EpikHellSword's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Cloudy with a Chance of Sephiroth]

Awesome work with the camera angles, alright character design, fantastic background design, the cameos and music soundtracks were cool. The voice acting could be a bit more emotional and louder even if it's a parody it should be bigger as it sounded flat. The animation itself was satisfactory. Overall: This was an excellent idea and well made. However, the voice acting REALLY needs to be more dramatic, especially in parodies.

Cashmus responds:

Thank you for the feedback! I'll definitely keep it in mind for my next project.

[Quarantine: Supply Run | Episode 1]

Complementary music to set the tone, perfect voice acting, impressive physics, fantastic facial expressions, and fitting voice acting to go with the characters. However, every movement with the cameras and characters seems unnatural. Lots of odd transitions with both of them locking so often which really comes off as WAY too unnatural. Not mention it makes things seem rushed.
Overall, it's a solid animation, and don't get me wrong. I can see which style you're going for, just take a bit more time on the scenes overall. Give them some more camera time, leave spaces in between the script so the audience can take in the jokes instead of rushing like the joke at 2:38. It could've been funnier if you left some time where the whole room goes silent and stares at him then have the other guy say his line. It leaves the audience time to laugh and prepares them for the next scene.

Drewder responds:

Thanks for the review. Glad you enjoyed parts of it. Some it it may seemed rushed, but I am also making these week by week, so I definitely make some sacrifices for the sake of time, but I do see your points. This was also my very first time making something this complicated, so I feel I have learned a lot since. More coming, and thanks again.

[Happy 40th Pac-Man]

That was amusing. Excellent voice acting, iconic sound effects, great camera angle, and awesome character design. The only thing is the background. If you don't want to change the purple wall, the floor's color feels a bit bland. Regardless, stupendous job.

Kelsland responds:

The background colors were bad? Thanks for telling me.

[Pico day collab 2020]

Perfect intro, it really sets the classic Pico tone. It's rather clear this is a comedy from the first line. The different animation styles were complementary to this animation and I see that you used the classic background blur technique. I'm going to assume the microphone feedback effect was intentional. However, it does come off as ear rapey so you may want to watch out for that in later animations. The scene at 1:41 was okay, but the dialogue seemed to lack emotion and just got cringey as the line delivery seemed forced and unrealistic. Yes, I understand this is a comedy, but it doesn't seem natural or even exaggerated, just bland. In the Tom Fulp birthday scene, the lip sync was...not synced well, but seeing as this is a comedy, I'll let that slide. Nonetheless, the dialogue and lines were okay, but again, the microphone feedback breathing just ruined it. Now for the scene where Pico is staring at the computer. I like the background and character design as well as the facial expressions used and the music. The lines were complementary to the characters. That one was perfect. The next scene, the background was cool, the line delivery was great, the animation for the characters actions and facial expressions were excellent. I especially liked the pupils and how they reacted in correspondence to the line delivery. The credits scene was a cool compilation with lots of easter eggs.
Seeing as this is a comedy, I'll let lots of my critiques slide, the biggest things were really audio issues and some dialogue/lip sync errors. Other than that, this was well put together. Fantastic work!

[Sonic and Shadow: Super and Hyper Transformations]

Classic character sprite design, good sound effects used, beautiful background, corresponding facial expressions with emotions shown. The lighting effects are cool and I see you added a bit of originality to it as well. And the glow was definitely a nice touch. This was well done, however I felt the emotion was lacking. Music could support the feeling of intensity of the transformation.
Overall, it's awesome, you just need a soundtrack for each hedgehog to bring in the excitement.

bluefire160 responds:

Hmmmm... Thanks for the advice, And Yea, I am too lazy to add any music. ^^;

[Spider Gwen ((Part 2))]

Amazing music used, great camera angles, good character and background design as well as shadows, lighting, facial expressions, not to mention appropriate camera blur and movement. This certainly was a new experience for me. Perfect work.

Yipcks responds:

omg, thank you so much, that just made my day!

[Punisher VS Red hood - (Marvel VS Dc comics)]

Awesome storyline, good character and background design, great sound effects used, the voice overs were cool as well as the fighting animation. The fighting music was an appropriate choice. The way they used the environment was creative and realistic. Okay, I know you used voiceovers, but Daredevil's,"No" sounded so out of place with the tone and 1:58 I'm pretty sure it's spelled "Dammit" not "Damit". But despite that, this was really well done.

OzombieJ responds:

Thanks, glad you enjoyed, i put a lot of effort in the animation, i wanted daredevil to be disappointed and the "No" was the only thing i had at the time, but i agree it is weird, and my bad that i messed up the "Dammit" but overall thanks for the comment and the stars :)

[Nightmare March]

Awesome music, good animation, fantastic character/background design, nice lighting, and satisfying physics, I really enjoy the eyeballs in the background with the fur. Is this a cult or assault? I like how they go different speeds as well. great work.

Skashi95 responds:

Thanks for your kind words!
This is a reference to my WIP game "Little Laughters". In this case, Warai spawns all those minions to spread his fearful smile and laughter.