Seawana's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Walk-Smash-Walk]

Very original and well made.

That was very cool!

It reminds me a lot of those Sesame Street sketches where they would have all kinds of everyday sounds slowly build together to make a cool song. I have long wanted to make something like that, but I creating good audio comes very difficult to me.

Hats off to your unique movie!

[Fuzzy Math]

Good music ...

and that's about it. Well, I guess some of the dance moves were reasonably neat too, so I shouldn't ignore tham. The graphics overall were pretty lousy and the content was mediocre. The song was good, but other than that, I just can't rate this very highly.

And finally, since this is obviously a political piece, here's my political bit. Go vote ... no matter for whom you are voting. W04. Peace. Out. Word ... uh ... yo.

[The Takamori Legend]

Beautiful.

Very professionally done!

The artwork is fantastic, the animation is very smooth, the music is very fitting. All around this is work with which I can only vaguely hope to compete.

Sweet.

[PALADIN episode 1]

Very well done.

Wow! Does this remind me of the Count of Monte Cristo or what?! Well, minus the zombies, of course.

This is excellent work. You have really taken careful aim at making a good movie with a good back story. The great artwork helps a lot too.

I have a few minor gripes/opinions.

It was pretty hard to hear what the characters were saying. You might want to ramp up the character sound a little bit to make it more audible ... or pod down the background music.

This is a real nitpick I suppose, but it bugged me that you used the same burning flame animation everywhere. Worse still, you didn't even rotate or horizontally flip the flame so it REALLY looks duplicated. Yeah, I know, it's petty, but that kind of thing bugs me and I'm sure others noticed it too.

Okay, petty stuff aside, this is a great movie and I am really looking forward to the second chapter. I honestly can't wait! I'm sure it'll be sweet. I can only hope that you already have it 3/4ths done so we don't have to wait another year. :-)

[Fallen Angel: Teaser]

Oh. My. God.

That was amazing!

The artwork is perfect.
The music and sound effects are utterly fantastic.
The story and characters are awe inspiring.

It is just absolutely stunning.

[I miss you Daddy]

Excellent work! I'm reelling!

Technically, this movie is quite superb. The animation is smooth and natural. The sound is mixed well enough to allow the music and girl's voice to both be understood just fine.

The artistry of the drawings and attention to detail are fantastic. Although the characters are cartoony, rather than attempting to mimic real life too much, but that works well. The musical choices might not have been my first picks, but they are definitely appropriate.

As for the political message of this movie ... surprise! There isn't one. A little girl who misses her father and tries to tell him doesn't need one.

This isn't *quite* on par with a moment of silence for the innocent people who died, but it is a very close second.

[A Grave in the Desert]

Excellent work!

Wow! I really enjoyed this movie. The story was great and the song fit it very well.

I found the animation a little bit lacking. The shape tweens were pretty goofy and some use of ease-in/out would have helped the animation be a little smoother. Of course, the jerky animation might have been your planned style for this piece.

I can ignore a lot of my technical peeves with this simply because the concept is so good. All in all, this is super work.

[YAAFM 9: Michael Moore]

Well done, as usual.

Very good!

I have always liked YAAFM, and this one did not disappoint. Good work on the research and jokes. Pretty funny stuff. It'd be even funnier if Moore didn't scare the crap out of me.

I am also pretty surprised by your sponsor. A sex search website? Ouch. I would have expected you would be above that sort of sponsor and could do much better. However, you don't lose points for that ... unless you count my overall opinion of your moral choices.