Eastbeast's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Paper Mario Story]

Talented but needs better exposition.

I gave you a 9 because I know first hand how hard these sprites are to work with, and you made them look pretty decent, although sometimes they are messy looking no matter what. Still you should look to combined different mediums to make the sprites look better, like from other games, but that is up to you. Story line was a typical first episode of a series, it did characterize one cliche aspect of that by not revealing much of the story line making this episode a bit dry and ambiguous. I know what you went for by not revealing too much, but you should have revealed a bit more, in my opinion. Keep trying to blend humor into your epic and it should turn out original. Good luck. Oh and maybe some voice actors too ;) can't hurt

SyuleeArbe responds:

I felt it was missing something I just couldn't figure out what :s. I'm trying to stay true to the original sprite style and only adding custom sprites that I or others have made... But maybe in the next one I can find a way to make them look better or even a little bit different. Thanks for the advice!

[Clay Animation, Faces]

Coolest, most wierd thing I've ever seen

You have some professional talent with clay. I even forgot it was claymation for a few moments how amazingly it blew my mind

[SS - Thoughts]

@ Philiolioso

It might be a realist's attempt at trying to categorize the difference between behaving internally or externally, but in truth the idea is that changing individual thought patterns changes the world. While there is no solid proof of this, it is clear that the better our value system is, the more human wellness that can be spread. I believe this was the authors message.

In regards to science being able to prove everything, you've forgotten the difference between finite and infinite. We are finite beings, and when we die, we become infinite. There is so much we don't know is the point, and making assumptions defeats growth. Acknowledging the existence of spirit is essential with living a life with moral values and helping others. I'd hope these are the types of questions the author would want us to think about.

RiverJordan responds:

"We are not humans with souls, but rather souls that temporarily inhabit physical bodies."

Thanks for the review, glad this resonated with you :)

[Robo Bacon-Neck Warfalcon]

That was cool

I enjoyed the animation, not to mention the nonsensical element of the main character. Really good animation too.

[eyes wide open]

An interesting metaphor for consumption

Atleast that's what I got out of it. I like how it depicted the man as thoughtlessly doing these things in a routine, not caring where it came from. The animation was nicely done, the begining was my favorite. Mice and a toaster.. hmm I would love to hear your intentionality behind that

Eightsquare responds:

and the toaster bit is because my friend found a mouse in his toaster once, so i always think of mice when i use mine...(his house id disgusting srsly)

[Pokemon Awesome Version]

I see so many like this today

Not just the subject matter, but the same pacing, memes and other appendages. It was a bit different, but did say anything vastly unique or too rememerable. Not to mention its coasting off of ego raptors awesome thing. I don't have anything against pokemon, I'd just like to see something different.

[Bigger Fish To Fly]

Enjoyeable, you put alot of work into this

I can understand the subtleties in enjoying these kinds of cartoons. Just some good old slap stick. One itch I have though would be that some of the jokes I have seen before in so many ways, making the entirety of it predictable. However in this case, the characters were enough to make it well played. But be careful being overly reliant on the delivery of the jokes in such a traditional standard. Original jokes are easily adaptable around this type of humor, to maybe give the audience something it hasn't seen. Just my opinion though.

KFoxyFox responds:

You do have a point. When I made this I did play along with a role-reversal of the Road Runner formula - but after my last Flash animations I decided I wanted to make something more safe and approchable for once ^^. I might give drama a go again someday.

[Sad Happy]

Alright that was the punchline I guess

Kind of lame in my opinion. I could have seen more being done with it, than just having a punchline be out of shock and randomness. But for randomness, it was kind of stale.

Leezone responds:

I can appreciate an honest review, thanks for the feedback ^^

[I hate valentines Day.]

Good and accurate portrayal...

It's a legal crime. Nice intro, and I liked that the characters might be a different artistic medium too. That's pretty much all I can say besides you hit the nail on the head.

Branduhn responds:

Wow, thanks. Thanks to all of the below people aswell! I didnt expect to have such a good score on this because my other flashes dont usually score very good :P

[Charmander and Squirtle]

Beware of the Fugly Pokemon

I love how charmander's background intensity scream came from a Jackson Pollack painting. Hahaha nice work.

vlaktemaat responds:

yeah i kinda stole that from ren and stimpy, but didnt want to create my own one so i took a JP :)