Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mario Brothers - Part III]

That was strange

This has to be one of the most out of the ordinary Mario flashes I've seen. It's been such a long time since I've seen anything he was involved in that was serious drama. You usually think of just action or comedy in stuff he's been in. This wasn't anything like a flash I had seen and while it was hard to get used to, it was still great. I imagine every flash like this would be compared to "Rise Of The Mushroom Kingdom". It's amazing how many scenes you have in a cartoon with no action.

I am just so glad that we managed to pick up on this great series. It shows true emotion and went places no other Mario place would have gone. I was surprised that Mario actually failed in reviving his brother. Of course, he failed at several things as shown in the last episode. It's great that you work so hard to put real emotion in your work.

[Cat vs Mankey episode 2]

Quite unique

This was a very strange entry for Newgrounds. It was actually not that bad, but it just confused me so much. I guess it doesn't help that I am in no way familiar with the first episode in the series. Still, it's nice how you seemed to have really created your own weird world with this submission. The special effects are actually good. I was thinking the monkey would be a Mankey (from Pokemon) but I don't think he was.

I especially love how there's this big cat doing all this silly stuff. It probably helps that I am such a huge fan of cats and like anything with them in it. I guess you could make it so that there's more of an ongoing story. Whatever the intention was, it's definitley something out of the ordinary. You have brought something new to the table.

jackbliss responds:

Ha i read your review few times. Each time I read i realize how right u r. I do live in a weird world and it's awesome that I can share it's weirdness to all of you here. Thanks for the review and hope u follow the series :)

[Construction Men (Scene1)]

Forever indeed!

It's works like this that make me realize how many talented voice actors we have here. In fact, this is simply a great way to get careers started of that kind! What I like about this is how realistic it is. It doesn't try to be flashy or even have a lot of violence, it's more of a slice of life story. You never thought a slice of life Pico story could be entertaining, huh? I love how the one guy looks just like a Tankman with his goggles.

The voices seemed really good in this and there was great emotion into what they were saying. You could really get a sense that these characters had personality. For three minutes, this was actually fairly long for a single scene in a flash cartoon. It was great to have all that music too. I do hope this gets made into a full fledged cartoon.

[Madness Neutralization]

How'd I miss this?

This was a fairly strange submission because it was so long. I think it had a running time of a total of seven or eight minutes. I know that doesn't sound like much, but that is fairly long for a Madness cartoon. My favorite element was how well detailed all of the enemies were. I always like the idea that these characters came from a labrotory. They are just so lacking in facial or any other features, they have to be artificially created.

The animation was nice and slick in this. It was one of the few Madness flashes I had seen where the guy dodged obstacles. I think he died a total of five times, but I'm not sure. It was hard to keep count of how many people died, because some of them died more than once. About halfway through, I pretty much quit counting.

[Rayman Randimation 2]

A different kind of submission

I guess my problem with this is that I know little about Rayman. Gee, I have just seen so many video game parodies, it's hard to believe there's one I'm not familiar with! The coolest thing about this is the scene where he gets high. You have to look closely for all the crazy things that whizz past the screen. If you look closely, you can see Pikachu dressed as Batman. It was hard to follow this, because I had no idea where it was going.

Of course, I can still recognize good humor as this certainly had it. I was in no way expecting this to be a sketch thing like asdf. The animation is pretty slick for what it's worth. I wish I could be in a land with chocolate and marshmellows (if those even were marshmellows). This was very non-seqiutor, and that made it enjoyable.

[A Man To Rule Them All]

Is it your fault?

It's too bad that the "Play" button does not work for this. I am thinking that you could just look harder to find out what it is you were missing the first time. Now, there actually are a few things here that I can judge. Hey, this is like when I give fairly long reviews to single art pieces! The animation in this doesn't seem that good. I guess it doesn't help that there are no shadings at all. I do admit that you chose something good for the music.

You also have a fairly nice description of this. I bet that if this was made into a full fledged submission, it could become fairly high rated. I wish I knew how you make that backwards "A" thing in the author comments. I am sorry your hard work isn't being shown. Tryggvi is a pretty cool name and this seems to have good ideas.

[I can't fap to this...]

Meow meow meow

Wow, that was a pretty bizarre submission, even by you. I think it might be the first really good submission I've seen that existed on an infinite loop that wasn't a music video. Were you just not able to make it normal this time? Whatever the cause, the artwork is just fantastic is this. I especially love the way the cat just meows over and over while he's dancing. No wonder videos that like are popular on the Internet.

It got its funniest probably when he mentioned putting on the duck suit. Yes, we all have our sick fetishes. The coloring, while gray, was interesting as it set a sort of old tone. It's weird for something older to have the Internet on it. The voices are nicely synched and I also liked how you really didn't know what was going to come next.

Sexual-Lobster responds:

thanks ericho. surely we don't ALL have our sick fetishes.

[God at the skating park]

What?

Well, I have to give you guys credit for having some good animation. I was reminded of the pyramid from the dollar bills, I knew that was familiar. My main problem with this is that nothing seems to happen. I don't understand the joke of how God doesn't exist. I mean, yes, I can understand how that could be a joke in itself, but what does it have to do with going skating? At least you had talented people helping you.

I just want something to have a lot more of a punchline. It was good with how everything seemed to be designed in a specific way. I guess it's supposed to represent how God is scared or something? I know I would feel that way if I ever went to a skating park. This was perhaps your strangest submission, but it looks like an experiment.

["Heart Broke"]

How strange

Well, this was easily one of the most messed up flashes I've seen in a long time. Normally, when I see violence like that, I expect something funny to go with it. Then again, maybe dark humor wasn't the way for this. It was basically just clay people chopping themselves up and each other. I guess it really did show you how bad it was to be dumped. It's amazing how disgusting the human body can be when it's mutilated.

I mean, it was certainly unpredictable. I was in no way thinking he was going to cut the lower half of his jaw off or anything. The rat was a really weird thing too. I guess that if you're into truly disgusting and bizarre stuff, check this out. I guess I was hoping it would have more of a plot. I am glad this was put under "Experimental" as it doesn't really fit anywhere else.