Reviews for Revenge : Not So Sweet?

[HighDefinition]

meaningful

Strengths: you have an inventive style going for you in this submission - i liked the whole eyelid openin' & closin'.. what would of made it scarier if it was a 1st person view of the main character holdin' the gun & comitting the crime.. perhaps adding a bit of half-detailed violence.. can never get too much of that heh!1 The drawings are pretty good.. as well as the sequences of events; well thought out - perhaps the author is reflecting a personal experience? You got the music right & spot on... contributed to a sad/grieving setting.. lastly, you did well to dim the brightness in the scene where her Ex gets out of the vehicle, & the last scene gave the viewers something to think about.

weaknesses: this submission was simple & straight to the point.. but if you were to make changes it would be the detail of the drawings - but it's pretty good how it's simple - nice & meaningful flash you have here :-)

- HighDef.

Warrickneff responds:

First, thanks for the really good review! It helps when people honestly point out faults or weaknesses so I can improve upon them! I'm finding the music held the flash together, and that the different views also add alot to flashes!

It's all a new experience for me, and I'm hoping to make a couple more!

[Moppety]

umm... what's going on?

i didn't understand what the hell's going on there, they kiss, he sticks a knife in her pic, he shoots her, he kills himself?

Warrickneff responds:

That's the storyline...It was pretty simple, but that's also what I was going for...A couple other people have made comments about confusion so I'll keep them in mind! Thanks.

[Opeth49]

Moving

Very good work. Graphics could use a little work but hey everyones a critic. The sound and match up with the story is what made me. I would like to know what song you used or if it was originall. Please send some info back. ~J

Warrickneff responds:

The song is by Thomas Newman - White Oleander. He does a lot of soundtracks for movies...like Meet Joe Black, American Beauty, and now that I look through amazon.com, a ton of other great movies.

It's in the movie White Oleander...not sure if you've seen it but it was released in Canada about 8(?) months ago.

If you listen to the song without the video, you'll see that it would be almost impossible to do a bad cut of it because of how good a song it is.

[BadShorts]

You know.. I liked it.

Simple idea.. well executed. At first I didn't like the shock of the gunshot... but after a second I thought it made it more real. I wouldn't change it.. but that's just my opinion.

Good work.. keep it up.

Warrickneff responds:

Thanks for review! I'll keep that in mind because I'm getting different opinions about whether the shock of gunshot was good or not!

[Largo84]

Good

The sound got a little annoying. I think you should town down the volume of that first shot sound, it was to loud when everything else was quiet and made me jump in my seat.

Good first flash

Warrickneff responds:

Thx for review...I thought about changing the sound after I submitted it, because I realized other people might not expect the shot, and turn up their speakers to hear the quiet music.