Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[ChristMASS Inc.]

It got better

I wasn't very interested at first, as it didn't seem to have much going for it, but I was glad it got better. It was cool as always with that animation that's pretty goofy. I thought it wasn't going to be particularly funny or anything, but using reindeer magic was pretty cool. It did strike me as odd that Santa was being pushed around. While not the most innovative of things I've seen, it was pretty interesting. It's too bad this wasn't released closer to Christmas time.

[BIGGER B]

It is bigger

Hmm, it's a pity you didn't submit this exactly on August 15th, but it is pretty close. It does really give off the impression that it took, little effort to make. It looks kind of sloppy; I mean, at least StrawberryClock had a "B" in his movie that used actual text. It's nice that you are trying to pay tribute to all of the things the Clock Crew has done. I hope you had a very happy Clock Day this year. Next time, I would suggest butting more letters other than "B" and making some moving around a bit.

[Counter-Strike vs Pokemon]

They work great together

I knew I was going to see something good when I would see "Counter Strike" and "Pokemon" in the same cartoon! It's cool how this was a dark take on "Pokemon", but not one that was about how it was horrible. The best animation was probably when Charizard was eating the guy. I loved how the 2D animation of the characters contrasted with the 3D animation of the background. It could've used a bit more action, but the idea is so awesome it's worth watching. All in all, it's a good idea that was executed well.

[Rise of the brotherhood 1]

A great start!

This is quite an impressive start to this interesting flash series. I have to appreciate the animation, if only sprite work, everything is done very well. Apart from having good action scenes, it's great that you try to attach some real deep meaning to this. The voice actors all did a great job in this and it's not often you see something that has so many people working on voices! Rina-chan and everyone else were very appropriate to their characters. I would love to do voice work for this series myself, as it has a lot of good emotion in it.

[.::Reunion::.]

I loved the tone

I really like this one, if only because of the philosophy that it preached. The animation was very nice, especially how the blue clouds were made. It really hits you hard when you realize the person in this movie died at the age of 21. The flashback scenes were very nice, and it seemed like something from an old painting. You have taught us that we should always appreciate the people who come into our loves, as we won't have them forever. Thank you for spreading this warm and important message.

Jessismith responds:

Thanks man. That means a lot to me. Yeah, it's sad to think about. It's too bad we only get one chance at life, but at least there's still good that come after life. Well, I didn't mean for those to be flashbacks but shots of the afterlife. I should have made that clear, but I was animating directly to the song, so I guess the meaning could only be interpreted through the lyrics. Thank you so much for the insightful comment. I wanted to say just that. You never know how much you truly need someone until they're gone...for sure.