Sarai's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Amateur Minute Collection]

Some of it was very funny... Some not so.

I don't think I am your ideal target audience... female... 28... ethnic minority...

:p

It was well put together in parts and some was very funny. I thought though it was kinda like you attempted to step up too much instead of concentrating on the details.

Lord-Sonx responds:

details details.. thats allt hat matters to you accountants isn't it ;)

28 year old asain female accountants was the target audience :O

[World War I½: TSOO]

Significantly better than previous reviewed

All the attributes of this flash were significantly better than your two more recent entries. This had a kinda plot, lots of jokes and also although in places the animation was poor that wasn't because of skill, but just a bit of rushing.

If you rushed a bit less and also kept going with using plots like this it would be very good. Being 'random' is ok, but not really for getting very high scored flash.

Again, I refer to 'Metal Gear Awesome'. average flash graphics, very funny. You can do this easily :)

[One Night in Lipton]

I was asked to review this

Okay, all the stat scores aside this was a little bit silly and not too funny due to a lack of reason. It was animated ok, and the whole idea I guess was original... But overall there was a lack of anything that made me think genius.

I mean when I first watched 'Metal Gear Awesome', even though I had not played that game, I laughed out loud... This was just like, 'Right, time to move on'.

You've got enough art skills to make something really funny. It needs to be less random and less inane. Make it too the point.

-S

[the YuYu]

Disapointing

I felt that this flash was overdone now. Of course the graphics are probably the best on Newgrounds and the animation is very good but I just didn't find that this 'meant' anything to me.

For example your previous works actually had what appeared to be a story behind them that was subtle. This on the other hand was either 'in your face' or without story, just art; depending on your perspective.

Of course I may be considered bias, but I did prefer things such as 'Hoy Te Amo' and 'There She Is' over this as they had characters and in a way feeling. This really felt like it lacked feeling.

If you read this, please do consider that in the end, the best animator in the world still needs to make people feel for his character. This is very polished, but it had little feeling for me. You're a great artist, but can you try and push yourself to inventive story lines please?

Thanks though anyway, entertaining for a one time view.

[Fawk Yew Randomness]

Let me see here...

Okay, I was linked to this and forced to review it even though I've had so little sleep for a while... Anyway...

It was 'random' and in places it was 'funny', the flash was also for large parts well animated, but I can't help feeling Sir-S-Of-ROFL got his hands on the tablet at some points and messed it up.

I guess 'random' is good, but to make random a classic there is usually a constant theme. Now me for example, I like some of the Phoenix Wrong series because the 'skits' and set against the same characters even if what they do/say is different. Parodies and or comedy works best I think if it's not so random as to be dis-interesting.

So, overall... It's mostly well animated, the voices generally work, although I like Mr.English more... :P Overall, work on some kind of coherent 'random' script if that makes sense!

_Sarai

Sir-S-Of-TURBO responds:

It makes sense, you're just too simple minded to comprehend this genious flash movie.

Also thanks for the review.

[Adolf Hitler: ATWI80D 80]

A series that hardly ever changed or made sense

Newgrounds is about flash for the most part and is home to series that are really amazing. This series however as the author and most people who watch it know has very little in the way of animation or flash related content.

Therefore it has to be judged on humour. This is a personal thing and for my part I found the humour awful and poor in taste.

The last episode attempted some more than the ones previous to it and I suppose this is to be praised, but it's still nothing more than a person's quest to get Newgrounds stats and perhaps to give a rude finger gesture to the established artists who work hard to submit good quality flashes and series.

Somewhere to take this would be like the 'Objection' series of flash, (see my favourite flash), little animation, but very funny IMHO. Animation isn't always 100% needed, but in this series case there was nothing to redeem it. That is why I voted 0.

AfroUnderscoreStud responds:

This series has nothing to do with getting Newgrounds stats.

That Phoenix Wrong series has to be one of the worst series ever made IMHO.

[FFX Tricky]

Good enough for me

I think this is a good enough attempt at humour :)

I have not seen this film you are talking about, but ten films? Wow, long series. Anyway, it was funny and once you got to the character drawings it made me laugh.

I guess you can't do faces?

If you did the character's faces using anime style expressions, IE ^ _ ^ it would be very good, as facial expressions that change a lot such as in Metal Gear Awesome, are really funny :)

Take care -Sarai

pooterz responds:

thanks for the advice. i'm not very good at faces but i'll try to work on that.

[Phoenix Wrong Rides Again]

Oh dear me :)

Very funny, made me smile and laugh and although I didn't get all the references... I knew the objection thing.

Make another, I loved it ;)

-S

AshfordPride responds:

I should be done with the third one in about a week or two if all goes well...

[Dancing Stick Figures]

For the win

Best start to my day today. Funny short stick film.

Yay

-Sarai

thatpirategirl responds:

Thanks, I'm glad!

[Viano]

Ace, a great addition to the flash top 50.

Although not the best drawn, or best animated flash on the portal, this is beautiful in another way. It's about time that a decent classical music flash was here and this one makes it in such a way as to be outstanding.

The synch is excellent, the icons of opression against freedom of expression really hit home and I just found it to be romantic. It made me wish there was someone playing the Violin just for me against the world.

A+++, to be voted on '5' for a long time to come :)

-Sarai

Viano responds:

the music is bueatufl.