Kusfraba's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[From Life to Death]

What he said.. and more!

Well, I think berlinalexanderplatz hit the nail on the head for this one. Read his review before you praise this submission for having deep emotional meaning. C'mon guys, you all know that its badly animated and massively cliche. If you think you're tired of people insulting the "true artists" of Newgrounds, I'm tired of lame viewers who like to appear thoughtful and inspired by a flash like this.

Now, as for the artist, if you truly wish to pursue such a mindlessly standard plot line about life and death, I would suggest you spend more time detailing the drawings and animations, and less time on each slide. The first picture of the baby remained for so long that I almost stopped watching then and there.

Even the style changed in the next picture. You went from nice clear slightly pulsing strokes to this kind of brushy, streaky effect with thinner strokes. This detracted from the overall quality, and turned me off to whatever happened next.

Speaking of quality, I only made out that the blocky lump of god-knows-what was a coffin! I mean, who'da thunk it? At least make things clear so we can spend less time squinting at the screen and questioning your already dubious drawing talent (or lack thereof), and more time drowning in the sappiness of your flash. On second thoughts, stick with the bad drawing. Ambiguous is still better than flat-out crap, right?

As for the girlfriends & spouses of the involved males, they were very faint and hard to make out. The yellow you chose for the girl at the dinner table made it hard to tell the gender of said person.

ReklessCreati0n responds:

Thanks for the Review Kusfraba, here is what happend....

When I animate a piece, I have a terrible habit of not finishing my works, I will usually only get to about half way done if I do full animation, then I look at it and say, well i don't like it anymore.

I decided to start this story off with simple line drawings, finish that and see where I want to go to next. I really enjoyed my storytelling in the piece and I felt that If I would have done any detail animation to the whole thing I wouldn't have finished it and it would have never been complete.

So out of artisic integrity I decided to do the line art which you saw, I went through and did the animation in the style you guys watched, just so I could finish the story.

Personally I agree with you on an artistic scale, I didn't expect this to get so much praise, but it is a beautiful story nonetheless. Let the viewers enjoy what they would like to enjoy my friend.

-darx

[Kevin's Eighth February]

Well..

Sorta cute, but poorly animated, very predictable, and WAY too long. Started watching, got bored, took a nap, ate a ham and cheese sandwich, and made it back in time for the stunning conclusion.

And if anybody feels like whining about how people these days vote badly on animations unless they have blood and gore, please refrain from typing a self-righteous essay on the degradation of the taste of the Newgrounds audience.

I would like to suggest a shorter remake, with greater animation quality. The music was very fitting, and the font was interesting. But I don't watch animations for the font.

A stunning 2 stars will be awarded to you from me. Better luck next time. Or skill.

[Syndication Ep. 1]

That was awful.

The sheer, horrifying, traumatic abomination that is this flash astounded me. The humour was base at its best, with sudden cuts to lame punch lines (the only reason they deserve that title is that they were so god-awful that I felt like I had been slugged in the gut). The animation quality left much to be desired, and even though you called it a "collab," the name "random-snippets-of-strung-together-j unk" would have suited this submission better.

Needless to say, it was too painful to finish.

I'm going to go out on a limb here, and say that nobody is looking forward to episode 2.

TheStarSyndicate responds:

eugh what a pretentious cunt

[Ketchup & Mustard]

Couldn't even finish it.

I didn't enjoy this one bit. I'm not too bothered by your animating, it's just that the voices were impossible to understand and your sense of humour needs a little developing before you release it into the real world. I really couldn't finish it. I don't know why I even started. With a little thought and a bit more effort, you could turn your skills into something good.

Better luck next time.

[Is that.. Mario & Luigi?!]

Aha!

YOU COPIED!!

Just kidding! :P

I liked the little jokes about the Mario world, especially the mushroom one.

Well done.

[EEL]

Good!

I liked it, although it did kinda take a while. The graphics were simple but well done, and the idea was quite nice. It just got a little boring toward the end as I waited for something interesting to happen.

[Badass Gladiator Rage]

Hmm..

Great action, but I didn't know that killer rampages in a large red suit made you so damn attractive...

I must remember to don my battle armour more often!

Good work.

d-z responds:

That's right!

[The Hunt: O.P. Pt. 3]

Overall...

Whoa. A lot of things were going on in that series! From zombie nerds (in an Arizonan research facility... in the middle of the desert?) to a special guest appearance by none other than Bill Cosby himself.

In a nutshell, I'd rate it an OK. Maybe a 6.

By the way, I can tell that comedy just isn't your thing. Stick to the action! The funniest part was when the team was resurrected... in full combat attire :P

And props to you for using only songs that I knew, although you almost had me on the Red Alert one!