CorpseGrinderClock's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[RE30-1: Spears by Cletus]

Nice little thing

Adam Phillips was doing this animation-a-day thing and this reminds me strongly of that in how it was executed.

That's a good thing. Helpful review, approving nod.

CletusJohannes responds:

Thanks you.

[Re30-1: "Box" by Ject]

Not bad, in fact...I like it!

Nice little bit of animation. I think there was potential to expand the comedic aspect of it a bit, but I also get that you're on a tight schedule for it.

Jectoons responds:

Yeah, the schedule was tight, but we also only had 30 seconds, and I had already used 29, so... that's why. It was more of a practice thing too, so I think it's ok.
Thanks for the review!

[Strew!]

The author comments describe it perfectly

There were some bits of damn decent animation in there. Unfortunately the production as a whole did not have consistently high quality, and the individual things did not come together well into a very enjoyable flash.

You definitely have ability though I'll give you that.

Leezone responds:

yea, like i had said it wasnt really made to all go together. Just a bunch of little things that i didnt want to post by themselves since they were to short.

[Nap]

Excellent indeed!

I love the originality and whimsy of the whole thing. It's fun, and it showcases your sense of perspective which is far beyond my own, and the animation and music suit each other stylistically so very well. It's really good to see something like this actually get recognition on Newgrounds, I'm surprised (and disappointed) that it didn't get a daily award as well.

Spillkaidah responds:

thanks! and boy would i have loved that :o

["Ice Cream"]

Oh what a pleasant surprise

How nice it is to come across a real friggin' movie with good animation, an actual narrative, and a really nice artistic style.

fearing responds:

Glad you liked it man, there should be more to come with this style soon enough! Thanks for your kind review :)

[tea bag]

Fine work son

You did the right thing in making this informative presentation.

zof responds:

you are unfairly good sir

[Strawberry's Hour]

Top shelf!

Mozart, Tchaikovsky, AND Beethoven? Come on that's cheating. I really did like your use of Le Lac des Cygnes, I thought it fit wonderfully with the aging scene.

This was a brilliant and beautifully animated flash. I'm a bit ashamed to say I'm glad I didn't have to compete with it this clockday, it truly is a remarkable bit of flash. I really liked the frame by frame portions and how the clock contracted to show fear was very stylish.

You should definitely drop by clockcrew.cc some time, your abilities would definitely be appreciated there.

Merol responds:

THANK YOU AGAIN!!

And thanks a bunch for reposting!

[Mike's Date]

My God, I've never seen anything like it!

See? The pencil tool is your friend.

Entertaining flash, delightfully awkward. The ending seemed out of place but it didn't matter because I really was just enjoying the character design and use of colors.

MiddleFingerRings responds:

Thanks a lot! Yeah the ending scene is pretty bizarre but I had nowhere else to put it, so I threw it in with this cartoon.

[Spider Carousel]

Not bad

Things like this indeed are good ways to practice new things in flash.

One thing I've noticed is when those circular things reach the end they skew oddly as they become flat on their way to the right (but not when transitioning from the left for some reason.) I take it that's in an effort to show perspective? I think you would have done better to go without the skew.

For the loop, I'm sure you hear there's a slight delay. While it's entirely possible that the music isn't looped perfectly I suspect that the filetype you're using is an Mp3. Mp3's don't loop very well in flash, in the future you'll want to try it in WAV format.

Would I also be correct in guessing that the bitmaps used in the foreground for things like the horse are specifically that shape and resolution normally, but that the moving purple background is not? It'll make your life easier and make the flash look better if you export that bitmap at a bit closer to that size so that it doesn't have that weird staticky sparkle of a moving resized bitmap.

As for the horse, I rather like the style. For proportion, the body could be bigger with a more rotund chest and the rump curving upward more towards where the hips would be, and if the hooves are going to be big hooves like that I would proportion it more like a belgian or a clydesdale.

All in all good work, you've got ability, I hope this critique was helpful.

Sour-Apple responds:

Thank you for your patience, I noticed that the clip did jump and lag at some points but couldn't fix that in the movie itself. I'll be sure to follow your advice in later projects, thank you :)

[Strange Bed Fella]

Eh...

The song at the end was almost chuckle-worthy but I found myself particularly cringing during the "oh my gaaaaaaad" part. All the voice acting could have done with a few more takes, maybe getting someone with brutal honesty to tell you how that take sounds beforehand.

Obviously more difficult with the time restraints, I understand of course, but still.

PostTimeskipSam responds:

I knew how bad the voice-acting was, but considering I didn't take this animation seriously, I didn't bother trying on the voices, but I can see how I could have crossed the line of not funny "bad" voice-acting. Thanks for the review.