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Reviews for "Contemplate Life"

Awesome as-well Inspirational !!!

The Animation and the sound quality is Superb,,, I Like It...
Good thought and the Concept is Mind-Blowing... It is just an exceptional Story that anyone had ever thought...
Keep it up like this,,...
Good Luck for the Future Works...

nahtanojmal responds:

Thanks, I'm glad you like it

I liked it

The drawing and animation were good. One thing I had a dispute with at first was the dialogue, it started sounding pretentious around the "your corruption is your fault" point. But after I read the dialogue clearly in the author comments, I realized that it does make sense (if in no other way, at least in the context of teachings that echo this view on life).

The voice was difficult to make out at times, so that could have been clearer, and the dialogue itself could be revised to provide more impact (the speaker would have to work on expressing it better as well). Overall this was a mild success, I think you accomplished what you were going for, but you didn't hit it out of the park. What mainly needs work is the audio (speaking), and visual content that encourages the viewer to contemplate (In the context of visual information, many of the scenes were basically static). What I mean by static is that this flash usually had a single group of images being panned or moved around for each statement the speaker made, but there was little to no information being added during the scenes to better bridge the gap between the visuals and the dialogue. With some more creative substance, the visuals could play out less like separate pieces following each statement in the dialogue, and more like an instrument that helps to focus the mind on the train of thought that the dialogue is establishing. The sound and visuals would be working together to provide a cohesive experience. When the sound and visuals don't flow well enough together, the mind has to work harder to analyze and find the link between the audio and the visuals, and the extra work the mind has to do tends to pull the viewer away from an otherwise immersive experience.

So that's my review, it might not be easy to employ what I suggested but I hope you find it useful. I personally don't follow a religion but I believe there is some sort of god-like force in existence - that might be why I could see meaning in this. The way I see it though, it's only fair to judge this not on the message itself, but on its execution, seeing as people may not share the same beliefs as this flash portrays. Thanks for submitting and good luck on your next flash!

nahtanojmal responds:

Thanks, and point taken. More familiar visuals to tie it together ;D

wow very unexpected and very good

This was quite unexpected theme in lyrics, and it has verry good points too.

Plus I love the animation

nahtanojmal responds:

Thanks ;)

Inspirational

Very good animation, amazing visuals. I loved your art style in general. the music was great as well as the script. Overall a great movie with a good message. However alot of time its hard to hear what the narrator is saying.

nahtanojmal responds:

I'm kind of kicking myself now for not re-recording the audio.... :(
but I'll try get more presentation bugs off the windscreen before submitting next time.

thanks for reviewing man

Wonderful work!

This video was very intense, deep, and probably the best I have ever seen on Newgrounds. Basically, they are saying "Don't live your life with endless temporary solutions." They are meaningless because it does not last forever. Life leaves people faster than you think. If the average person lives a random amount of time for 80 years, their odds of ending up dead from natural causes the next day is 29,220 to 1! Please do not ignore the message in this. Despite any disagreements we may have with each other, I love you as a person. Don't end up the same way like the man in this video. Praise JC, if you know what I mean!

nahtanojmal responds:

Thank you.