Hamy-jamy's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jobhoppers Episode 1]

Liked

This really was a tough one to judge, on the one side you had pretty bad character designs that all looked the same and the graphics weren't that impressive but then on the other hand you had some really great voices and your humor was very strong, so was your general overall story. So i guess id have to say that this was a winner, but what i don't understand is what possessed you to draw the characters as stick figures, i mean in one scene the graphics on the television are better then the graphics in the foreground which is really strange. Im looking forward to how they are going to defeat them in the next episode though.

~H-J~

Frozenverdugo responds:

Well thanks, the next episode is coming soon

[The Ultimate Battle]

Liked

Well i enjoyed the joke, but i don't think you gave yourself as much of a chance to get a reaction off the viewer as you could have, if you had just kept it to a simple background rather then one that was moving so much you would have built up the intensity more and same goes for the voices, you didn't give yourself enough time to drag out the lines before the punchline but don't get me wrong it was still funny. Loved the voice acting, sonic especially was well done. Overall a good short flash.

~H-J~

Renegade-Hamster responds:

I have to disagree with you on the backgrounds. I've learned from anime that any scene can be made more intense by adding a crazy moving background. AND ANIME IS NEVER WRONG.

[Ice Cream Sandwiches]

Liked

Nicely done, it was simple but you had enough in here to keep the viewer entertained. The character designs for the two guys were good but my favorite was the clown, same goes with the voices, although all the voice were really well done the clown one was just ridiculous and made me laugh majorly. Only problem with this really was that you didn't spend enough time showing the flash he made. Overall an excellent short that was simple in its idea.

~H-J~

[TLOZ Marihuana`s Mask Ep2]

Liked

Well i will have to assume that English is not your first language, well at least hope, because the text was really dodgy, with everything from grammar, to missing words, to just simply spelling "now" instead of "know". But i was still able to follow the storyline and it was pretty funny, i like the depth you gave to it as well. The audio was what made this work, your sampling of the zelda sounds really did help to bring this to life.

~H-J~

PFRA responds:

Maybe you should be allright about english is not my first language, In the part 3 I will submit in some months you should guess from what foreign country I am.
Thanks for telling me about that grammar mistake.

[AICV 8]

Liked

I liked the fast paced random scenes, it didn't feel like it overstayed its welcome at any moment which is great. The character designs were alittle plain, but your humor was strong and so were your claymation skills so it all turned out ok. It actually reminded me of a clay version of robot chicken. The voice overs were also really well done, although it seemed you were holding back on the volume of your voice every so often. Overall an enjoyable short.

~H-J~

[billysad, walking]

Liked

Well that was really quiet creative, i cant picture myself sitting down and drawing up something like that, it is so strange but really was good to watch. I did notice however that it seemed to repeat itself, i would have loved more unique material being used. The song was well chosen, i love it when people don't use the ordinary songs that are used in every second flash but go for something alittle less main stream. Overall it was crazy to see the black and white screen come to life with black striped objects spinning around, good job.

~H-J~

shlimazel responds:

thanks!

and shame on me, how could i forget: anyone interested in the music, billysad's fine little site is
http://billysad.de/
they have put up a couple of their songs as free downloads, including 'walking', you will find it under "merch".

[Holes]

Liked

Well it was pretty predictable to guess the way this was heading but then all of a sudden you came up with quite a creative ending that has made this quite funny but also alittle scary, well to me anyway. The graphics for the main character weren't that good neither was the background really, but it didn't matter as they weren't going to make this work, what was going to make this work was good audio and a creative angle which you have accomplished with flying colors.

~H-J~

[Palz - Episode 1]

Liked

That was such a cool first episode and it really looks like a promising series. The graphics are simple but you were able to make distinguishably different characters and were able to add a good amount of humor to the episode. The way you animated wasn't very detailed but because you added in so much effort into the voices the animation was less noticeable. Overall im pleased with this as a first episode, you have set a quality mark for yourself to build upon.

~H-J~

[Melting]

Liked

Quite the freakish little flash you have made here, the way you did the voices i think saved this with that whole slow motion effect and im glad that you added in subtitles but i don't understand why you didnt have a voice over for the narrator, it would have completed the audio side of things nicely. The character designs were really detailed and the black and white style was well chosen. Overall a very strange flash.

~H-J~

jackthetrippr responds:

thanks for the positive words amigo! The purpose of this cartoon was basically just so I could experiment and piss around with using black and white. I think you're 100% right with that voice over thing. In fact, I just might edit that in and see how it turns out.

[Step out of the veichle]

Liked

Well that was very unsettling, the atmosphere you were able to build with that music was incredible, and the way you added those flashes of writing in the middle of the flash were well timed and kept the viewer feeling uneasy. The voice you used for the girl was also really good. I liked your style with the graphics, i was alittle unsure to start with because of the experimental nature of them but your animation helped me ease into the graphics a lot easier.

~H-J~