Why so much hype?

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

it is a must see movie it is a super movie you just have to watch this amazing movie i never saw anything like this in my life it is a wonderful movie your whole family will enjoy this masterpiece of a movie you will die after you see this amazing film it is a outstanding family movie Delgo is a must see movie for everyone i say Delgo is the best animated movie in 2008 for sure it was the best movie know all around the world i never saw a movie like this before they should make a second Delgo called Delgo 2 now that would be a great movie you will say now that was a super movie this is a award winning movie it is one of the best movies ever made you will die after you see this amazing movie it is the best animated movie of 2008 for sure i never saw a movie like this before now this is what i call a great movie this should be the number 1 animated movie in the world

The real awful thing about this movie is that it was barely (if even) advertised, which is the only real reason I can see for it having bombed in the theatres. If you keep in mind that this is a kids' movie, you'll enjoy it; if you go in expecting a complicated plot, lots of graphic violence, swearing, or whatever else, you'll think it was lame.The story is simple and typical of adventure movies for kids, but what did you expect? It's got a superb cast of voices, the graphics style is fresh and innovative, and perhaps with the exception of the comic relief character Filo, the characters are likable (Filo goes way beyond overboard, but again, he's there to keep kids watching and laughing). The animation is well done, only getting weird in bits where they seemed to be trying to make comic-relief characters funnier - which was obviously done to keep the attention of its younger audience. Finally, the world it's set in is beautiful, making one wish the movie were perhaps longer and more in-depth, but again, it's a kids' movie.The people writing reviews trashing this movie have serious issues. I imagine the majority of them will find what they are looking for in James Cameron's "Avatar" when that gets released. But if you're looking for something to show your kids, or because you want to see something fantasy-adventurish, give this a try. As long as you keep the title of this review in mind, you'll enjoy it. It's not terrible by a long shot.The only thing spoilerish that I will write in this review is that a few characters do die in this movie, so the PG-rating is appropriate.

Animated film about love and tolerance from Fathom Studios would have been a great film if they had just removed the two groups that are the main characters. In all honesty I would have loved to just watch the landscapes and the creatures that in habit wander about for 90 minutes. Instead I got a bunch of ill designed, poorly animated bi-pedal lizard like people creatures battling with some fairy like creatures who's land went barren and who wanted more than the land the lizards offered them. I don't know. Its a mess of a movie. The sort of thing that even SciFi wouldn't have run were it live action.This feels like a direct to video release that never gets even a cable screening. You know you're in trouble when you don't like the look of the main characters, and then things get worse when you add in sub-humorous comedy. Its a shame that this got a theatrical release when there are dozens of better films that can't even see the light of day. Clearly someone wanted to see the landscapes on a big screen. given the choice I'd take a pass and stare out a window instead.

I'm not exactly an animation buff. Last year I did watch 50 feature-length toons (13 in movie theaters), but so far in 2008 I've cut back to only 17 (including 14 in theaters). Since most of the previous comments seem to have an ax to grind on the extreme ends of the scale, I'll just try to stick to some comparative impartial facts to help others decide if this is their cup of tea (like so many others, I was the only one in the theater during my screening, so I obtained no benefit from the reactions of fellow audience members).If you enjoyed AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE COLON MOVIE FILM FOR THEATERS, absolutely do NOT see DELGO (it has no fake fast food to feed your warped tastes). This story is more original and less revisionist than HAPPILY N'VER AFTER, and the comic relief characters of Filo and Spig are no lamer than their counterparts in TMNT (2007). The sense of peril in DELGO is not as great as kids would experience during ARTHUR & THE INVISIBLES, but children can better identify with the actual humans in the similarly sci-fi MEET THE ROBINSONS. Though Michael Clark Duncan as Jedi-like/Jedi-lite Marley and the late Anne Bancroft as the evil self-styled Empress Sedessa provide DELGO's most distinctive voice work, they really can't compete with SHREK III's Eddie Murphy and Carmeron Diaz. I would say, however, the faux history of DELGO is just as understandable and even richer than that of SURF'S UP. Furthermore, the violence is not as gory as anime offerings such as PAPRIKA or VEXILLE. Make no mistake; this movie is not a gem like RATATOUILLE, WALL-E, PERSEPOLIS, or even KUNG FU PANDA. But at least with DELGO you don't have to worry about a favorite story from childhood being butchered, as you might with HORTON HEARS A WHO. Though FLY ME TO THE MOON topped SPACE CHIMPS, it does not add as much to the cartoon universe as DELGO. Sure, it's not topical like the SIMPSON'S MOVIE or the BEE MOVIE, but it did a better job of keeping me awake than either the abysmal DOOGAL or THE PIRATES WHO DON'T DO ANYTHING: A VEGGIE TALES MOVIE. And regardless of whether DELGO rips off the George Lucas empire, it's still more worthwhile than STAR WARS: THE CLONE WARS (talk about beating a dead horse!).