SergeantLuke's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Grand Witch]

It's true that your grammar and dialogue s sometimes a little off, like you said, but I really love the story. It's beautifully tragic and a great way to introduce this character. Stories like it have been told many times before, but I think it's the sort of thing that can resonate with someone even if it's familiar. We've all felt that desire to bring back someone we've lost, and when dark magic gets involved, it never fails to be a tearjerker. Good choice of music, too- I've never heard of Rozen Maiden, but I do like the melodies, and they suit your story well.

Your art is simplistic and the animation is very limited, but I think that's the proper kind of art for a prelude or prequel story. The typical "anime" look isn't especially original, but again, it still works anyway, and it looks a lot cleaner and prettier than a LOT of other amateur works. You may not believe this, but I'm actually VERY pleased that you actually drew the mouths properly while in profile. A lot of people - even some professional artists! - have a tendency to just draw them on the cheek, which irritates me to no end.

I look forward to seeing more of this story. "The Grand Witch" is a pretty good setup and I bet that the plot proper will be even better.

exninja123 responds:

thanks for the thorough comment!
glad you enjoyed! :D

[Lotus Opener Test]

This is pretty neat, though I'm somewhat ambivalent toward you posting unfinished work.

BeerInABox responds:

That's ok, this was the first thing I've ever tried to throw together in flash and it has a few action commands I wanted to test online; again it being my first try I wanted to see if everything worked once it's uploaded as compared to 'testing' in adobe. That said once I finish this will be removed.

[The Jono & Dehne Show #1]

Wow, this is actually really funny! The animation isn't the best but I laughed a whole lot!

spratcliffe responds:

Cheers! Heh, yeah the animation is quite dodgy - my first attempt. I'm hoping to get better on my second outing. :)

[Splice of Life (NATA)]

I love the way you used color here, and the story concept is a cool idea. Your choice of music was great too, it really fit the film. Good job.

Pahgawk responds:

Thanks! ...the colour thing started as a way for me to save time drawing all the frames but turned out to have an effective second purpose. Glad to see it worked out well!

[nobody expects them!]

The animation is nice and it's a good joke, but it'd be much better if it was longer.

skriber responds:

This is my first flash animation ever so it took me a little while to get it right, I plan on expanding on it later.

[Dear, Princess]

What a great little story! I loved this simple animation and the story genuinely made me happy. You actually did a great job as narrator. I wish you well on future projects.

exninja123 responds:

thank you! :)

[The saddest video ever]

Not appropriate for Newgrounds.

This video is not bad. The effects you added are nice and I rather like it. But the Flash Portal is for uploading flash animations and games, not videos that you made in Sony Vegas. Keep it on YouTube.

TheEatenSushi responds:

Alright thanks. I'm new to the concept of flash, so...

[Ring System]

How lovely

I love this little cartoon. The story is surprisingly unique in some respects (despite your claim that it's Troperiffic), and has a very cute art style with great animation. The audio track used, "lea", is indeed essential to the feel of "Ring System"; without it, or even with any other piece used, this would just not have been the same.

LordBojangles responds:

I know, right? Also, thanks, glad you enjoyed it.

[1FPS Collab]

Well done, considering the rules

It's very impressive that you guys have managed to create coherent animations at only 1 FPS. They're not really interesting or entertaining as actual animations, but as experiments they're neat to watch.

Little-Rena responds:

Well thankyou, it's not easy to make stuff in 1FPS :p

[Maybe - A Farmer's Tale]

A wonderful story with good animation

I have never heard this story before, but it's a fantastic one, with a good message. I love your narration; it's not too emotional, but it has a sentimental, happy tint to it. The animation is nothing really spectacular, but it's competent and complements the story well.

Stampini responds:

Hi

Thanks for taking the time to share your comments.

Bob