retroarcademonkey's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rayman Legends]

This was unexpectedly good.
What I expected was nothing but beaten-to-death jokes, immature humor, and some cheap laughs.
What I got was something truly amazing.
Rayman 2 & 3 were both games i had cherished throughout my childhood, a few years later, we got Raving Rabbids, which i wasn't a big fan of. Ubisoft loved the Rabbids so much that they made many games based on them.....Many, many, sub-par party games that didn't do very well.
Finally, in 2011 we got a Rayman game. Rayman: Origins. I got excited, i played it. It was based on Rayman 1's gameplay style, and it was so damn good, I got some friends over and we had one hell of a time.
It was the best Rayman game in years! Finally, Ubisoft got their shit together and focused less on the Rabbids, and more on Rayman.
And now Rayman: Legends is almost here! (In England, mind you) And this animation got me so happy to see a video-game related cartoon on Newgrounds that ISN'T a parody! Hurray!

The music was spot-on! The animation was perfect! The artstyle and background art (by shadman) was fucking gorgeous! You guys absolutely nailed that trademark Ubisoft sense of humor perfectly. The characters were drawn gracefully and it was all very nicely done! (For a bunch of newgrounds animators that is)

Good work, and godspeed!

[Friend of Mine]

After almost exactly a year, it's finally out, and we get a 4 minute short anime styled movie....I know animation can take a long-ass time but, it shouldn't take a whole year for a 4 minute short! When i first saw the teaser i expected something like, 6-12 minutes long, on top of that, there really wasn't that much in this short. Just a whole lot of nothing. Nothing interesting at all to fill this incredibly short time-span. The animation was pretty decent, save for some animation errors like when Brian was mousing over the options to save or delete the text was over the mouse, so it shouldn't have taken this long!
The voice acting was pretty alright, they're overused voice actors but they did the job as these characters.

4 Stars for effort.

manuelberja responds:

The animating process sure took a lot of time, well I don't really know, I only had 8 hrs a week to work, and this project is sitting without progress for a year. by the time you saw the teaser, every scene you see now has already been produced and put on hold. discarded several scenes to make it look like the finished project, got busy at work and decided to move on, due to raise of standards. thank you for your review, it's really helpful.

[Metropolis Mayhem]

Nostalgia...That was the feeling I (Mostly) had throughout this collab. From the choice to have Sonic: Heroes as the new landmark for the newest Sonic Paradox collab just gave me sooo much nostalgia from when i was just a kid, playing sonic Heroes for the GameCube...Ahh, memories, the good ol' days when i used to be a Sonic fan...But those times have passed now, I'm all for Mario now.

Anyways, I really enjoyed this. The animation is just brilliant, crisp, refreshing, and has a great sonic feel to it and at times clash, but that can be quite common with collabs so i can forgive the clashing of the animators.

Voice acting is key for something like this, and for the most part, you guys nailed the characters personalities and voices almost perfectly, there's some bad mic quality here and there, varying on some voice actors, but other than that...Awesome!

Also, you guys should have called it "The Metropolis Massacre Of 2013" due to the fact that it ends in a massacre of all the protagonists getting brutally murdered by the end....Great Jorb!

[100,000 Subscribers]

Congrats on those 100,000 subs, Yotam! Glad i could help with your subscriber troubles....Didn't fly ME to that cartoonified convention...Sorry for not viralizing your videos but......BYE! *Door slams shut loudly*

[Splintercell: Blacklist]

The best Collab I've seen on Newgrounds in years! Splintercell is a game I have never been interested in, even though I freaking love stealth games. Amazing animation, and plus, the animation doesn't clash with the other animators' styles, they all seem to come together into a lovely combo. Great job, Newgrounds guys!

[Elysium Spoiler in 90 Sec]

Slight improvement! I've never seen Elysium before so.....I guess i done spoiled myself....SHIT!
Keep working on those backgrounds! 'Cause they need work. Also, didn't know that you're Australian until just now, what a crazy accent! =D

[what's clock day?]

That was hilarious. Good animation, good "Voice Acting", and great fucking work!

[Nolwandle's Story]

Africa's in deep shit. TIME TO MAKE A CARTOON ABOUT IT!!
I can't describe how great this was! Good on you for helping a cause that is good!
Just.....So deep! this is such a deep animation about the africans!

[Ferrari]

Good things first: Music is beutifully done and at times, hilarious, and once again, you have the voice of a godDAMN angel. The lyrics were amazing...Just, amazing! :D

Bad things last: The animation is.....Well, it's better than most first tries at least. Hell, you did better than i could in 11 hours, instead i was just dicking around with all the options having no idea what i'm doing. So, good first try! And next time, get someone to help you with flash so you can make some great quality music videos!