joeartguy's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Wish Fish Family - Episode 11 - Fish of the Day]

This was a lot of material -- and most of it was good! I appreciated this fascinating stylistic brother to the early cutout flash animations on this site, and the fact that you could keep a RuPaul joke going as a thread in 2011. Well done!

[Double Dragon DragonsTale]

What a great animation! Pretty funny and obviously a lot of work... especially considering all you need to get through the game is Elbow Punch.

Just goofy enough and very entertaining!

kalabor106 responds:

I always sucked at the elbow. Some how always ended up head butting instead. What a worthless move.

[city]

I seldom say this, but a more extensive description could have added a lot to this flash. Was it hand drawn? What kind of programming was involved? Was this done for something, or just a technical exercise? It's a nice flash, but I really wanted to know more about it.

dianalupieri responds:

Thanks for your feedback! It was a blue ballpoint drawing that I animated on Flash. Its only purpose was to act as my first experimentation with Adobe Flash.

[P vs Z]

It was more epic than I could have imagined. Never have I seen such struggle and pathos between a cutout zebra and some penguins with a banana. This is truly a battle for the ages. Well done.

[Cliff's 2011 Reel]

This made me want to watch your full length animations. What higher praise can I offer? It was great, mission accomplished!

karr420 responds:

thanks! all my old animations on this site are from 7-10 years ago haha, they are a bit dated.

[My Minecraft experience]

This was good, and I think it was funnier because it was in Polish. Good work!

[Penny the Possessed Baby!]

Hilarious, but you need to fix your framing. I see a re-upload in your future.

[Stainville Episode 2]

Just plain great from beginning to end. Technically the animation was smooth, the directing was sharp, the designs were original and interesting, and the sound quality and music were excellent. The content, though, was a whole different array of funny -- in particular the quick throwaway takes, which a lot of writers neglect.

That you took every take as a new opportunity for crazy kept me glued to the screen, slightly off balance and swept along. I very seldom give out a full five, but you totally earned one. Every bit of work paid off here, and I loved it.

[Some Birds Have Teeth.]

I don't ask for art shorts to have a plot, but this could have used some sort of narrative. Even as a series of (possibly intended to be nightmarish) images, there was no thematic or conceptual thread that I could pick up on. In the absence of anything tying them together into a powerful whole, this is only a disquieting jumble instead of the more disturbing and forceful material that I suppose must have been intended.

Even installations of paintings tend to have a thematic thread to make the individual pieces more powerful and affecting. A stronger core idea could have really helped you out here.