RonaldRaven's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pico 2 Gameplay Demo]

crazy motha...

Tom, man, seriously. If you're going to make and post a "gameplay demo", do it right. Don't look at me like that - you know what I mean!

[Societal Puppeteer (Ep.2)]

Very nice

That was a very good music video for Sublime's "Santoria". You definitely did the song justice. Even people that are not fans of the band should be able to recognize the effort that you have put into this (not that they do). The lip-syncing was practically perfect, and not only that: you managed to sync the guy's guitar-playing pretty well, too. Overall, a great job on the technical side. However, I did not fully understand your interpretation of the song. It seemed like there is something deeper that you weren't hitting on. I also didn't really get the "societal puppet" thing. Well, I guess that's not for me to criticize. Everyone has their own view.

[The P.I.:REDUX]

Not bad

To find the beauty of this movie, one must look beyond the sporadic, but well concieved stick figure drawings. The main draw of the movie is it's well written plot. Though the art and animation are certainly no "gem", they get the message across to the viewer. I found the plot to be much more interesting than many higher rated Newgrounds movies. The story was satyrical, ironic, funny, and, in my opinion, dripping with style. That's why I gave it high style points. A few suggestions for the author would be some type of soundtrack, whether it be music (other than the out-of-place music at the end of the movie) or sound effects. Also, better graphics and the inclusion of backrounds would make this more interesting. Overall, however, I found this to be an entertaining film.

[Karma Ghost]

Creative

The story-line was very creative and well thought out, but enough about that. The artwork was unlike that of any flash movie I have ever seen before. I have seen this style before, but never has it been captured so well on Flash. Great job!

[Kong]

Best I've seen in a while.

This movie encompasses everything that the Newgrounds audience wants to see in movies: action, style, and violence. The artistic style is very unique and very well animated. The slow-motion and "camera-rotate" scenes were done very tastefully. There is no attempt at a backstory in this movie, but I'm sure that was not the point. The action was the main draw of this film, and it was done very well. Mission accomplished. Keep it up!

[Strawberry Clock VI]

Very good.

That was very touching. I don't know a lot about the "Clock Crew", but I've seen some of the "Clock Crew" movies and the "Clock Crew"- bashing movies, and I believe that this is a very diplomatic and civilized way of silencing the hatred that has culminated in the past few weeks, leaving a bright future ahead for Newgrounds. I don't know what you're intent for the movie was, Orange Clock, but the only reason I gave this movie a "5" for humor was because of the clips at the end of "where the 'Clock Crew' is now." The rest of the movie seemed very serious (though it could be interpreted as being a "joke"). I must applaud your choice of music and excellent artwork/animation. Also, you can spell and form grammatically correct sentences much better than nearly half of the users of Newgrounds. I am glad that the "Clock Crew" chose to fight ridicule and oppression the way that they did. If they had chosen instead to retaliate with their own harsh words and vulgar comments, Newgrounds would be quite a battleground. Hopefully, this "Clock Crew" issue can now be resolved.

[Mr.T vs Bin Laden]

Hmmm

The movie was...ok, but it would be cool if they rebuilt the World Trade Center like THAT (at the end of the movie). If you are reading this take heed: if you are able to, please give blood, donate money, and do whatever else you can to support America! If we forget American ideals and become a military state, the terrorists have won. All of America is the victim in this tragedy: this includes people of all races and religions. God bless America!

[Combo Number 5]

You stole this.

You are obviously not the first person on Newgrounds to submit work that is not their own. However, simply writing this information in the "author's comments" section does not justify this task. Whatever your motives were for submitting this, whether it be popularity or experience points (see the previous review by Flashed_MRG), the fact that you were not the author of this movie and that you did not obtain permission from the author to submit this copyrighted material still makes you a theif.
Technically, since you did write that the material was not yours, you are thus partially absolved from most impending legal action; however, the principle remains the same. When one uploads material onto Newgrounds, it is commonly expected that this work should be the that of the one who submitted it or of one that has had permission of the author to submit it.
I'm sure that my rambling comment of this movie, which was in fact a rather good movie, will not change the opinion of people who wish to steal the work of others; however, I find it hard to sit by any longer while this type of thing continues. I gave you absolutely no points BorisP, because you deserved none: 4-D Marketing did.

[Gasalaska Makes a Friend]

Nice work

The movie was strange, but funny. Great old school style with a modern twist and top notch animation.

[Goo - Part 1]

Interesting

This movie was very unique and provocative. Very good animation, too. How did you make those sound effects?