Ben-Coombs's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Len - ep. 1 - part 2/2]

Well I liked it

Yeah, the low video quality was slightly annoying, but this is still great. It was all pretty well drawn. I liked the ruined city and the flying craft... those little robots looked and acted like headcrabs from half-life but mechanical, but that might not have been intentional. The explosion effect was very good too. For the main character (Len?), he's travelling in the desert, so he could do with more stuff, like flasks of water, food, a compass, and that sort of thing. Though I liked the way he had those goggles and mask for the sandstorms.

RonaldRaven responds:

you're right, about the desert equipment. I actually thought about that, but since this was my first animation, I decided I was too lazy and too unskilled to draw that stuff frame by frame. but he does have a pack on his back, though. I won't say what's in it, yet, but it has some useful equipment inside (according to the story).

the guy that did the music and audio for the movie said the same thing about the robots that you did. in the script we just wrote "small, one-eyed robotic spiders," so I just went on that when I drew them.

glad you liked it. cheers.

[Fowl Injection]

Nice job

Wow, this is great. The rain effects, reflections, lighting... everything is pretty flawless. And the character animations too. Although I know it was focusing on the visual side, some sound effects and maybe some music are always a big help... even old silent movies had music in the background. Nice work.

non-applicable responds:

thanks

[Fragile]

Interesting

Nice and meaningful and all that... there were some nice effects in there, like the text that fades into red. The simple white-lines-on-black style was good. More artwork and animation in there would have been good, but I sort of see why there wasn't much. The background music worked well with this too. But there was one thing... the policeman shoots him, but he had dropped his gun earlier. That makes the plot not make much sense... but maybe I'm missing the point.

BetaHoogar responds:

If you are talking about the part I think you are talking about when you say the policeman dropped his gun, that was the murderer who dropped his gun. I tried to make that part clear with the blood on his hand and arm, but the black and white had limits and it was a short shot. Thanx for the review.

[Glurk!]

Nice one

But I have to say: that was one tiny rat. But anyway, it's still funny and well made. Good job.

jerbjpg responds:

spanks!

[C&D #3 Trip to Hawaii]

Fünny

I like the way you did this, with the photographs and all that. The jokes are good, and the voices made me laugh too. That fish with the human face was pretty strange... I probably missed something. Anyway, a good flash, made me laugh anyway. I should stop saying 'anyway'. I've got to watch the others now.

RavenJinn responds:

hehe, good review . thnx

[Yee Olde Weebl]

He he

Not quite as good as the 'real' weebl and bob but still pretty good. I suppose it's just not the same without their voices. The sepia tone and flickery effects work well. I just can't believe Weebl wouldn't take the oppurtunity to make a joke about the word 'banker'.

BlueHippo responds:

weebl was out of it that day and couldnt think of a witty banker joke. its ok, he has recovered.

[Shades of Grey Ep. 1]

I love these

I watched this and episode 2. I love the animation on these, and the style. I hope more comes out soon!

SirGaryColeman responds:

Working on episode 3 and 4 right now... hopefully they'll be out in a couple weeks.

[Say Cheese!]

Now that is clever

Wow, I can't imagine modeling and animating all of that, that must have taken a loooong time. The detail is incredible. The angles and everything are so clever. This should better get onto the front page.

Daza responds:

>:)

[Quest for the Muffin]

Not bad

Not too bad, but i couldn't really tell what happened. A magic invinci-muffin deflected bullets, he went somewhere white, ineffective glowy stuffm then tried to eat the muffin... or something. Music would really help this, I thought the music was the best part before I realised something else was playing it in another window. But it's not a bad movie, I like the style, and muffins are pretty funny.

green-lotus responds:

I dont understand one bit either. thanks for the 7 tho!!

[The Orange Guy Ep.2]

well... unusual

You've been watching lots of Dan Paladin movies, haven't you.
The drawings and animation were okay, even though the style wasn't original. The green murderer-creature looks alost 3D when he turned his head. Sound gets a high score just for that wierd tune at the end. And humour gets a high score from me.

Joelasticot responds:

Actually, no. I didn't get my ideas from movies by Dan Paladin, and I started drawing these characters before starting to visit Newgrounds.
Thanks for the comment about the music and humour. I made the song at the end so I'm glad to see you liked it.