SimCorder's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Real Legend 5]

Holy crap... That was incredible

I won't lie, I was worried that with how poorly the previous one was received, it would of discouraged you from working on this further. I'm glad you stuck with it, even after all this time.

Well then, Navi's got a dress and Link is actually somewhat competent. An interesting change of pace, but oh man, the artwork and animation can even rival the Brakenwood series now. The coloring and lighting effects were spectacular and just brought that whole boss fight to life.

This has come a long way since 2003, and its exciting to see this series back from the grave. I'll be waiting for the next installment.

[The Dark Harvest - Episode 1]

Bringing in Voices to your already professionally done animation and art? Stepping things up I see. This is incredibly impressive. If I saw this on TV I honestly would of thought this would be a Studio published show. You did all this by yourself? How long did it take to do all the animating?

[FORTNITE The Animated Movie]

This movie goes to show that even with basic art, good animation and presentation can still make a quality submission. Interesting touch with the blur/filter (or that's how I would describe it), it really helped the loose and simple character and environment designs blend together. Turning glaring sharp lines into pleasant looking silhouettes.

I'm one of those few people that doesn't know much about Fortnite, although I didn't understand some of the stuff in this, I feel like I didn't need too in order to appreciate the action in front of me.

You definitely found a way of making something ordinary, seem extraordinary. Good job.

bucketboi responds:

Thanks for that comment truly appreciated, glad that you enjoyed it

[RETRO ARCADE ANIME: R-TYPE]

Okay, either I've seen this somewhere before, years ago, or I am having a super strong case of Deja Vu. If I am right or am going crazy, some enlightenment would be appreciated.

With that aside, all your effort really shows in this. With the Rotoscope and frame by frame animation to such an outstanding quality. It was a feast for the eyes.

[Fernando and the Disk of Chaos]

I don't even... I mean... There was...But then.. WHAT DID I JUST WATCH!?!

[My Mother in Law is a Scorpion]

I just have to wonder... what sort of influence do you go under to get inspired to make stuff like this? Cause I am starting to highly doubt creativity alone could spawn such.. bizarre..eye drawing..."creations".
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A nice touch on changing your usual black outfit for the blue jumpsuit, despite the simple change, it felt like something new. I also noticed that your facial expressions and angles have improved noticeably, or if they were always there, i just noticed them.

[The Wolf's Heart - Episode 1 / Stop Motion Animation]

Wow, Stop motion animations of this quality are rare in this portion of the internet. I could almost compare it to the earlier works of Laika or Aardman animation studios (The guys that make movies like Coraline or Wallace and Gromit).

As for the animation itself, the quality of your puppets and backgrounds certainly paid off with an immersive amount of detail. My only major complaint is the lip sync seemed kind of off at times, like the guards speech would sometimes begin before his mouth even moved. My suggestion to fix this would to try adding a slight movement in the mouth just before a character begins to speak; that might make your lip syncing seem more natural and fluid.

Although the amount of length and action seemed rather short lived, the fact that your doing such work.. BY YOURSELF, makes it seem rather unfair for me to complain about that.

JeffLafferty responds:

Thanks, I'll work on the lip sync for the next one. I appreciate the feedback.

["You posed dramatically"]

You know this is an awesome parody when it inspires you to buy the original game just to know what the hell is going on.

Really love the fine details in between frames, I don't know how I notice them but it makes the animation stand out.

[HAPPY SOULS]

"Is this, too easy for you..?" My god me and my friends can't stop imitating that moment, it was that hilariously spot on. This animation managed to capture and summarize the journey that is Dark Souls 2. Or perhaps I can just relate cause I also played through Dark souls 2 with a buddy.

This is well done, and very well paced despite its 15 minute length. Although the animation looks loose and is recycled time to time, but hey, animation is dauntingly time consuming. Some say its a cheap trick, I say its efficient (when balanced out of course), and it was entertaining and hilarious to watch. So no complaints here.

[A Prank Time]

Oh my god.. this was so horrifying to watch... yet... yet I COULD NOT LOOK AWAY! THE ANIMATION IS SO FLUID AND BIZARRE! IT FORCES ME TO KEEP ON WATCHING!