Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Awesome Noire]

One of your best

I guess with all the praise you get, that's not much, but boy is it great! Probably the biggest reason I like this so much was because it actually reminds me of something my brother did. He always wanted me to strike a pose for some silly reason. The animation was just gorgeous in this! Not to sound meta, but you can draw faces very well, my friend! It was just great to watch all the exaggerated facial expressions move around everywhere.

I haven't played this game, but you don't need to in order to laugh at it so much. The funniest part was easily at the end when the chief went psycho on the other guy. The best animation was probably when he swore grabbing his pencil everywhere. Oh wait, this isn't a game you would recommend? At least it inspired one hilarious flash cartoon.

[Wonders of the Universe 1]

Off to a great start!

I always enjoy seeing the results of a brand new series on the Internet. The biggest selling point of this is probably how good the animation was. There's an amazing amount of detail put into each and every object here. I can tell a lot of different people contributed to the animation which is always good. It's one of the few occasions where the same guy also did some voices (Joseph Blanchette obviously). It's always great to hear familiar voices and familiar artwork.

The funniest part of this was easily the robot dude. It was funny how he spoke in a robotic voice to things that actually sounded less generic than they would normally be. I imagine a 55% water percentage would be admirable in the future. The music is also great and gives a perfect futuristic tone. I look forward to more episodes.

[Villainy - P.I. #2]

Now that was weird

For a teaser, this was still really good. Even at the beginning, you started off with a bunch of jokes as there was his description that make a nice sex joke. What was also funny was how good the animation in this was. It's cool to see just how every muscle and body movement is just so well animated and merges to make something funny. I really had no idea this was going to take such a dark turn, with how he admitted to killing the children.

It was a bit hard to understand the main joke, but then I went and read the author's comments. I really should read those first more. It seems like a great setup to a new series because I would love to see these insane characters interact with each other. The voices are fantastically done as well. Nice to give a heads up on how the series would be different.

[Revenge of the Yak]

Now that's strange...

I have to praise you for having such good animation. The only problem was that I really had no idea at all what was going on. Don't get me wrong, I love stuff like Animutation which is also quite incomprehensible. The thing is that those works are more creative and they go places with their surrealism. This is still not bad, because you can't deny it's unique and took a lot of creativity. The funniest part was probably how "Mississippi" was spelled.

While there isn't a lot of going on, it's still a collage in its own right. The characters just seem to have random objects for body parts. In fact, one character even acknolwedged that happened. You have at least done all the hyper surrealism folks out there justice. I just did not think that it was executed in the best way.

[Smodpast]

A bit interesting

I had no idea that Kevin Smith was working on a real podcast like this. Then again, I am not really the kind of person who listens to podcasts. In fact, unless there's one that has some visuals to it like this, I don't think I've ever listened to it. What matters is that the animation for this is good. I thought it might have been a joke at first, in that it wasn't the real Kevin Smith. I thought it was weird how they came up with their name.

"S" and "M" are the same letters Smith has in his last name. It doesn't matter if the other guy was there, it could have been called that anyway! What was interesting was that you got a look into some of his personal tastes. I imagine any nerd in the business would be a fan of Harry Potter. There just could have been more detail.

[Adventures of p and j]

About what?

I did not like this cartoon because nothing made any sense. The thing that really made it less enjoyable was how there was not any sound in it. Well, except for that one occasion with the countdown. I could not tell whether or not Jeff was a man or woman at first. It's weird how they mentioned "cock and bullocks". I thought "bullocks" meant butt or breasts, so I guess I can say that I learned something from this.

The jarring thing was how random it was. The animation was not that good and it also seems to run in a loop forever. The part at the beginning was weird too where everything just seemed to spin around. At least you could have put the p and j in the title in lowercase. I guess you made the astronaut joke because of diapers or something.

[B For Effort]

Pretty funny

I liked this because the clock featured here has such a wonderful design. That appearance of the rainbow on his chest is one of the most colorful ones I have ever seen! I know I have seen that Clock before, but there have been too many to remember. It kind of makes you wonder about a person who first came onto this website. I didn't seem to care myself much about what an actionscript was. Then again, I have never tried to make Flash.

It was also great to throw in real voicework instead of the usual Speakonia. It allows you to put a lot of emotion in your work. I did not find it to be wonderful, so I probably would give you a "B" for effort. At least it isn't just a one image thing like a lot of people do for Clock Day. Clam, Screwdriver, and Biggs are funny names.

[L.A. Noire: Deleted Cases]

Very entertaining

While not some of your best work, this is still a very nice piece of animation to watch. The best thing is how good you are with animating. For something that doesn't have a lot of action, there's still an incredible amount of detail put into it. Every part of the character's faces and eyebrows seems to be moving every second. I now realize why noir flashes are becoming popular. The funniest one was easily the first.

It was fun to watch this guy trying to be even more racist than he was supposed to be. Even the interludes between the cases are really well drawn. It shows you are one of the best animators around. I admit I didn't get some jokes, but still hilarious all around. I'm glad this was a compilation and you didn't just release them seperately.

[Lost Heart, Found Danger]

Very nice cartoon

It's been so long since someone's made an actual film noir tribute. Of course, people rarely use noir in actual movies anymore anyway. The best thing about this was the animation. It was so awesome to see every character being outlined in a different color to distinguish their personality. Hey, if I met a girl in red that hot, I would do whatever she said too. It makes me wonder if the reward she talked to him about was something dirty...

The voice acting was flawless in this and everyone had such a great personality. This cartoon doesn't waste its time being elaborate because it doesn't need to. While the ending is a tad unsatisfying, definitley worth watching. It's great you achieved such success on this website the first year you submitted flash. The main character's probably the best.

[Poontah!]

Poontah!

Wow, now this is a completely different thing for you to work on. It was just so cool to see the usual flawless style of animation being applied to an entirely new cartoon. I suspected it would end with him dying by Poontah. I doubt the poontah would have granted them a wish anyway. It was just great to see how many characters were just flowing their bodies everywhere in this cartoon. The voice work was great as well.

I think this might be the first cartoon I see in a wild life scenario like this. Of course, if he had chosen Poontah, his suffering would still be prolonged. There's such a great amount of detail put into every scene. The craziest character is easily the leader of the tribe. His eyes just fly everywhere in such a manic manner.