Aalasteir's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Spooky Month: Hollow Sorrows]

Thank you so much for having an appreciation for art.

Thank you so much for creating your art. The level of dedication and respect you have for the craft deserves full recognition, and your willingness to express your creativity deserves admiration.

Music, sound design, and voice acting are all excellent. The backgrounds are amazing! The combination of dynamic character design, movement, and expressions complements each other perfectly, supporting and creating a powerful plot. The creative presentation of the camera framing made the experience absolutely amazing to watch the movie. The narrative hits emotional beats, with the variation in emotions creating a great deal of suspense and intrigue, keeping the viewer engaged and connected with the plot. It also shows significant development in the characters and the plot, with the environment supporting the narrative through all of the combined disciplines all in collaboration.

The narrative flows seamlessly from scene to scene. Legendary movie, incredible how so many people can combine all of their skills and collaborate on creating an absolute masterpiece! This is a victory for independent animation, proving once again that through dedication and respect for the process, remarkable achievements can be made: Appreciation for expression.

Everything, By Everyone.

[Jesus Part Two : Part One]

Love Jesus! Respect The Savior! All respect for The King!

The pacing of your movie is so phenomenal. The framing of the characters communicates the narrative so well and is extremely engaging. It feels very fast, and I am extremely impressed by how quickly the 4 minutes and 27 seconds went by. I felt completely immersed into the world that has been created. Absolute mastery!

[The Excursion - Part V]

The beginning is quite strong, transitioning from complete black to black and white and then to color, with significant changes in scenery. It quickly communicates the motivation of the daughter and advances the plot rapidly, establishing the narrative. I would say it's a great decision.

The mom crossing out the names in context of calling a bunch of other moms for her daughter. I feel it was a powerful scene, and communicating that she called a lot of moms through visuals is an excellent choice. "Otrogonamtias" is an interesting last name.

The many different changes in scenery is intriguing! The sound design complements your animation well.

The daughter, Lily, showing character motivation and wanting to know what she is, is good. The view of being in the dark about what happened to her and being in the mom's perspective is a good choice. The mother preparing for what's to come is scary, and the radio communication about a disaster coming is interesting; The dad, that's a very powerful monster but his control is primarily psychological.

The scene where the mom threatens to kill herself to get Lily's attention is interesting, and the monologue disclosing the character motivation Influence by the negative Influence by dad. I feel is communicated — Devourer of Sin.

I burst out laughing when the mom said that being supportive of Lily playing video games and even saying that it can be a career, even though she would prefer if she didn't, was very thoughtful indeed.

Conclusion of your film is very nice, excellently done. She is only human XD it's good they went home.

[The Excursion - Part IV]

At 00:43, I would like to specifically state that this scene, with the car moving and all the buildings, is very unique. The movement of the characters is really nice, and their expressions are interesting.

Never defecating—I can't imagine a bigger curse to be cursed by.

Also! What a great husband, very kawaii indeed!

[Fun Game!]

Music choice is fucking sick. The bouncy tits got a great laugh out of me! The punchline is well executed. Great fun entry for Robot Day!

[The Excursion - Part III]

Really appreciate the great variation in the backgrounds and the numerous frames of animation, as they add a lot of life and movement to the film. The unique animation frames contribute significantly to its appeal. Additionally, there is a well-executed build-up to the dog attack scene, and the girl's unconscious defense adds to the overall intrigue of your movie.

[Birthday]

The Aussie voices are appreciated, I could again mention the recurring themes: anime girls, horror, violence, and mother-daughter relationships and dynamics. This is an interesting and quite different plot you've created, with a greater focus on animation, more backgrounds, and again the white stick figure with the ancient Halo appears on a tree. Showing perspective of the daughter character, waking up in the hospital. From the attack from her mom. Subtle sound effects and adding ambience enhance the scene.

The tone presented is dramatic, and then it becomes comedic. It is a long setup, but I think it's funny. The message of "if there's a hole, there's hope" is quite strong XD and the story is nice. The other services that could help out are all basically crossed out and unreadable. Perhaps that's from her perspective. As she sits under the bench until it becomes dark. It's a sad and powerful scene; showing the progression of time.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY! The context of how that message is given is very sad. It's a powerful closing conclusion with great execution. The implied story is impactful, communicative of the troubles situation Katie is in. It is emotionally devastating.

[Funny Joke]

Recurring themes are appearing in your movie: Robots, anime girls. Background gags featuring comedic text, such as the warning sign, cat hanging from a tree, and magic giant rock.

The focus is on two characters having an exchange, with one character being silly and the other being serious.

Additionally, there is a quick element of horror that quickly appears and disappears at the specific frame of 218.

Setup of the knock-knock joke and the silly character being scolded for not making the serious
character laugh. What is unexpected is that it does not end violently, which is quite unexpected!

From my perspective. It seems you enjoy creating your movies more when you are doing the voices.

[The Excursion - Part II]

That is such a sick name; I can't even comprehend that combination of words in my head. Very cool. The many different backgrounds, there is a prevalent theme of the lead characters being female in your movies. Her being restrained to the pentagram, is a good powerful scene. I appreciate that there is this emotional scene of crying, from the mom. The daughter reacting embarrassed. It's good to have the plot go through different emotions and have them be expressed. I would say it's an amazing technique for driving engagement and communicating to the audience. The plot builds rapport with the characters through expressing emotional elements that can be understood by the audience.

Many unique scenes and frames are well appreciated. Good choice of ambiance. I would say that the screen is way too loud, though that could be my own personal preference. A lot of effort was put into really hammering in that the scene is scary, and the subtle effect of cracks around the door really emphasized how terrifying that situation is.

[Like Overseer, Like Subordinate]

The robot designs are well-exaggerated with the multitude of guns, flame throwers, and rockets. The white stickman drawing with the Halo strikes me with interest. The backgrounds feel like a juxtaposition between the hand-drawn robot and the straight backgrounds.

Let's be honest, they're not wrong about mankind. It's not completely off. I would say genocide is quite rude, and it's not something I would recommend anyone embarking upon.

Even if they are a robot!

A recurring design! I also notice the turquoise-headed girl with, I would say, robot-like headphones, or it might be a bit of her hair. Although she doesn't have pink eyes! That character reminds me of a female character with scars on her head who is going to be featured again in some form in another design of yours. So, it's interesting to see the designs being a recurring theme. I'm interested to know if they represent something specific.

Many of the characters are depicted in uniforms, school attire, and suits for men, which are a big theme. Additionally, many of your movies are set in a city, and the ambiance emphasizes this urban environment where the stories take place.

Text is prominently featured as a vehicle for comedic delivery. "Help, help! I'm being oppressed. Hire a lawyer and cheat the system!" I enjoy your comedy being presented as it gives a lot of life and personality to your movies.

You made this for Robot Day hosted by MindChamber. I wonder how your process was for writing the dialogue and where the inspiration or incentive for this came from. It reminds me a bit of Africa Dudes with the dialogue between two characters being the focus, and the camera zooming in. I do appreciate that little flame, and the way when he speaks, the red dot reflects the speech is a good touch.

My experience with your animation is quite positive. The monologue was interesting, and the pun of the female robot saying, "I never processed it that way," I find to be quite funny due to the contrasting position of the speech on the destruction of humanity and how they are the architects of their own doom.