JazLyte's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Exile Preliminary 3]

Charming series, but same issues

I like this series, it's fun to watch. The fights are animated frame-by-frame, which is rare, the story's organized and the dialog is reletively realistic. It doesn't feel all stilted and scripted, which is really appreciated on this end.

However, the animation is still a little bit unpleasant. The way the characters move is really strange looking and doesn't flow well. The characters morph into their movements like clay instead of moving into them. Also, the linework and anatomy still seem a bit sloppy to me, but keep working at it, man, you're improving.

RiverJordan responds:

Hey thanks for the review! I appreciate it and i'll try to work more on character flow, im still a bit new to FBF but i'll really put more into that category in the next one.

[Sonic Epilogue Full Movie]

Very nice, a bit rough

I enjoyed this flick. Good direction, I love the way you draw the characters, how each had their own outline color, the shaky fBf look and the "uber-drama" of it all. The song worked well with the mood. Also, you had characters from back when sonic was good! (Sally, Bunny an'nem)

I see some movement problems though. The characters are really pretty, but some of the movements are strange and choppy, maybe practice smoother fBf. Also, the backgrounds are kind of boring for the first few minutes. Otherwise, good job.

[The Homeless Vagabond]

Simplistic, but stylish.

Very nice. The simplistic style worked very well for it. The drawings were clean, though the animation was a bit strange, but I could tell you were going for sync with the music part of the time. The story was nice, not dark and over-complicated like EVERYTHING has to be these days, and it flowed well. Some animations seemed kind of rushed, such as the theif running away. But beyond that, it was just plain fun to watch. I'll be checking out more of your work. Peace.

[The Legend of David 4]

Caught me by surprise

When I watched the first part, I'll be honest, I wasn't impressed. But this one was actually pretty entertaining. The mood of the scenes was set up well, and the fights were fun to watch.

Thing is, I wish it wasn't a Zelda parody; if you had just written your own story it would have really turned it up a notch in quality. I feel like involving Zelda was a cop-out, because people are going to give it a point higher due to the fact that they've seen it before. There's some anatomy issues, and inconsistency in the style, but is worth the watch.

PS: You traced a Fullmetal Alchemist fight scene, WTF?

[School 13 - Street Magic]

This series is the shit.

Clean drawings, good backgrounds, cool camera action, and funny Pretty sick, man. Some of the drawings are kind of strange, and an English version would be nice, but it's still irresistible. It's like it's sexy or something. Keep up the good work, man.

[Nobadon & The Little Girl]

Trippy

That was great, interesting plot (or lack there of) and bizzarre as hell, which is hot for me. The soung choice was good LOVE the jazz, and it's never been done before. That's the biggest plus here. Complaints? The colors were pretty uninteresting, and the background was waaaay-simplistic for it to have been there through the whole flick. But other than that, highly original.

[Moon Knight (e1)]

Soul-less

To start off, nice drawings. Photoshopped backgrounds are always a treat, and shading is nice too if you know how to use it. However, the animation was lack-luster and the characters were stiff like mannequins.

My biggest pet peeve with this flash was that it was soulless. This flash could have been made by anybody, there's nothing unique or different about it. Also, it lacked sound effects, had INUYASHA music, and very INUYASHA-esque characters. Maybe it's just me, but I found it a bit uninteresting, but I can see it improving. This is nothing I haven't dealt with with my own work, and am not still dealing with now. Keep at it

[Rocket Crotch Halloween]

Damn, I love your drawing style.

I've said it before, but still your drawing style kicks ass, and I like the idea and the presentation. The title card thing was great, also, the sound and acting was clear+relatively well done. The randomness is right up my alley.

Problem is, it was a little stiff. There wasn't much animation, and I know the style is pretty detailed, but more joints and separate symbols for the movements would have really turned it up a notch (see Xombie)The jaw could move at the bottom when they talk, too.

Other than that, your shit's just plain fun to watch. Keep at it! >B)

lenkalamari responds:

You know your stuff. thanks dude.

[Hallow Statistic]

This is what I've been waiting for from you.

That was pretty gr8 man, I love the mood, the action, the main character, everything. You have a nack for fights, they're always fast and frenetic, and the change to the brush tool was a good choice. The color choice was good, and the story was pretty interesting, but maybe it's my fetish for post-apocalyptic future stuff. And the icing on the cake, YOUR OWN ORIGINAL WORK.

The round heads kinda bugged me; when "Darth Scoot" was fighting he was kinda hard to see, and it had it's cliches with the whole dark alter ego thing, but otherwise it really drew me in. It won't get as high of a score as your Zelda stuff; but it's more worth the watch because it's from your soul, not Shigeru Miyamoto's and frankly I found it twice as interesting.

I know you can't possibly be thinking of leaving this story alone after this... I want badly to see a few sequels, but it's up to you, I know some stuff is best left alone too. Great work!

[Weak Sleepers]

Fucking raw, I loved it

Hahaha nice. The animation was good, the drawings were hilarious like when Rtil kicked Egoraptor, he looked so pleased with himself about it and Khale looked like a troll on crack. I REALLY loved the colors. This was the shit, it should win.

Blordow responds:

lmao you made my day yungjazz thanks!