PIED3's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[4almost2]

Interesting

The sound tracks awfully midi, which is already for guitar sounds but the strings at the start sounded super screechy, and some of the song transitions are a little dodgey. The compositions themselves though are very nice, some really catchy tunes there. The art style was great, especially the colours, i just wish there had been a bit more fbf and a bit less tweening. The concept of the hats telling a love story was original, but i wasn't a huge fan of it. Nice to see something fresh like this on NG though, congratulations on making such an artistic piece!

omegafrei responds:

In fact, the entire soundtrack I composed in Melody Assistant and then edited it. Will would be so much better over fbf? One would try to see. Thanks anyway

[Stop Smoking Crack!]

Radical

I really liked this, the song was catchy and the message was humorous. The pacing was good, it never dragged to slow and it kept me entertained the whole time. You're art style is really nice, and you used lots of cool and creative transitions. The option to have subtitles or not was a good touch too. The score you've got seems strangely low, especially with the overall high quality of your animation and the length. Oh well, its a 5 from me, good stuff!

CoolDrMoney responds:

Yea I dont know whats been happening. A lot of good stuff from the portal today has been getting really low scores. Theres probably some spam group bombing them with zeroes. Its sad because I worked really hard on this

[Nap]

Awe inspiring.

Wow. That was brilliant, definitely up there as one of the best animations i've seen on Newgrounds. You got everything right, it was original, it was engaging, it was experimental and exciting. The music was great, and you definitely need to put that up on the Audio Portal, really catchy and fun. The only mistake i think is that i thought at the start when you say "Music and art by: Mark" i thought it had ended and was about to scroll down and give it a 2 for being so short when i realized that was just the start. I think other people might have not noticed it continued and that's the only explanation i can think of as to why this score is as low as it is. This definately should be at least a 4.0. You mixed the different art styles of reality and the dream world well, and i liked the block colours no outline style you used. The animation was all very fluid but i think at the start when he sits down you should have done some more easing/cushioning because it looks a little rigid. The character designs where fun and unique and teh whole concept is great, it was fast paced and kept me engaged. 10/10 from me, amazing work!

Spillkaidah responds:

Man, very kind words... thank you! And yea, i would hope people would have a little more patience than that. The credits weren't even 2 seconds long! Also, i agree about the sitting down part, it was the first part i animated so it was just kinda the thing i didn't have the gumption to redo. Lastly, since you took the time to mention it, i will put up the song shortly :) thanks again

[Multiple Personality Loop]

Great

Really interesting idea for a loop, i love the different colors and the idea of the light revealing the different moods. It loops super trippy when you can see them all at once and the music helps add a psychedelic mood. Only thing i didnt like is that it's short (i mean it is JUST a loop) and the placement of the character. Why is it slightly of center? Seems a little unnecessary to me.

TheBoogley responds:

I tried to put him in the center but he kept on moving over... :(

[CAN test]

Nice but...

don't submit tests to the portal. Upload tests to dumping grounds and post about it in the animation forum if you want feedback. The portal is for finished work only.

tyranitar1989 responds:

Well no, I'll use this for tests if I like thanks.

[Soup of the Day: #2]

Ha nice

Pretty terrible flashes but i suppose the first one was alright comedy wise. Cool concept of a gay necrophile and a dead guy. I'd never heard of SoupSquad till today but i wish you all the best.

Little-Renastair responds:

Okay?

[blue birdy's highs & lows]

A-may-zing

This is perfect. It goes with the music so well and i love your new style of coloring, looks a lot more detailed than your previous work. The multiple birds keeps it interesting and it's all in all very trippy and cool. Nice stuff!

TheBoogley responds:

thanks, it was a hell of a difficult technique to produce and I'm really happy you enjoyed it :)

[POP! an adventure]

Sweet

Crazy smooth animation. Minimal resizing aswell (other than intentional resizing :P) The story was a little weird but the excellent score really helped pull it all together. All in all good stuff, the animation particularly!

turtleco responds:

the musical score is my favorite part.

[SS - Channeling]

Not very impressive.

Animals are beings of higher consciousness? To be honest your ideas are so awful that at times i genuinely think your just trying to piss people off. It is very disconcerting to see you passing of these entirely mythical, philosophical and extremely debatable unproven theories as science. What of your odd conclusions on "channeling" are based on evidance? The only attempted science was talk of the Pineal Gland which, when further researched, proved extremely ambiguous and uncertain. Do you not think its ridiculous to say you have somehow mentally communicated with your cat because you repeated a process until he "rests his head on you" or something of the sort? Animals do that the whole time, ESPECIALLY family pets etc. How does that in anyone prove any mental communication? I find this whole series ridiculous unfounded and foolish, i recommend you rethink this before you go too far.
Message aside the animation is fairly basic keyframing, the character is not particulary interesting and the replay button doesn't work.
Hopefully this wasn't too negative to warrant ignoring.

RiverJordan responds:

No, animals are lower consciousness ;) I made that clear in the video haha.

[Darnell's Beats]

Not great

Ok you do know you can have different layers so that you don't have to redraw the background every time? It just looks pretty awful having everything shaking the whole time. Also nothing really happens and it all looks pretty lazy. Try writing a script or at least have some idea of what the flash is supposed to make the audience feel, cause this just doesn't do anything.

YouriX responds:

I do have script. But didnt have enough time to fully use it. Also the shaking was done on purpose. To give it that cartooony style.