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List Price: $22.98 | | Label: 20th Century Fox
Salesrank: 11288
Released: August 4, 2009 |
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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:
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.
Great Graphics Poor Story 
2009-08-21 - Positive: Great graphics for background scenes and in particular for expressiveness and uniqueness of each character. This was accomplished on a low budget but with detail reminiscent of Hayao Miyazaki. Too often voices are poorly cast for animations but in this case the voicing was well done and fit naturally to each character.
Negative: The dialogue, script and storyline could learn much from Miyazaki. As others have noted the story is redundant and poorly developed; relying too heavily on graphics to carry the audience through. Some imagination in story & script development equivalent to the graphics would have carried this movie to a much higher level.
