Chakra-X's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[iPhone]

I laugh out loud every time I watch this

It's obviously rather simple, but it's still hilarious. The facial expressions help and voice acting was what turned a flash that may have got blamed, into a Front Page one.

I don't have an iPhone, so I don't get the green screen joke, just that he had a green screen in the movie.

It looks like you didn't use flash to make this. What did you use?

theblackkangaroo responds:

thanks for the review! to awnser your question i use toon boom studio.

[Sonic: Dark Chaos PT1]

So THIS is Dark Chaos :O

Great job Wax, I love the style you draw Sonic. Reminiscent of a Sonic X style, but your strong black shadows define your own.

Ironically, I'm glad there wasn't a lot of DBZ stuff in it. Probably because Sonic was in his normal form, which I wished I showed more in my Nazo movies =/. Interesting story too, seeing the new Silver Sonic from the tube in Sonic Adventure. Will "Mecha Sonic" appear :X? I would suggest adding some sound effects, unless your movie is music-driven.

But overall, great job. 3.93 is a tad low for this in my opinion, so I gotta 5 this to bump it up :D

thewax70 responds:

Thanks, I'm glad you liked the movie. I won't be doing any DBZ-like-fighting until part 3 of the series(that when Dark Super Sonic appears). The movie is music-driven, I tried adding sound effects to the fight but it didn't turn out well. ^^;

Can't wait to see your next flash. :D

[The Myth Of Sisyphus]

Wow

I admire your use and knowledge of fbf. I personally mix them up, since tweening can help so much at times. Reminded me of Brackenwood styled setting, but your style is definitely there. The backgrounds, water effects, drawings, and animation were well done.

The sound was appropriate, but the grunting could have been tweaked, mainly when he fell off the mountain.

You can tell a good story too, because when Sisyphus finally made it, I actually felt happy for him. You also know where to put humor in, even though this was sort of a punishment in the original myth. You took a damned person and turned it into a lighthearted comedy, which I commend you for

So overall, great animation and drawings, original story , decent sound, and all at 14! Fantastic job.

CatFat responds:

Thank you, you flatter me so..

[Super Mario bros Z ep 6 (old series)]

Keeps getting better and better

I took a look in the flash portal, saw "Super Mario bros Z ep. 6" and got excited. It is extremely rare for me to do that, and after watching it, it made sense for me to get excited.

You really have put a new light on sprite fights. The amount of time it takes to get such placement done and to tween at an appropriate pace takes a great amount of skill. I still prefer making movies with drawings, but anyone who thinks sprites flashes such as this take to skill just really need to get off the internet.

Fight scenes were fantastic and mesmerizing. I loved Sonic's little fight scene. That's what I wished I would have done differently with Nazo Unleashed, to give regular Sonic more screen time to show off his speed. Shadow was pretty badass throughout too.

I'm glad you did not cut it off with Mecha Sonic charging the ball. That'd been a little cheap haha. And the story does not drag on either. I thought Mecha Sonic would have died this time around, but it looks like you could easily add another 2-3 episodes on with new content.

Overall, great fight scenes, nice cinematography, and a strong and very entertaining story. Perhaps I'll see Episode 7 around the time I submit my final part =P.

Oh, and loved the "over 9000" touch. I always wanted to use that lol. Now if you put in "I hope my body can take it" somewhere nicely, that'd be something. If you don't know what I am talking about, check youtube.

[Naruto: Kisame vs Zabuza]

You don't see a lot of drawn Naruto flashes

Well done. The drawings could have been better, but judging by your profile picture, you may have had to purposely tone it down for a flash animation. The animation itself was executed very well, and I love how you used the real jutsu signs :D. Water effects were nice, camera angles worked, and the voices were well placed.

Things to work on? Easier to see subtitles. Either make them black; make them white over a black bar, or make each sentence a movie clip so you can add a drop shadow, if you use Flash 8. A little introduction would be nice, instead of them outright fighting. I wish it was longer too, and next time, try making the attacks for extravegant, like, larged scaled to show how powerful they are.

But yes, I wish I would see more hand-drawn action Naruto flashes. I look forward to seeing future Naruto flashes from you, hopefully with Naruto or Rock Lee :D

thorax91 responds:

yes and i hope this flash inspires people to not use sprites so much. good review though. :D

[Super Mario bros Z ep 5 (old series)]

You've Stepped it Up!

Bravo Earthworm, this is one of the sprite movies that prove that these kinds of movies take skill and can create some of the most entertaining fight scenes.
---Special Effects flowed great with minimal lag (besides the smoke) and was all were very appropriate when applied
----The story has got me to stay tuned until #6, because I absolutely love how Super forms have been limited in this while still retaining the action, making the viewer YEARN to see what the final battle looks like with all 7 Chaos Emeralds.

Your style of fighting is not even directly taken from DBZ, influences yes, but there was quite an amount of realistic fighting maneuvers. The fighting moves used weren't even generic for the most part. For the correct camera positions and effects needed to pull off certain moves, it proves you have skill. Can't wait for Episode 6!

[Awesome the Hedgehog]

lol Knuckles

To take a clip that is barely a minute long with (purposely obviously) crude drawings, aside from the end, and make someone laugh even when rewatching, well that means you're doing something right.

Knuckles was obviously funny, but I keep laughing at Eggman's expression when he found out Tails was with Sonic, ashame it wasn't accepted =/

[DevilSlayer II]

Great Style

A unique, appealing style of graphics and interesting characters. There wre some parts where the voice acting could have been either louder or with more enthusiasm. The urban feeling to it was very well done and when you combine it with a supernatural theme, the product was great.

JazLyte responds:

Hey, that's what I was goin for. Thanx!

[XIN Session 18 (Finale)]

Fantastic Series

Great character developement, entertaining fight scenes, fluid music and appropiate voice actors. Funny, that the first session was barely 5 minutes while this one reaches a half an hour. Loved the ending fight scene and the dialouge was grasping without being too cheesy. Good to see the series go out with a bang and I look forward to your future projects. However, any DVD plans for the XIN series?

[Goku vs Vegeta TLD]

Great Style

Reminds me of Sonic's Quest for Power, but there is a difference in fighting style. The buu part was a bit random how they went back to fighting right away, but I assume that was intended.

GREAT use of out-side-flash graphics, what did you use to make them, photoshop/fireworks? But overall great movie, great attack effects, and good use of sprites.

DuDuL responds:

They wend back to fight (unfuse) cuz i am a god in that flash... i can do everything XD so i defused em :P <lol>
I used photoshop for effects