Bezman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Tribute to Kingdom Hearts]

Amazingly smooth.

The whole thing really amazed me with how smooth everything is.

The hair moving, the eye opening, the part that amazed the most was the swing with the sword. It really amazed me and I went through that scene a couple of times fbf.

Drawings really are amazing, specially your eyes (although I felt that some shading would have helped some parts look even more amazing).

I had a look at your site and you are an awesome artist - I can only dream of matching your skills someday. Shame I couldn't read the animation tutorial as I don't know Malay.

Anyway, this is really awesome and certainly proves your ability as an animator and artist. The only criticism I have is of the content - a nice visual treat and enjoyable to watch for the sumptuous graphics, but if I had seen a story from you with that same level of artwork and animation, I'd enjoy it far more.

[Numa Numa Dance]

Hilarious!

Things I love about this Flash:

- The way it (to begin with) almost seems as if the guy is oblivious to the camera, simply singing whilst playing a game or doing some other activity.

- When the arm-flailing begins, as if he has suddenly lost his mind.

- the eyebrow waggling

The whole thing was totally unexpected for me and that's a big part of its appeal - the totally random nature.

The random folk are very strange but add to the randomness and add visual interest.

Like most flash of its ilk, the appeal does wear off soon enough and I come away thinking I won't be loving it even after a lengthy wait.

But this really made my day.

Thanks a lot,
Be

[i hate christmas]

Great song and animation!

The song really was quality. I loved the part with the female choir joining in the song.

Graphics were fairly obvious, but illustrated the lyrics in a nice way.

It kinda makes me feel sorry for the guy...

I suppose nearly all the humour lies within the song - illustrating it was a good job, but doesn't actually make it any funnier really. I happened not to love the joke.

I did like the psychiatrist in the prison though, which you added and the selection of weapons and choice of court for end scene was nice.

Good work.

Stay funky (and a merry Christmas),
Bez

[Clay loves to dance]

Some awesome stuff here!

Though some moves were better done than others (moonwalk not that convincing, spins excellent, arm things excellent), it was all groovy.

Your hand interacting was a nice touch and the bouncing was done really, really well. (just before he puts it back on his stomach).

Liked the cars... a lot of stuff going on here.

Only suggestion would be to actually make it shorter - maybe cut out a few of the less spectacular moves and one of your interactions.

GAMECUBICLE responds:

Thanks :) But i think it wasnt too long. It first was 1 minute. But i though it was too short and i made it longer.

[The Bar]

funny to start with

It's really amusing to begin with and I was loving it up, but after maybe 10 or 20 seconds, it all starts to fall into a predictable pattern and it loses its edge.

If you had somehow condensed it a bit, cut a lot of the repetition, I would have enjoyed it a lot more.

[Luigi's Frustration]

Excellent voices in your stuff!

The voices here are rather excellent, just like Gamer's Elite 3.

The drawings are all nice though maybe a touch of shading on Luigi, some thicker or no lines would help make it more stylised? Although I'm sure loadsa folk love it as it is.

The concept of the viewer changing Luigi's costume made it more amusing than the typical movie of this sort, but though I appreciate the little spin on the genre, I'd have also appreciated shorter/quicker changes. They did make the movie a tad slower than needed.

Some nice ideas in this.

Stay funky,
Bez

[Gamer Elite: Episode 3]

A bit too predictable

There were some really nice graphical effects in here (I loved the blurred bitmaps to show speed and the speedtrails as they were whizzing along) but other parts really show it up. (I personally strongly disliked the boy running - with only one leg really moving, it looked unbelievably fake and a bit crummy.) That part was by far the worst - speeded leg-blurs would have been a better idea.

You really have a lot of talent - just need to keep honing your skills and develop a bit more style.

Voice acting was perhaps the best thing about it. Voices were nicely done with a bit of character.

The plot itself is an interesting premise, but apart from a few small jokes, it really does seem far too predictable. It's just too derivative of all the mediocre Saturday morning cartoons out there.

Still, keep at it - your talent and potential are showing!

Stay funky,
Bez

MetalMaverick responds:

True, the plot isn't great, but that's pretty much how it's suppose to be. There in Sonic's world. Great plots need not apply (and may never will). That's why Kevin makes the comments that he does. Part of his role is to comment on the oddities of gaming, which I'm sure would seem even odder to someone who actually witnesses it for himself.

But anywho, thanks for the review.

[Xombie: Chapter 5 | Reel2]

Cruelly cut short

Much as I enjoyed hearing of the forthcoming dangers, it was excruciatingly frustrating being denied another of your excellent action scenes.

The characters, though immediately recogniseable, perhaps due to all they embody, don't perhaps have as much depth as they could after such a long conversational piece. It's a lot better than nearly everything else, but maybe a little more emotion could be delivered in some of the voice acting.

Again, it'd be nice to see extras load before the movie.

I liked the way this started before the first part ended, to ensure we don't miss anything.

Lip synching was fairly good, but I didn't like the way her lips sorta 'bounced' often revealing the line of her chin in profile.

But graphics are really high quality and I'm nit-picking.

I'm really looking forward to #6 and you can count me as part of your ever-growing legion of fans.

Stay funky,
Bez

[Xombie: Chapter 5 | Reel1]

A chance for more plot advancement

This section of episode 5 lacks the action of the previous episodes, but makes up for it with another flashback and some introductions.

The bg art isn't nearly as interesting to look at as the character concept art, but still nice.

Since the series now has something of a history, it may be nice to have a little recap. This should load, along with other extras, before the actual movie so we can read it whilst waiting.

The foreign voice does sound a bit (I use this word a lot re: your movies) cliched, but the acting is done well and the production values are so high it really doesn't matter.

There weren't any graphical bits that made me think 'wow' like the light effects in #3, but it remains of top quality and the voices and music used throughout is almost flawless.

[Xombie: Chapter 4]

And better!

The fight scene, whilst not as large in scale as the previous one, is a thrilling watch. In a way, this one was more accomplished for the amount of imagination you showed in the camera angles and moves for 2 participants - also it seems a more 'balanced' fight.

Little plot was revealed here, but the trek to the city and the face to face confrontation at the end help keep the story going and promise much from the next episode.

Lip movement on the newcomer was specially great.

The concept art was interesting to look at. I had a look at #1 and the character models really are drastically improved now.