Compdude's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Reading Rainbow 1]

Shows its age and then some.

It's an old piece, but even accounting for age, it's still subpar work. Blah animation, and the incessant beeping removes any hint of the suggestive dialouge, effectively neutering this piece to the level of dull flash.

[TC1 episode 1]

Needed plot!

Generic but solid Anime style, and seemingly good animation skills, but it cuts off once it snagged my interest. Worthy of a sequel with more story and action.

[Lords of Battle]

Well done yet again!

Spurgin comes through with another gloriously overblown action/drama trailer/movie as he does so well. The animation and violence in this movie is especially well-detailed, and the voicework is a very nice touch. I'm always a sucker for the Hope Overture, but it drowns out the dialouge at a few places. All said, another great one by Spurgin! (and section 8)

BenSpurgin responds:

Hehehhhehhhehhhehh ... .... "overblown"
You rock dude!

[DBZ : Hate]

Good visuals, needs plot.

It has its strengths and faults. Simple but functionally slick character design, good synchronization to background music, and has authentic adherence to the DBZ fight style. Yet it also suffers from trite dialouge (like DBZ), and has little story to back up the visuals until near the end. A suprising end to the movie, but I liked it as an above-average DBZ piece.

[Bloody on ice]

Vegeance served chilled.

Clever idea, slick graphic style, and nicely animated violent dismemberment. Some suggestions: the background music should have been more intense to suit the theme, and the reaction sounds should have been more distressed in several cases. And should hockey players have been doing more than practicing slapshots? C&C aside, this was pretty good.

[A Silent Film]

Old style stick cruelty.

I craved more cruelty upon this nameless stick, but I like the short offering you've given us. Random and stupid, but still good for a chuckle.

[Charlie and Vinnie]

Lost its fizz.

The dialouge didn't really strike me this time. The whole movie felt a little contrived and boring. Not your best work.