DarkKiranami's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Russian Mafia on Mars]

Nice.

I like how you put such meaning into your flashes without giving it away in your comments - instead letting us figure it out ourselves. What I saw in this - despite the feeling that I'm missing some required knowledge - was that the first ones on Mars (the Mafia) ruled with their weapons (hence the guy masturbating in his gun, basically saying that he uses it alot). When the second group came (the Aliens), they beat the Mafia, but in doing so, they became no better than the Mafia was in terms of the way they ruled, and on goes the cycle of tyranny. The parts I didn't seem to get was with the bird and its pole - I'm guessing it represents a country? Anyway, very well thought out and animated, and the music fit your abstract style very well - 10/10, as I can't see any kind of flaws in this seeing as it looks so professionally done. Things like these deserve to be 5'd, and that's exactly what I'll do. Thanks for this intriguing flash :]

[Der Eskimo Tanz]

Very nice.

It was a bit on the short side, but that doesn't mean it wasn't entertaining.

Good Job.

[Conditions2: Consequences]

There should be more depth.

I wasn't sure that you could pull it off at the beginning because of how weak the plot felt, and my suspicions seem to be right. The only thing you need is more depth. Since this is only the second in the series, barely anywhere in the plot and it says to be concluded in the next episode, it leads me to the conclusion that this series is lacking in story depth (so far that is). This appears to be the beginning of a story - a man embittered by the death of his wife due to the unbending rules of a device. The only thing is, he has to do something now or it seems almost pointless. I could be wrong though, depending on where you take this in the next episode, I'm just uncertain on how you will fit in a meaningful plot in the next one.
On the flash - great animation and graphics, voice acting was decent. Remember that the plot has to go somewhere, that's the thing you need most here as far as I can tell.

DJJ-asshole responds:

Don't worry.

I make movies the way I feel like it, so wether there's a plot or not, I just want to finish telling a story I made up.

But somehow, I can guarantee you, the story of Red is to allow the story to grow towards the plot.

[Conditions1:The New Reign]

I don't know...

Can the people see where they are moving atoms even though they are so small? Does the device automatically create things with the atoms based on what thing you choose to make? How does the ability to materialize anything at any time help cops to keep the peace, if it is just something that will make weapons and other harmful things (since you could just buy those things in the first place, it's not like they haven't been used before). Not sure where you're going to go with the plot since it seems kind of shaky, but if you can make it work, go for it.
In some parts of the speech the guy said redundant things, you should try to minimize the parts where you repeat things. It looks like the most important part of this series would be conditions in which a person could remove another's device (obviously because it's named conditions), other than that we'll just have to wait and see what you do. Anyway, the flash was decent, but you could work more on the voice acting and syncing. Other than that, just choose wise scene set-ups and you're good to go :]

[Selva]

Amazing

I watched this on whim, and boy was I lucky to have done that because this is a very artful flash. Great use of tweening and you nailed the folktale style. I'm not familiar with Slavonic legends but what I got from this is that it is basically about the death and rebirth of the earth. I liked your use of transitions and I especially liked how you came to the ending (or should I say beginning) , very nostalgic. Very skilled animation and great portrayal of a folktale, I'll give you a five.

[TWEEN: A Flash Odyssey]

Very good.

It was short, to the point, and hilarious. It's one of those things where you don't even need dialogue to understand how funny it is. This was a gem of a flash and as Swordstick76 said it was very intelligent. There was nothing wrong with it as it got the point across (if it wasn't just for sheer hilarity XD) perfectly and was very funny so I'll give this a 5.

[You Love This Movie]

Very good

It was funny especially when one of the guys says, "trace bitmap faster illwill..."

I admit I didn't think it was going to be worthwhile in the beginning, but it was. Great flash and I hope you make more.

RSQViper responds:

Thank you very much. Glad to see you stuck with it and watched the whole thing.

[Health Reminder]

Laws of attraction

I believe you are referring to the power of the subconcious mind. The mind has a part that one uses to reason, maybe to think to themselves, basically anything you are aware you are thinking. That part is the conscious mind. The other part is what you are unaware of - the subconscious mind. The subconscious mind doesn't control you, rather you control it by feeding it your own beliefs. If you truly believe something, your subconscious mind receives that and works to make it happen in mysterious ways. Basically if you truly believe you are healthy, the subconscious mind will work inside of the body to make that true, the opposite will also happen - which is why many people remain sick. The subconscious mind can also work outside of the body as well (Example: Have you ever been just thinking about someone and immediately received a call from them?). Some people don't believe in anything of the sort, such as subliminal messaging, but though you can be affected by it, it can't make you do anything you wouldn't want to. If you were to tell yourself something just because you wanted it to happen, it wouldn't work, if you believed in what you said to yourself, it would. The outcome making suggestions to your subconscious mind never happens at an exact time, it comes along with life.

Now I'm wondering why I just typed all that XD. So yeah, that's what it means when you hear that overused line "believe in yourself" in the movies. Choose not to believe in something more, and you will live a boring life without noticing anything else but your physical world, choose to believe and you will eventually see the bigger picture.

If you think positively you will happy and healthy, that's what this means to me.

[Sonic Switch Part 1]

Awesome :]

It was a little awkward, but not nearly as much as most other Sonic flashes. It seemed like you got the feeling of the situation down, which is very good. It's a great idea, very presentable, the only thing I see you might need to work on for the next one is less awkward movements (not that they were a huge problem). Loved it, keep it up and don't let the story get weak :]

[Duck.fla Spin]

Practice.

It wasn't very good, let's start off with that. Now from what I can tell you really did put some honest effort into it - judging by the comment you left - and that is respectable. The main reason for why it was not quite a good flash are that you recycled the same poorly drawn duck, a swinub, and a clock for the whole song. If you had done some frame-by-frame animation and some coloring + shading, it would have come out nicer, more presentable. Now take this as a base project, and make more - each improving on the previous one - and you will become much better at this. Not putting you down, just some "constructive criticism", hone your skills until you can compete with the best.

To the people leaving enraged reviews:
Whether or not he is really trying hard or not, there is no reason to swear or say horrible things, just leave an understandable comment or rating, and leave it at that.

If you are serious about making quality flashes, i'll cheer you on. If not, then you may continue making things like this for the rest of your life. Just practice now and again, and you will get better, guaranteed.