The-Great-One's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Paper Mario Madness]

Super Mario Madness

The artwork and animation I have to be honest are quite masterful. Although mostly Mario it screams Madness so much in it's design and the animation flows perfectly, I honestly loved every bit of it, it was candy for my eyes. The sound effects are taken from the Paper Mario games, but are utilized very well and are not distracting. The music choices were that of remixes of Doopliss' theme from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, which you found through the Audio Portal, for that I have to give you big kudos for. It seems Doopliss' theme combined with this Madness style fits very well. The story, what can I say? It is comical, not entirely one sided and creative use of both the styles from Paper Mario and Madness, you truly do both of these great justice. Overall I found this to be a very enjoyable animation.

|| Good Points ||
*Masterful Artwork
*Masterful Animation
*Masterful Sound
*Masterful Music
*Masterful Story

|| Bad Points ||
(none)

Alpha-Nuva responds:

Went back through the reviews just to find this. Thanks for the great review and the showcasing on your wall. Much appreciated.

[Friendship is Magic Bitch]

We Don't Join The Toast King - On The Moon?

Wow this was freaking hilarious! Well let's start with the artwork, it does look good, but it doesn't look entirely superb either, but still it was wonderful, near the end I think you took pleasure in mindfucking with me though. The animation is solid and things run as smoothly as they should, my only complaint there would be some of the mouth movements, but other than that nothing. The voice acting has to be mentioned here alongside the story, because I'm not sure what you use to do your voice recording with, but you might want to change it or find a program to use to clean it up a bit, but the writing with this voice acting was as I stated at the start of this review, freaking hilarious! At first I wasn't enjoying the flash, but as it kept going I was going with it. A wonderful parody, good job sir.

|| Good Points ||
*Great Artwork
*Great Animation
*Great Sound
*Superb Music
*Great Voice
*Superb Story

|| Bad Points ||
(none)

[Derek the Bear]

Bears Are People To

The artwork in this is of a very simplistic nature, which I believe is what you were going for, it wasn't a lack of skill, but a style choice. The animation was fluent and despite the artwork being simple there was quite a lot going on. Although this was a short flash movie it was hilarious, one of the funniest things I've seen on Newgrounds that is completely of original work. The voice acting was also great and I love the use of a bear growl for Derek's speaking. Overall a great flash movie and I can't wait to see more.

|| Good Points ||
*Great Artwork
*Great Animation
*Superb Sound
*Superb Music
*Superb Voice
*Superb Story

|| Bad Points ||
(none)

[Somnolence]

Cute

The artwork and animation are masterful, truly brilliant. The music was superb, but nothing really entirely wow factor with this flash, kind of generic actually. The story I honestly didn't get, my original guess was that it was two lovers separated, but going down to the Author's Description to find an explanation (which if you have to explain your story then there is something wrong) I was right, but I didn't see all of this detail. The sound effects were good, nothing spectacular. It just seemed way too short. So it was cute and that's it.

|| Good Points ||
*Masterful Artwork
*Masterful Animation
*Superb Music
*Good Sound
*Good Story

|| Bad Points ||
*Too Short

[You are a pirate!!!]

Pirate Quality

First off the artwork was great, I liked the drawing for the ship, anchor, everything, you are quite the artist. The animation however was very lackluster, there wasn't as much going on as I was hoping for and that made it seem a bit boring. There were comical moments, like the Pirates list, the giant squid, and sailing over the edge of the world all that was great, but for the most part the animation does hinder it a bit. The music is a song that I'm sure a lot of people on the Internet knows and is one reason they clicked on this flash, we all clicked, we all hoped, and we all got the song, but without a proper presentation you might as well just close your eyes and listen to the song. Overall this was a good flash, but I guess I was just expecting a little bit more.

|| Good Points ||
*Great Artwork
*Good Animation
*Superb Music
*Great Story

|| Bad Points ||
*Animation - Seems Slow, Not A Lot Going On

Steinberg responds:

I guess you're right.
I'll try to add more to the next one.
Thanks!

[2 Friends Play Minecraft]

Very Funny

The artwork and animation are great, I like how you represented the world of Minecraft here. The sound effects were superb and fit very well with what you did. The voice acting is superb as well and very funny to hear. The story is the big point in this though and it is hilarious from start to finish! I loved it when Betsy was being used to chop at the tree. I really want to see more Minecraft flashes from you two in the near future.

|| Good Points ||
*Great Artwork
*Great Animation
*Great Music
*Superb Sound
*Superb Voice
*Superb Story

|| Bad Points ||
(none)

[Take This Pill]

Can I Have A Second Opinion?

I loved the first Health Reminder and was excited to see this one up on the Front Page. Then I watched it. Although still good and funny and delivers its message I'm afraid lightning did not strike twice here. The artwork and animation are still great, sound effects are still great and the voice acting and music are still superb, the story felt a bit rushed and didn't have the same pace that the last one had or the subtlety. I loved the ideas you brought here and what messages you gave, but sad at how you presented it. Overall this is great, but not as good as your first one.

|| Good Points ||
*Great Artwork
*Great Animation
*Superb Music
*Great Sound
*Superb Voice
*Great Story

|| Bad Points ||
*Pacing Feels Rushed
*Not As Subtle As The First One

[Alight]

Flame Not Strong Enough, But Can Tread Water

Your artwork and animation are masterful, no doubt about that at all. The characters and the world they are in is simply amazing, you had me enthralled from the start. The music although superb doesn't really fit well with this flash, it did at first, but as it kept going it just didn't really work out. The story is the same way, we start with water and fire meeting and surprised by their interactions, some strange villain appears and destroys water which ignites anger in your fire character Sparker. I did like the ending though with this villain being nothing more than a skeleton given a skin with the uses of fire and water. It was interesting idea, but not executed entirely well I think you focused more on the visuals than you did the overall storyline. Still an outstanding piece of work though and I can't wait to see more.

|| Good Points ||
*Masterful Artwork
*Masterful Animation
*Great Music
*Great Sound
*Great Story

|| Bad Points ||
(none)