TheBluntSDK's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jim The Cat- Driving Miss]

Jim The Cat - Driving Miss

This is the first new animation today that is truly deserving of a place in the Top 5 tommorow. I'm glad to see that some people still actually try to do good work on Newgrounds.

What can I say? There's not much I didn't love in this short animation, except that I want more! The only thing wrong with it is a few typos that I saw. One was "whitness" instead of witness. The animation did come off as a little stiff during some parts, as well.

Other than that this is a terrific cartoon, that I would be glad to see more of. Keep up the good work.

TheBluntSDK gives Jim The Cat - Driving Miss Dandy a hefty 9 out of 10.

[dueling dudes]

Clocks vs Sticks The War

I honestly can not see how this got above a 3.00, let alone a 3.46. The graphics were excellent, and I really loved the airplane fights at the beginning. The style was terrific and it moved smoothly for the most part.

However, there are just too many mistakes and glitches in this that I can't get over. First of all, the Scene Selections is a great idea, especially since you can preview the scenes somewhat. Unfortunately when you do, the scenes end up going out side of the space they're supposed to be confined too.

Then you have the title, that sticks on the screen throughout half of this movie, which was very annoying.

And speaking of annoying, their was no real plot here. You see the creator's name, then for some reason, planes come down and blow each other up. Then a stick drops a clock? How does this make sense? It doesn't. Poor writing skills.

And speaking of writing skills, your lacking in spelling and grammar. My head ached reading some of these lines, lines such as "I'll excort you!". Honestly, I don't know what the hell excort is?

The people giving this movie a 5, or 10's and 9's in the reviews, show that you can make a horrible movie, but have good effects and you'll do good.

This movie doesn't deserve to be blammed, but it's not that far off.

Spam Be Gone, just work on your writing skills, and come up with an intellectual or sensible plot for your next flash, and it'll be all the more better, and you would be so much closer to a 4 or 5.

TheBluntSDK gives Clocks vs Sticks The War, a deserving 4 out of 10.

James-Ball responds:

I think your review was harsh. Really harsh. Think of it. I make flash with a political point, IE Nuclear Warfare N Korea and nobody watches it. People dont watch serious movies. THey just rather have jokes about gay people or bush kissing saddam. Or some very violent movie

[Resident Koopa: Outbreak]

Resident Koopa: Outbreak

Wow. This is a really great sprite movie. It is probably one of the better ones I've seen on Newrounds. The sprites are basic, but I like that you've taken the time to do decent background and the guns and just overall a very nice job with the sprites. The style is just about the same as every other sprite movie. There were sometimes when the sprites weren't as fluid as they were throughout the rest of the movie.

The sound was excellent and really brings you in by setting the mood. You captured the humor of any online game and you've taken some known stereotypes that your likely to find anywhere on line, The Hacker, The Show-Off, The 12-Year Old and The Noob. All very nice.

Keep up the good work and keep on making more quality sprite animations.

TheBluntSDK

[FLASH fables- Mary's Lamb]

FLASH fables- Mary's Lamb!

Very, very nice video. The graphics were terrific and the flash came off as very grey which helped add to it as a whole. It came off just like a cartoon would which is the style you were going for, so that's working for it. The sound effects were very decent and were appropriate.

However, most of the humor in this, has already been seen before. The twist ending was really predictable and nothing really stuck out as new...well to me at least.

Overall, nice style, graphics, and sound, but next time I'd like to see a more original animation, but that's just my opinion.

TheBluntSDK

[Megaman900 Ep. 01]

Megaman900 Ep. 01

Wow. This is not the best sprite animation I've seen on NG. The sprites do not move fluidly and come off as stiff and awkward. It's really bad when: Sigma floats down; Zero glides from the edges; or the Sting Chameleon fight.

Even worse so than this lack of visual flair, is the lack of intelligent writing. This junk hurt my head, with lines like the previous reviewer quoted and if I remember correctly Megaman said "For the move I'll make you pay huge." WHAT!?!? Pay huge? What the hell does that mean. Buy a thesaurus and a grammar book and learn more appropriate words.

This is a very shotty animation with a contrived and boring plot, and I'm feeling very generous giving this flash a '1' Rating and a 2 out of 10.

TheBluntSDK

[Little Blue Robot]

Little Blue Robot

Alright. For your first animation this isn't half bad. I liked the robot itself, it was nice to look at, but this movie is just you tweening the robot into different positions and such, which, again, is still good for your first movie. I've seen many people who are into their tenth movie pumping out animations worse than this. I also thought that the choice of music was quite good in that it fit what the character was doing.

My dislikes, for starters, was the white background. You could have put in a background to make it more interesting. The spaceship wasn't too easy on the eyes. You need to slow down the text so the viewers can read what the robot and Bush are saying. You need a decent preloader.

Overall this is an average flash. Keep on practicing and soon you'll be cranking out animations that are truly "Five-Worthy", if you know what I mean.

TheBluntSDK

[One Step]

One Step

Though your Author's Comment came off as snide and conceded, I do know talent when I see it, and you have a knack for Flash. You gave this cartoon the atmosphere and qualities that would be found in a Looney Toons episode, or such like that. Very nicely done.

I really wanted to see a background and that hindered the graphics department slightly, and the sound effects were right on, though there were places in this cartoon that I felt some more sound or music could be placed to make it all the more better.

Overall this is an above average work, and if you check my other reviews, you'll see that you've received one of my highest rankings. I wish you luck on any future flash animations that you make and I'm fully competent that your skills as an animator will grow and grow, that is if you become less egotistical.

TheBluntSDK

Halley responds:

Wow. It's really nice to get complements like this!
And about the whole egotistical thing, I'm not really THAT bad, I've noticed that when I'm watching a cartoon and the Author's Comment is something like "Uhhh... I know that it's stupid, BUT PLEEEEEEEASE DON'T BLAM IT! I worked hard. (sniff)"
I generaly think "If he dosen't even like it why should I?" and my opinion is influenced by his lack of confidence. Maybe I went a little to far. But anyways, I'm REALLY glad that you liked it so much even to go as far as to compare it to Looney Toons!
So thanks a bunch for all your advice.
And thanks for being blunt!

PS: I just watched some of your cartoons, it's nice to know that I'm compliments from a good animator! :)

[Crow Clock Shorts #02]

Crow Clock Shorts #2

Very nice. My only problem is the ending. It ended way too fast and I could not tell what happened. The parrot screamed and the wall blew up?

Eh. Anyways, I think you quite possibly has the best artistic talent of any of the clock crew members and you should definitely keep making movies of this calibur.

fourchinnigan responds:

Yeah, I should have done a little more at the ending probably.

[Through My Emotion: 3]

Through My Emotions

Wow...this has got to be the best flash animation I've seen on Newgrounds in a very long while. Your very gifted and you have a very unique and intriguing style that comes to life in this film. 3.73/5.00 does not do this film justice. Though it is a little short, it is worth of being in the Top 50 of all time, probably in the top 20.

Keep up the excellent work, while maintaining your style, and you'll do good.

[SticksDie]

SticksDie

Though the title is kind of lacking, it delivers nothing short of what it sells. This is a great little animation, and I'm giving you an 8 out of 10 Overall for the nice smooth animations, and 4 overall.

Nicejob, keep up the good work.