a bad Windows spoof

These have been done before and this is similar to other movies, but it adds a few features that I haven't seen and squeezes quite a lot of funny things into the 60ish KB. A couple more icons and it would have been a lot better, but it's not bad as it is. Graphics and sounds weren't that good but this didn't affect the movie massively.

[X Stick Man (Closed Movie]

Clearly you've got better from here

I don't know, this is somewhat ironic in a way. It's the sort of movie you've probably rated three or less about 2000 times... ah well. In some way it's kind of funny. I guess when it was submitted it looked better :-)

XwaynecoltX responds:

Lol ok, if you say so, i find it funny that the two movies you review are my first two which are ages ago, yep it is a stick man, but hey its my movie, and infact im a rare reviewer that does get out there and make movies even if it is crap...

~X~

[Blades of Steel II]

Hilarious parody

I'm a huge Blades of Steel fan, and this parody works brilliantly. The premise is simple, but it's damned funny and works on so many levels. It's cool that you managed to get a lot of the subtle features of the game into this flash. Great for the fans, fun for everyone else. And the added Kernkraft 400 factor is a welcome bonus!