redminus's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lotions and Baskets]

lulz

pretty good, not only am i amazed that there's a silence of the lambs musical to begin with, but its funny how long this went on for too.

ALSO congrats on managing to freak people out with stuff that appears to be subliminal messaging.

i love how riled up certain people are getting over the "subliminal messages", which in case anyone was wondering are 1st, a stylized drawing of the guys from Family Guy which flashes onscreen for one frame, and 2nd, text that says "he wasnt wearing any pants for the entire duration of the song D:"

[Press Start: Up to Code]

OMFG

i didnt think i would like this because i'm so SO sick of the video game parodies that happen on NG non-stop. but seriously, holy crap, did you ever rip that genre a new one. mad props, the wit was sharp, the concept was completely fresh, the pace was just right, and all of the references were on point too. thank you for raising the bar of gaing humor.

[Twilight:Broodening SUCKS]

lawlz.

actually the point that vampires aren't real to begin with is pretty good, but all the same, the original was pretty good. and i still send the link to people so eat my dick. nice followup though, i actually spat loljuice all over my monitor when i saw the last shot with your head shopped on. swish!

[Everything by Everyone]

not bad

ultimately a pretty good effort to make renditions of over 40 different styles, its hard enough to animate in your own style let alone reinterpret someone elses. nice job.
the song made me lose the boner that i had though : /

[Twilight: The Broodening]

ACTUALLY,

i haven't seen the movie or book at all but now i feel like not only have i basically seen it for all intents and purposes, but still totally got the jokes and it was funny as hell. so yeah i don't think you need to add more content or more flash drawings/effects. swishh

[Like Poetry]

excellent

While it is probably understandable that certain people whose favorite flashes include "butt fight", "butt romance" and various video game parodies might not enjoy watching a flash that doesn't provide them with the same quickly gratifying cheap humor, it should be noted nonetheless that this is an excellent short and fully deserving of the front page.

The pace of the story and the simplicity of the animation created a wonderful, slightly eerie and (admittedly, relatable) mournful feel. Aside from the fact that it's great to see someone on this site offering something aside from nintendo spoofs and cock jokes, it was also interesting to see how much impact can be achieved with a more minimalist style. Great work.

[Me Bill]

ahem

im going to go out on a limb and guess, or assume, or suggest, in response to what sems to be what everyone has trouble understanding, is that the 'happiness' that the greyed out characters seem to have is mindless and false, and pales in comparison to the happiness that is possible for people whose souls have not become inhibited and 'redirected' by society's expectations.
in other words, the only reason that they are happy is because they are stupidly obeying and find a kind of bliss-in-ignorance where, because they follow "the system", are rewarded accordingly whether or not they are true to themselves. or at least true to what their selves were, at one point, before their individuals were devalued.
society is set up so that people can 'succeed' without thinking or feeling. if all people want is to go to school (or not), get a 'good job', get married, buy a house with a white picket fence, and have kids to complete and restart the cycle, then that path is laid out like a board game, as the whole of society is eager to accept more cogs in its machine.
to go against this is what is truely challenging.
I give a 9 because the animation wasnt the BEST, though still ambitious, but the concept was one that i've always noticed rearing its head in a lot of real life situations.

[Nocturnus]

phenominal

i think i had the same disorder, this all feels very familiar...
excellent job getting a really unsettling feel, you were able to make it seem tense even with more cartoon-type characters.
the soundtrack was perfectly appropriate too.
swishhhh

[Ghost Crush.]

excellent feel

clearly lots of thought and planning went into this... i love the clever use of raster images (painted backgrounds it looked like?) and all of the tones that you were able to get by blending the different elements.
the left-field concept sealed the deal... one of the best i've seen this year in terms of the more artistic side of flash

[Madness-Solipsistic part1]

word

good flash and in a lot of ways more 'madness' than the real madness series... the best part of this was actually the little shout outs and weird references.... the banana dancing across the screen and the slushie clock on that guy's desk? i wouldnt be surprised if i missed way more too. awesome.