Swim-The-Swan's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Captain Violence]

Wow...

Courtney Lealock... man I remember when you where doing voices for my shitty little Halo animation. Now front page flash? Good job dude, you really moved up.

Props to the animator as well, really slick.

9/10

sorbitol responds:

HAHA! Thanks for the great review!

I actually tried to find the Halo cartoon you were talking about but I couldn't seem to find Courtney's name in the credits. Did you delete it or something?

The game was pretty good though! (Better than anything I'll ever be able to program!)

Thanks again, mister!

:D

[We Hate It]

God I hate all these people...

Whoop-Dee-Fuck there was another version of this. So fucking what? That doesnt change the fact that this has good animation. Like, is there some fucking rule against making a music video to a song someone else did? No. So stop bitching, theres nothing wrong with this.

SpaceWalk responds:

thank you man that's what I'm saying

[URTUM TR33!!?? LOL!!1]

emo'z?

I think if those emo kids stopped being emo then nobody would hate them so much and they wouldn't have to shoot up their schools like that.

MonsterMunchClock responds:

Americans suck at dodging bullets

[Madness Neurosis Collab 3]

Wow...

Krinkles would be proud, guys.

LittleLuckyLink responds:

Thanks

[Autumn Tree]

"Elephant" Anyone?

Im guessing that this was inspired by the movie "Elephant". Alot of scenes in this where really similar to those in the film. The scene where they tell the kid in the parking lot that "serious shit is about to happen". The scene where the teacher runs and gets shot in the back and the kid says 'bitch'. Some of it was accurate aswell such as the "do you believe in god?" bit and the part where 'andy' comes up and they let him go(though i think the real kid had a different name).

Another thing I noticed is the music you used, its also from the film Elephant. I can understand being influenced by that movie, its really a mind blower. I give this cartoon a 7/10

AloneInTheDark responds:

Thanks for the review. Elephant is indeed a very good movie. However, all the situations in the flash were animated after research. The 'serious shit is about to happen' part was literally said according to wikipedia. The only part similar to elephant is the 'bitch' part.
The music isn't from elephant either. The main score is by Fernando Sor, a classical composer who i stumbled upon after browsing through my cd collection. The other songs have nothing to do with elephant either.
I think some people compare this to Elephant because it basically uses the same approach on the theme. A very nihilistic, almost documentary approach. I think this is the only approach that works for the columbine topic. Putting the emphasis on action, drama or personal opinion would ruin the movie in my opinion.
Thanks for the review

[Halo: Orions Spartans I]

Awesome halo vid...

Pros:
-Excellent storyline
-You actually know some stuff about halo and the books, you arent just an dumb nub
-Very well done animation
-Lots of action
-Top grade sound effects

Improve Upon:
-Kinda choppy
-Some of the spartans voices sound quality was bad

But overall an amazing movie man. Keep up the good work!
9/10

Enzer0 responds:

Xbl quailty is hard to boost, so its hard but thanks for your review!

[HALOMEN Preview]

THIS SHOULD GET FRONTPAGE

This should get daily feature, frontpage and go into the Halo collection. Im gonna recommend it for the Halo collection right now!

danomano65 responds:

thank you very much. i went ahead and did the tankmen collection so im glad it has both ends recommended now.