Archewally's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Bus]

Okay for a first movie. Hopefully the guy learned a lesson: check the time and schedule before killing time

Your current method is crippling to learning animation. The limits of not having proper software/hardware makes it less efficient and effective (obviously). So why not try different animation mediums, like pencil drawn or stop-motion? Just saying.

Any constructive criticism at this point is useless in my opinion. The way you learn principles of animation and motion is through experience, so keep at it :)

[Smoking kills]

Pretty boring. This seems like something that's supposed to be funny, but it just wasn't. The music was too dramatic to take it as a joke (although it could have been used if the whole thing took a different approach), but it's hard to believe someone would actually take this seriously. This could have been funny, but it just isn't in this case

There are weird pauses in the animation itself and nothing seems to be timed right. My advice is, you don't have to make something linger for ten seconds to make it stand out. When he gets hit with the axe or whatever, the freeze frame is there for way too long. I get what you tried to do, but it was too slow paced. I took a quick look at your other movies and I see the same problem. Everything is stretched out with huge pauses, which makes everything slow and boring. So work on your pacing

[Good Intentions]

Good thing someone frontpaged this just now, I forgot to favorite it when you put it up. Anyway, I just really love this. I don't really have an idea how to explain why I actually like it, but I guess all the humor is in the execution. The jpeg at the end was also a good joke, but I guess it didn't catch on well with others. Minus half a star because you didn't make a new one of these yet; hope these guys are making a come-back

[Attack of the Genitaliens]

I went ahead and watched some of the other episodes andI gotta say, I like these. Pretty funny and well written. You manage to keep things interesting for a relatively long running time (as far as web cartoons go). I don't think I have any advice or anything, but I figured I'd say something

margarine responds:

Thanks for the decent review and taking the time to check out my other videos!

[Animator vs. Animation IV]

This is what is called progress. The original AvA was cool as well as the other follow-ups, but this one took it a huge leap forward. Nicely done! I don't know what else to say

[Possession]

Keep it up, that's all I can say. Definitely interesting and original.

Chpenguin responds:

Thank you! :)

[Gordon Freeman in The XXX]

butt humour and dick comedy. Nice

[Badly Drawn Christmas]

A very touching tale. An instant Christmas classic. A seasonal treat that's sure to keep coming back.

[Apple's Shocking iPhone]

I am biased against virtually all pop-culture, celebrity, and iPhone comedy because it's not funny. I guess the crotch heads mean they're dickheads, but why would they be dickheads? Also, you already made that exact joke in a previous thing.

Your comedy leeches off of pop-culture trends and other such things and that's all it does, because it's just plain not funny. It doesn't seem "ADA Sport is a creative competition where dozens of teams battle to see who can make the most hilarious cartoon" because frankly, there wasn't a single, actually funny thing submitted. Plus it doesn't seem like it's really that creative - it's just recycled ideas from past, million-hit, hilariously popular videos.

I have nothing against SexuaLobster, because you hired him to do this and he only made it for you. He knew this idea sucked ass and didn't even want to be in the credits probably. His own touches were the only things that made this barealbe.

ADASport responds:

Your feedback is noted. We appreciate it.

[The School Play]

This must have really taken a lot of work, good job. Not every joke was really that funny, but there were lots of them and they were original. Judging by your voice and the sort of humor I assume you're quite young, so it's impressive you're able to make something like this. All I can say is keep at it. Also, thank you for sticking with the .swf format. So many people are ditching it in favor of stupid video. Plus, you added a pause/play ability for viewing convenience - I think everyone should do that.