TharosTheDragon's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[That's the Ticket]

Guinea pigs vs. police, who are also sometimes called pigs.

I actually have a speeding trial coming up on the 12th.

[Starship EnterPizza]

Kuiper should be pronounced Kiper. So this guy's name could be spelled Cuper or Qper or something.

[Slender Man Cooks Rice]

I don't get it. What's the joke? What does rice have to do with anything?

[The Reward: Tales of Alethrion - "The First Hero"]

What software do you guys use? Was this made in Flash?

[Link VS Sonic VS Red]

You know, I've often thought about Zelda vs. Skyrim in terms of how much stuff your character is able to carry. I love seeing drawings that try to depict what that would look like in real life.

Crunchlins responds:

Thank you :) I appreciate the feedback!

[Just Sit On It [Pokemon]]

What do you know? Just a straight up Pokemon parody. Not even a self-aware one that's making fun of how many Pokemon parodies there are. How quaint.

[JRPG Parody: Intercession]

Better reupload. It won't play.

[Jewel Man Is Fabulous]

Not bad, though I don't really get some of the jokes, like why the dog isn't supposed to come with him.

I appreciate that your lip syncing fits with the pixels in the sprites. Did you make those mouth-movement sprites or are they available somewhere?

JumpNJetz responds:

Its more of a running joke that I have in my animations at the moment for some reason I cant even explain. All the mouth sprites (so far apart from from the Parrot McGee cartoon, although that still contains plenty of custom sprites) are actually custom made! :D Glad you enjoyed it!
-Jetz

[GIRL & IT]

Dude, not only is the story/animation top quality but your music is world class as well. You're Disney Pixar Studio Ghibli caliber. I don't mean the movie itself could pass as one of theirs, but considering that you're just one guy you could easily work for a top animation company, even as a high-level employee like a story consultant or something.

Others have mentioned lack of facial expressions and that's kind of an obvious gripe and it didn't bother me. You knew your limitations and you made it work. I especially makes sense for the girl to have a frozen face because she's sort of this traumatized mute. And your whole style is very much like a puppet show, so that works out just fine.

If I were to make suggestions it would mostly be about clarity in the story. I had no idea why the Flying Crow trio was chasing Sunrise at first, and maybe it's supposed to be that way because it becomes clear later on. But I think it could still use a little hint, maybe just one piece of dialogue earlier on that suggests these guys have gone rogue and aren't operating under the king's wishes. Also it's a little confusing why the empire wanted these people eradicated in the flashback. I mean of course it makes sense when we have cultural context that exists outside the scope of the movie, but the movie maybe could've done something earlier on to suggest that the situation in the movie corresponds to what we've seen in historical genocide situations. The movie ambiguously makes it seem like the mother and the daughter and the boy are special for some reason, like they're part of some bloodline that has the right to the throne. It's not really clear.

I think Sunrise's internal conflict could've been played up more before the flashback. Like he should've been more unsure of whether to kill the beast to become king or to let it live because he is befriending the beast. Of course other people mention the ambiguous focus of the story so I won't get into that. But it is a little strange that it's called "GIRL & IT" when the last quarter of the movie doesn't have "it" in it.

If only Sunrise had killed the beast and brought back its head then there could've been a happy ending. As king, he could've ended the slaughter. Maybe the beast would've understood and offered up its life.

I think what I like most about the movie is the setting. You've created such a deep and vivid and beautiful fantasy world that works so well. What language is being spoken in the movie?