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Reviews for "Contemplate Life"

Controversial to say the least.

Okay so let me get the easy stuff out of the way first. Art was enjoyable, vivid and detailed, though I'd suggest spending a little more time working on hands as they seemed the one part of your characters that looked crude and out of place with the rest of their figures. The imagery kept a strong tone, and the repeated theme of falling and death work for the message, though I admit I had hoped for more uplifting images to accompany the turn you take at the halfway point. The music was adequate, nothing special but it worked well enough. All in all an impressive looking project, so definitely good job on all of that.

Of course, much like how a beautiful film can be hated for it's story, I'm afraid I take umbrage with the moral of your animation; namely that humans are ugly, corrupt, practically evil creatures that deserve eternal punishment. Never mind that the message is hopelessly negative, but that you fail to really make the turn appealing in either either imagery or prose. You state that God could never be pleased with us no matter what we do, yet he made us, and thusly made us that way. You say God loves us, and only God can make us avoid hell, but only if we let him control our lives, as clearly nothing we do as humans can allow that change to happen. All the while the visuals remain dark, the colour palette similar to the first half of the project, with only a couple "hopeful" images to break the moroseness.

In short, despite a strong presentation I find the message of the piece too ugly and self loathing to really say I enjoyed this. It degrades life and tries to say that anything but eternal life is worthless. It's hypocritical in saying humans that live a life of good deeds are entitled to a reward when it chastised people that only do good when they know they'll get something out of it. It essentially says all people except those that believe in God deserve to die, and cops out of a real answer at the end by failing to explain what realizing God's love would actually change to make someone a better person worthy of heaven.

nahtanojmal responds:

What I think is more controversial is that I got third daily place. If I get on the front page or trophy for the week I'm going to be more shocked.
Hands and adequately uplifting images got it! ;D

God made us good, we didn't want to be, God let us, He does something amazing to win our hearts over to Him, some of us return to Him.
Yes, I've been told I need to use more colours in my work, i'll get there ;)

That's a relief I didn't expect people to enjoy it. God has gave His life for us when He died on the cross. The Father (God) says Humans must die, Jesus (who is also God) says I'll take their place and they can have my place if they love me.

Thanks for your in-depth review ;)
send me a message if you want to

words i cannot describe it....

Simply amazing, the part where your mind have sensed the reason that we are all here, is something that will remain kept in my mind until the end....

nahtanojmal responds:

Well you made my day ;D
but I can't take much credit for the message. Majority (if not all) of it comes from the Bible in some way.

Good.

At first I loved every second and really thought you were about to get to a solid point, then you wen't all Jesus freak on me. Sorry man I just don't share these views at all, I liked the animation, I liked the music, but I can't ignore the message.

nahtanojmal responds:

:D
Sorry but I can't ignore the message either, I had to put it in.
Thanks for your honesty

Contemplate Freedom of Speech

I am proud to say that whether or not I agree with yours views, they will not affect my rating of your submission. The animation and music were top notch, and some of the imagery was literally breathtaking. Its obviously that you put a lot of personal feelings and reflections into this effort. I commend you for having the courage to post something so unique.

To everyone else, you can take the message or leave it. What you can't do is ignore the fact that the author has put a lot more into this submission than a belief you may or may not agree with.

nahtanojmal responds:

....
I have nothing to say but I agree and thankyou ;)

It's good.

Love the video. It is very nicely done. No offence but i'm not buying the whole relidgion propaganda for i beleave in things that can be scientificaly prooven and also want to live life by my own rules. But the video was great.