JazLyte's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[GT - Fighter Gamer]

Yup, that's definately me lol

Except for the no personal hygene and not playing sports...

The animation was pretty good, but it's a comedy flash so really I guess that's what's important. It was kinda funny, didn't make me cry laughing. Also, it was pretty short. But other than that, I liked it.

RubberNinja responds:

Thanks, glad you liked it dude.

[Syndacite Chapter 2]

It grew on me.

This was pretty good man. I like the characters, and the series has an okay storyline, though nothing that hasn't been done. (Still working on my own story weaving skills in my own flashes, I needed it more than you do) And I really appreciated the length, it really gave me a chance to get into it.
However, ideas require substance to back them up. I realize that this was a story-building chapter with no fights, which are necessary for series. But with a chapter like this, from what I've been studying in my break from animating is that you should focus on interesting, animated dialogue and showing people what's going on instead of just telling them. You need clean art and lots of animation to make long-winded dialogue interesting. The girl's supposed to be so dangerous, so she could have burst free from the straps, kicked the guy back and wrapped the cuffs around his neck when she woke up instead of being friendly courteous. Something like that probably would have fit the story better looking at the last one.
Another thing was the art, you can draw, but one complaint I've always had with your stuff is that its kind of sloppy and rushed looking. It would have done you more good if before the second time you submitted this (which continues to perplex me as to why you always submit stuff twice) if you had taken a day to fill in the holes in the character drawings where you can see through to the background through the uncolored part of an eye or hair, it would really take your work up a notch. And foreal man, this is not something low-key, its incredibly obvious.
Other than that, it was pretty good, it grew on me as it went on. Don't think I'd watch it twice though. Keep up the good work! We're all improving man. =)

studio-nightbird responds:

hey I remeber you...well I know your work from flashportal. Ur known as the tweening animating guy XD...though very good...
Well One mighty long review You've given me...With alot of Advice...Though I'll keep directing my series as i Plz XD...This is the only slow Chapter. The next is funnier and cooler (I introduce syndacites weapons).
Thanks for the review

[[L*]Goes Sky Diving]

Ok, lol this has really got to stop

I'm not quite sure what you guys excuse is for forming an 'internet spam legion' or whatever, but from the drawings it looks like you have some trace skills, didn't feel like practicing to become better, gave up and decided to annoy people instead. If it's attention you want, you'd get a lot more by just practicing and animating for real. Heck, even if you wanted to make it random anime characters doing stupid things (which i actually like), you could have made a whole few minutes of different wiggy animations, put them together into one movie chronologically and sent them in. But really, you're just wasting your time, not as many people are looking at this, getting annoyed and saying "OMG SPAM!" as you think.

Tsukasa-Hiiragi responds:

sumimasen wakarimasen ;w;;;

[Shadow Legacy]

It's good, but unfinished...

Man, the animation was slick, the shading was pretty good, and the background art was really good too, but it just cuts off. I'd like to see something finished, but that was sweet.

Artist-Lost responds:

Unfortunately this one will never be finished, but I will revisit the story some time

[Metal Gear Awesome 2]

Ehh...S'aight, liked it better when it was new

It was pretty funny, I'll admit at moments. I guess the first one was more suprising, but now that I've seen well-known videogame characters quickly drawn saying "fuck" a million times on here, not just by you, maybe I feel like I've seen it before. But you picked every ingredient perfectly to become a popular artist, the main one familiarity, and I think that's what has people so hype, the movie's not gut-busting funny. Don't mean to be a hater, but I know that this review will be lost in a flood of 30,000 10/10s by MGS fans, so I might as well get my 2 cents in. I'm waiting to see something for YOUR imagination, not Hideo Kojima's. Peace.

Egoraptor responds:

I'm workin on it, bro. I appreciate the input, dig your stuff!

[HP and the order of fries]

Did u steal that giant gay black guy from me? lol

Pretty funny I s'pose, and the drawings were pretty clean though there wasn't much animation so it's good in my book. You sounded completely fake as the black dude though heh. And I'm guessing you may have seen one of my NightGun movies, there's a character VERY similar to him on there. If not, still good job. ;)

yarvenclog responds:

Wow, I just went and watched your nightgun movie, and there is a HUGE similarity, crazy... Also the reason he sounds so lame is because I made the audio a full year before I started really getting into flash, I have a lot better resources now. Thanks for the review.

[Chronicles of a Demon Ep3]

I keep watching these waiting for somethin'....

I hope I don't sound like a dick, but I feel like I'm missing out on that thing that makes people love this so much. The graphics are okay, there's little frame-by-frame for it to be such a simplistic style though. It's for comedy primarily, right? If that's the case, then I think the fight lasted too long and was a bit lazy. There was a LOT of recycling of drawings and animations here too. The humor didn't really catch my attention. Might just be me, and I like making fun of satanism myself. Who knows, I know what I say here won't matter though, you have a good following for it. Peace.

Darkar responds:

Thanks for the review. :)

[Goombacide]

Please tell me what genre this was...Not comedy...

I just want to get my words in before this sweeps the web as Newgrounds next big phenominon with a 4.87 score just because it's Mario. Another person riding that "Newgwounds wuvz Mawio" gravy train. No personal offense, but that was a REALLY bad movie. I could see where you were going at first, and the first few seconds almost made me crack a bit of a smile, but everything else KILLED IT. Not funny, the ending was terrible, and I could only see this being funny to 10-year-olds.

But that's just me, I know the people on this site will love it and probably front page it just because it's Mario character sprites but doing something besides running across a screen (SO SHOCKING AND FUNNY!) so who cares. I said my 2 cents.

Bad-Atom responds:

Hey, I'm sick of Mario movies on NG too, but I figured this was something new and different. The point is you're not supposed to know whether or not it's a comedy or a tragedy, it can be taken both ways. Personally, I cracked up while I was making it because it's so ridiculous and melodramatic. On the other hand, someone else watching it can take it seriously and be all depressed. My two cents. :)

[Little Frog Duel]

Man, your skills have really improved!

I know you had some worries about it, but this movie's gonna do just fine. Your commitment to the fBf's impressive and you're learning fast. Keep at it. And you know I don't got any problems helpin' out. Hit me up! =)

extremegamer2491 responds:

It passed, so you were right. I gotta stop doubting myself.
And yeah, I do love FBF, and I just have to keep on practicing and soon I'll be turning out some real good stuff.

And I know I can hit you up anytime. Thanks for the sounds too. They probably made the movie.

Thanks again man. I appreciate all your support.

[Capture The Flag: Ep 2]

Great Movie!

I didn't see the first episode, but this one had me gripped when he listened to the recording, and suddenly I was all in. The art didn't impress me much, but the story seems really interesting. And so are the characters, albeit the drawing style isn't my thing, but I won't take off points because of my own personal preference.
(A-)

Aeonstars responds:

Thank you very much! The recording seems to be where people get hooked :P. As for the art, that was never the main focus of the flash. I got my tablet and decided that I wanted to tell a story. The drawings are to the best of my abilities and I animate the only way I know how. I use FBF when necessary though. I personally like my style and if other people don't then I respect that. I appreciate you not removing points for that like you said :). You're a very good animator yourself so thanks for taking the time to review! I hope you like ep 3 when it comes out!