Celx-Requin's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mariposa]

Unique, and disturbingly sweet...

Hello,

I rarely review films because most of the stuff that does well is garbage stick films.
That said I felt compelled to review this.

I love your art it's very professional, however I must disagree with my peers on your animation skills, I feel they need some work, also when you tween you should add some easing...

The best part of your film was the storytelling, somewhat ambiguous, yet with the drawings you manage to pull off the mood...

I'd like to see more stuff from you in the future,
It's a refreshing change from the regular banalities...

Sincerely,
- Celx

[Party]

How could this happen?

You didn't get an award for this?
What the hell were you competing against?

The other thing that left me puzzled, was you were able to run the newgrounds api? I thought for sure this would be considered too salacious to get ad approval.

None the less this was really cool!
Thanks,
- Celx

[Chobots Teaser]

Unique, and well animated!

You had a story too which is a big plus in my books.
I was considering giving you a six, since you didn't have a preloader but I thought a seven would suit you better.

Anyway,
good luck and continue with your craft.
Thanks,
- Celx

[Mr White]

Pretty Cool...

Hello,

Your FBF Skills are actually pretty good, your drawings are simple, although I think they work well with the style of the film.

I was initially gonna give it a 7, but it was too short... Still I encourage you to keep animating, you do have some traits of an animator.

P.S. I gave you an extra point because I liked that he died with a smile on his face.

Sincerely,
- Celx

[demon time ep.6 carls jr.]

Unique style...

It was kinda creepy,
something I would expect to have seen on mtv... Before they turned shitty.

You need work on your art, and animation.
But it was alright...

Thanks,
- Celx

[Fish Sticks]

Good but short...

Hello,

I can't complain too much,
improve the length, or add extra skits.

A menu with features would be nice,
but compared to the other crap on newgrounds this was pretty solid,
especially considering it was your first film.

Anyway good luck in the future,
Thanks,
- Celx

Trottimus responds:

Thanks mate, yea I shall have a longer piece next time for sure.

And I'll figure out how to do a menu system too while I'm at it :)

[Hard Fruit]

I'm not sure what's happening...

Didn't this have like a 3.59 percent not too long ago?
I have a feeling some "crews" have been voting stuff down.

Anyway it wasn't bad,
I would work on your drawing a bit though,
otherwise it was pretty good.

Thanks,
- Celx

[Feiv(el) n Dredd:Townsend]

Goddamn Rat...

What an odd film,
I remember watching "An American Tale" when I was younger and think what a cool adult oriented kids film. I also remember watching "Judge Dredd" and thinking they ruined the comic.

Anyway this us what I feel is positive about your film:
- You animation what alright.
- The drawings were good.
- The voices were decent.
- And it was pretty funny, even though he's not actually illegal, he's a refugee.

On the negative side:
- No menu, or extras.
- pretty short.

I gave you a 5/5 cause I have a soft spot for both of these characters,
thought it really should have been a 3/5.

Anyway it's nice to know I'm not the only one that remembers these films, just stay away from the shitty sequel to "An American Tale".

Thanks,
- Celx

Wonchop responds:

He didn't provide a valid passport on request.

[Die-Rect Hit 2: (G/A)]

Very cool...

Alright let me start off with the positive:

- Excellent animation.
- Very cool drawings.
- Small but unique menu.
- Decent sound.
- Perfect timing.

The only thing that would have made this better would have been a story,
and possibly voice actors.

Still this is one of the best pieces of ultraviolence I've seen on newgrounds in a long time, although it just seemed kind of souless. By the way what was the running time, and FPS?

Sincerely,
- Celx

XtremelyVenomous responds:

believe me if i told u the frame rate, u'd probable laugh. but thanks tho.

[Two Ninja's in Sky]

Needs serious improvement...

First off let me start with the positive aspects of your film:

- The background was really well done to a point I could call it professional.
- The editing of the film was very stylish, and well executed.
- Decent sound, I know sound is hard to do for films so I'm going to give you an extra point for that reason.

I do however have a plethora of issues with the film:

- The animation was really bad, I don't know what FPS you were using but it should have been 24, and it also seemed really choppy. You also used way too many tweens.

- The character design wasn't good, I mean the characters seemed out of proportion, & I don't feel they suited your film. But that may just be your style so I'll let it slide.

- No replay button, this is a serious no no in my books,
since it only takes a couple of minutes to do.

It's hard for me to wrap my head around how this took you two months to do,
even if it's your first submission it really shouldn't have taken that long!

I can see you really did try not to submit something crappy to the portal so I'm going to be kind and give you a 5, although I really think you deserve a 4.

You have potential, you just need to brush up your skills.
Sincerely,
- Celx

CoffeeBean responds:

Thanks for the review.

Yeah, two months IS ridiculous. First, I don't have Flash at home (nor the money to buy it); the school does. Second, the amount of time I had to do it during school was 50 minutes per class (yeah the school board decided on the absurd schedule in every class in the school)! That amounts for only 2 hours and 30 minutes per week! Minus a LOT of minutes on some interruptions, and the sacrifice of some classes due to formal assemblies, etc. In theory, I should have been done in max 2 weeks if it weren't for these interruptions.

And in your review, you gave me some advice. The first that, I guess, MUST remember, is the replay button. And 24 frames per second is the same for movies: I gotta remember that for my next project.

Anyways, thanks again for the review, that really helped me. I really appreciate it.