Impetus's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bracula]

A worthy UDoTW.

This was certainly a worthy Underdog. It was quite a long movie, but it held my attention because semi-funny jokes kept coming. I liked some of the music. Only real negative was the volume level being too low on the voices.

My favorite part? The "CAR CRASH!!" effect caption. The "swoosh" in the dust when Kelly's dad ran off for some Starbucks was also funny.

Good work, but I don't need to tell you that. The Underdog award says enough.

[Persia Destroyed]

History flash. Hmm.

Like some of your reviewers, I'm a history major also.

I don't know your specific assignment for the project.

I'd give this good marks if I were to grade it as an argumentative presentation, with an argued point that Islam's unfair rules led to the violent overthrow of the Persian empire and the destruction and dispersion of Persia's very different culture. As a good thesis statement often does, yours draws controversy and counter-argument: you've recieved more reviews than the average NG submission, many of which disagree with your point. The story is dramatic and sad and makes a viewer understand the suffering and destruction. B+

However, if you were to write a general historical report, I'd grade you a little lower because you take one side and support it much more strongly than the other. Your reasons are understandable, we all have bias (as a European-descended American, I have a cultural bias of my own against Muslim Arabs -my kind are fighting a war against ther kind currently) but any historian should try to approach as many viewpoints as possible -this is reported from a pro-Persian viewpoint. A list of Works Cited (books, art, film, etc) would have added scholarly weight to the report also. C-

PersianPower responds:

Yes, I kind of agree with you, but I was telling the Persian side of the story.

[Worlds Apart]

I liked this. Cute!

I come here to the NG portal to have a good laugh, and this flash gave me one. And a smile on my face as I type this. Good job, I hope this passes judgement. I used to do the same things in tabletop wargames!

[element boy]

Short, but good. If it were longer, it'd be great!

Nice fluid frame-by-frame animation! You have drawing skills, for sure. I didn't like the song, but that's just subjective -the music did fit the transforming and fighting.

Keep flashing and make longer movies! This was over way before it should have been.

kerker responds:

yea ur right the music went wit it but it was not that good and ill make pictures better it takes awhile to do fbf tho.!!

[A New Saiyan]

Well, it looks like you tried a little bit.

Try harder. It didn't look -that bad- visually. If this is your first flash I'd even say you're learning well. BUT SOUND IS NECESSARY, learn how to import it.

People here hate DBZ, I'm ambivalent about it, but you might want to try a different subject. And also try drawing off of inspirations other than Toriyama, before everything you do is stuck in those same stiff DBZ poses.

[Neko]

Style = 10

Although I'm generally not into Japanophile stuff anymore, I did like this.

Perhaps it was the trippy animation style, it was fairly original in my opinion. I gave you a 10 for style. It was almost good enough to add to my favorites. I've a lot of weird original-style movies in my favorites, check them out, you may like these movies.

[The Surreal Apprentice]

Yes!

This was funny enough of a movie for me to give a passing vote.

But I went even further, because "YANKEES SUCK" will get an instant FIVE from me!!!!!

BustaPlate responds:

well, they do suck.

[Shaolin Boy 2D]

Fun.

This was a entertaining little movie. Proof once again fancy designs aren't needed for good flash.

Good work. I feel kinda sorry for "Random Evil Ninja", though.

Invisiduck responds:

thank you and well put

[Dargon the Dragon]

I enjoyed.

I like simple, decently drawn comedy shorts. This was the type of material I look forward to when I click on the portal. Keep making more.