How delightfully nonsensical!
I haven't seen a cartoon with that kind of charming silliness in a good long while, flash or otherwise.
The art style is also fantastic, the thick, sweeping lines and bold colors. And the main character seems delightfully Snoopy-esque.
An achievement in cuteness.
GENIUS!
I never usually use the "Play Again" command at the end of a Flash animation, but DAMN was I glad it was there for this one! This cartoon is riotously funny, with a hilarious and very dynamic art style (I love how it moves around like panels in a comic strip), the uproarious background music, and the complete hyperness of everything thats going on! Great voice acting and soundwork too. Few lines in a cartoon made me laugh better than "My penis is a giant monster! AWESOME!"
What Is a Peanut? Ola Bergner Knows...
I had just finished reviewing "Nim's Winter Tale" no more than ten minutes ago, comparing it affectionately to "Spirited Away" in aesthetic talent and sense of wonder, and I had just thought "I would love to see more from Ola Bergner".
When next on my weekly Newgrounds letter was the perplexing and enchanting folk tale, "Gooberstory", outlining Bergner's fantastical background of the peanut.
If "Nim's Winter Tale" was created with the intent of evoking pathos and whimsy, "Gooberstory" is intended to create fantastic and enigmatic imagery. "Nim's Winter Tale" was not designed to impress, "Gooberstory" most certainly is. The animation is incredible, totally three-dimensional, and seamless, the stupendous music timed and played like descriptive words, telling the tale.
Bergner seems to be a master of story without words, instead choosing to tell tales with actions, sounds, music and mood. Such a rich myriad of flora and fauna Bergner creates in this jungle of his, ranging from the tiny blue and pink guppies to the captivatingly majestic buck with enormous curled horns and a rich brown coat.
All this world breathes and lives around each other, the small prey invading the large predators, the leaf that brushes across the backs of each animal, Bergner has created a living world, one so rich in both biodiversity and imaginative spark.
"Gooberstory" has no precedent. A story of such simplicity and abstraction told via such aesthetic beauty to pierce our deepest senses. This story is not being told, it is being witnessed.
I've never noticed a fish-like shape inside my peanuts, but I think only Ola Bergner could have explained why with such eloquence.
Bravo, Ola Bergner. You've Raised the Bar.
First watching "Nim's Winter Tale" evoked many emotions and thoughts I've not felt since I first watched another animated masterpiece "Spirited Away". The whole aesthetic presentation of Nim's Winter Tale is a level of superbness rarely seen anywhere, Newgrounds or otherwise.
And it's not like Nim's Winter Tale is trying to impress you to try and get attention, it's more focused on using its art style effectively and cleverly to bring up the most emotion it can, as opposed to just showing off.
Every facet of this animation all ties into what makes it so powerful, nothing seems superflous or misplaced, it's all essential to the atmosphere. The musical store gives the animation an air of heartfelt innocence and whimsy, the visuals etch out their own sense of style that maintainss a fine balance between realism and abstraction, and the sparseness of dialogue until the very end, timed for perfect poignancy, lets the actions tell the story, a technique rarely done right.
Ola Bergner, a name that has easily become associated with genius.
Short but Sweet
This animation is captivating, and by the looks of it, complex. That's probably the reason it was so short.
The little man's animations really give him a standout personality, and the background music of the animation is one of its best parts, catchy plucked violin strings with just a hint of subtle synth.
Indeed a classy work. You have my personal kudos.
ZING! WAFFLE X POWAH!
Short, plotless, and that background music makes my ears... do something bad... but DAMN, ain't it pretty! Very nice, very nice. I can't wait until the Waffle X video game is finished, I'd totally play it.
CBS Just WISHES They Could Write Songs Like That!
This animation... sheer genius. The song perfectly paced, written and sung with just the right balance of humour and disgust, and an amination to match the song's quality line-for-line. I never figured a song called "I Hate Christmas" could capture the holiday season with such eloquence...
CWOCK IS STIWW BWINKING VEE-SEE-AHR!
FWAHAHAHA! What a riot! Hilarious is all you need to know! I can't wait until another one is made!
One Might Consider This Movie Strange...
So, to summarize... a guy driving through the desert on a badass Harley... breaks the sound barrier... and flies through a universe of perky boobs, naked chicks running through fractals, and a CNN reporter man saying something over and over.
Indeed, it's a one-way trip. It's a bit ugly in every respect, but I guess its style is in its reserved homeliness, it certainly made the movie stand out that much more. A good work.
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