MisterPersonGuy's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Who wants a tootsie pop?]

I haven't known about this movie for too long, but I come back to it more than I can remember. I don't know, something about taking "wholesome" and/or "retro" animation and making it absurdly crude always gives me the giggle pits.

Anyways, thanks for making this! You guys did a stellar job! It's one of my favorites!

[Minecraft Fail]

A certified hood classic. Minecraft parodies have their place in the echelons of art, but this parody of those parodies perfectly counteracts the nauseating glut of parody content for the game on the Internet. To say it's "of its time" grossly miscategorizes its effectiveness: this video is definitely (and unabashedly) a reaction to the previously aforementioned nauseating glut of Minecraft parodies, but its tempered use of extreme violence and disturbing situations to hammer a point across about the commoditization and "kidification" of Minecraft on websites like YouTube still rings heavy to this very day. It's a timeless Newgrounds (and in general) way of saying, "Don't section people up into groups for the sake of profit. We're individuals with wide varieties of taste. Stop treating us like children.".

Maybe that's too deep a dive into a Minecraft parody parody... but I don't think it is. After all, a review should look at a piece of art critically, try to understand what it's trying to say (whether it's trying to say anything at all or not), and judge if what it's doing is as effective as what it's trying to be.

To cut back on waxing poetic about the animation's legacy, the final product is just as impressive! It looks pleasantly clean, there's a lot of attention-to-detail put in the comedic timing of the animation itself, the voice actor says his lines with impeccable cadence and endless replayability value (seriously, I remember having these lines stuck in my head FOREVER), the music and sound effects are well-done, well-timed and familiar without overpowering the animation itself or being insulting musically or physically... uh, did I miss anything?

In short: this animation was grotesquely hilarious when I first watched it years ago, and it's just as fresh and poignant today. Excellent work, all!

[Schoolgirl Alfred: "I Remember You"]

Wow. For years, I thought I just IMAGINED seeing this video on YouTube. As it turns out, this fever dream is REAL and will (hopefully) be on Newgrounds forever! Seriously, I'm VERY impressed! It's JUST as fascinating as I remember! This video alone is like if Vivziepop wasn't a patronizing tryhard and actually created animations by the creed "ars gratia artis"! Plus, Emily's got singing chops! Beautiful!

There's a lot of conflicting information about Emily, so I don't know what to believe, but wherever she is now, I hope she's doing alright.

[Fresh Lyrics]

It's a nice slideshow! Definitely WAY more creative than a Windows Movie Maker lyric video! *shudders*

However, the pulsating animation style made the text kinda hard to read for me and, in fact, started to give me a headache. The slightly blurry single-color shapes, combined with the transparent Newgrounds logo in the front made it even harder for me to focus on the words themselves, which is one of the main points of this movie.

Also, I can see tiny, colored dots around some of the shapes. I'm assuming these dots are for animation purposes, but they shouldn't show up in the final product.

I did like it, though. It was nice.

Also, the doodles were neat, and funny when they were supposed to be! Good job on those!

[Friday Night Regular]

Short, but sweet, and to the point! The story's clever, the animation's completely functional, the music choices are Grade A... it's perfect! Don't think I'd want this movie any other way! Excellent work!

Kill3rman88 responds:

Thank you! Really appreciate it! :)

[Invincible boyfriend]

That made me LAFF! Excellent work!

I think more work should've gone into other aspects of the movie besides animation (adding MORE sound effects, adding a little color, a background that's not just white space, etc.), but that's just me being nitpicky. It's perfect as-is!

[Whitty Bullies Boyfriend]

It's very well drawn! Good job with that! The background doodles look really funny!

I also liked the animation. However, I feel like it doesn't really have any buildup to anything. In other words, by the time my brain gets around to absorbing what's happening, the movie is over, and I have to watch it multiple times in order to understand all the intricacies. Honestly, it feels more like a WIP than a finished project. Don't get me wrong: I like rewatching it, just not for wrapping my head around it.

I still liked it, though, so excellent work!

[WEEK TWO]

Immediately, I noticed that some of the lip-sync is EXTREMELY off, to the point where it was very distracting.

Speaking of voices, I can't make out a good chunk of the lines without multiple listens, and while that's only PARTLY because of the sloppy lip-sync, the main problem lies with the voice audio itself. Seriously, how many MILES away was your mouth from the microphone? Protip: you're not supposed to eat the damn thing, but you're not supposed to go 100 feet from it and WHISPER your lines, either.

Despite these crippling problems the movie has, it's still not without its funny moments: Girlfriend growing her boombox, Boyfriend realizing he's in over his head with the Spooky kids, Skelly kid dancin'... and others... were funkin' hilarious. Also, it looked nice. REALLY nice, even! Unfortunately, despite all these little charms, it's still a case of style over substance, biting off more than you can chew, etc.

In other words, it's better to slow your roll and plan the general outline of your movie firsthand, rather than just having a rough idea and adding a plethora of random stuff in it later, thinking that'll make it "better". While stuff like that makes it more interesting, it doesn't really make the final product any less hollow, and therein lies the main problem with your movie.

EggyDaxy responds:

Thanks for the feedback! I don't think I was being too away from the mic, in fact I would try to keep it as close as possible lol... Im just not a native English speaker and have a hard time articulating. For the sync being off I'd say it's a problem with how the editing program rendered it, it was ok when I checked it before but it evidently got fucked up. I understand my accent is a bit harsh, that's why I put subtitles on the YouTube upload. However this is newgrounds and you have every right to be confused! This is my first time voice acting in something, I'll get better as I go :)

[Pico Funkin' Dies]

I don't know anything about Persona, but that was great! A perfect meme (assuming the Persona reference is spot-on)!