MalTheDestroyer's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Press Start: V for Vile 2]

Hm. Live action could work

I'll admit, when I first heard you were planning to do the movie in live action, I had some serious doubts. These last two "V for Vile" releases have allayed them somewhat, insofar as you've proven that Count Vile translates well to live action. However, unless you've got a talented, dedicated 3D artist working for you, I don't see how you'll be able to pull off some of the monsters and non-human characters (e.g. Buzz the Hedgehog) in that format. And no offense, but the outdoor rendering of Vile's lair looks like something I did during my first two weeks of Intro to 3DS Max. Animating characters in 3D is a whole 'nother ball game.

Anyway, here's hoping you've found a good solution to that problem--you know, other than limiting the cinematographer entirely to shots of Count Vile sitting around his lair. ;)

[Animator vs. Animation II]

Great work!

I remember seeing this on atomfilms, and it's even better seeing it in the original flash. This is a very clever and impressive sequel. I especially love how all of th desktop icons have their own personalities. Firefox and Photoshop, amused me, as did the AIM guy and My Computer. He he.

As with the first one, this is destined to become a classic.

[I miss you Daddy]

Wow

This was both beautiful and extremely sad. I admit, I started tearing up a couple of minutes into this. There must be nothing worse than losing a mommy or daddy at such a young age. The fact that this is supposed to be about 9/11 almost seems beside the point: this would be equally sad if the father had died of lung cancer, or overseas in Iraq. Anyway, my hat is off to you: you did a great job on this.

[Daisy]

I love dark humor

That made me laugh. A lot. Granted, I knew something bad was going to happen to her when she went to pluck the flower--everything weas justa little too cutesy up to that point. Anyway, the poem at the end was classic. Your tech teacher is a fool. :-) This gets a five out of five from me!

[Interview With Zero]

Um

That was below average, in my opinion--hence, a 4. The biggest problem, in my view, is that you need to think of jokes other than calling the characters gay. It just isn't that funny. Sorry.

[Michael's Stand-Up 3]

Not bad!

This was quite funny, and the animation was nice. You did a good job synching facial expressions to the audio track, and the recording was high quality.

However, the canned laughter really ruined it for me. It didn't bother me at first, but there were a few moments where it seemed inappropriate, and I got that feeling you get sometimes when you watch sit-coms that you're supposed to laugh even though what you just heard wasn't really all that funny (specifically, I'm thinking abut the part where you called Mrs. Pac-Man a slut. Why would that get such a big laugh? That's just name-calling. You'd have to, at the very least, reference her suggestive pose on the cover of every Mrs. Pac Man game to earn that as an actual joke.)

Anyway, other than that, this was spot-on, so you still get a good score. Fix the canned alughter, and you'll get a better one. :-)

[Sesame Street on Crack]

Um

Sorry, you created the visuals, but you don't get to take credit for the sound. That was around long before you made this. Because you insisted on taking credit for something you clearly didn't make, I give you no credit for the sound.

[Beowulf Project (short)]

Idiotic, yet funny

The Mortal Kombat take on Beowulf was quite amusing, though not particularly well-executed. :-) I say this gets protected.

[computer people]

Awesome flash music vid!

I mean, the animation was kind of simplistic, but the pixel graphics were spot-on, and I just love that song. This was totally adorable! :-)