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Part I
aFF Team Movie by trayman: Download from Broodwar.de
Good. This 13:00 movie (a eye-glazing 3 minutes of which is taken up by the intro and outro) features some questionable scenes (such as one of the worst bunker rushes I've ever seen), but is fine for the most part (like one nice PvT scene making good use of Hallucinate, and one really funny PvZ clip). The scene transition special effects are outstanding, while the special effects for the actual scenes are taper off towards the end. 7.5/10
AsterriX: Download from Broodwar.de
Okay. This 6:53 movie (of which about 1:30 is taken up by intro/outro) is at times confusing with its structure, special effects, and lack of labeling, and not a whole lot of really impressive scenes, but it does a decent job with the scenes it has. There are several nice clips with the extra-large view of the map - always a big plus - which push this up to a 6/10.
D for Draco: Download from Broodwar.de
One of the better movies I've seen lately. It's shorter than I would like a movie to be (the rest of the movie clocks in at under six minutes, with over a minute to intro/outro), and employs very little special effects (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). On the other hand, the scenes are top-notch (since it is Draco, after all), and features some of his impressive play (including his defeats of both Midas and iloveoov). As a bonus, the players and song changes are clearly labeled, as part of its clever set-up as a software program. 8.5/10
DiE: Download from Broodwar.de
Poor. For starters, the introductory soundtrack is lifted from dyo's [pG] (Syntax - Destiny, followed by Nightwish - Nightquest, then Static X - The Only). Moreover, the 8:28 movie (with ~1:30 for the intro and outro) features a tremendous collage of unimpressive plays, (in one scene, the camera dramatically zooms in on a defiler casting plague on a couple dragoons and a reaver; in another, four vessels irradiate six lurkers), and in several scenes it is confusing which player is the one featured. The transitions between the scenes are nicely done, but there's nothing particularly memorable about this movie. 3/10
Ghost Alphas: Download from Broodwar.de
Terrible. The movie is 8:20 long, but 2:30 of that is devoted to a confusing intro and outro. Most of the movie's scenes appear to take place on FMP, and the players are stereotypically bad. In addition, some of the scenes are plain confusing - there's one where a zealot just dies while walking up to 2 sunks and being chased by 10 ling - no explanation given. The one unique factor about the movie is that there are three scenes that may possibly involve female players, according to the photos at the bottom, but they're terrible. Like, incredibly bad. One of them, Sweetness, has the following scenes: about twenty zerglings die to mnm; hydras shoot down five dropships that are just flying through the Zerg base; and six zerglings manage to kill a tank that has marines nearby. Only two of the players in the scene are any good (ChoboMarine and Clense, who is - LOZL - Korean), but they don't make up for the rest of the movie. 1.5/10
