Compdude's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[An Empire of One]

Funny crossover!

Excellent job. This was a clever idea, and very well-executed. Good graphics, good sound, and good way of integrating the two concepts of Star Wars and those Army Ads. I really DO hate those ads, and you do an excellent job of mocking them. Keep it up!

["From my Room"]

Good movie. Greatest? Not hardly.

I'm going to travel the unpopular road here. First off, let me qualify what I'm going to say by stating that this is an excellent movie. The art, theatrical-direction, and style are all very well done. Truly, this is a good movie, worth the watch, and good top-10 material.
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But greatest NG movie of all time?! I dunno about THAT, nor its 4.20 score, or T. Fulp's claim of sending "shivers down my spine". I really don't agree with any of this.
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While this IS a good movie, like the author says, it's "just a short film". All I see this as is the story of how one night, a kid (boy? girl? I can't tell) finds a toy truck rolling into his (her?) room, goes downstairs, and makes friends with an odd kiddy-picture drawing. Umm... okay.
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Maybe it has something to do with the movie Poltergiest (which I haven't seen), or maybe there's some other deeper meaning here about the innocence of youth, or the persuation of friendliness, or something. But as it is, I can't seem to find anything profound enough to give this the No. 1 spot. It's kinda like mini-golf. It's good, but not THAT good.

[Death of a saiyan pt.2]

Bad call, man.

Well, this ain't as good as the first (read my previous review if u want). The graphic style is equivalent to your previous work, but something really, REALLY irritates me.
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Goku would not beat the shit out of his son so bad that he would KILL HIM! Dude, that was a way bad call. Ape stuff like this actually happened in the series, like early on when Gohan went Oozaru while training with Piccolo, and our Namek friend simply cut off his tail. There's no need to beat Gohan to death, and that really detracted from this movie.
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Or maybe he's not dead, and you're making a third one. I hope so, cause you left a bitter taste in my mouth. Oh, and that sound choice sucked too. :-b

[DBZ - Death of a saiyan]

Nice!

Dude, this isn't half bad. I've been known to say that a lot, but it never fails to impress me when I expect a crappy movie, and end up with an underdog contender.
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Oh sure, the graphics aren't all that, but hey, I liked DBZ-Mawi Style, and this sticks pretty true to that form. I might even venture to say that this is BETTER than DBZ MS, at least as far as the concept of fighting goes. Some good DBZ-style fighting here, with some new twists too. I always thought that Gohan should get it. Lucky bastard never gets killed, while everyone else dies at LEAST twice. But I rant...
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Good sense of atmosphere in this movie. I gota pretty genuine sense of sorrow for Gohan, and felt pretty pissed off at Vegeta. And hey, you added Krillin too, who I always thought got pushed around too much.
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Anyway, good job. Nothing spectacular here, but overall a good, solid DBZ movie, especaially considering your newness to the field. Keep up the good work! It looks like you have a sequel now, I'll go review that next!

[Superzwuck vs Mr.Violence]

Entertaining.

It seems like this movie's getting a real bad rap on its reviews. Sure, it doesn't have much of a point, but how many movies here really do? The graphics are tight, the movie lighthearted, and the action kinda silly but entertaining. Not the greatest thing ever, but certainly better than the rap it's getting.

[The Sad Native]

In a word: WIERD.

Umm... okay, that was wierd. Not necessarily BAD, but certainly a little out there. I'm guessing the author's message is that life for natives is very poor, and lamentably plain, leaving them with little more to do in life than to hit a rock.
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At any rate, this is way too spacey for me. Probably a good idea, but not adequately fleshed out.

[Tribute-To-Dragonballz-]

Kick ass.

Sweet.
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That's personally my second-favorite scene of all time in DBZ, following Goku's SSJ transformation on Namek. Plus, that music is totally rocking, and appropriate. Japanese music owns me.
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I really, really like this movie. It even kinda gives me the chills. You have a SUPERB drawing and coloring style that deftly creates a true DBZ-style atmosphere. I might even dare to say that your style is on par with the TV Series/Manga.
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Of course, it IS just drawings, albiet REALLY GOOD drawings, so I can't really give this a 10. But it makes for one hell of a slideshow. Bravo.