Coop's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[SsistedSuicideAnticipatio]

Awesome, but too short

This piece was looking to shape up really nicely and then it ended, which was the major let down if I'm totally honest with you. I think that the animation style was neat, despite the flashing imagery, which might be detrimental to epileptics watching.

I'd love to see you have a go at a piece or two with some plot line behind it, as your animating skills are great, but when they are given a direction to proceed in, I'm sure that they will set the place alight.

Certainly someone to keep a watch out for when the Writers portal is released. I've got soem flash scripts made, but I'm not sure that they would interest you, doing music videos.

[Review Request Club]

EmptyOrange responds:

Thanks for reminding me about the flashing, I put a warning up there now. The shortness of the flash was determined by the song of choice, but ultimately the main focus was to get some more practice.

I am planning on making flash other then music videos but for now this is doing it for me :D I will keep an eye out for your work!

Thank you for the review it is always appreciated

[Butterfly Joke]

Funny, but short

Not a bad little joke, although, it could certainly use some voice acting, to give it that little extra oomph. I love the drawing style, as it's a very well produced piece in that respect, from the drawing of the butterfly and the flowers, but also with the font in the speech bubble, which certain artists overlook.

I'd love to see some more of your work, as you've got the talent to produce bigger and better things, but it's one hell of a start.

[Review Request Club]

zaxbro responds:

I look forward to you reviewing my next work. Thank you very much for you feedback.

[That's Fishing]

Nice work

Did you draw this with paper and pencil and animate it the old fashioned way? The presentation put me in mind of those classic art / animation programs of the early 90s.

A nice little plot and a great piece of silent comedy, if ever I saw one. I love the way that you kept me guessing until the punchline actually came along.

I think that you could work a little on making the animation look a little less rough around the edges, without actually removing from that lovely quality that makes it look quite old, like a secret film made by someone who's now famous.

[Review Request Club]

grabbelfant responds:

Parts are drawn on paper scanned and cleaned in tvpaint. TVpaint is in fact like those classic animation programs of the early 90s. Cool you liked the story. Yeah I could improve the rough edges and some rushed lines. Most of it came because we had a tight deadline. Thanks for the review!

[OLD Tywo At Large Ep. #1]

Nice work

It's good to see how far you've managed to come in a few episodes from your beginnings with this series. The animation is well done, with some great characters thrown in there, to develop the whole plot into more than just a 2-D cartoon.

Great series are built on sturdy foundations. Clearly you have been able to demonstrate this and as a result, this series was well set to do things nicely. Now we've seen the first four episodes of this, I can see that you're going places. The only thing I find a trial is how long between episodes it takes to get them prepared. Perhaps make 3 or 4 episodes and release them once a week, so that people really start to recognise the series and give it the respect it deserves?

[Review Request Club]

Pixmintro responds:

Wow, didn't expect to see you reviewing this! I wish I could do what you're asking but some of these movies take an EXCRUCIATING amount of time to complete. Episode #3 took a solid 10 months and (The REAL) Episode #4 will probably take another 3 or 4. I may start doing short stand-alones more often since they seem to really help... But it's so damn hard to write a 1 minute episode! :P Episode #5's script currently clocks in at 16 minutes! Excellent advice though, thanks.

[Frame By Frame Flash]

I've seen better

But on the other hand, I've seen a lot worse as well. In the early going, this flash seemed a bit 'stuttery', where the music carried on, but the animation stopped for a few frames, which was weird - perhaps you've got some additional frames in the animation, which you don't need.

I think that you've got a good talent for drawing these things - particularly the head that came up and then consumed itself to nothing - it was quite detailed and added a lot of depth to the production, despite its randomness.

Perhaps make a fbf with a plot line, as without it, you just keep submitting random stuff, which is good, but it's limited. Once you take that next step, you've got one hell of a ceiling to shoot for.

[Review Request Club]

J0hnnyR0tt3n responds:

thanks very much for the input!

[Madness's Ex]

Not bad

This piece needs work, when compared to the traditional Madness series that we all know and love. What I think you need to concentrate on here is the tweens, so that the movement looks more fluid. There are plenty of tweening tutorials available on Newgrounds, so have a look and see what you think.

Also, I'd make a few subtle changes to the actual animation itself - the boobs look weird on the girl, so maybe tweak them slightly - no laughing at the back there! - so that they don't appear independent of one another. The other major thing I'd do there is have the agent slide slowly down to the floor, as the force of the explosion is no longer pushing him into the wall, so allow him to become a slave to gravity once more.

It was a little short, but it did contain the spirit of madness, so you really can get there with it - push for some more effective rooms and maybe add some sort of plotline - perhaps something that makes it different from the original series, but gives your own spark of genius. Perhaps something like there's a rogue computer program that has possessed one of the characters here. Maybe Pico got into the system and started messing stuff up?

[Review Request Club]

Cooliam responds:

cool ty

[The War - My 1st Flash...]

Needs work

This piece is quite rough around the edges and it will need some work to become more fluid and workable as a finished piece. Good marks for effort though, as it's a start.

You will need to write a better plotline to survive with movies like this, but at least you made it past judgement, so it's heading in the right direction. Perhaps have some of the soilders talking to one another about having someone special back home, for example, before being shot down.

When you come to drawing, try zooming out a little, before using a slightly smaller brush to concentrate the control of the pointer, when you try to draw. Also, you could draw with a tablet, because that gives you much greater control overall.

The one thing I have to say about when the world leader was shot, the cross hair pointed straight at the leader's throat, not at his head 'dead eye', as they say in the business. These little details can make all the difference to how things are perceived.

[Review Request Club]

Rabjab responds:

Thank you for the extremely long comment, that really helps me improve.

[OLD MoBS EP1]

Hmm

The simple, yet complex animation style that you use certainly marks this as on hell of a way to enjoy a flash movie.

I like the way that you've set it out - randomness, but with some organisation into a plot line that from time to time makes absolutely no sense, but for the most part is highly entertaining.

Perhaps the episode was a little longer than I'd expected, but it certainly came as a pleasant surprise. The drawing style looks like it's been inspired by various comic books of the 60s and 70s, for example Calamity James, which go into extraordinary detail, compared to most contemporary drawings of the same type.

How long did this take you to animate? with the look as it is, I'd say somewhere around 3-6 months would fit the bill, but I wouldn't exactly be surprised if you said longer.

[Review Request Club]

tacobuttfish responds:

22 days actually! We're on a tight schedule to get this series rolling!

-Taco Buttfish.