Cereal's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[MS-Strawberry Moon's here]

well designed flash

This is an example of a very simply animated movie that is pretty funny and has some very interesting characters and animating styles. A simple light blue/green background and yellow characters and outlines really compliment each other. The movements are not all that great, but the legs and crap eye movements are just hilarious. I love the audio, it sounds good and the various voices are funny. This definitely could be a fun series, I wish you luck.

PinClock responds:

Sorry to break this to you, buddy, but the moon squad...died.

[Jack Vs. Jack]

Interesting style

Really a neat movie. FBF movies have kind of moved on, but this one was truly of high quality. The animations are extremely smooth and very interesting to watch. I loved how everything just turned into random object and kept transforming. Very cool animation. Oh wait it wasn't an FBF. The graphics are nice, although they seemed obviously traced, still hard work to do that though, the storyline is entertaining. Any way, good job getting daily 4th

danomano65 responds:

Thank you very much.

[tilt yo head collab dfgds]

yes ok why no yes ok no yes no whynot ok yes

Flashes like this don't really come around that often anymore, and it's really refreshing to see one with so much effort and time put into it. You have a collection of some brilliant graphical minds and it definitely shows. This was a very entertaining movie, not only because every scene varied from each other, but the diversity in animating and drawing styles.
The preloader and stuff were really swell. More collection of flashes wouldn't hurt. also keep yyes no om ye sono yes ok no yes why ok no yes

I found the biggest thing with this was that the background made it difficult to keep up with the ball. Which after only a few minutes I got tired of and closed it. Id suggest using something darker overall, as it was fine in the darker bits, but once it went over to the lighter section it became an effort.

Also I'd suggest removing the backup paddle from the normal and hard modes, as this really is just a trianing wheel.

Work on the graphics a bit more, the paddels and ball were very basic, same with the menu and nothing really was that visually appealing.

Also you should consider making some upgrades etc. PONG as it stands today is been milked for all its worth as a standalone game, it needs to be jazzed up incredibly to make it in todays world.

Overall it'd be a good start to the final game, but definatly needs a lot of improvement.

trashcanman responds:

do me now

[Plans to Fuck Alexis 16]

Its a fucking trap, its perverted justice

Wow I have to say, this is very original! Granted, this game has a little way to go before it’s anything breathtaking, but I’m already surprised enough at the actual concept of the game. Thanks to you now we can enjoy the puzzling logic of riddles in our own homes – I can’t believe that no-one has done this before!
First off, graphics. Not too bad, but pretty bog-standard. I have to say though, I liked the cartoon style of the game, it made the game LOOK pretty when really it is supposed to be a little evil, due to the whole “is he lying?” concept. I didn’t really like the fact that the graphics were a little plain though, and at times they looked a bit MS Paint boring standard, for example you had a straight fork-road, a slight hill, grass, a mountain and that was it really. Why not add a little detail into the surroundings? You really need t bring the personality of the surrounding environment ALIVE. Put fine little blades of grass into that green, make the roads stretch away for miles in the distance, the roads could be dusty and creepy looking, a wind could blow across and the monk could stand there with a menacing look about him, rather than just standing there with an emotion-less grin. You really need to add personality into the looks of the game, to match that of the prospect you are using here, in my mind riddles always have a creepy sense about them, so you should take advantage of this and really bring it out in the flash. The other reason being there is a noticeably lack of graphics, there isn’t much thought in the surroundings and the characters are just basically developed versions of a stick figure. I got the impression that you used ready-made shape tools in Paint for most of the graphics, for example the monk’s head was just circle and completely bald, and their hands and feet were made out of plain circles and half-circles. The speech bubble of the monk talking was a cool addition, but the speech bubble already appeared before he even spoke, surely it would make more sense if you just add an animation for the speech bubble to appear when he spoke?
Next, sound. Unfortunately, I have next to nothing to say about this aspect of the flash, because there wasn’t a single sound within the game. I feel it would be fair to ask that you at least give us some background music, and if you can add sound effects of when you take the wrong path, when you talk and when the monk talks. I think that the main thing you really need to do if you make another one of these is add sound, since linked with the action of the flash what you hear AND what you see brings out the besting the game. Otherwise the action of the game feels very ‘mute’ and boring, I have to admit there were times when I forgot I was even playing this game when I minimised the window for a while.
Finally, game-play. Definitely the best aspect of the flash, but you have a little to improve next time here too. First off, I absolutely LOVE that talk bar at the bottom, It’s so original and I actually feel as if I have more control in the game! Being able to ‘virtual talk’ is a welcome addition here but it also has its limits – there were times when I thought the monk was little more than a brain dead, the AI of him wasn’t very intelligence and he said “Huh?” a lot in answer to me – even when I asked him if he was sure of his answer, obviously there’s a suggestion here. I really like this riddle style of the flash because I’m surprised it hasn’t been done before, I liked the ‘common sense’ answer at the end. I was stumped for an answer, but then when I read the solution I could have kicked myself haha. Overall, an original game, it’s just a shame it doesn’t reach as far as it could have gone. However, I loved the ‘common sense’ brain-racking style of playing this game , and I appreciate having to put as much care and logic into one game as I did with this. Well done Although I never watched it

Ryan-Smith responds:

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA...."Well done Although I never watched it" Thank you, I assumed you didn't watch it because this whole review is for some game that obviously is nothing like my flash at all. Thanks anyway!

[EPIC CHICKEN DANCE]

A truly engaging flash.

This was a pretty cool music video. Once the lyrics started playing it really got interesting. You had some funny drawings and animations to supplement those, and I liked the style of your drawings.
The first thirty seconds or so where there is no music was incredibly boring. I was about to exit the window I was so bored. Luckily you pulled it out ok though. Those mouth's need some work too, they just looked odd.

Heil responds:

why thankyou kind sir

[SMB 4: The Beach]

A great story with compelling characters.

It looked like an introduction to what would become a great movie. The graphics were very clean, with a very cartoony and detailed touch to them. The music made this more intense and definitely fun to watch but, yeah, I was definitely dissatisfied with the ending. It was a little bit short and I definitely would have liked to see the actual movie come out.

of course I didn't even see the flash

BurntIceProductions responds:

um, ok, if your reviewing a movie u didnt watch and giving it a 10, ur only helping me so ty,

[Just Wanted To Be]

it brought me to tears

This startling rendition of numbers draws attention to the drastic problems that society is facing and how anyone can become part of the SS culture. It was like watching a flash movie based upon Requiem for a Dream.

Newgrounds doesn't deserve such a masterfully crafted vision of a perfect world translated into a stroke of a internet equivalent of a paintbrush. It saddens me that this will be underrated by the dumbasses that will vote low because of your other flashes, but if you had to cease your dramatic rendition of the world in a realistic but chilling montage.

There's nothing to say is bad here, really, I can't see a fault, the menu is smooth and the drawings are good as is the choice of color.

Soon the world will tremble before the might of numbers in an apocalyptic struggle for global supremacy. Not even Revelations could have foretold of a power so fierce that the religions of the world would become heresy in its path.

numbers responds:

I love you with all my heart baby :*

[666Armageddon]

Magic Fagit voice "Stop being such a Legend"

You see here I was just looking at the portal when I see a good cannabis flash, cannabis clock flashes are sort of like a brand name, you know they'll be great, but sadly they are so painfully underrated. The drawing of the character looked like it was scanned, and the background was swell, they moved on different paths creating a great effect, the music was decent. This startling rendition of your drawsing attention to the drastic problems that society is facing and how anyone can become part of the bob doel wet dream ehehehehedij culture. It was like watching a flash movie based upon Requiem for a Dream. Clearly a movie of this magnitude needs to be Front Paged hi

Sir-CannabisClock responds:

requiem for a dream, great movie

music was exelent, perfect for the creepy atmosphere.. I hope you'll make more

was scanned from a picture I drew, cut it. was gonna color it to but flash fuckin crashed and it pissed me off so I just made it grayscale

thanks for the review mr. cereal

[#6]

that some good flash heuck heuck djcsxvhjid huai h

Summary: I must admit the drawings and animation were splendid, even the preloader was full of humor, the voices seemed so good they had to be from some studio, the humor was well done, I bet tons of writers for tv shows couldn't come up with that. Everything fit in so great, if you had a tablet the world would tremble from your flash might.

Improvement: The thought of this being improved is absurd, but if I had to i'd say that dagger(girl who kills ng fag) dosn't have a voice, I understand you have an extremely powerfull and manly voice, but you could download aduacity, then talk lightly and mess with the pitch.

Overral great, loads of wittyness and humor, and amazing violence, almost reminds me of how the orignal flashes of ng were.

Sir-CannabisClock responds:

aduaity.. I'll give it it shot. Been using goldwave XD.

Thanks Mr. Cereal, you always make cannabis happy in his special place

[A very SBC Clockmas]

That had a great story line

That was very funny, very rarely do I find ng movies funny, but that did it for me. the artwork was really well crafted and overall looked great. The action that was - was very smooth and was not choppy at all. Good use of sound effects as well, the speakonia voices all sounded pretty good, It's good to see these kind of flashes :o

FileCabinet responds:

Damn, thank you Mista Cereal!