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List Price: $22.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 16954
Released: August 4, 2009 |
| Our Price: $11.46 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
When a forgotten enemy returns, the fate of the world lies with a spirited princess and an unlikely hero. Take an exciting journey to a spectacular realm of magic, fantasy, romance, and adventure.
**Special Features:
*Audio Commentary from the Directors
*Behind the Scenes
*Sounds of Delgo
*Meet the Characters
*Animated Short: Chroma Chamelon
*6 Deleted Scenes
Description of Delgo:
Delgo is a computer-animated film that is at once fantasy, action, and drama, with an added dose of comedy. The most amazing thing about the film, besides the fact that it was 10 years in the making, is its rich graphic rendering of a world that's unlike any other. The backgrounds have an almost painted quality and the contrast of the stark, resource depleted planet of the Nohrins and the natural, dreamlike world of Jhamora is striking thanks to intense color saturation and an impressive level of visual detail. Despite its uniqueness, Jhamora is plagued by an all-too-common conflict rooted in the cultural and moral differences of its two peoples. This epic story follows two young teenagers, Nohrin Princess Kyla (Jennifer Love Hewitt) and Lockni Jhamora native Delgo (Freddie Prinze Jr.), who share a common dream of cultural acceptance and cooperation as they fall into friendship and then love. Exiled Nohrin Sedessa (Anne Bancroft), who was banished from Jhamora for killing King Zahn's (Louis Gossett Jr.) wife (Princess Kyla's mother), and General Raius (Malcolm McDowell) kidnap Princess Kyla--an event which leads to Delgo and his bumbling friend Filo (Chris Kattan) being imprisoned for the crime and incites war between the two peoples. Can peace possibly return to Jhamora without the total extermination of either the Nohrin or the Lockni people? Battlefield action on the ground and in the sky is intense and omnipresent throughout the film and the story is interesting, if not original, but the animation is at times rather choppy and almost video-game-like and somehow the film just isn't all that engaging. Bonus features include commentary with co-writer and producer Marc Adler, co-director and co-writer Jason Maurer, and animation and visual effects supervisor Warren Grubb; a behind the scenes look at how the voice talent shaped the film's characters, a featurette detailing the composer's and sound designer's thoughts about the sounds of Delgo; meet the characters and creatures functions, and six deleted scenes. (Ages 10 and older) --Tami Horiuchi
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Delgo Reviews:
UNEVEN AND FLAWED, YET FASCINATING FANTASY 7 OUT OF 10 
2009-12-26 - I wasn't sure of what I was getting into with Delgo when I was getting ready to watch it. Despite the fact that customers on this site praise this film, this film on every other site I've seen the film has been savagely torn apart by critics and moviegoers alike (27 out of 100 on Metacritic and a 13% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes). I was pleasantly surprised with Delgo, and I actually got a decent film out of it. It's most certainly not the greatest animated film I've ever seen, and it will never make any "Best" lists, but it's still worth a look.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT: The film starts off by telling us of a war between two races, and a power struggle between a royal family. An evil woman named Sedessa tries to take over more of the enemy's territory, and when she is banished from the royal family, she then kills the king's wife and then loses her wings and is banished to a faraway land where years later she attempts to start war again. We are then introduced to our hero, Delgo whose parents were killed in the war years ago, his friend Filo, and then a girl from the other race named Kyla who is the daughter of the king. Together the group (Along with some other friends) must stop Sedessa from taking over the land and murdering the king.
MUSIC: The music is actually pretty good and it fits the mood quite well. I was never bored with it and it always flowed well with the film.
ACTING: They managed to get some pretty good actors to play in this film, and for the most part the actors were actually pretty good. I don't who the voice-actor for the character Filo was, but he annoyed the ever-loving crap out of me. I was just rooting for the bad guys in this film to kill him off, but sadly it never came. If you thought the Star Wars character Jar Jar Binks was the most annoying character ever, think again there are much worse as proven by this character Filo. However, the rest of the voice-acting was good, even there were moments of cheesy dialogue.
ACTION: This film's biggest flaw is the lack of originality in, well, everything to be precise. None of these characters felt original, and seemed to be the usual stereotypical fantasy heroes we're accustomed to. There wasn't really anything that made me care about these characters and there was just no real way to relate to them. This film does however, feature some pretty good action sequences that can be rather explosive at times and really fun to watch. However, there's always that nagging feeling in the back of your head because you've already seen this before in other (Superior) films. While the CGI animation looks pretty, it's definitely not the best-looking CGI film I've ever seen (Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within is the best-looking of them all, and I recommend you see it).
OVERALL: While Delgo is most likely not going to wow you, it offers a good time that's worth the money despite the lack of originality. It offers enough good times that should keep the family entertained and there's enough humor to keep things flowing as well. However, you have other options at hand. Still, it won't hurt to try this film.
THE GOOD: Good CGI animation, good music, good acting, cool action scenes.
THE BAD: Nothing really feels original, some animation is stilted and awkward, and I despise the voice-acting of Filo.
Beautiful animation with a wonderful story! 
2009-12-05 - I found Delgo to be beautifully made, with an artisic originality not found in other animated films I've experienced. The characters are fantastical and refreshingly different. I loved this film, and I would recommend it as a great movie for the family with small children.
Delgo 
2009-10-19 - I really enjoyed this movie. My grandsons and I sat down to watch it and they liked it also. There is a little movie short that you should watch. i had not even heard of the movie before I found it on Amazon.
Delgo is very cool. A strange alien world that's fun to visit..
2009-09-29 - Are you noticing a trend here? Great independent animated films are getting released with next to no studio support and then are dumped on DVD with next to no studio support. It's almost as if they were getting buried on purpose. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, but wow, it's like there's PIXAR and DREAMWORKS and that's it. Well, if you like talking animals and fart jokes then you'll be happy with these two powerhouse studios releasing at least two of these per year, but I myself like animation that pushes the medium in new directions. That's why I recommend you check out Delgo. Delgo is a simple, yet effective all-ages tale set in an alien world of warring tribes.
It seems like with the technology we have that Hollywood would be making the next Star Wars, but there seems to be a vacuum in the Sci-Fi realm. There are plenty of human-based sci-fi fantasy shows on TV (Battlestar Galactica, StarGate, Doctor Who), but where are all rich, fully realized alien-based fantasy worlds? Cameron's making Avatar , but in the mean-time you should check out Delgo (and the recently released BATTLE FOR TERRA). Both are fun, emersive sci-fi/fantasy adventures that explore new strange worlds in detail. I expect with the release of AVATAR and The Princess of Mars, the floodgate will be opened and we will see more films like Delgo. It's a cool fantasy film and deserves your support.
A feast for your mind and eyes!
2009-08-23 - "Delgo" is the best CG film I've seen in terms of detail, color, depth, motion and dialog. Both the characters and the background are incredibly rich and seem 3D like. They pop out and come alive in every scene. It's true art! There are many characters and plots to follow, keeping kids and adults alike engaged and entertained throughout the movie. "Delgo" is highly sophisticated in terms of life lessons and character virtues/flaws. You can easily distinguish between the Lokni and the winged Norin. Delgo is endearing, Kyla is fearless, Filo is hilarious, Bogardus is courageous, Raius is fierce, and Sedessa is wonderfully mean and convoluted (my favorite character). The movie reminds me of the "Star Wars" Episodes I-III, which were spectacular in terms of the visual effects/CG and elaborate characters.
