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[Part7 and 8]

Well, this certainly looks nice, cool animation and style. However, it's really, really short and nothing really happens. I feel like the Movie Portal isn't really for that kind of stuff, more for things that leave you with an experience, but then, you've got 8 other movies, I'm sure you understand. I kinda feel like this could be posted as a GIF in the Art Portal. Also, I feel like you're right, you really squeezed stuff in, it feels pretty disorienting.

Psy35 responds:

i understand fully, and agree with every word i suppose it would've been better for me to open the audio file in vegas before i began animating

[DO NOT OPEN]

Truly a work of art. I don't care if it is live action, I count this as a quality comedy sketch with production value. Really though, very fun with both your deliveries. Like @NekoMika said, very reminiscent of old YouTube sketches and I think the reason for that is that it conveys the dorky buddy atmosphere very well, with stuff like the ringtones and the dumb "Gonna check my mail" song. Henry's face really was just fantastic, I cannot get enough of this man. I would watch a 5-minute short that's just a single shot of Henry making faces. He really old it all perfectly, and, my God, that epic guitar playing. Littlbox was more subdued cause he is supposed to be the same one, but it was nice and he still had plenty of charm. I feel like the sandwich exchange wasn't quite as interesting as the rest, though, just felt pretty standard, littlbox's acting during it wasn't really as good as in the rest of the movie. The end really brought it back, though, really saved it so hard.
Overall I really like what you guys did here, great vibe, funny jokes, wholesome and despite being live-action, I think it does justice to the NG community.

[La Maleta]

Nice animation and pretty fun. The concept wasn't the most original thing ever, but it was executed well. Some really nice camera movements and animation in the first half, but I feel like the second hqlf felt more consistent, cause in the first half there were some pretty jerky and stiff-looking moments. The introduction in particular wasn't great, the thing with the sign looked like it came out of nowhere, because the background was not visible and there was very little build-up to the actual sign. Felt like a pop-up roadblock at the very start of the chase. The humor was nice, though, with the crashing plane you cut from just when we're expecting it to blow up, the ricochet and the ending especially. You have some really nice and punctual comedic timing with the bullet hitting the other robot and some of the cuts, like the one to the pink robot looking after the thief.
Overall, I really like some of the stuff here, but I think maybe you tried to cram too much in when you didn't have enough time to do it, and as a result, it feels like the plot is kinda rushed. Would like to see more from you, though!

KevinTrentin responds:

thanks! Yes, in fact it is exactly what happened, everything went to the rush.
To have an idea this would originally last 3 minutes and even it was going to have a slowmotion.
but I had many difficulties during the project.
hopefully I will do it when I have time.

[Yokomation NG Intro]

That's really cool and I'm glad people are still making their own NG intros. I like the sound effects too. However, I don't think it merits uploading in the Movie Portal on its own. A GIF version cold go in the Art Portal, but I think you're better off just waiting until you upload a video that uses it as the intro.
Happy holidays and here's to a new decade!

Yokomation responds:

OK Than ;D

How about the Cel shadeing?

[The First Ever Venus Flytrap]

Nice animation and the voice acting is absolutely fantastic. Super funny, honestly. All the jokes hit the mark, though you might have gone a bit overboard with the screaming in the end. The artstyle just fits really well, has a bit of that rawness to it, but it's also pretty fluid and sufficiently cartoony. Keep it up, I'd really like to see more from you!

Thesmashdoctor responds:

thank you so much, im trying to get better, gonna keep making more for your enjoyment :D

[Super Source Bros.]

I don't know, I feel like this doesn't really work on its own outside of the collab it was meant for, at least not in the Movie Portal with no sound. It's not really a complete work, doesn't feel like a complete experience. Otherwise, it's well animated, though the guy's turn looks a bit weird and the effects and cape falling off make it a bit hard to immediately make out that he got hit.
Keep it up nonetheless.

MegaloHorse responds:

Thanks, I tried making it as smooth as possible, but this was made almost 10 months ago.
I will upload more of my newer things here but I am capped for next 24 hours.

If you want to see more of my work I have everything uploaded on my youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3uQdSwe9dETLrTocwCYxQ?view_as=subscriber

[Onions]

That was a pretty unexpected twist, I liked it. It came after another, smaller twist, cause I wasn't really expecting the mom cutting onions to be the reason he was crying at all. The dialogue was a bit weird (I don't get how he was being a baby if we look at it as mom cutting onions, as in the vegetable, isn't he supposed to be crying there? What can he do to cry less there? Doesn't really make sense). I think it also could have been a little faster and the art could have had more detail, definitely, because it was pretty slow and not that interesting to look at. I'm also not at all clear on who the characters are and where they are. It just feels like a joke but outside of any setting, which doesn't really work here, I don't know.
Keep it up, just try maybe speeding things up and working on the art a little.

comicalmemes responds:

Hi.
Thank you very much for the detailed review i really appreciate it.
I will try to improve next time :)