Irish-Soul's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Cool Kids On The Rock - Emos]

Before I write this review, I would like to say that I am not an animator and have absolutely no idea how long this took to make. I just have spent a long time observing what is good in content and what is not as definite. I'm sorry that I sound extremely hypocritical writing this review, I just want to see you grow as an artist on NG. You know, clean the portal up for good content. I do realize that this is your first submission on NG, but there are a few things that still need to be cleared up:

Plot- An animation should have a clear and definite point to it. This "point" is in the theme. Themes are portrayed through the cycle of an exposition, conflict and conclusion. There are many sub categories under this, but most animations flow with this pattern. The exposition should come gradually, and shouldn't be smudged within 4 lines of dialogue. There wasn't an apparent conflict that had any emotional meaning. There wasn't enough for the viewer to have any emotional feeling for the characters. The conflict did come very soon. In my opinion, I feel like there wasn't a satisfying conclusion.

Voice acting- You did say that the voice acting was sub par, but I didn't exactly hear what was being said. I'm sure this is due to the microphones you have to use in thee first place, but adding an extreme amount of diction may have patched up a few problems.

Backgrounds- This was actually not too bad. I do enjoy it when people put "Easter Eggs" inside the background, like the scene when the emo goes to the secret lair. The backgrounds were very well thought with the color scheme. Well done in this area!

For a first animation, it is generally ok to put out content like this. I would just like to point out a few areas that could use some work.

SuperJockey64 responds:

Hey,
Thanks alot for the review, yeah, the plot was pretty smudged and badly paced, I hope to make this better in later animations. I have reasonably good Blue Snowball microphone, but It didn't work at the time this was made (1 month ago, uploaded to to newgrounds only now) but again, thanks for the review :)

[Year gone bye]

That was very well made! I love how you made the title with "bye" instead of "by" because (I think) it represents the fact that he had to leave. For a first animation, this deserves a 5 star. There was a clear plot, with an exposition, conflict and conclusion. I did enjoy this animation!

TraineeArtist responds:

Thank you! That's very kind of you, I'm really glad you liked it :)

[A Drillbot's Quest]

That was really good for a first animation! I enjoyed it!

[Spelunkers]

My favorite quote from Joe.

"Yeah, they all died painlessly"
- Joe 2016

["Reconnection"]

I really can't wait to see more of your work on newgrounds! We need people like you. Good luck for the series. I love your color choices, and the animation was great. Very amazing work. I took off 1/2 of the star because I feel like the time for the title to appear was a little long. But it wasn't that much of a problem, for I only took off 1/2 of a star.

vlabide responds:

thank you very much ^^

[The Naughty Games]

I agree with the statement made in this video. The voice acting was appropriate for the type of animation this was. Although, I feel like the into was misleading. I expected a full colored animation because of the great intro. I won't take off any stars for that, but I would be weary. (I took off one star because it wasn't fully colored, but I didn't take off stars for it being misleading.) Very good animation

[ARAMAK BEGINS]

I really like your animation style! It is very smooth.

[3rd season of Gravity Falls]

This was great. I do enjoy the subtitles. Very well made animation. The *ending had the best quality animation I have seen for a long time.

[NWAR: Parental Advisory]

I'm glad that I could see this! Super clever as always.

danmarkowitz responds:

Thanks as always!

[Saddest Led Zeppelin Song]

Although I hate to admit it, I don't know much about animation. But I can say that this is very good for only a second animation.

gamegrouches responds:

Thank you for the kind words. I've always been interested in animating, but never got around to learning how. I finally can begin, and I'll be using Game grumps as a vehicle to explore the techniques I need to grow!