GnomeZome's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chaotic Heart: By the Fire (Episode 2)]

Solid world building and foreshadowing.
It's pretty incredible the contrast of pacing and tone between this and the first chapter, but I think it is quite smart to catch attention with a showy and skillful scene, and then flesh out the characters as you did here.
You did a good balance of show and tell with this piece, and foreshadowed future foes, mounting hardships, and soft revelations of character and motivation.
Small moments like these in a narrative can be huge, like the crew's banter in Firefly made that show memorable, and certainly not the early 2000s CG.
I think you had some missed opportunities with playing with the campfire's shadow's but that is a worn trope, often used to denote menace of the past or future.
Also your audio mixing in this piece was a little muddled, but for the level of effort you are putting else where is very understandable.
Maybe a few spare hours honing mixing would push your craft further, but I want to stress you are quite impressible proficient in many hats(jobs and skills).
Thank you for making this.

[Yu-Gi-Oh ft. Dogs (Still Life)]

All dogs may go to heaven, but some still go to the shadow realm.
I think this is a case of less is more, and love it.
Thank you for making this.

[Isabelle: Day Drinker]

The tail of the dog that bit yah, yeh?
I think we can all agree Isabelle deserved a vacation, but hopefully she maintain her restraint better than this.
I think you let the audio carry this in some very smart ways, including by letting the motion que to the stilted speech so you could focus on the key frames matching the stilted exclamations.
Over all very clever and funny.
Thank you for making this.

[DOPAMINE]

The greatest enemy you will ever have is yourself, but also, that foe is your greatest friend.
I feel this piece really explores the subliminal part of a mind, and dose so i an warm, and extremely kind manner.
Also the music starting off slightly discordant, and then subtly coming to co-inside with another tone really works amazingly well with the story you are telling.
That shadowy other in some ways reminds me of peter pan, desperate to catch his shadow, when normally we can never hope to run from our own.
Thank you for making this.

[burnout]

Thank you for your work, and efforts, and know I see them as real.
This is a wonderfully bitter sweet moment caught in simple repetition.
Thank you for making this.

[WIYULD]

A strong moon girl and devil dinosaur meet the Flintstones vibe going on here.
It definitely a fun video, and I am impressed by your Juxtaposition of the lyrics/spoken word and very apt visuals.
Especially the nesting dino, seeming to worry and hope about the future.
Fun, light, and just good.
Thank you for making this,

personnotstudying responds:

Wow! Thanks for the in depth review! You're super spot on and I'm glad you liked it <3<3<3

[Effort]

They say no man is an island, but sometimes I can all certainly have some very private motivations.
I think one of the best things about the world today is the ease, and availability of art, and tools to make art.
While the means that some one seeing a work, and recognizing it's effort and worth, might be unlikely as finding a single grand of sand lost on a beach, I think the pursuit to find fertile ground for self expression is incredible valuable for the individual artist, and the any potential observer.
To invoke the story of one of my favorite artists, Van Gogh, he created with a burning passion that was never truly celebrated while he was alive.
In any case I deeply enjoyed this simple, but innately true musing on finding an audience.
Thank you for making this.
(We love you too Clock Crew- May no Newgrounder ever B with your timely work.)

Foxcato responds:

Thank you for your wonderful review.

[Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game: The Intro Animated]

Now this is a cause I can get behind.
You did well with your take on the opening, and I appreciate your efforts to get a game that never should have left back.
I actually here there is a similar situation with the Simpson Arcade game by Konami from back in the 90's, and now that I realize Disney is part of all that, I see we might never see that one again.
In any case, way to go!
Thank you for making this.

[B-Ball - Ennui: the Show]

That is certainly one way to get dunked on.
I really enjoyed the diffrent speech bot voices, and felt it complimented the rough but well styled visuals.
Overall I feel it was well compose and a good laugh.
Thank you for making this.

[Plants]

Nice!
I really like your choice of music for this,
i was also impressed by how savvy you where in ratio you placed the animation in.
It's fits well with the phone/tablet format, but I didn't feel like that choice confines the piece.
Finally I really enjoyed the warmth and liveliness of your animation, as it makes it very natural, which, oddly enough, in very hard thing to do.
Thank you for making this.

LinkTCOne responds:

Thanks, I wrote the music for the animation so I'm glad it works :)

Thanks for the kind words!