Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[My Friend (Meu Amigo)]

Extremely cute!

This was in Spanish, but it was great how someone who didn't speak Spanish could understand it. I really like how you only use silhouettes. Some people might look at that and be critical as it could be a lack of detail, but I think it really adds to the feel. I did kind of think it was weird how he left in 1945 as that was the end of the war, but whatever. Stories about people and their dogs come across as heartwarming to me. You didn't use dialogue, you just used standard action tell a great story.

[Press Start: Xmas Special]

A great Christmas episode

It seems nice how every really popular series has at least one Christmas episode. Thank you very much for delivering a very creative and enjoyable one for this series! It was fun to see all of the characters, but my favorite was by far the Sonic parody. It was also nice of you to use voices from such talented people like Egoraptor. As a fan of this song, I can just enjoy listening to every parody of it. I am going to go on vacation now, so have a very merry holiday season as I hope I will!

[Grinch Who Touched Xmas!]

It got better!

I wasn't too impressed by this at first, at it just seemed to be a person trying to make fun of the Grinch using standard sex jokes. However, I really liked the lyrics and it sounded authentic to the original themes. The animation could have used some work, but it was okay. It was an interesting twist in not making the Grinch the actual main villian of the cartoon. I was just thinking of Santa Claus before it was revealed to be him. May I at least wish you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

[The Love I'm Searching 4]

Truly great stuff!

This had some of the most impressive animation I have seen in a long time! It's actually kind of weird, because my only complaint is that the characters all seem to look similar with the gray hair. I did, however, like the other animation, especially with how the eyes moved. I also enjoyed how this was represented as a good slice of life story. The best part of all may have been the live-action photographs that were used in this. The characters were really able to work around and move in their environments.

[LL - Eraser's short 4]

It was quite nice

It helps that you had that really cool intro at the beginning. It is also one of the few flashes that I have seen that have a cool "mute" thing at the beginning, especially in the shape of an orange. For being short, this managed to have a lot of depth, probably because of the funny credits. The animation was also nice and it was exactly what someone named EraserLock would look like. I know what it's like to be mad and simply yell "F*ck" for the first time (for me at least). I have only sworn once in my life (or used that word).

[GhostFight-BOS-Part1]

Why did it have to end?

This was one of the most impressive stick flashes I have ever seen! The simple fact that you started by giving us characters with really unique (head) designs was fantastic! The swords being used was a great effects as well and the animation of it all is great. It was also great to use this form of music to fit the really intense action scene. The characters move so fluidly and they have unique features distinguishing them from anything else. I am soooo looking forward to the next installment in the series!

[Little Fighter Alpha Ch.5]

It was good, but not great

I couldn't help but be reminded of the TTA series that I myself used to be featured in. While I am not saying this is a ripoff (as it couldn't be, it came out before) it was not one of the best I have ever seen. That isn't to say of course that what action it did have was pretty nice. I also appreciate the character designs even if they were perhaps not that creative. It doesn't help that I am not familiar with this series and can't really understand what is going on. I still have to recomend this for the creative fight scenes and character designs.

MaxR responds:

Thanks, I really appreciate your feedback! Though I can't take credit for the character design, they're sprites from the game called Little Fighter 2.

[A Newgrounds Christmas]

Quite awesome indeed

I was very impressed at the varieties of characters used in this flash, especially with how well they were drawn. The best was probably the Tankmen talking about (bleep)s. It was especially funny to see the turtle from "Toss The Turtle" appear and get bloodied up again. My only complaint was that the guy from "Stick Slayer" was there, but there was no tribute at all to the late Ben Spurgin! Oh well, this had a really great concept going for it. In fact, I don't think I have ever seen such a wide variety of characters in a single flash.

Jazza responds:

thanks man. i know what u mean with ben and all, and as good as it would have been to have a better tribute to him, i didnt coz i waz working with that characters that would interact the best, and have a lot of personality.

[Xmas Day]

Merry Christmas to you too

It seems like it is becoming customary for you to release a Christmas flash close to the season. While I didn't think this was on par with the "Zanta Claws" series, it was still great. It helped that the animation was really good, especially how the characters moved. It was quite different to see something by you that didn't have any of the characters talk, or at least not until the end. At least it manages to give a fairly positive message about the goodness of an ordinary Christmas. I am going to be on a vacation, and I hope you have a great Christmas as well!