Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[[CD09] Creaking Jodphurs]

Tribute?

I admit that is a noble idea to honor all of the NGers who have died. It's kind of sad that you can now add another one to the list, in the form of Ben Spurgin (what has been it with celebrity deaths this year?). That was the best thing I found in this, as it didn't seem like it took much effort to make. It would be really nice if you added some music, even a short loop. It was basically a yellow background with purple stuff in the middle. It was just nothing that I thought was too impressive and it needs improvement.

jonthomson responds:

haters gonna hate

[Snow Fight]

Nice and simple

I don't know why, but you just seemed to just hit the animation right on the head. I guess it's because it reminded me of Eddsworld, which I am a big fan of. I especially liked the part where the snow missile was coming towards him and it looked so sad. I could see where this was going as the kid kept looking more bruised. While not so long, I guess I was just looking for a bit more action. However, that is not a complaint and this was still fun to watch.

47times responds:

Yeah I see what you mean, I would have liked more action but I wanted to finish it before Christmas and I'm not so good with explosions, maybe next time.

[Thomas the elf]

Good animation

While not a classic, what saves this is how good the animation is. It's great that I am learning to become more familiar with your work and realize why I like your stuff. Anyway, I thought it was weird at the end as I originally thought the elf would work for Santa as long as he didn't tell on him. This isn't to say the ending that was literally gay was terrible. I was thinking it was going to be a more violent flash with the rocket destroying Santa. In place of violence, there was sexual humor, which is just fine.

peixeaquatico responds:

hun...

thanks for your review

[Z eh n]

This is better!

I am a fan of experimental things and especially surreal stuff and that fit this well. I like to know you for your surreal stuff, so I was a little letdown when this didn't turn out to be that long. It's still interesting, as it seems like you were trying to give a visual representation of music. The black and white characters running around reminded me of ink blot tests. It was especially great when they moved through the different colored lines and kept changing colors. It is too bad your tablets pen is no longer accurate (of course, not having flash, I wouldn't know what that even means).

[No Brainer]

Yeah, Explosm!

I have always been a fan of these Explosm cartoons even if I didn't find one that was good enough to favorite. It's a little hard to appreciate something so short with just one punchline. This is no way means it can't be executed well, as you have proven. I really like the animation, and I think you have made added a whole new dimension to stick figures (or guys with stick limbs at least). It was at its funniest when the dumb guy was driving and falling off the building. I thought "South Park" was the only place I would hear a character be called "Mr. Mackey".

[No Robbers]

Very funny stuff

The animation itself wasn't the best, but it definitley had its merits. Even though it was one punchline, it helps that the single punchline is so freaking funny. It reminds me of how people are saying we should make our gun laws flexible. If a shooter goes somewhere and it says, "No guns allowed" it probably isn't going to do much. It's nice how this analogy can be applied to other criminal related activity. I know this wasn't meant to be a political statement, but it was funny nonetheless.

[r0ots]

One of the best short things

I love how you say you intended this to have lousy animation so I wasn't expecting much. I just like the idea of a classic Newgrounds flash being shown in an actual theater, or a remake in these case. I was in fact thinking the same thing, at least about the red color of the "B". It's just so funny to see how something so simple that has become so popular still has many things that people can complain about. It's great as a saite on fandom in general.The end with the steak clock blowing a guy up made it worthwhile.