Celx-Requin's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Produce Prank Day]

Happy Holidays!

Hello,

I like the whole art style you have going on here, the animation was also pretty slick.
The humor was kinda dry, but then again humor is subjective.

The music wasn't exactly what I was expecting although it did play into the whole loony tunes feel others have commented on. The music wasn't bad but I think you could have picked something better.

The gag itself wasn't anything "fresh", and it was fairly tame but it still worked in the context of the overall feel I think you were trying to convey.

Anyway, good job!
I hope you have a happy holiday,
- Celx
~Review Request Club~

[Make It Rain]

I couldn't leave this without a review...

I seriously can't believe this hasn't received one fucking review, what a shame.

Despite being one of your more "simple" videos, this is my personal favorite of all your cartoons.

Every one of your videos is wonderfully made, and even though this one may have been easier to create than "Danger Global Warming", or "Just A Car Crash Away", since it doesn't constantly cut to a collage of images (and from what I've seen you rarely reuse images, Jesus tit and ass fucking christ that's masochistic).

That said the pans you employ in this video aren't lazy, they fit perfectly with the music. The use of hard lines, and color help emphasize the gritty noir feeling of Tom Waits song.

By the way I really dig that you used such a class song for your video, most people my age don't really know who the fuck he is (which is depressing) so your video should hopefully garner him some new listeners.

That brings me to the point I wanted to make, despite all the inane retarded reviews you've received, I do sincerely hope you'll continue to submit you work to this site.

Because frankly before you submitted your "Closer" video here, I didn't know who the fuck you were, and had you not submitted it it's very unlikely I ever would have.

This deserves a 10, the only reason I'm giving you a 9 is due to my shoddy actionscripting...

On a side note have you ever shown your fan made videos to the artists you did them for?

Thanks,
- Celx

BruceKnox responds:

YES, TOM WAITS AND NATALIE PORTMAN BOTH ACTUALLY SAW THIS VID AND I GOT THE RIGHTS. BUT THERE CAME A PROBLEM WHEN PORTMANS LAWYERS GOT INVOLVED... I GUESS COS I WAS RED FLAGGED FROM MY PAST ART INVOLVING HER... SEE MY SITE www.desecrationim.com

THE "MY RUIN" VID, I WAS ASKED TO DO BY THE BAND.

THE "SINAH" VID WAS BY MY EX-GIRL AND ABOUT HER.

THE "CLOSER" VID WENT NO WHERE... YET MY PERSONAL FAV.

THE "CAR CRASH" VID APPARENTLY WAS SHOWN TO MANSON AND HE LIKED IT, BUT SO WHAT.

THE "INDIFFERENT" VID WAS DONE AT A TIME WHEN I GAVE UP TRYING.

AND THE "DANGER GLOBAL WARMING" IS SOMETHING I AM TRYING TO PUSH TOGETHER WITH JOHN FRYER AND THE PROJECT MANAGERS.

BUT I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO POSITIVE GOAL WITH THESE VIDEOS... NOTHING HAS COME IN THE LAST YEARS FROM DOING THEM.

NOTHING

ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!

ONLY MY OWN PERSONAL SKILLS HAVE IMPROVED.

BUT YOU CANT PAY YOUR BILLS WITH SKILLZ, BRO.

THE ANIMATION INDUSTRY IS RAPED BY SLAVERY!!!

BRUCE

[Danger Global Warming]

People's ignorance is the bane to my existence...

The file would be way too fucking big to turn into an flv and embed directly into the swf file.

The only other thing that could be done would be to use the flash video component, and host the flv file off an external server. Which would basically be the same thing I did here except the file would stream significantly slower.

Folks it's either this or nothing Tom Fulp isn't going to host something over 100mbs, and reducing the quality would ruin the integrity of the video.

But even if he did allow the video, people would bitch about how big the file size would be.

Don't be morons folks >:(
Vote on the content, not the medium in which it's presented.

Sincerely,
- Celx

BruceKnox responds:

EXACTLY

ONCE AGAIN THANKS CELX FOR DOING THIS.

BRUCE

[A Child Vampire's Lament]

To clarify...

Since I received a few private messages regarding this matter, I'd just like to put this matter to rest and say the artwork in this comic wasn't stolen from me.

The only thing I did for this submission was the programming, and text animation, as stated in the credits.

Anyway this comic has fantastic artwork, and a marvelous audio track to compliment the story, so kudos to the artist.

Given my role I might be biased though :)
Happy Halloween folks!
- Celx

linda-mota responds:

GAH! Some people thought I stole your work with this?! I mean look at my art gallery people!!! Celx has a completely different style than I! Look at my art gallery people! And the credits!! It's stated that he was the programer!

[I'm only sleeping...]

No yellow submarine...

I don't want to come off as pernicious, but this was quite bad...

The thing that's hampering your work most is the drawings need more work,
they don't seem "right", and appear rushed. The backgrounds in particular are in need of a massive overhaul.

The animation needs to consist of something other than garbled tweens,
try attempting at least a little of frame by frame animation.

This is supposed to be a music video, so make sure the audio
quality is good, go into the publish settings and select a higher audio setting.

Lastly make it longer, I don't think you can convey any themes with such a terse running time.

Do these things and you'll have a better finished product.

Sincerely,
- Celx
~Review Request Club~

up-a-notch responds:

do you listen to the beatles? i know about the FBF thing, but no yellow submarine...seriously?

[<blank> (0m41s)]

Short but sweet...

Hello,

I'm biased, but I really like the white on black aesthetic.
The drawings were appropriate for the film, and the animation was pretty
solid, everything seems to have been done "frame by frame"...

The way the music was synced to the animation was well done,
although dynamic sounds would have been really cool.

I guess the one big flaw was it was too damn short, I would have liked to have seen
more stuff happen.

I like your work it's unique, "artsy" if you will.
Hope you keep at the craft!

Sincerely,
- Celx

Surn responds:

Thanks for your input.

[-Last Resort-]

Very good... And a question!

Hello,

As I mentioned before you probably know what works, and what doesn't in your films at this point, so I'm not going to dissect this submission like I did in my last reviews.

I do however have a question, the part where the dudes face melts off, and those sausages tell that man to run. Was that inspired by the film "the brave little toaster",
by disney? Because it was quite similar to the "clown" scene in that film...

Thanks,
- Celx

SpamClamberton responds:

holy shit.
Yes it most certainly was, and I think you are the first person who's noticed my sneaky reference there.

[48hr Film-fest entry]

Wow, simply amazing...

Hello,

Unless your a damn dirty liar, I must say I can't fathom how you managed to pull this off in two days.

I do see some of the cheats you used, like the duplication of the movieclip of those bug things, and those very basic doodles on the T.V. that were placed in your film as filler, regardless it's still very well made.

I don't think I can give you any critique you can use anymore, looking back at your older stuff one can see your skill has been steadily improving, I think you're aware of what makes a good cartoon, opposed to a shitty one.

I guess if I needed to point anything out, it would be the backgrounds are rather dull, I assume this is due to the time restraints.

I'm amazed that you continue to produce consistently high quality submissions, in relatively quick succession. Most animators have what I like to refer to as "down periods" where they need time off from drawing stuff, otherwise they tend to commit suicide or something.

Alright that's it... Pumpkins
Sincerely,
- Celx

SpamClamberton responds:

Suicide... now there's an idea...

[frozen banana]

I guess I'm the odd one out...

Hello,

I don't know why everyone has given you such a high score...
Frankly the drawings were pretty bad, the animation was terrible.

The loop itself was cute, but very simple, consisting mostly of tweens.
The audio was alright, however you should have used some dynamic sounds,
(making use of the different audio channels and such).

When there are so many good loops such as "objectionable apparatus" I, & II...
This seems boring, and I couldn't fathom giving something like this anything higher than a 2.

A little while ago someone submitted another loop, (which probably took a little longer to do) and everyone in the R.R.C gave it a fairly low score. I can't see why this received such a high score in comparison.

I digress, next time try to have more animated bits, even if it's only more detail
on the background and such.

Sincerely,
- Celx
~Review Request Club~

Icandraw responds:

ok thanks

[SpeedE The WFD]

Inconsistent drawing but I admire the effort.

Hello,

I like that you submitted something other than a stick movie as your first submission.

The drawings were solid, although at times a little off, and disproportionate.
The animation was mediocre in comparison to other submissions, and sadly quite choppy.

The voice acting was well done, and the sound effects were well selected.

My main gripe with the cartoon was the story, it didn't really make sense to me... Why did he turn into a super hero drummer? it was random and out of place.
The submission was also terribly short.

I was considering giving you a seven, since it is a very good first submission, however pragmatically when I think about it it wouldn't be the right thing to do.

I do think you show immense potential, and you should continue to produce content!

Sincerely,
- Celx
~Review Request Club~

McAfee-Enterprises responds:

Celix, thanks fro your input! With the success we have recently had with SpeedE in WFD The Game, Worlds Fastest Gamer and especially all the awesome suggestions here at Newgrounds, we are very inspired and exciting about the possibility to do a longer more involved episode of SpeedE......

I agree with your comments and we really do need someone in the creative story writing area............. Once you try to beat him in WFD The Game he makes a little more since possibly but yea we do need to build more storyline to why he transforms and more siuations etc........HELP!!!!!! :)