Reviews for "Strange Fruit"

[entropy008]

The UN Anti-Racism Conference is a joke..

..and is only used by ass-backward countries like Iran to try and outlaw anything that may be deemed too offensive to their ass-backward religion..

..which is EVERYTHING. They accuse Israel of being "cruel racists."

The people that deny the existence of the holocaust and call for Israel to be wiped off the face of the Earth have the temerity to accuse the Jews of being racist.

Rage aside, the song was wayyyyyy toooooo slooooowwwwwww...I could only pay attention to the flash for about 30 seconds before I killed it. 5-10 second intervals between lines that is meant to make it have "more of an impact" just makes it "long and tedious."

Also: Anti-Racism is Anti-Free Speech. If you give any world power the ability to limit its' peoples free speech, then you end up with a country like Iran/ China/ Evildoer Korea, where saying anything not on a pre-approved list gets you life in prison/ killed.

Also: There's no such thing as Racism. There's only one race - the Human race. Blacks/ Whites/ Asians/ Hispanics/ and even Canadians share no genetic dissimilaritys with one another.

Also: None of this will matter in a few very short years and is more likely than not just being used to distract you from what is really important, just like all the major religions out there. The people at the top spew forth garbage to convert the masses to a sense of dumbed-down bliss, while they themselves prepare for the awakening. Look up the Vatican/ Pineal Gland/ Pine Cone/ the statues in the Vatican Court Yard.

I gave you 5/10 because I liked the artwork.

J-qb responds:

I did not make this movie to start a discussion on racism, I believe that it is a shame that poeple are judged on what they are/look like instead of what they did. I agree with you that the conference is not a big succes. I did not make this animation especially for this conference, but since I released it this week I felt it worth mentioning.

I knew that I made a risky choice for the song, it is not as 'mainstream' as other music, or even as other versions of this song. I knew that would lose me some points from certain poeple. I still kept the song because I always try to make something I like, not something "the poeple" like.
Thanks for the five points for the artwork

[JAG-JayDee]

Touching!

Nicely done. Especially the use of black gave this animation the proper atmosphere.
And it was touching aswell! Very nice for a first flash movie!

J-qb responds:

thank you very much.

[blackfire66]

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The animation was well done, but did you use a Billie Holiday version of the song? IMO it would've been better if you chose different audio. Also, you didn't do much except illustrate exactly what was sung.

J-qb responds:

true, I felt the symbolism in the song is so strong, I didn't want to lose that. Instead I tried to keep the same sense of atmosphere.
Personally I like this version of the song (Nina Simone) much better, but I understand that this is a matter of preference. I did realize this version might not be appreciated by some poeple, but chose to use it anyway.

[Ensio]

Beautifully done.

This is an amazing flash with a great message, the art is just perfect for such a great song and sets the mood just right. Great job all around, really digs in and touches you.

J-qb responds:

Thank you