Bezman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Legacy episode 1]

The animation was indeed wonderful.

The graphics were very nice and nearly at professional quality. However, the mouths and eyes let the artwork down a bit I felt.

Also, the voices could have been recorded better, but I understand that that could be out of your control.

Also, the story did seem a bit derivative - great stuff compared to the usual fare on NG, but still standard stuff that I'd seen explored too many times already with nothing in the plot to really make it stand out.

However, the fight scene was incredible - definitely the best part of the movie.

I suggest that next time you maybe start with a bit of action to get our interest?

[experiment 1]

Quick review

- a mildly enjoyable watch overall.

- nice graphics.

- However, the text at the start was a bit hard to read. (as was the text at the end - fill in the shape, don't just do black outlines against a dark bg... ugh.

- Set the bgm to stream.

- don't have the movie start straight away. Have a play button.

- I take it you blurred the pictures in the middle in photoshop?

- Also, did you use a photoshop filter for the start and end pictures?

- Not great, but it did look nice and sound fitted well.

- you should really make a longer movie with an actual plot as your graphics, whilst nothing amazing, are somewhat pleasing to the eyes.

FireHound responds:

Seems like a fair review to me...
The text in the beginning was indeed a mistake of me. And yes, I blurred the pictures in photoshop... added some filters on the beginning picture...
Well, version 1.02 is a bit longer... Guess I advice you to see that one then...
But anyways, thanx for the hints and the review

[The Shogo]

Not enough to it...

I appreciate that making longer movies is difficult and time consuming, but the biggest problem with this is its length.

The graphics are pretty decent and the bgm fits well (although it should have been set to stream).

At least the ending's slightly different... other than that, it does seem a bit too derivative in places and there's not any time spent setting the scene.

If you had a text intro, maybe as a pre-loader, that could make it a bit more interesting if it was well written and concise?

FireHound responds:

I believe this was my first movie with a 'story' so I know it's rather bad. I'm trying to make a long movie now, but I really have to restrain myself for not putting it on newgrounds right away...
But anyways, I'll try to remember your points for the future...

[Life of a Samurai]

Is it rotoscoped?

It looks as if you've traced the drawings of the main character and only drawn the enemies yourself. Not that that doesn't take skill...

I do really like the style, as it all looks rather funky and different. However, it is too short and lacks any plot at all.

Also, if you had some colour, it might make it more visually appealling. Even if it's just some red when things are cut down.

My last criticism would be that the music loop is too long, thus making the filesize larger than it should have been. You should set bgm to 'stream' so that it automatically cuts the parts after the animations stops.

It does look nice and different though and I'm interested to see more from you.

FireHound responds:

Well, I don't know what 'rotoscoped' means so.. guess not :) Ah, traced the drawings. No, we didn't... I actually DREW every line you see... sounds like fun? Well, it isn't :) We're.. or, we were working on a movie in this style with a plot... but... don't think we'll finish it soon...
Set bgm to stream... eum... mmkay... I'll find out what 'bgm' is then hehe...

[William the Demon Killer]

Didn't make much sense...

The whole thing at the start just seemed kinda stupid and nonsensical, but I suppose that was where the humour was supposed to be derived?

I did really like the graphics and the shot from beneath william's foot was specially nice, as were the shots when steven turned into the demon.

I also liked the music, which suited it perfectly.

However, I just didn't find this movie that funny. Sorry.