Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[Derpcraft]

Awesome!

Woah, this is easily the best animation I have seen in any Minecraft parody! For those of you wondering, I believe the Easter Egg is on one of the monster's faces on the main menu. It was just great to see everything and everyone move in such a smooth manner. For something that was built entirely of blocks, these characters really had depth. This reminds me of a lot of the animation by Egoraptor. You are, of course, a fantastic artist in your own right.

The timing with the voice acting was fantastic as well. Yep, I thought that thing was a duck too instead of a chicken. At least I am more familiar with the game now to get some of the jokes. I think the funniest part was probably when he got all the stuff and went so crazy because of it! There were so many good parts it was hard to pick a specific best one.

[Pencilmation #16]

Best one yet!

Well, of all the Pencilmation things you submitted, this is easily the best in the series. I knew there would be one good enough to give out a "5" to. This was great because you really jumped from one thing to another. It wasn't just one thing themed, it was taking advantage of every classic cartoon mishap. This is really the stuff that made classic "Looney Tunes" cartoons so good. The gags are great, with how they randomly appear everywhere.

It's things like this that make you realize the power of the medium. This was easily the most colorful (literally) of anything you've ever made. I appreciate all the crazy things going on and how it shows how far you have come. I had no idea the main character's name was Hank. It's easy to tell why this series is so popular on Newgrounds.

[Angry Jew]

Needs more

The thing that was wrong with this is that there was not a whole lot going on. While it was interesting to hear about something that happened to you, I did not quite understand this. The animation actually wasn't that bad. It's just like you could have had more going on in the animation. It just doesn't really have anything that noteworthy and doesn't seem to try that hard. I can't really say things to improve on because it happened in real life.

I believe that a person should apologize in something like that. You did not just seem that professional in this submission. I don't want to pry on your personal life, but that's what you exposed the listeners to. I hope that everything works out with this former friend. It is never a good idea to keep grudges and feuds going on.

[42 Boxes ACT 1]

Great!

Wow, these are some of the most colorful and vibrant voices I have ever heard in a flash cartoon! It was just amazing with how fun everybody sounded. At first I thought you had taken audio from something else, because it seemed too cool to be your own! It's amazing how much depth these characters have in appearances despite only being pixels. Every character has an extremely wacky personality. The coolest thing is that they are all different degrees of wackiness!

I could just go on all day about how cool these characters are. It's sweet how they're involved in such a mundane activity like getting the groceries. It's the kind of thing that could happen in real life only without the magic. Everyone was just jumping all around and acting silly in this. I do hope this becomes a full fledged series, and I would love to be an actor!

Mutteo responds:

Thanks. The people working on the project with me really did have a good time working on this stuff. Durinh the hiatus, I did have time to vamp up my skills so visually the work has improved and I have learned a bit more with the work and it will continue to shine as I work on more stuff.

Yes each of these characters have an interesting personality that stand out on their own. Some of them are people I knew in college and I wanted to characterize them in pixel format. Though the drama with voice actors was hard, it is nice to see everything come together. This could potentially be a series, but I am not sure at this point, though act 2 is in the works.

Currently I do not need any voice work done but I'll keep it in mind in the future. Thx for your interest in my work <3

[Resident Evil Code: Pwanchi Pt 1]

Part 1?

It's hard to believe this is just one part because it's so long. If anyone wants to keep record, it's about 14 minutes long. I actually felt this focused more on story than it did humor. It's easy to tell that it was made by a group of people who obviously know a lot about "Resident Evil", which I do not. The animation was really good in this. It was weird how the faces looked so cartoonish but the rest of the bodies were quite realistic. Claire Redfield is pretty hot too.

While there wasn't much action, there didn't need to be for a first episode. It was great to get familiar with the characters again. It's great so many people worked together on something that turned out so well. The shadow effects and shadings are done nearly flawless. I can tell there was real emphasis put on the characters' voices in terms of emotion.