Alter-native's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Brawl Funnies [Dick 1]]

The Comedy Here Is Certainly Black.

And this is coming from a guy who sorta likes Brawl Taunts! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
First of all, the animation at the beginning with the girl at the rave club, was incredible. The bluish color scheme gives it a nighttime look and it was very cool.
I do admit there are plenty of deliberately amateur shorts that are done to satirize the effort shown in Brawl Taunts series. Stuff like "Brawl in The Family" and "The Greatest Cartoon Ever" shorts were purposely bad to mock Brawl Taunts, but I did like Cool Dr. Money's renditions of Mario and Luigi in a sick sort of way. I still found "Greatest Cartoon Ever" pretty funny just because it was a string of poorly made square VG characters holding hand while singing how gay they were but how some user "Artoon?" was even gayer then this cartoon.
There were others that were slightly amateur, but were very effective, at least for me. Like the one short that compared Newgrounds to fast food restaurant that only serves only old trashy content. Then the other one featuring those Noob Nationalists, Rina and Kirbopher, as they force Mario to repeat that observation from that RTIL Egoraptor parody in front of an audience of NGers who unwittingly laugh and accept.
My favorite short was the one with the guy in the balloon who had to drop bags of self-respect that were weighing him down in order to reach the clouds of popularity. It was very metaphorical and had a style reminiscent of a certain 1970's commercial.
Speaking of metaphors, I don't know much about Metaphor 128, but that short was funny and decently animated. Maybe if I look into this user more, the short will be even funnier.
A Brawl Taunts smoothie: a smidgen talent, a dash of originality, and a bag of Egoraptor's ideas! Haha.
I do have a soft spot for the "Truck Full of Lame Overused Jokes."
If there is one thing that could improve this flash, it would be a scene select feature, because certainly some scenes that have more replay value than others. You do have arrows that skip scenes, so that is the next best thing I guess. I noticed from some users below me that some people did not even finish watching this short because the amateur parts dragged on for too long. It's like they didn't notice the arrow buttons! Because there is certainly some honest to goodness talent in this flash!

[=aDarknessInApril=]

The Moody Piano Music Helps A Lot.

This is pretty well done flash, with limited animation techniques. It portrays Pico in a more serious tone rather then his typical satirical frantic tone. We see him going through a mid life crisis as he looks back upon the date when his school was shot up. It's almost like he's a soldier returning from Vietnam or Iraq and he can't shake off the horrible experiences. He tries to settle down with an ordinary life, buy the carnage will haunt him forever...

April seems to be a recurring theme for NG and Tom Fulp. Pico day is in April, Tom is married to April, and 4/20(dudes!) is the date of the Columbine Massacre. 0_0 Coincidence? You decide!

[Ness VS. Sonic]

Recommended For Earthbound and Smash Fans...

Normally when I see VG parodies, they're usually made with not a lot of effort put into them. This on the other hand was rather decently animated and fun to watch. There are also a couple of parts that make fun of scenes from Earthbound. Other people who are not fans of Earthbound don't have to be familiar with the title in order to enjoy it. All what really happens is that Sonic and Ness cross over and race against one another. There a lot unexpected parts in between what seems to be a normal race. I like how they play rock paper scissors between the bout. It has a feel that is very reminiscent of old Felix the Cat cartoons. I mean the really old ones. Like the ones made in the 30's. Basically the main character encounters a main plot and goes along with(In this case a race with Sonic) and encounters mainly interesting characters with slapstick and gags based on encounters with each character(Bumping into character and losing a key, Ness emptying his shoes to find a detective hat in order to find said key, Ness falling into a trash can, Donkey Kong picking up Ness by the feet to punch Ness and sequentially gets frightened by the ghost in the trash can, etc). There was also quite a number of in jokes as well. Like who was that tied up girl in the circus? Really, I'd like to know.

Rock-Candy responds:

The tied up girl is just a character I made up a long time ago.

I'm glad that you liked it.

[Alligator Wrestling]

That Was Actually Pretty Cool!

That alligator walk was super smooth and it was shaded and everything! Overall, this animation shows competence in the field of art and animation. I don't know if it is as competent in the art of storytelling though. I mean, I don't think I got to see that guy wrestle with the alligator.

Revelation-Six responds:

Hey, thanks for the comment. Glad you liked the animation. Again, this wasn't meant to tell a story. The assignment for the class was an introduction / teaser scene. I might go further with this in the future, but my object was to showcase my animation. Thanks again for the comment. -- John

[Animated short "Hole"]

Basically, A Man Jumps Into A Hole.

...Yep, that's about it. Sure, he also climbs a bizarre dome shaped object via a tall ladder, but otherwise that is the plot so far. Now one can argue whether or not this has a huge philosophical backbone about man embracing his destiny, but in the end I sort of like it. The artwork, although not really that spectacular save for a detailed tree and a couple animated birds, shows a lot of competence so far. Animation is quite decent. As an alternative to all other cartoons on this site, this works.

[Man Versus Machine]

Y'know...

This is a pretty creative stick death movie.

[The Tale of Yoshi]

Very True, But...

This flash is pretty poorly done and the animation isn't too great. You should look at a picture of old school yoshi for reference, not necessarily trace ut, but look at it and study it. One of the things you missed are the red fin-like spikes on the back of his head and neck. I see your point to be very true, there are times in the game where you have to dump yoshi in order to reach a secret area, and you parodied that quite nicely.

[N. Korea Rocket Victory !]

Mission Complete.

April Fools was like 5 days ago RTIL silly boy. Well guys, it looks like RTIL has switched back into the gears of shameless spammery. Anyway the theme was Chinese communism, not North Korean communism. Although I think some Korean themed flashes might have been welcomed nonetheless. Anyway the smiling little chubby guy in case if any of you guys are wondering is Kim Jong Il, leader and god figure of North Korea, and son of former leader and god figure Kim Il Sung. Kim Il Jong is also the main target lampooned in Team America: World Police. He is a basically a little person who watches Daffy Duck and Chicago Bulls videos in between masturbating to obscure pornography. Don't laugh. He could kill you guys with a snap of his fingers... and make it painfully slow. Be afraid, be VERY afraid...
Anyway, I rather like the music in this spam, who did it? Is it some sort of jazzed up commie anthem or what?

xtil responds:

I have been part of the North Korean state long before Newgrounds submitted to socialist paradise !

I will send you to the bean field !