Compdude's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[WTC: The Animated Series]

Ouch!

Well, I can't give this guy any points in the way of taste or sensitivity... but for what it is, if you don't get too offended, it's actually kinda funny. I suppose a little humor would be appreciated about now, cconsidering the dreary pall that the media and society has cast on America now. Lighten up! This is tasteless, but it's funny.

[ppg vs bin laden]

That was pretty good

Inventive idea! I rather enjoyed seeing the PPG taking America's vengeance out against Osama Bin Bastard. Good use of PPG sound bytes, as well as decent maniuplation of some gif files. The graphics were a bit sparse, being just a couple tweening pictures, but it's not that bad. Hey, if it kills Osucka, it can't be all bad, can it?

[DBZ Dende&popo]

Promising start.

Overall, I think you have some pretty hilarious concepts here. Piccolo, Popo, Vegeta, and Cell all have rather amusing dialouge and mannerisms. I particularly liked the whole Mr. Popo homo bit. I never did trust that guy, and the Aladdin bit was absolutly hilarious. I nearly died when Popo said "Tell me, princess..." Hilarious. Even the graphics are palatable and easily recognizable.
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The only major problem (and it REALLY detracts), is the audio. UGGH. The pacing is horrible; rushing through some points, and unintellegible at others, especially the end. The voice imitations could be better too, notably Mr. Popo and Dende. And lastly, though it would mean more work, it would be HILARIOUS to snag a karoke version of that Alladin song and putting a Popo voice over it. That would be GREAT.
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If you hadn't noticed yet, I'm a huge DBZ fan. You have the basic concepts down, and it's hilarious. Just clean up that audio, please, and this could be top-10 DBZ parody material.

Dogmonkey responds:

Thanks for pointing out the positive stuff... and the negative. The sound will be fixed ASAP! (I am really getting tired of saying that!!!!!)

[Forseeing]

Creepy!

Creepy, tantalizing stuff. A compelling story with a genuine atmosphere of mystery and evil that makes it very enjoyable. It's almost cinematic. The author also has a unique artistic style that fleshes out the story even more. A pity it is only the first part - I really wanted to see the whole thing! Nice work - let's see the conclusion!

[The Doorman]

Not good at all.

A good idea here, but it's drawn out WAAAAAAY too long to be even mildly compelling. What you did in two minutes could have been done in 30 seconds with just as much effect. Funny idea, but you're bound to fall asleep.

[The Story of Steven]

Umm... this is top 20?

Well, it is SOMEWHAT funny. I have to admit, I kinda found the character's antics to be somewhat amusing... but not that much. The crude stick-figure graphics, barely-understandable dialouge and complete randominity of it all makes it rather unpalatable. But hey, you did make fun of retarded people. I can't blame ya there. Just don't expect a top 50 spot for a while. ^_^

[World War 2: P2]

More excellent work.

An excellent sequel. Graphics, sound, and action are all very well-done, though it does rather irritate me that this is mostly Saving Private Ryan in Flash, complete with the audio and sequences. A bit of originality would be nice, but you still do an excellent job on these war movies.

[The Mighty Gnome Dance]

Not that good at all.

This made Underdog of the week, but I'm not sure it has any real redeeming qualities at all. You had a kooky concept here - make gnomes dance the macarena, but to properly do the "gnome macarena", there should be MUCH more body movement than just bobbing heads. The lack of a background, static movement, and the unnecessary usage of the full song means this isn't very good at all.

[-Sticks with Swords-]

Good basic stick movie.

A good standard stick movie. A nice variation with the swords, but it is ultimately just another watch-a-couple-of-sticks-beat- the-shit-out-of-each-other movie, which I'm starting to tire of. But decent execution of an overplayed theme.