Hamy-jamy's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[TGEJ- Vending Vendetta]

Liked

Man, i cant get the smile off my face after watching that it was just so well done and my hat goes off to you. I think the point you got me was when you put up the apology notice for the next scene being badly animated, i love it when a flash author doesn't take himself so seriously but instead just lets himself hang out there no matter what, it was hilarious but that doesn't discount the first part before the message as i was actually feeling the pain of the character not being able to get a snack from the vending machine but the second half really made this memorable for me. The audio was well selected and the style of an old silent picture then crossing over to you making the flash was classic, much loved.

~H-J~

[Skating_Shenanigans]

Liked

Well i like your take on an old flash technique, usually these ones are based on a character the author doesn't like and you can do several things to inflict pain and most often death to the character. I like how you added some more depth to this idea by giving me various skaters to choose from and then giving me two options for each of them, i have to say that the coin one was a favorite of mine. I would have liked the music to have stopped when i had chosen my option so that you could have added in sound effects. The animation was good and the characters were simple but detailed enough for the purpose they served. Overall a nice change to the norm and a creative idea.

~H-J~

FragMonkey responds:

lol well im just experimenting really
my flash skill does need to build
and yes, in retrospec having no sound effects and just a song was a poor choice
i will definatly have to do that next time
Thanks for the review Hamy-jamy!
-Fragmonkey

[Edward Calvinson Q&A]

Liked

Well for something that was made seven years ago i was surprised with the production values. The use of sound was a real shock to me, although it was really unclear it did add a lot to the feel of the flash. The character designs were awesome, the scene were he is reaching into the guys butt was priceless. A lot of effort has gone into all the areas of this flash and i was really impressed with it. I would love to see more of these Q&A sessions with even more outrageous questions being answered.

~H-J~

["diffrent" preveiw]

Not bad

Well the preview did make this concept slightly entertaining but by the looks of it you haven't made a full version which is a let down. The animation in this preview was good the turning of the head was well done. The lack of sound hurt your piece though, i would have much rather heard then read the text. Liked your black and white theme though, it looked like it would have been quite the serious flash piece, something not seen so often around here. Overall a good effort but a real let down that you didn't produce after authoring a preview.

~H-J~

[C Meets Mike Mussina]

Not good

Not much to comment on here, you had an idea that could have been summed up by just posting the text of the heading instead of even making this. The joke wasn't that strong, most probably because there was nothing to laugh at, maybe if you used B i would have liked it more. You did add a sound effect which did improve this slightly but still it was missing a whole lot of entertainment, perhaps some more animation for the characters and a background would help.

~H-J~

[A wussy stick]

Not good

Firstly you should have made the button alittle bigger at the start to play the flash as it was hard to click on the text. The flash that proceeded the start screen was nothing more then a stick moving his arms around, not much effort was taken in animating or drawing the stick figure at all and the lack of a background and music made me question this flashes appeal even more. I would have loved to have seen the stick go crazy with movement and have flashing colors in the background with some sort of dance party mix on the audio instead of it being so plain and dull. Overall maybe in a future effort you will take some time in coming up with a storyline or a purpose to your flash shorts.

~H-J~

[KiLl PiKacHu]

Not bad

Liked the title screen for this semi-game it was pretty nicely displayed, though it was a bummer that you left out a preloader. There were only three options to kill pikachu which was not nearly enough to entertain me for a long time but you were able to keep them interesting in the way of death. The animation was lacking however for them, i would have loved to have seen a more gruesome take on the scenarios, especially the last one that just had the box shaking and the blood spilling out. Overall it was a good idea, just needed more depth.

~H-J~

[Evil Son Goku Saga - ep1]

Liked

Oh man that sent shivers down my spine because it reminded me so much of the original dragon ball z. Unfortunately, because it is so much like it that means that the animation was really scarce and the storyline didn't really progress much in an episode. Im taking the blatant take off of DBZ as a joke as it just seemed too coincidental that it was so similar to the original, so good work on this it was pretty funny. Overall even the sound effects reminded me of the show only the voice actors were missing, i would have loved to have seen the characters being drawn with more fluent animation and having more of an action packed flash installment.

~H-J~