monk1's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Yasuko]

I agree with rancky, but more so in musical changes to fit mood. Sound effects can very quickly ruin a mood.

I have to say, it's a bit drawn-out, but makes me wonder about what sort of metaphor that bear can be. Child-like innocence, comfort, and so on. In the case of innocence, it would be Yasuko, but the bear would be some sort of courageous exploration.

If it were a sense of comfort I would disagree with the message, but if it were something internal or external that symbolizes and embodies the idea of "putting yourself out there", I'm curious as to what it is. Something that I've been lacking and only seldom find.

Outside of this, nice work. :)

[Time]

I like it. The images/drawing are really well done. The only thing I seem to get from it is how short time is

Other than that, there's not much of a message in my opinion, so I'm not too impressed.Props on the freaky psychadelic look. :)

[Blender]

I'm not going to lie, but without that laugh, this flash would be nothing.

It was amusing, but the white bar at the top is strange. I'd say get rid of that and resubmit.

[Feddy Scare Animation 2.0]

Not bad. I liked it to an extent, but I don't know if you're sharing this because of something along the lines of taking pride in it, or just a brief timewaster.

[Da Shimpsoons]

Don't listen to these guys. They're missing the point of what there is to enjoy, or they take their own letdown from what they expected, and take that out on you.

I'm a big fan or surreal and ironic humor, like Tim and Eric and youtube poops, and that's what I took the intro as, and it was great on its own. At first I thought "Wow, that's a very good Homer impersonation", but then I realized it was an audio soundbite, about which I'm not complaining in the least.

I understand if you're busy with projects, but if you were to take these drawings, and keep them looking goofy and comical, of course for non-profit, I'd like to see a sort of "lazy" or "lackluster" look considering the comparison of the original, parody of decent length, or just an actual series. You could involve just random and stupid things, as long as it fits in with the three necessities of comedy: Timing, Opportunity, and Surprise.

The silliness of how they all looked in the intro makes me think you could make an awesome number of options.

Please consider what I said, and if you do it, please let me know. You can do it. :)

[Pokemon Golder Part 2]

I really like this, as well as the first one. It's similar in style to the awesome series, in relation to speed and low-brow humor, but that's not the least bit of a complaint or insult.

The jokes are moving fast enough so that even if they're simple jokes, the speed at which they flow, makes it hard to anticipate. Through that you can take random cliches, and alter them slightly, and it becomes uproaringly funny(lol whismur).

The random little details add for extra laughs as well, like "Whitney's Miltank was here" in the dumpster, "Want your very own bicycle?" on the poster partially covered by Miltank, Lugia's head popping out of the Whirl Islands, and so on. It's terrific. I laughed so hard unexpectedly at the rival pissing on the statue. BEYOND unexpected.

You've taken that of which is commonplace and ultimately uninteresting to me, and made it incredible, and for that I can't thank you enough. So refreshing to have something new to be interested in on a level akin to that of the awesome series. :)

[Existential]

Existentialism... I would expect more thoughts, something the least bit profound.

My only reason for complaining is that it's a topic of great importance for many people, leaving many of us to question, observe, and ultimately accept and reject based on our own preconceptions, misconceptions, and fears.

There's many a discussions that can and should be happening on the topic, that never do, because of the forced duality of the way we see things of enemies and allies. Most people are too primitive for such a conscious conversation. I suppose this video had to appeal to them as well, or it wouldn't have made it to the front page huh?

The drawings were fairly decent, the ending was good, and the voices were decent and dialogue comprehensible. so I will say good job in that respect. :)

urbfilms responds:

Hey, thanks for your review. The video wasn't really meant to be taken seriously, it was just supposed to be a comedy video, but thanks for taking your time to watch it.