Reviews for Dance of Lies 2-The Curse

[Viper00]

Not a bad flash

Although your flash was pretty good...

I'm sorry to say that as a tribute to Ilium I didn't think it was good, you kind of made your own story out of it, the characters seemed completely different than those in the original. Also the story was significantly altered, the creepy mysterious shadow you turned into a psycho sadist, and the calm gentle (possibly twisted) little girl turned into your everyday scared and timid type. Where in the original I saw sadness, beauty and grace in yours I saw mostly action and tragedy. In the original the girl complied on her own free will for her own reasons in your story she was just another unwilling victim.

*Being a fan-fic you're not obliged to stay true to the original storyline however tributes to something are often best accomplished by sticking with the original plot.

Davo-one responds:

I totally agree with you, your points are no far from accurated. I can only say that the little girl is not Lilium, is her birth mother, but the shadow, as you said: " the creepy mysterious shadow you turned into a psycho" Is a signifant alteration, that's why this movie has 3 versions on it:
1.- The shadow is a psicho killer, that later turns in to Mysterious and gently ask his requests.

2.- As you know,on my movie, the Byrnes Family, has a curse, his heir is suffering Dementia, and the shadow is only a symbol of their contition.

3.- As you saw, the father, is always
a shade, never shows its true face, why? The shadow where always there? the shadow is a total psicho after all? Maybe the father never stoped the shadow, only "withdrawed himself out" and only woke up the dementia on the little girl, that always where a psichopatic killer.

Detail: The "senseless" change of hair on the girl, is a simbol of the stain, the innocense of the girls where took away or, a delusional fact of her twisted mind like a shadow that only she can see.

When I said that was her birth mother I never meant to say that was her bilogical mother, a spawn on the shadow and the innocent girl may had occured, or is just a demential desease that was inherited.

There are more details like this on the movie, I dint make it with a "clear storyline", like the demons on the grass and the punishment figures hidden, actually, I designed it for you people to decide what is the true history, what you said is the "obvious and logical story told".

Anyway I'm glad you posted this review.

[theeviltwin]

another hmmmmmmmm

verry well done to you, but what the fuck? did she die or not?

[PantherNesmith]

arg

The flash was very pretty. However, it seemed like there was no plot at all. It definitely lacked coherency, and was far inferior to the first flash you did, and of course Lilium itself.

The music was good, the animation was good, but the flash sucked due to lack of coherency.

[TheTechieGirl]

I can see how...

it would be good practice to do a project like this but it wasn't amazing. Maybe just not my style but personally i didn't think this is "very new or interesting"

[eternal-judgement]

Meh(!)

Honestly, the first part was better. Still, I kinda liked the basis to the Flash. The idea that the Shadow is haunting the family is a bit cliché, but in a good way. The bit that lets it down the most is the dialogue bit. It would've been better if you'd left the audio out and allowed the viewer to read the passage as it scrolled up the screen. I understand that your native tongue is not English (even if it were it would have had the same impact) but your voice just doesn't fit with the animation at all. No offense intended. Anyway, that is my opinion at least