Bezman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Madness Apotheosis]

Not a fan of this.

The ending was mildly amusing and I also liked the idea of a 'mega' setting and some of the posters.

However, the actual combat didn't seem well enough choreographed to make this an enjoyable watch despite the unoriginal material and simplified graphics.

Regarding the graphics, I felt it would have been better had some of the body shapes been bit cmoother - specially when zooming in, the bodies seemed far too 'imperfect' compared to the heads. Maybe you needed to get down and dirty with the sub-select tool.

I enjoyed some of your other productions - Marshmellow Madness and Madness Interactive - so it's maybe surprising that this, which I understand is the latest edition of your 'main' series, hasn't found favour with me.

It's just that there are so, so many fighting movies on NG and considering the simplified gfx, this wasn't really fast enough or slick enough to be a winner in my eyes.

[NGTTXIV Group A]

Some real killers.

Quelantaro - Great timing, some nice ways of conveying expressions and some very groovy music. I specially liked the unrelated bit at the start, simply setting the scene.

Sqeezy - the whole thing was very recognisably your own style and the irony mildly amusing. Nice timing here too although I wasn't the biggest fan of the story.

Luis - Nicely animated and to do that in one night... wow. Amazing. The plot was a bit too obvious mebbe, told with no twists or extras, but it was nicely animated and voiced.

Fudge - Very nice animation and I like the way you shaded stuff. It was really crazy the way her blood disappeared, but it was told nice and concisely even if I'm not sure if it truly fits the title... ;p

Secret Agent Rege - My favourite. The whole thing was a brilliant joke told with brilliant timing. I know a previous reviewer said you had stolen the story, but it's very different with the jokes you incorporate and such.

Anyway, I love this. The story teases you in, the ending is a brilliant pay-off and the graphics are excellent.

Negative one - White on black gfx and silhouetted were enjoyed. I specially liked the parts where you showed the highlights of the killer.

Overall - great work everybody. Not a bad apple here. And that's the way it should be, I suppose.

But all too often it isn't.

Luis - I notice you only credited 4 other authors. Either NegativeOne or Fudge weren't credited. Why's that?

Anyway, stay funky y'all.

[Blue (fbf #2)]

Stream your audio!

as with purple.

Anyway, this is far better than 'purple'.

I prefer purple as a colour (it's my favourite in fact) but liked the fact that this actually had something of a story.

The start with the ball landing down was a bit strange, but I liked the flattening against the wall, the splitting up, the axe and just about everything afterwards.

Your speed lines worked fairly well and the whole joke, though old, was nicely presented.

Very nice work.

As with the others though, some extra colours, highlights and shadows would be even nicer. Well, good luck with future fbfs.

Stay funky,
Bez

[Purple]

'stream' your audio

There was about an extra minute of audio there and it surely added much to the file size without adding to the appeal.

Have your audio stream. Use a custom effect edited to have it fade in and out if you like so it doesn't just end on a random note.

The movie itself was rather funky. I loved the way that you used multiple mcs of the whole movie (I think) to have the blurs. However, all these dancing lines do seem almost just like tech demos and they aren't that hard to make.

Better synching to the music may at least have made it more worthwhile.

There were a lot of wee ideas in here, but maybe having more colours would be nicer. Well at least one colour makes it faster for you. ;-)

Personally, I actually liked the music and thought it fitted the animation well.

[The Media]

Nice concept.

i like animations that poke fun and make jokes whilst simultaneously making a serious statement.

Never sure how much the statement is intended... but yeah. I'm guessing this was a reaction to some real events?

The mixed media didn't bother me the way it did some folk on the forums.I actually rather liked it. Found it interesting the way you even used video clips at one point and it seems like a reasonable working method.

The hyper-aggressive director wa mildly amusing with the constantly bulging eye (nice detail) and the voices were all really nice.

Some parts could have been told faster without detriment to the timing of the story, cutting a few semi-seconds here and there to make it a tad snappier.

Anyway, fun to watch and put a smile on my face.

Stay funky,
Bez

[Weirdo Fights! Ep.1]

Fairly fresh.

When I read the title, I thought it was going to be all about you making fun of wierdos by having them fight each other! hahaha...

Anyway, great movie. The black and white part was very stylish and the graphics were generally nice and smooth, even if I wasn't terribly enamoured with all the colours.

The disparity between the character's assumed power and his real skill was amusing and you handled him stumbling through the fight fairly well.

Very different from all the other fight animations anyway thanks to the way you actually give the contestors some character.

Not to happy about the ''tbc' screen, but I suppose I'll let you off. ;-)

I really liked the part with the stick hitting him in the eye - to me that part more than any other illustrated his incompetence.

The bloopers were a very nice extra.

My only real complaint is that the gradient fill that's revealed above the robot's eye at the start (dunno what it is) has its right edge cut off.

Also, the shading seems a bit inconsistent.

[Digital Freedom]

Supremely enjoyable and very funky

The music was excellent and the graphics, though scrappy at times worked brilliantly with a sort of 'grunge' style.

I loved the little blurs as the robot turned his head around and the way you had the overly fast fbf, such as the chinese martial artist.

The whole story was brilliant. I really felt sorry for the little robot, unable to find a place of his own, to have a piece of his own freedom, anywhere on earth. On one level a parable for out aggressive nature as humans. On another an amusing tale of a robot who runs into punches, does little Mario-stomps, gets trampled on and finally has a happy ending.

On yet another level, it's a kick-ass music video and a very enjoyable watch indeed.

The one part I wasn't too keen on was the demented face of the professor dude (the first we see of him). Also, maybe some small pre-loader would make it that bit more perfect, maybe some small game or text to read while we wait.Production notes, or a bit about the creators or whatever.

I really, really like this.

Keep up the amazing work!
- Bez

The story

Godlimations responds:

ohhh not another big comment :( ok.... (it's just like me to comment everyone coz of my "reaching out to people")

thank you, I agree with the graphics & music blending well together :) thanks for the fbf comment that I sort of read :( thanks that you loved the story. If you thought that it was sad that the robot was not wanted, then watch the Passion and you'll be waterlogged :) Yeah, I'm sorry bout the preloader, actually it's good point coz thanks to your comment, I will make my preloaders more interesting for future references :) BIG THUMBS UP! stay awesome! and Jesus loves you!