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[Fatal Wren Woes]

Not long enough

I don't think the movie was long enough. The concept of Santa being a werewolf (I think that was the premise) was nice, but I think that the story should have *gone* somewhere. I'm sure if you had waited until 2009 to finish this video and given more story to it, people wouldn't have cared if it was late; I wouldn't have.

But the animation was great. I loved the look of everything, especially Santa coming down the chimney and the milk spilling. I liked those effects. Unfortunately, because there was no story, it seemed like a waste.

:: Breakdown ::

Animation/Graphics - 8.5/10
I think the Animation for this movie was great, but as I said before, it seemed like a bit of a waste because there was no story to go along with it. Of course, "story" is a separate category; the reason for the 8.5/10 is because it wasn't flawless. I noticed some places.

Story - 2/10
The whole "Santa's a werewolf" concept is great, but it wasn't expanded on enough.

Sound - 4/10
Sound choice was nice. That's about all I have to say about that.

Overall - 4/10
Great animation, bad story. Get a better story next time, or at least expand on the one here. I don't like to see good ideas go to waste.

And happy new year to you too!

--alex

P.S., if anybody has a problem with my long review, I'd just like to remind them that the review space is for *reviews*. These aren't YouTube comments!

mrnihil responds:

not everything needs a story. think of it more like an animated greeting card.

[Bad Art]

lol

If it makes you feel better, I found this amusing. I love how you analyze every single picture.

[A Revolution in Animation]

lol

I loved it, especially the epic music as they are approaching the boat, and the British guy's "anger" ("stop it, stop it! i get it! stop dumping the tea! stop that! i get it!").

My suggestion would be to make sure your recordings don't clip; it makes them sound bad and unprofessional. When the people all yelled "yeah!" or whatever at the meeting, I almost jumped!

I was expecting to see a really crappy movie, but this was very funny!

--alex

P.S. I also learned that Paul Revere can tell the future

[Sonic: Christmas Greeting]

Hahaha

This movie is funny. I love how all the flickies (I think that's what they're called) keep falling into the lava.

Lava Reef zone is one of the most challenging levels in Sonic & Knuckles, imo (especially Act 2). I loved that game, especially when it was combined with Sonic 3 to make Sonic 3 & Knuckles!

[Fallen Angel Ep. 1 (Pt1)]

incredible

I've seen some pretty good Flash movies, but that beats all. Great job!

[YOU are a PIRATE!]

Too true

Good job. The only problem with linux is the fact that there is absolutely no flash stuff out there >:((

...but I like to be on the safe and legal side :)

Starogre responds:

good for you i respect that

[Captain Capitalism]

True power...

...comes from you--r money!

I love it when he lists the words. So remember, don't say sh*t, f**k, b**ch, a**, p***y, or god d*mn.

:)

[Cup o Democracy]

Too true

This is far too true.

Also, I love all the computers. I saw Wolfenstein 3-D on one of them (anti-Nazis), and half of them were at the BSoD. I also think I saw a C64 and several screens with the adventure game. The thing is, I wasn't alive for half of that :)

Great job. The media does split everything into Democrats and Republicans. What about the other *5* political parties, huh?

[Captain Capitalism: NRC]

Wow....

Wow, great job! It's hilarious!

BUT THERE'S ONE FATAL FLAW: I was born after '82, and I understand the whole communism/capitalism thing. (Special thanks goes to my World Studies class for that).

[The Piper's Waltz]

Nice animation

Great job with the animation. It takes a long time to load, but oh well. I don't know the original story, but this was still mesmerizing to watch simply for the visual quality.

--alex

It saddens me that I can't look beyond the quality of a movie's animation :(