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[The Audacity!]

I liked this. The art and animation were surprisingly nice and I found the story actually interesting. I can see you like doing this.
Like I said, the art was nice, but your character felt a bit simple-looking. The thicc lines and lack of detail kinda stood out, considering the rest of the art was a lot more interesting. I especially liked the visualization of the Italian place, the creeping fear, etc. I feel like the part where everyone's reactions were described was kinda slow, because you didn't show their dishes. I guess it was necessary, but I don't know, maybe you could have shortened it a little bit. It started being too much on the middle sister part.
The narration was pretty charming. I feel like it sounds like a lot of storytime animators, but I couldn't help but enjoy it, your tone is so soothing and nice. Not monotone though. Liked how you occasionally rhymed and did things to make it more fun.
Overall, this was nice and more than I expect from storytime, though j haven't seen much storytime tbh. Keep it up, and mainly work on your art, though it's already pretty good. Maybe leave some stuff out as mentioned earlier, but visual presentation is nice overall.

AnimatedStruggle responds:

Gotcha! Thanks for the feed back. I'm still in pre- production for the next video, and I'm glad I saw this. I'll definitely up the quality in this next one.

[Mr. Potato Man]

This was a great one! It's so nice that you keep experimenting with styles. Seemed a bit different this time. Colors were super nice, I loved the atmosphere. Animation was really great, and this feels like a spiritual sequel to Trish's birthday party, because of the way everything's happening in one place, one frame. You did an outstanding job with that. Loved how much was happening on screen and it merits multiple watchings, and all of it was animated nicely. Love how these characters interact with each other. Trish petting the potato man, Chut and Red Skeleton fighting as usual, etc. Interesting how Chutney was the sensible one this time around. The escalation was nice, too. Everything leads into another thing. Loved the moment Chutney poured spit on Trish and she woke up and drank it only to spit it out at poor RS. Oh man, that ending left me laughing, and it's fairly rare for things to make me laugh on the internet (though I think I do it more frequently now). The sound was really nice as well. Trish's laugh...wow. how majestic. Now I know how she laughs. Seriously, how do you find perfect sounds for everything? Do you make them yourself? Also, I liked the design for Potato Man.
Keep it up, man, I've spruced up the review a bit now.

ChutneyGlaze responds:

Yes review trickster likes it!

[Sonic Da Movie Trailer]

That was actually really nice animation. I liked the way the flashlight panned, it was pretty stylish. The story is, as has been brought to my attention, based on the trailer. I liked it, it was a logical way for things to go (in the scenario where the dude aims a little bit higher and to the left). I apologise for my earlier mistake. Ending music fit nicely and the end itself was pretty good. Maybe there could have been an extra punchline, but it was funny this way too.

[Squash and stretch clip]

It's pretty good and I like stop-motion, it can be very interesting. However, I hope you'll understand, not much happens here and it could have gone as a gif in the Art Portal. Works in the Movie Portal should have some degree of completion, you know. While, yes, this was a completed test (I liked the animation), it needs to feel like somewhat of a complete experience. Doesn't have to be long or really even have a story, but something substantial has to happen and you have to (or should) feel something watching it. Not like being sad or anything, just being entertained by a piece of entertainment. I look forward to seeing more from you!

["kenami scene" test]

Pretty interesting for a test. Even could qualify for a short. Pretty nice animation, but I like the way you did things here. The little dudes were an interesting twist, and then the huge hands, and the crash. Then the simple solution at the end. Like the way things escalated. The dude's movements were also pretty expressive. Maybe if he had reacted a bit more at the end to teleporting across the room by unknown means. I think it'd have added to the humor. I think the static moments are also a bit long (reboot and after). Keep it up, I hope to see more interesting stuff from you!
Revised review and bumped rating up to 3.

[Car Crash]

That was very nicely animated and I liked the creepy floaty dudes. The guy's reaction was good too, though we really didn't see anything that would pull him out like that. Seemed cliched.
This had a cool concept, but you didn't fully build atmosphere with the short time you had. I think you could have either had all-enveloping silence until the end and then activated the ding ding seatbelt thingy or had the ding be the only sound and drown everything else out, giving an impression of inevitability, doom, etc.
Overall a neat concept, but you need to really take advantage of everything when you do these short ones. You need to make it unique, memorable. I'd love to see you make another one though!

[DedmosRebuilt.fla]

Well that... raised more questions than it answered.
This had soooo much payoff, and it was needed, too, considering the rest of the series was all glitchy and Deimos was just getting pummeled for most of it. I feel like the music reflected that. Suspenseful at the start, then fun and energetic through the middle, then back to suspenseful at the end with the approach of the cliffhanger.
The action in this one certainly was different. The idea of G0L3M-sized grunts/1337s/ATPs was really interesting. It finally let those guys do something and survive more than 1 or 2 punches. Really liked the extra brutality in the kills. I feel like Deimos became OP very suddenly. This shady sort of organization also cane kinda out of nowhere, I thought. I'm guessing it was the guys from CHASE.fla. They just hadn't been seen in so long. However, it was so satisfying to see Deimos dodging chains and OBLITERATING PEOPLE WITH ROCKS. Like hooooly shit! Brutality all the way! I loved how he did so many flips and everything. It was less complicated action, he usually took them one at a time, but the acrobatics and the sheer weight was what made it stand out. You could just feel the anger boiling in him from the way he started stomping dead bodies, pulverizing grunts' faces. He got more aggressive than MAG Hank currently is. Then when he took the shades. He looks so edgy lol, but raw and violent.
The story progressed nicely here, though, like I said, things ramped up a bit fast considering the rest of the series (not really this episode's fault, it was definitely needed, just seemed like kind of a sudden and that whole business with the dudes pulling Deimos out... or in? It actually seemed to me like the plus-sized grunt world may have been the real world, there were no glitches except the ones coming from Deimos himself. This one really seemed o bandon both continuity and recurring elemtents. Probably could have had a part at the start where he overpowers his demons. Really confused right now, but I suppose answers will come. Or wait, is this the final entry? It's not, right? Then again, this is supposed to be five stages of grief? In my experience it's always 5 stages of grief. This would be acceptance, he accepts the madness (pun intended) and utilizes it, gaining crazy powers.
Either way, keep it up, man!

[Annabel Lee (Poe)]

Well, I appreciate someone doing a Poe poem. The assets seem to be taken from somewhere, but there were some nice moments, particularly towards the end and with the angels, those were great. However, the faces were a bit one-emotioned and the bit of narration during the angel part was a bit hard to understand.
The music was pretty fitting for the artstyle, a kind of fun spoopy thing, carny music kinda. I think maybe the narration was a bit too fast-paced. The jumpscare at the end was cheap and not at all scary, but, I don't know, this thing is exactly like a carny, it's clearly not meant to be taken too seriously, it's a bit of spooky entertainment, so, in that sense, it works.
I'm not sure how I feel about Poe being done this way, but, in the end, if you had just done a bit more original art and animation for this, it would have been a solid movie, so try doing that in the future.

[Crazy Customers]

Oh, that was a great one! Insane characters all throughout, escalating too. Great ending callback, really good jokes and narration (the truck postcard, the yahtzee thing, the entire description of Mortega, etc.) Loved the visual gags too, like the "aborted fetus".
Keep it up and keep picking interesting topics like this!