Bezman's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Made With Beats, Love...]

Kick-ass.

Some of the quick 'sketches' are imaginative, others amuse and others are just amazingly animated and a joy to behold. With the fast paced, the multitude of ideas present and the funky beats, this is wonderful.

I love the breakdancing and strutting bull (don't know the name of that move it was doing at the start, but it was really amazingly well animated), the fish with the trumpet, J.Hendrix, the reindeer, the random turkey scene... every short section entertains and brings something fresh to the mix. When it all ends, I had no choice but to watch it again. And again. And again.

I am in awe. Both entertaining and an inspiration for myself.

Stay funky,
Bez

[Newgrounds Versus - Final]

2 awesome movies

Gel - awesome movie. I love the easter egg! Didn't notice it until I read the note...

The story was a bit cliched but thanks to some quality writing, it works well. The pokes at stickman movies are nicely done and the 2 contrasting styles works well.

The action scenes - both in stickman form and afterwards - are pretty immense with great graphics and nice animation.

Some of the voices right at the end are a bit hard to make out though, I feel.

Jerm - an interesting story that can give us something to think about. I understand that she's mourning her husband? Still, it's open to personal interpretation and that's always a nice thing.

Some really nice graphics and a nice style. I was genuinely a bit freaked out by this.

I'd assume Gel won, though there's no mention of who won or when it will be decided. Though they're both amazing, Gel's was probably more mass-market friendly.

[Booty-Dance 3]

Professional quality

The dancers were really nicely done and some of the graphical effects (the blue/white electrical 'lightning', some of the background flashed, the colour changes, the hypno-type circles) were nicely done.

I really wasn't too keep on the default red/blue gradients you used though - felt they kinda let it down and made it all look a lot more amateurish than it would otherwise.

As I said, it did look professional and wouldn't look out of place in a lot of clubs' screens or as a 10s teaser on a club website. However, sitting here watching that whilst not boring as such, wasn't particularly interesting.

I don't know if you used the high pass filter in photoshop or what, but whilst I imagine it took a lot of time, maybe it'd be better invested experimenting a little more and making something fresher for your next effort.

Well, obviously a lot of folk haven't seen the effect before... so maybe it was good that you brought this to NG.

(P.s. Don't take this review too harshly - as I said, it does look as good as some stuff I've seen on club monitors. Just lose the gradients. Or at least work more with them and learn to make better-looking ones.)

[TLoZ: Prequel of Time]

mildly entertaining

Your site and the 'merchandise' link should both open up in new windows rather than taking over the window containg the flash movie.

The 'about' page is nicely written and concise, but it'd be good to maybe be able to read it when the movie is loading.

And personally, I think the rectangle around the text should be a hit target as well as the shield.

The movie itself is nicely written, with a couple of bits that made me chuckle. Although I'm not sure how I feel about fanfics like this, it was an enjoyable watch and kept me entertained whilst eating dinner.

Music was nicely timed, graphics were good, animation good, story decent...

Sometimes the music drowned out the voices though.

My only real complaint is that some of the movie just seemed a tad too slow and it never really gripped me. Whilst good, I suppose I just think the writing could have been even better. Some bits were just unnecessary and it was like this animation didn't know whether to be an outright comedy or try to be true to the series and offer a genuine history possibility. (I suppose that's my biggest complaint.)

But in any case, it entertained.

Thanks for that.

Stay funky,
Bez

[Roy's Pipeline]

A bit too predictable

Brilliant voices; nice music; excellent sound effects. Decent, clean graphics and good animation.

However, whilst it was mildly amusing, the joke just didn't make me chuckle. It all seemed a bit too predictable to me.

Stay funky,
Bez

[Flash to the Future]

Lots of hard work? I can believe it...

Trying to make a shortened version of a classic film in Flash is a brave undertaking and one I've never seen actually pulled off before.

13 minutes - a long animation, but a short time in which to tell a story designed to span more in the region of 2 hours.

You did a good job of capturing the best bits and working through the story, but I still came away feeling that whilst you did a really impressive job, it ended up being slightly more tiring than it should have been.

Some suggested voices. However, having original voices would be difficult (if not impossible) and any would add to the filesize stupidly. Original voices would just annoy.

Some pointed out that you should be able to understand the flash without having seen the film, and I'd probably agree with this. It would make the think much harder for the sequel, but it would make it more enjoyable for those who have forgotten or not seen the films.

I'd also say that you should be using more quotes from the film - there were a couple of pieces of what I think are original dialogue and I didn't like that. It's nice to see the new art, but I'd suggest you change the visuals and editing but nothing else.

Some of the bits chosen could have been better. For example, what was the point in showing his CK boxers without her calling him that? Why not have the mad dance for the Johnny be Good bit, when that was the highlight of that original scene?

I did really like the split panels used for the guitar-playing bit and the guitar and note-shapes used as wipes. I also loved the excellent caricature of Doc and it was all nicely drawn with clean lines. (Although some occasional shading for moody scenes would have been nice.)

It does amaze me that someone has gone to lengths you have to have finished such a project, but it does seem to be more of an accomplishment than an accomplished piece of entertainment.

I was expecting BttF on speed, but it was only half-way there. Still, I encourage you to go further with the 2nd one. If you mull over complaints and suggestions, it should rock the boat and be a vast improvement.

[Menya zovut Shnur]

AMazingly powerful.

Even though I can't understand the lyrics, the raw aggression in the words, the amazing guitar, top bass-line and brilliant melody made this a song I'd want to listen to again for sure.

The animation is wonderful. Really smooth and nicely timed. The characters are great - the simplicity of stick figures, but with some real expressions. It suits the animation well to have them all so similar.

Although I can't understand the lyrics, the parts dealing with forced recruitment and propoganda are powerfully dealt with.

The still images and black and white photography make for a very real message and whilst I remain unsure of what exactly is being said, I can't help but feel something inside me.

Story is awesome, unafraid of showing some beatings but stopping short of anything too gruesome.

This really is amazing and it touched me in ways that little else does.

The only thing that would make it better would be if you had optional subtitles, maybe accessible at the end.

Still, the words don't need to be known to understand the raw emotion packed in here.

[Kindergarten Cop 2]

Nicely amusing

The reaction shots of the other children was priceless and it was silly whilst having enough of a coherent story to make me chuckle.

Loved the frightened look and also the last shot with... the predator?

I can't really make any suggestions. Greaphics could have been better, but they were good enough to tell the joke.

Voices were awesome and the joke itself was funny.

Just... it could have been even funnier. But I almost feel like an arse for typing that.

It was about as good as it could have been I suppose.

It was good.

[Only Superhuman]

Really laugh-out-loud funny!

Rendering god into a slightly clumsy character, with the lack of knowledge necessary to be surprised by forthcoming events turns this into an amusing animation, allowing us to look upon ourselves from a bystander's position and reflect on the stupidity of humanity.

Whilst you said to not take it too seriously, it does well to reflect on our own insanity, even if it's not all meant to be taken verbatim.

That god would get so frustrated trying to kill us off and then react in such a way encouraged laughter to emerge from my mouth and the ending had me chuckling away.

Sound was brilliant - fitted everything really well! You really are talented and multi-skilled!

The presentation and the biblical references suit it wonderfully.

The art wasn't amazing but had a nice humour to it. This was probably the one area in which some real improvement could be made. Not that it was bad - just that it wasn't quite up to the high standard of the story. However, to have done this in 6 days really impresses me and the art didn't lessen my enjoyment I don't think. Just that it's the least brilliant out of the brilliant aspects.

Great movie and I'd reccommend it to everyone.

Btw, your comic on your site doesn't seem to work.

TmsT responds:

What part of "don't take this too seriously" don't you understand? That's MY job! Heh, just kidding mate. It's always nice when somebody goes to the trouble of analysing my work. I know about all the "deeper meanings" in it and it's cool that you saw some of them.

The artwork was all drawn with a mouse. I was going for the "Fast-n-Rough" style which is usually away-with-gettable, in humour.

The comic has probably got its G**cities bandwidth maxxed out again...

[-PACMAX-]

Nicely entertaining

It was really nice and the spin into and out of 3D were done really nicely, as was the spin around pac-man.

One objection I have is that nice as the graphics are, they neither have a style of their own (in the main bulk of the movie) nor look /that/ professional imo. I don't know, but maybe thicker lines, or a bit of shading or something would have gone a long way into making this shine a bit more.

Still, I'm just comparing it to the idents I've seen on British TV. It's quality, but not quite shiny enough for an ident imo. Sorry.

But I love the music, liked the boots, liked the basic idea and loved the ending, with the losing tune going with the MTV logo flickering.

replay button was really nice and creative too.