Reviews for Friendship.

[popcoreblues]

Could be better.

Good story, nice attempt, but alot of things could have been better.

1) Music cuts off abruptly in the scenes

2) Good attempt at details such as moving hair, but overall movement could be more realistic

*Everything below this line includes SPOILERS*
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Everyone is WTF-ed by the ending for good reasons. Really, WTF happened? I interpreted it as you attempting to make the bird show agony and pain, but instead it looked like it got possessed or something. If it is really possessed, show it. If not, eyes suddenly turning red, creepy turning of neck and going *blaargh* doesn't show what you're trying to show.

Also, the ending is unsastifactory. Either make it a happy one, like everybody wants, to play the heartwarming factor already build up in the whole movie. Escape from the fire or run away together or grow old or something.

If you really want to make a sad ending, which would be more unpopular, go all the way. Show the bird dying and add more drama. Don't just burn the forest and zombify the bird.

(Also, one very very minor quirk: In the beginning, the scouts were sleeping outside in the rain in sleeping bags. Dude, its raining. They got a tent. Sleep in
that! Sorry, I know this is very minor but its just to funny to me to not point out)

Overall, for a 48 hour challenge it was good. Maybe if you weren't limited by time constraints and worked a little more, it coud be great. Its really just the ending: you have to go all out, either make it really good or really sad. Don't end as if its a cliffhanger when its not. Sorry, I tried to give this a 7 but I can't.

[NewgroundSage]

Unique to the first NG Movie Jam.

This is rather a difficult thing to say for your flash animation basically theres mixed emotions for this. I enjoyed the soundtracks performed in this little short and the animation was semi decent on how it was presented. Now I have to agree with the rest of the community present here that the main portion of your story ends quite abruptly. Its a nice simplistic tale about a boy that befriends a crow. Yet I notice there's alot of plot holes in this tale, For instance the boyscout had a friend along with him what was his fate later? How did the boyscout get into the farthen regions of the woods? What had caused the crow its wound? Why did it turn on his new comrade the boyscout? These are questions that are still turning within peoples heads as well as my own. In respect, Its rather a unique enigma that can only be answered by you the creator. I'm awarding you an average 6/10 and a 4/5. Hopefully you'll make a sequel that might answer some of the scenarios that have been presented here. Until then, Good day.

[shades90]

Whisky Tango Foxtrot

Subpar animation, horrible sound mixing...

the story was... interesting, but ultimatly made little to no sense. Why was the bird crying in the end? Heck, what was the motive for the bird killing him? I should read the story by Milburn.

regardless, you could have at LEAST fixed the sound transition and I have seen better art/ animation/directing in these 48 hour flashes.

funkycaveman responds:

The stories have to be modified to save time. The bird was possessed so he killed the boy. I have posted the ending of the story here, but the whole story can be found in the forums. Yes there might be better art but are those animation 4 minutes long?

[Red-hot-willy-pepper]

erm wtf?

animation and music was good, but what happened?
it was all going well, then suddenly the forest is on fire, the guy goes into the cave, takes the cast off and the bird has a fucked up wing, then the guy somehow dies??
i didnt really understand what was going on?

[Necrocide]

What?

That was a bit confusing until I read the explanation. I appreciate that being there. That said, it was rather interesting I suppose.