Ericho's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Proper Raptors]

The best of the day!

I am not a big fan of this Jam Day, but this was still a very enjoyable thing to watch. I could have sworn it was made by the same guys who made the "Ask Raptor Jesus" cartoon. I guess I am just not used to other cartoonists working on raptors. This was good to watch because of the really slick animation. I have always interested by dinosaurs since I was little and this really does them justice. I also love how dignified they talk.

You deserved this Daily Feature, even though I was expecting some more action when the ballet dancers got eaten. The best example of good animation was seeing how good the Sun and moon looked. It's not that important, but it's a little something you notice. I am glad so many people worked on this, even if I am not too familiar with you guys. Happy NG Movie Jam 1!

[Fulpitude]

Meta!

I love when you make flashes where you guys make fun of the holiday you have created. The guy who died did not look anything like Tom Fulp, I thought it was you, Luis! The best part about this was the animation. It is especially impressive to see Tom Fulp's bloody hand on the pavement. It was also funny when you mentioned you did not have time to do the frame by frame work. Now, you might be asking what I think about this new holiday.

I personally think it's good, but it is hard to build on stories that are so short. I do admire it for being a good way to show off your creativity as the subjects appear to be quite random. I noticed the picture of Tom having butt sex with John Lennon, was it? The music at the "Replay" button does get a bit annoying. You know how to show angst.

[Swimmin with the Sharks]

Funny and scary

With all the thousands of BBS posts, it is not that hard to find one that really sticks out as being outrageous. It seems like you could have credited PsychoGoldfish on the side of the screen but still good. The three of you are among the most prolific and highly reverred people here, so anything you all work on together will be great. I thought she was going to be eaten, but then again, her fate was not much better. It was really creepy how the one shark just went in the corner horrified by the scene.

I have never heard of swimming with sharks, I thought that was swimming with dolphins. At least the skin of dolphins is nowhere near as rough. It's so funny to watch this girl's breasts and butt grow and hear her talk in that stupid voice. It was something different for you guys, but boy did it work out well. The animation was great and very Ren and Stimpy-esque.

[Zelda: Heroic Rage]

Does look dated

This seems to look pretty old as it was in fact made in 2003, but it was still pretty enjoyable. The strong point was that the animation was bout as good as the old Flash Player system could give you anyway. It was also fun to see the characters being portrayed in a more faithful way to the games. I can understand your frustration with a lot of other Zelda flashes here. You could have made this longer, but it was supposed to be the series. At least the text and the sound effects were quite authentic.

The voice acting did seem a little off, but I have seen worse. This seems to be the setup of a fairly typical story, which as I said is faithful to the original tone. The color effects seem to be fine and I think it's really lines that you need to work with. The character designs look rough, but I am glad you went on to make the sequels. I'm impressed at how long this series has been going on!

[Sand Box -Naruto-GaaraLee]

What the???

Wow, I have to say that you do need to work on making your characters sound more like boys, especially Gaara. This was pretty good, mostly because of how good the animation is. When most people have more authentic animation in a Naruto tribute, they do not make it humorous. It was certainly different and a lot of it just felt awkward. I couldn't quite understand if the sand being from Neji's sandbox was supposed to be a joke or not. Gaara was still very well animated, though, especially his expression.

Next time you could probably put in some sound effects or maybe have more going on. It seemed like there were too many pauses here. This is still watchable because it has a very cute appeal to it. I am sad over what happened to your boyfriend. It was really weird to see that "b*tch" being said at the end of the cartoon.

[Power-of-love]

Great and weird!

I have no idea what video game you are spoofing, but that was negated by the fact that this was really sweet! I was thinking it would take a turn to act like "King Kong" but it took a different step altogether. I guess I am glad it did not stop with the scene where he first found her. The character designs were really strange, but also very creative! There was a lot of action going on, even though nothing made sense. It is too bad you are not good in English, but you seem to get the translations right.

I would know as I speak English. There was also a great variety of colors being used, like the hair or the creatures he was fighting. To show how much of a dork I am, I think when he went to the lair, he defeated 28 enemies. Too bad that "Mini Fighter Game" was not in the actual cartoon. My only complaint is that the villian could have had more motivation.