Huzzah!  I shall now begin to download the 169 mb mp4 version...

Wow. That was really cool. Great job.

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Animation-- 10/10
Special Effects-- 9/10
Voices-- 9/10
Story-- 6/10
Set design-- 9/10

This film is a interesting one. The animation, special effects and voices are superb, and are what make this film almost score 10/10 in overall. Sadly, there is one thing pulling it back, and that is the general story. The story itself has been done before, where

Also, the main thing that keeps this story going are the

It is like how the only thing keeping the story of Superman going is kriptonite (forgive me if I spelled it wrong) as it is his only weakness. However the

are quite original in concept.

There are also parts of the story that have been rushed, like the

Also, about halfway through the film you could

which lower's the 'surprise' content of the film. Another thing that I disliked was how you didn't really get to like some of the character's. This resulted in me not really feeling sad or angry when

However, the concept of the story is seen here, and is quite original too. This is uncommon now, with almost every good idea having been done before. Also, the animation was too good to be true. I have not seen better animation than this since American Outlawed.   Truly amazing. Also, the effects were stunning, although I have seen better. The voices were great, they really suited each character, and should be still good to hear even on the crappiest speaker. The set designs were almost perfect, with a large amount being made digitally. However, this does not take away the LEGO element from it that we all love.

In overall, I recommend that this film should be watched by everyone, for it does a good job entertaining and is still a truly amazing film. Not one of your bests though, but truly amazing. I give it a score of 9/10.

That was incredible. I disagree with some people here, the story kept me on the edge of my seat all the way through. I really liked the

I really enjoyed that film, well done on the mouth animation too, it looked pretty realistic. Great job !

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Woot! Downloading the big huge file for optimum quality.

Will be back with a review.

- Leo

Amazing brickfilm!  CGI, and animation were both excellent!  Though the plot was a little flimsy and the voice acting could use some work, those are my only complaints.

And I never would've guessed he was the villain!  (I kinda stink at finding villains in mysteries

First off, way to go on putting together a 23-minute film. It was a lot of fun to watch.

Of course, the high point of the film is the visuals. Your use of CGI is always a blast to see. People already mentioned lighting - very impressive work there. The bloomed/glowed visual style is cool, but maybe got a bit old in constant use for the entire film. Animation was crazy good; it definitely added a lot to the film.

Your camera work was very well-done in places, but there were times when your choice of shot sequences was pretty confusing, like cutting between closeups of two characters talking when they're both on the same side of the screen. I'll have to watch it again, though.

I actually liked the music a lot - kudos to JF on another great score. Voice acting was a mixed bag, but overall I don't think it detracted from the film for me.

The story and pacing were still weaknesses. I'll watch it again and probably make another post to better explain what I disliked. I do feel like you needed to keep the story on a smaller, more intimate scale in terms of characters, but on a larger, more creative scale in terms of the concept. I don't know why people are comparing this to Unrenewable, but that was definitely Philip's strength - a single interesting character that we follow through a creative concept.

Anyway, nice job. It was great to finally see this.

- Leo

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I downloaded the HQ-file this morning, and I agree with Sméagol and Leonardo.

First off, this film definitely sets a benchmark in puncto visual effects. The mood you created through the colors and the cinematography was really unique. Another aspect was the great CGI work along with nice and detailed sets. The animation was also extremely smooth.
What I noticed at times that the pacing was a bit slow. In some scenes, especially when the story found its climax, I missed the dynamic, and thought the film could now losen its handbrake and accelerate a bit.

I agree what was said about the voice acting. I thought some of them did their job really well, for example Mr Painter, who seemed very believable in his role, but others seemed just a bit emotionless. Sometimes the execution of the dialogues, that were at times really well written (I loved the ending line!), didn't give the characters depth, but were instead achieved plainly.

Overall, that was a pretty entertaining film with a great visual style. Hats off for doing a 23-minute film!

- JD

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Honestly, I was kind of let down. I'll start by saying that it's impressive that you made a 23-minute film, and that the CGI is good; it's really good, to the point that you barely notice it. The visuals style was interesting and consistent.

The only thing is that everything else didn't do it for me. The story has a good premise, but is ultimately predictable. Don't give your villain a name like "Glacialis" if you want there to be any suspense whatsoever as to who he is. The dialogue is honestly kind of campy in a lot of places, not to mention the flat delivery. Even if the story is somewhat interesting, that doesn't carry over to its execution. The pacing stays the same throughout, and the score (which sounds like a Hans Zimmer parody) pointlessly blares over meaningless scenes while barely having any impact at all during moments of tension and excitement where it's actually needed. The plot moves forward, but just barely, without any real excitement.

Sorry to come down on it hard, but I want to give an honest critique.