A-fuckin-mazing.
What can I say, this was a very serious subject, and the documentation from the killer's eyes was, in a very mild way, twisted. The art was awesome, sound quality was great. Were those *gasp* original scores? This certainly gave me shivers, many kudos, you earn my first 10 overall.
Exceptional, once again.
When you first sent me the unfinished first half of by AIM I knew that it would end up as good as this. Good to see that it's finally finished so that I can add it to my favorites list.
Though I haven't actually seen "Elephant," I assume it is as good as this is. A look into what actually happened before the Columbine incident that makes you somewhat sympathise with the shooters. It ets you know what they might have actually been thinking before they made the decision, and the faults of the other people that led to the event. Though it may not be fair to place the blame on the other students for the massacre as he did in the movie, it gives everyone a lesson on what might happen to the intolerant.
Your artwork remains as good as ever if not improved. Hand drawn animation that took over 6 moths if I remember what you said correctly. All colorfully drawn character sprites and backgrounds add to the realistic feel of the movie and add more style to the animation than the vast majority of the flashes I've seen on this site. All the environments and backgrounds are drawn great, and the angles used in the drawings are used in a way that make it look even better. Definately one of the best animated flashes I've seen in a long time.
All the music you used fits perfectly and the voice acting is great. It seems as though a lot of planning and consideration went into it to keep the overall feel of the move the way you wanted it. All the writing done in a way that one would think the columbine shooters would say it along with what the other students would think as well.
Front page worthy as well as favorites list worthy. I hope to see something this good in your next flash as well.
wow....
awesome movie. great graphics, style sound and violence. very true to the timeline in columbine. ooh and 10 for humor, i chuckled lots.
Hmm.
While I hold AITD as one of the better NG artists, I am confused as to the message behind this film. While I appreciate all the artistic ideas and efforts in it, I think this kind of representation of events is a little strange, especially when dealing with this kind of material. What I'm saying is, in filmmaking, with this kind of situation, you can't let the film be self-explainatory if there is no clear message behind it. If you weren't trying to make a statement, what was the point of the film? I'm not trying to aggrovate or stir up a beehive, I'm just posing questions that maybe next time you could ask yourselves before making something like this.
Well Done
Did you intend to bring this out now, or was the time of submission arbitrary?