great!!!
really good, but to much of mirror effect (why?)
vote 5
Reviews for "Skull in Connemara"
TheBoogley responds:
the mirror effect had to be used so that the audience could see the film from either side of the theatre when parts of the set might be blocking the screen. :)
How can it be rated realistically at this site?
I have to give it a 5/5, 10/10, *have* to, because look where you put it. Gee, let's see, uh:
(A) cock jokes, gore, huge honking absurdities, goofy voices, jiggy sprites, ventilated psychoses, and all the rest of the actually really entertaining traditions of cartooning gone loco via the widespread availability of Flash
versus
(B) dramatic storytelling, atmospheric music, fluid animation, and purely artistic expression in the traditions of more, well, traditional animation in the same vein as "Fantasia" or "The Sorceror's Apprentice"
I think I'd have to give (B) the higher rating for the original purpose of the rating system, to lend creedence to a claim of artistic integrity and purpose. But then again I give (A) 5/5 and 10/10 because it has a rabid baby with a chain saw sawing cocks off of zombies who then surprisingly gets eaten at the end by some deus-ex-dinosauri sort of crap, and then the goofy ass voice acting and kleptomaniac midi soundtrack are just icing on the cake.
So of course something as ambitious as "Skull in Connemara" has to receive the highest possible rating, because so would, by experience, a photograph of some irritated man driving a boy around in a minivan with a Sonic Hedgehog in the passenger seat and a bunch of unintelligible screaming gets 5/5 10/10 as well.
But as far as whether there is a "deep, intelligent story", or "depth", or "brilliance", I dunno. I mean, there's really no plot per se. Had the climax resulted in some conflict that the audience naturally wanted to see resolved, we could say there is plot and therefore depth. As far as "depth" I'd have to say it's actually rather one-dimensional. A person makes a grevious mistake with deadly consequences and has feelings of remorse that lead them to do abnormal things. As far as depth or dimension, it really resembles one of those Public Service Announcements against drunk driving gone one step too far, like:
"So remember Susie and Jimmy, don't go around driving drunk, or Jimmy's going to find himself laughing his days away in a happy room wearing a love myself suit" . . .
With a dash of "kids, try not to do things that lead you to psychotic fits of desecration".
If the guy had gone on to murder everybody that was in the pub that night, or just to go and randomly murder everybody in the pub at a given time, or just to murder his cat, that would have added one tiny infinitesimal amount of "depth".
If the guy had simply vomited or pissed his pants at the end, or gotten a visible erection, that would have been NewGrounds and there's no way you can get a 6/6 11/11 here at NewGrounds, so. . . like it or lump it, I guess! (?wtf?)
TheBoogley responds:
I love you sir, and everything you stand for! :D
GREAT!!!
You rarely see such a well planned out, deep, intelligent story, in an animation. Grats, and excellent work.
TheBoogley responds:
thanks zezagon, send news back to your home planet zoonamondo! :D
10/10
This is a good.It is very unique.rated 5
TheBoogley responds:
I don't know, this movie might be too dark for five year old... I'd rate it 13+...
Very good- original....
I liked the style and depth that was put into it.
It had an Edgar A. Poe feel.
TheBoogley responds:
Once upon a midnight weary, I crashed my car and killed my wife... NEVERMORE :O
:3