Bezman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[FBF 6 Season 2]

Loved the intro.

The intro was possibly my favourite part, along with RyuAnimation's entry, maybe because they were closest to being something interesting other than lines. Specially liked Ryu's wee joke.

Some of the lines were nice though and I did really like the explosions near the start a lot.

It was a nice watch and I applaud you for sorting something like this. Looks like good practise.

Just maybe it seems like it could have tried harder to entertain, with jokes and whatnot.

Maxwell-FA responds:

Thanks for the constructive feedback my main man, stay (SIC)

[DailyToon12122004]

Daily toon?

I find it impressive that you persevere and animate every day, but when the results are like this, maybe you should consider slowing down and making something with a bit more quality.

It certainly is random and some of the drawings are vaguely OK. (Better than the typical noob)

But it's just not enjoyable for me.

[Flashy the talking pen]

Fairly nice...

It was an interesting watch. Of course, it'll be old news for NG folk, but it seems like a good presentation for your class.

I didn't see why you spent time trying to match some subtitles with the speech word for word though - having the bullet points appear as one would be good enough and perhaps even less intrusive.

Nice stuff though. Didn't like the charts that kept coming up over and over, or the bitmap edges, but otherwise it was fairly professional looking, with a nice colour palette for the main bit, I thought.

[Mamon VS Ricecake Short]

Cute idea

I like some of the ideas you have here, but somehow, the story didn't really gel for me. The ending caption didn't make much sense, seeing as it was the mamon who started it - they weren't fucked with, they fucked over.

The art was quite nice and I liked the style of your shading, specially on the hills. Animation was limited but good. Fonts used were nice.

Sound was hard to understand - surprised you didn't have subtitles to begin with.

You really need to add play and replay buttons. I view those as essential on anything.

Keep up the crazy ideas. I liked that feature, just as I said the story didn't quite gel as I'd have hoped.

[Vivaldi: Spring Mvt. 1]

Great song, but animation doesn't do it justice.

The song is a wonderful piece of music, and deserves to be really listened to by more.

However, whilst the opening scene is lovely with a painterly quality (the best shot in the movie, I think) with a lot of other great art and animation to follow, the animation doesn't really add that much to the music.

The birds seem a poor choice for the singing and the whole thing, whilst well presented (I love the firefly effect) just doesn't work I feel.

[Cats Sleep Anywhere(2003)]

Nice style

Animating a poem with a bit of music was a nice idea and the graphics do actually look rather like modern art, specially the flat-shadded angular cat.

The 'F' of fitted goes over the cat though, which seems really sloppy and the sudden ending off the music annoys. It should really fade out for the last few seconds, as the cat goes off to sleep.

Nice choice of poem and instrumental.

I wasn't too keen on the buttons, but apart from that and the 2 problems I stated above, I loved this.

Nice simplistic graphics work well, but don't distract for the excellent poem.

Stay funky,
Bez

[Super Mario Reloaded]

Amazing work...

Although it doesn't pay off as an enjoyable piece of entertainment really.

I am amazed - taking the audio, you've recreated possibly the best section of that film almost shot for shot. The amount of work it must have taken blows my mind.

The 3d shots, of the sprits spinning round, doing backflips etc. really look amazing and it all impresses.

However, it's just not enjoyable to watch. Essentially, after the initial novelty to it, there's just not much amusement and the 'real thing' is a much better alternative.

You do throw us a few bones, in the form of the 3d 'glitch', the scores (which made me smile) and the bouncing noises. Also, the ending was mildly interesting.

However, it's not worth sitting through all that...

Still, respect for what you've done and the awesome sprites.

[Mario And Luigi Forever 1]

Amazing work...

Although it doesn't pay off as an enjoyable piece of entertainment really.

I am amazed - taking the audio, you've recreated possibly the best section of that film almost shot for shot. The amount of work it must have taken blows my mind.

The 3d shots, of the sprits spinning round, doing backflips etc. really look amazing and it all impresses.

However, it's just not enjoyable to watch. Essentially, after the initial novelty to it, there's just not much amusement and the 'real thing' is a much better alternative.

You do throw us a few bones, in the form of the 3d 'glitch', the scores (which made me smile) and the bouncing noises. Also, the ending was mildly interesting.

However, it's not worth sitting through all that...

Still, respect for what you've done and the awesome sprites.

Swapp responds:

meh you emailed me this review was actually ment for Super Mario Reloaded

so no beef ^_^

[Taking over me]

Amazing story, but still slightly flawed.

I feel like a jerk for writing this, but please don't mistake me.

I write reviews mainly to give feedback to authors and hopefully help them somewhat. I loved a lot of this movie and respected your motivation, so the problems (or what I saw as problems) were all the more bitter.

Though a small niggle, the sentence 'I wish I didn't.' might be better as 'I wish I hadn't.'. Also, when you use the 3 dots to signify an unfinished thought or sentence, you don't use upper case when resuming it on the next line.

The actual content of your writing seemed really nicely thought out, to the point and generally well written. I specially loved the opening few paragraphs - you really build it up well.

I personally didn't like a couple of the depictions of his life though. I don't like the way that the drug is shown just after the paragraph speaking of his change, implying that taking [cannabis probably, though it may be anything] was the start of these evil changes.

I don't like the way he met the girl and just started kissing.

I think maybe more of the 'change' should have been shown, with him stealing or just commiting more than one serious crime. I mean, one action doesn't make for a 'change'.

I really love the fact that you've tried to make a thought-provoking movie and it does have a bit of an impact. The drawing is excellent, although it could perhaps use a bit more style and refinement.

It really is an excellent movie as it stands and though some elements are cliched, the writing makes it really shine.

Stay funky,
Bez

[Man Gets Broadband]

Disturbing

I shudder to think how much of this is from your personal experience...

The ending really is macabre and I'm not sure I understand what was meant to have happened to the broadband.

The whole thing looks like it was made quickly, with a number of (intelligent) shortcuts taken animation-wise, but thanks to some lively, energetic drawings with a fast pace, it all looks good enough. (The only part I didn't like was the lengthened arm on the mouse).

Nice song that complemented it well.

All I have to say is - 'man, you are one twisted fuck'.

(place the quote, win nothing)

Stay funky,
Bez