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.
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Delgo is very cool. A strange alien world that's fun to visit..
Added 9/29/2009
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.
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A feast for your mind and eyes!
Added 8/23/2009
"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.
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Great Graphics Poor Story
Added 8/21/2009
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.
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Deserved a better fate
Added 8/19/2009
If I rated this movie by 1999 standards I would give it 3-4 stars, today 2-3. Granted the plot is rather derivative - but many fantasy action/adventure movies are, so I can give that a pass. Unfortunately the movie got delayed in production and as we know CG art ages like milk rather than wine, so it was 7 so years past by the time it hit the theaters. I believe the wisdom of hindsight would have been or them to release some shorts like Pixar did and not dived into the deep end on their first try.
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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.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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Delgo is very cool. A strange alien world that's fun to visit..
Added 9/29/2009
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.
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A feast for your mind and eyes!
Added 8/23/2009
"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.
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