BananasFoster's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Great Chimp Heist]

You never cease to impress me!

I disagree wholeheartedly with the reviewer below me (MexiKiwi7). I can see where with any of your videos, the particular humor in one may not work for everyone viewing it, but I think that goes to show that you're good about switching things up so that you aren't always making essentially the same animation each time.

What I liked:

- First and foremost, your lyrics are sort of beautiful in a sense (that may seem silly to say, given the content). I love how poetic it is, and how it can be humorous one moment but tender the next. I particularly like Hernando and Fernando's lines, just because of how those lines are delivered so eloquently, but really I love it all because you have truly given all of your characters their own distinct personalities.

- I shouldn't even need to say this, but your art and animation continue to impress me. It's all smooth, doesn't look tweened, is simple yet detailed. There's nothing not to like, here.

- I liked Space Duck when you first put it out on Newgrounds, and got a little worried when I saw you wrote that you remixed it for this animation. Sometimes that can be disastrous, and seem sort of redundant, but you completely changed that song in way that I actually like it better now. I'm impressed. Your song and lyrics are very catchy, so I think you made the right choice.

- Your concepts are always so out there and simplistic, which is really the beauty of them. Just having this gang of people rocking their asses back and forth while discussing smuggling drugs in a monkey is so weird but perfect for your target audience. I think everyone appreciates these short loops. I loved the personalities you've made for your characters, such as how they all have their own unique dances that you have them sort of do in each animation you make. It's always funny to notice little things like that, and I think it helps people endear your characters.

Improvements:

I always feel like these have such interesting beginnings that they could be elaborated upon and made longer, but that doesn't mean that what you have isn't good or really needs improving. I just think you should keep doing things how you've been doing them. Also, do you work on your animation projects simultaneously? I know you released another one recently... and I am wondering if you are just really fast at pumping these things out individually, or if you work on them all at the same time?

Anyway, overall I feel you did fantastic once again. This didn't feel like a recycle of old material or redundant at all, which I think some people may expect. This felt like you truly put time into it just like all of your other work. Great job, once again!

Sexual-Lobster responds:

thanks bananasfoster!

i would prefer to not overlap projects but i always seem to end up doing that. right now ive got 3 unfinished films that i need to get done over the next few months.

[Mushroom King]

You're getting there..

I agree with KindDavid about some stuff, but I'll just include it in my review.

Good points:

- Your story wasn't bad, and I think you pulled it off well. The progression was swift and flowed well; I didn't get bored and annoyed like I do with some other animations.

- I liked your music choices for this, and I think I just favorited both of those songs. Thanks for utilizing the audio portal! Definitely helps the music artist get exposure, too!

- I really enjoyed your voices; they were believable for who they were portraying, they were crisp and clear, not annoying by any means, and I can tell whoever helped you with supplying the voices was very comfortable with you (which is always helpful!)

- I liked how you did your subtitles - easy to read on that black bar, and it seemed like you spelled everything correctly and had good grammar (a lot of people forgo both of these things, so it's refreshing to see someone not making a ton of spelling errors).

Improvements:

-Like KindDavid said, your character design could use some work. It's definitely not terrible or anything, but more could have been added to make them less 'generic'.

-Your animating is pretty choppy in most places - not terribly choppy -but still very noticeable. I'm sure you'll improve with each animation you make though, so I'm not too bothered by this. Your concept also didn't call for too extensive animation (no action scenes and whatnot), so that kind of helped you get around that.

- The lip syncing was pretty awkward at times, but still much better than other stuff I see. I would use more inbetweens in your lip syncing and just get more practice in general. I'm sure you'll get much better with this over time, too!

Overall:

I enjoyed your concept, and you did very good for your time constraints, hence why I am giving you an 8. Your voice actors were good choices; perhaps you will use them again in more animations. Your art shows promise, as does your animation, and I'm sure you'll get better at these things with more practice. I hope you make more, because you show a lot of potential!

neeko responds:

Thanks for the words of encouragement. Trust me when I re watched it for the millionth time during making it I wanted fix a bunch of things but time was pretty short.

The funny thing about the lip sync is I was using a book that had a " how to section". Then as I was working saw it was missing specific letters. You can imagine how fun that was.

[David Dancing to Nyan :0]

Not horrible for your first submission..

..but it could have a lot of improvement!

First and foremost, though; in your author comments, don't put "It's not that great..." or else you're going to have your viewers judging your video before they have even seen it! Even if that's what you truly believe, and probably the truth, you're bagging you're own video before others can judge it for themselves. Try instead saying what you spent a lot of time on; "I made this, and though I am new at this, I spent a lot of time on the coloring and the lip syncing." or something, ANYTHING to help boost peoples' opinions. If you bash your own video while they wait for it to load, how much of a chance are they going to give it?

I gave you a three because it seems you did try, but I feel you can do a lot better. If you continue to practice I'm certain you can make really good animations. I would watch tutorials on Newgrounds, as they are very informative, helpful, and easy-to-follow if you are a beginner. I would span out and try something more complex next time, like perhaps, adding other characters, a storyline, and some dialogue (not necessarily even voice overs; subtitles can be good, too!). Comic book-style animation is also pretty neat, and not overly-difficult if it's something that interests you.

Overall, I think you made a very small loop that gives the viewer an idea that you are at least toying with Flash and figuring out how to animate, but I think if you practice practice practice, you could have potential to make much better stuff. Believe in yourself. You do seem to know how to draw, but the more you practice, the more refined your style will become, and people will begin to notice your work more.

Good luck, and I hope you continue making new stuff and sharpening your skills!

davidsevenfold responds:

actually, my first submission got shot down, this is my second, im glad that its still up, and thanks :)

[Pleasure Island 2]

Ehhh, I love all your stuff!

You are wonderfully creative.

Here is what I enjoy:

- Your voices; they are always crisp and clear, and they match your characters well. Often when I watch animations on Newgrounds, it is alarmingly obvious that amateur voice actors were used. Your animations always have very pleasant-to-the-ears voice actors, which is very refreshing. I never fear about what I am about to hear (at least not in a bad way!).

-You are so great with colors and character designs. Everything is pretty to the eyes, especially with these Pleasure Island episodes. Your characters definitely took you some thought, too, which is nice. They don't seem run of the mill at all.

-You are good at animating; everything is smooth and well-done, not laggy, and you seem to tween very much (at least if you do, it is difficult to tell). Your animations are smooth and flow together well, and you pull off effects nicely, too.

-Your music and sound effect choices are great (I really liked the gunshot sound when the guy jumped out of the fenced in area towards the 'Walrus Pit.') I like how you had particular music fade in and out depending on the scene, too - helps the mood.

-Your ideas are really nice. I just love the feel of your animations, and how I feel like I might have an uncomfortable rash somewhere on my body after witnessing what I've just seen (that's a compliment, by the way).

Overall, great job! Keep pumping out more stuff!

Sexual-Lobster responds:

thanks!

[Zelda- Link and the Pig]

Wow!

Well, I know I'm supposed to be working on my own animation for my class right now... buuut, I am going to review this instead!

I LIKED:

-The voice. Wasn't annoying, worked with the character, and wasn't stale. Good for the job it needed to do!

-Lovely animation. Everything flowed pretty good. I like how animated the characters were, which must have taken a bit of time on your part.

-Great music choices. They were all Zelda-scores, so that made it feel "at home" with itself. You put the specific songs in appropriate places, too, which of course makes it flow well and more organized instead of random nonsense music put everywhere without any thought.

-Good story. It was quirky, funny, to-the-point and wasn't drawn out shorter or longer than it needed to be. More animations should be like that so they don't degrade what is good about it. Keep it simple, which you did, and you did a wonderful job!

-Nice humor. This may be more subjective, but from what I can see, a lot of people would agree with me that you successfully made this funny. Zelda fans alike would get all of the references.

I DIDN'T LIKE:

-Nothing, really. I'm also in a great mood right now, but even if I wasn't, this was very pleasant and you did a wonderful job. Keep up the great work, and I hope to see more from you in the future!

ArtistGamerGal responds:

Thanks for the great review! Now... DO YOUR CLASSWORK!

[Caveman Preview]

Good start!

This isn't bad--in fact, with more fine-tuning I'm sure it could be considerably good. It looks like you have a distinct, fluid style, and you definitely have artistic skills and the ability to animate. It certainly needs more work done to it (assuming you're going to develop this more), but this is a great start.

Galneda responds:

Believe me, I will! Considering deleting this submission before submitting the full-thing, but it's whatever happens...STILL gotta work on it.