chris-the-stick's movie Reviews on Newgrounds

[Expectation Break]

this is a very beautiful and haunting movie, for it makes the viewer to think about the beauty of life, of nature, but also the horrifying part of life, when things go dark and hopeless sometimes.

i liked how the movie started with inkwell clock walking into an empty room, and thinking ''is there a meaning in this? or did i do all this hard work for nothing?''
and then the whole room+ inkwell clock fade away into the void.

and there we see, the dark scenes where a person is down and crying, as the darkness surrounds him.
and upon that horrible darkness of despair, suddenly, the majesty of colours, the splendor of nature emerges in order to provide a necessary contrast to the darkness: light, and life.

and so the movie moves on, on the duality of darkness and light, of sadness and the joys of nature, of hopelessness VS hope, and so on.

as the battle of despair and hope rage on, we eventually reach a point where nature ''wins'', or at least provides the protagonist with enough hope to stand up again.
life. nature. trees, hope.
and a little cat stands in there inside a jar, curiously watching the person.
and while things are not fully fixed (can they ever be?), life finds a way, and the light shines inside.
in my mind, what happens next is that the person finds the courage to get out of the darkness and to start walking forward again.
he is wounded, but not defeated, for he must carry on, and he must stay strong, despite the harsh adversities that he has faced in this trip.
for now he has hope, and life (nature), showed him the way.

the movie had excellent animation, very good animation speed+pace, while the linework and the whole design of the heroes (from inkwell clock, to the depressed person), to the live-action video shots+photos of the forest/of nature, which where nicely weaved into the animations whole layout, everything was masterfully done, and beautifully created, in not just a visually beautiful movie, but also a very true, and emotional one as well, with a touching message about a familiar struggle that many people face in life.

thank you for this excellent movie, inkwell/foxcato.
you are a good person with a kind heart and with an exceptional talent.
be well, and remember: the light always finds a way to beat the darkness.

be well, and keep up the good work!

Foxcato responds:

Thank you so much, BB10. Your reviews are always a joy to read. And you really caught on to what I was trying to convey here too. So that was great to see as well.

[ThorClock Takes Over: Part 17]

in this thrilling battle of titans, thor clock bravely fights VS the dark-side of the clocks, and against their leader, no other than thdrkside himself! (sic)
i liked the drawings of everyone as they were designed in the dark versions of their clock characters, (i did the evil-BB10 pic!), i found that to be a unique detail in this movie's sequence.

after that, we witness the downfall of mighty thor clock, as the forces of evil win.
SBC took back his kingdom, but at what cost?

all in all, this has been another quality thor clock movie, and i liked every part of it.
keep up the good work!

PS: the ''man, im pretty!'' part was hilarious, hahaha

Ushnor responds:

oh, doggo never said you drew that, he just posted the picture (unless i missed it) so I didn't know it was your work. I sent a coauthor request

[The Freelancer]

an excellent development in the ''corrupted CC movies'' saga.
i liked the drawings of all the clocks in there, including the visual pun of having an abandoned blockbusters building as the CC's HQ's.

i liked the alternate version of the ''satty 'n the pop'' series, which was transformed into a parody version of it, named as ''patty n' the trop'', showing to us once again, that a robot has started to corrupt the old CC classic movies.

this theme is going on well, and its incredible that even your parody versions of your (already great) CC movies are funny and unique as well...
you are a great artist, and i always liked your movie ideas.
keep up the good work.

Pop-Tart responds:

It's cool that at least one person remembers the movies I'm parodying. :)

[Prime Directive Two]

hahaha!
that was a funny use of my old voice acting clips, albeit there were not many visuals during the voices play time, tbh...
you know, its sad that those voices were not used in someone's movie yet.
perhaps i should use them in a future movie or two. (but by all means, anyone should use my voice clips in a movie/movies, that would be very funny.)

either way, your movie had a great intro full of suspense , with the one robot commanding gir-bot to take action...
all in all this was another great FF movie part by you poptart, and i thank you for using my voice acting in it, even as a filler material.

keep up the good work, man.

Pop-Tart responds:

A bunch of those clips were used in my Clockhouse Theatre part, "Horse Thief." If I recall correctly, you weren't a big fan of it because of the weird pickle rapist story w/ you and L1fty.

[ThorClock Takes Over: Part 21]

an incredible new part in the thor-clock saga.
the noble team assembles!
and thor clock has ''trained'' them well.
(the singing lyrics about thor clock, the lute jokes, and the parts with elements clock ''powers'' and the pun with MS-paint's name as a miss paint clock were very clever)

all the characters were nicely drawn, and well animated, while the movie was very funny and clever.
keep up the good work, thor!

Ushnor responds:

As per ScrewdriverClock's suggestions for new laws some time ago, BB10Clock is unbanned, and we now know resurrection is possible; what has he been up to!? stay tuned, folks

[Enter Rube & Beebs]

OMG, that was awesome!
i loved how nicely you've incorporated the basis of the OTB teamwork idea and settings, and that with BB10 and radiotube, a new plot unfolds...
the scene with banana lock visiting ellen was hilarious (excellent TTS for all the characters, BTW, very funny and unique work)

also, the ''corrupted'' flash movie scene from ''clock-cops'' was funny, but indeed it would seem ''wrong'' to BB10's keen eye for detail (lol jk)
but seriously tho, this is a nice premise for the next part(s) of your FF project.

i always liked how funny, well-animated and clever your movies are, not to mention the many cool little details in them (such as the greek words on radiotube's panel, etc etc)
furthermore, all of the characters are nicely drawn and very cool too.

i really enjoyed this movie (and its premise too), thanks for the cameo, and keep up the good work!

Pop-Tart responds:

Glad you're enjoying them. I'm always grateful for your reviews!

Looks like Rube and Beebs might be shaping up to be the heroes of this series. We shall see!!

[clockbustaz part wtfk]

woah, an impressive part on ''clockbustas''!
indeed, chaos reigns supreme in this episode, and im certain that only the cast of the original clockbustas can save the day! ;)

the animation was great, with a very smooth pace, beautiful drawings of each clock (that ZL was very detailed), and with a nice attention to detail, as the ''corruption'' in the movie appears in the form of ''mistakes'' in the otherwise normal CC events (such as SBC having a viking's helmet instead of his crown, or the new clockbustas being renegade, ovenglove, triangle and oldskoo clock, etc etc).

the final scene where the new clockbustas battle VS the ZL-ghost-snake thing, is magnificent, and drawn in the amazing style of ''paper-craft'', which seems very difficult to draw/to animate with, but as always, you've mastered to draw+animate with this tough design flawlessly.
as for the ending, lets hope that things will be better for the clocks in the next episode(s).

all in all, excellent work as always, sir.
keep it up!

Pop-Tart responds:

Thanks, BB10!

[Clockmas 2019]

once again, the clockcrew did an excellent collab for xmas, or should i say, ''clockmas''?

well, all of the parts were good, starting from pop-tart's great part, which had nicely drawn characters and smooth animation, along with a very funny story, as mello-yello clock tried to deliver some packages during the holidays season.
then, we've had flounderman's excellent (but also creepy+surreal) part, where officers slurpee and thor clock try to solve a murder case during christmas, and it ends up with quite a bang.
brazil clock's part was short and sweet, and it did the job right, despite its minimalism+ rushed nature.
polyhedron once again delivered a great collab part, full of seasons greetings and classic Cc humour, done in a picturesque way,
while phonograph clock delivered a comedic masterpiece, full of many good sound effects with the clever use of text-to-speech voices, and funny puns+visual jokes as well.
his animation was smooth too, ensuring a very good collab part once again.

futhermore, bolt clock's part was short and sweet, with good visuals and with excellent humour, while his drawing style is good as always.
also, redbook clock's part was very beautiful, festive, and nicely done, with nicely drawn characters, many cameos of famous clocks, and with good humour in the choice of the gifts, during the ''secret santa'' event going on.
mello yello's and jamba clock's gift's scene was a hilarious idea, along with the part about phonograph clock's gift as well...
also, the part where rob clock's refusal to add BB10 in the collab is sadly true, due to rob clock's bad nature, which is evident once again.

as we move on, vuvuzela's part is a visual masterpiece, filled with good drawings of each character, good linework and with a smooth, fast animation speed.
vuvuzela clock's humour is also great, as its been shown many times.

also, melloyello's part was a GREAT adaptation of octopus-clock's script, which formed a splendid xmas part, full of comedy, well known references and various awesome, memorable moments to behold.
an excellent part in general.

switch clock's part was smoothly animated, with nicely drawn characters and good humour, holding all the old-school traditional elements of a classic (old) CC movie, but with a combination of accuracy and of professionalism.

doggo clock did a great stop-motion animation for his part once again, and it was a beautiful sight to behold. what a nice movie! (it was short but good)

thor clock did a splendid part full of festive humour and of the classic CC chaotic jokes about ''violence during expressions'', in which we saw many familiar clocks having their issues with the collab author, more or less.
in that same part, we also glimpse a rare cameo of strawberry clock's ''nose''!
oh dear...

lastly, we see the always amazing mastery of zombie linclock's great animation skills, which was complete with spectacular visuals, a very smooth animation, and with a short, but beautifully executed movie, which brought us a nice ending for this good, festive collab.

all in all, this collab was great, (thanks to all the skileld participants in it), and it would've been even better, if the collab organizer (rob clock) wasnt so petty as to exclude various members of the CC from participating in the collab.

apart from that sad fact, everything else was good.
the intro+credits scene of the collab was good, and the whole presentation was worthy of a proper, big CC collab.

good work people, keep it up, and merry clockmas!

Ushnor responds:

Remember that StrawberryClock’s nose is CANON. StrawberryClock only actually appeared in my colab part. All the other parts had an imposter. Who is this mysterious strawberry with a clock on it that’s pretending to be our king? Really adds an extra layer of mystery and suspense to the colab.
-ThorClock, God of Thunder

[CIB]

wow, what a magnificent movie!

just like thor-clock said in the comments below, this movie feels like one of the good old classic CC movies of older years...
incredible work once again, redbook!

all the clock characters were nicely drawn, with good details in their black-suits and with their cool sunglasses (very clever concept, sunglass(es) for the clock-eye!), while the whole animation was smooth, nicely played and with a very funny and creative story too!

i liked how in the beginning of the movie SBC and piney faced a crazed out swordsman, mr BB10 himself! and how they dealt with him afterwards. (thanks for the cameo!)
i also liked how the team assembled in order to rescue alien hominid from area 51...
the various clock-agents that we saw in there, were some very clever character ideas, with some great pairings too!

tom fulp and B were brilliantly added into the movie, and the whole action scenes of SBC and piney where absolutely spectacular!
the using of the ''disco aliens'' in the later scenes was genius too, a truly brilliant moment in the film's great story.

also rob clock did some cool visuals for SBC's ''action pose'' and for the various ''agents+aliens'' that existed in that one scene.

all in all, this was an old-school style epic clockcrew movie, and i enjoyed every minute of it.
it was clever, funny, full of action, and with many nice jokes!
im very happy with you making this excellent movies, redbook!

you are a shining young artist in the CC's group, and im proud to see you constantly improve with each (great) new movie.
keep up the great work!
you're awesome.

RealRedbookClock responds:

YEEEEEEEEAAA

[King of the Portal 2]

wow, this was a truly spectacular movie!

i liked how nicely animated and clever it was, while its whole setting was very cool and unique, with great use of videogame sound effects+graphics and as such, it made this movie to feel like a proper videogame...

apart from that, this movie had many nicely drawn characters, smooth animation, and very good humour in it.
there were many moments where i could see small CC jokes hidden in each corner.

also, i loved how the orange+apple battle VS banana-lock concluded, it was very cool.
SBC's missions and rewards were cool and very funny, while all of the clock's cameos where clever, cute and well-thought out, from iron clock in the bar, to AMPM as the crazed cop, to pop-tart as the chilling guy at the bench, to many more.
(also thanks for the BB10 cameos, i really appreciate it)

every single ''stage'' of the movie felt fresh, unique, and very funny, as our heroes progressed into the next area where they could spread SBC's glory to new audiences...

the ''R1, L2, up, down, left'' part reminded me of the old-time cheat codes and it was nice to see as well, and everything in this movie was absolutely awesome.

this movie was a real gem, full of action+humour, so i congratulate you, my friend.
keep up the great work!

MelloYelloClock responds:

thanks bb10!!