Delgo

Post by **James** » December 11th, 2008, 12:46 am

Merging Delgo threads and moving to the Features and Shorts Forum. This film (finally!) opens on Friday.

Post by **Dacey** » December 11th, 2008, 9:52 am

I'm giving it an opening weekend of about five dollars. Ten at most.

Nah. I think I'm being way too generous there...

Post by **Ben** » December 11th, 2008, 4:49 pm

How many theaters are playing it in "limited release". Is it just two in LA or something, so it qualifies for BAF?

I'm actually very interested in seeing how it turns out...if it even makes it over here. Anyone remember Zino And The Snurks or whatever it was called? A messy, noisy mess of a messed up CG film that this reminds me of.

Post by **Daniel** » December 11th, 2008, 4:52 pm

Boo, Zino and The Snurks, I think. In a way, I do see it. Freaky.

Post by **Dacey** » December 11th, 2008, 5:04 pm

Ben, "Delgo," according to boxofficemojo.com, is going to playing on at least 2,000 screens starting tomorrow. Exactly how they managed to get that many theaters to agree to show this thing is beyond me.

Post by **Ben** » December 11th, 2008, 6:07 pm

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They still have no chance against Klaatu...(mini-review coming tomorrow).

Post by **James** » December 11th, 2008, 9:35 pm

Sticking my neck way out there with this review!

http://animated-views.com/2008/delgo-film/

Remember, I was right about Hoodwinked and the previews of that looked a lot worse!

Post by **droosan** » December 11th, 2008, 10:10 pm

Delgo sounds similar to the french film Kaena: The Prophecy, from a few years back .. which I actually rather enjoyed.

Though, I should add that I was somewhat 'alone' with that opinion (at least, among my immediate friends & colleagues). And that I much preferred the original french voice cast to Sony's english dub.

GeorgeC · Post by **GeorgeC** » December 11th, 2008, 10:25 pm

It's always embarrassing when people are dissing a film and the creator behind it shows up and politely says, "Hi!"

This is one thread I'm glad I didn't stick my nose into until now!

Post by **Ben** » December 11th, 2008, 11:15 pm

You're not the only one, droo:
http://animated-views.com/2004/kaena-the-prophecy/

I'm also seeing a bit of Arthur And The Minimoys/Invisibles in there and, as said before, a bit of that Boo, Zino And The Snurks thing, but nobody should have to ever sit through that again.

I'm very much looking forward to seeing Delgo now the Big W has given it the thumbs up.

Post by **Dacey** » December 14th, 2008, 11:12 am

Ouch:

http://boxofficemojo.com/daily/chart/

Post by **Darkblade** » December 14th, 2008, 12:25 pm

This may be a sign of CGI not being in the movies anymore....

Post by **Dacey** » December 14th, 2008, 1:30 pm

I doubt it. "Bolt" is still in the top five, and it's been out for several weeks now.

My guess is that "Delgo" flopped because it just...didn't look very good.

Post by **James** » December 14th, 2008, 2:57 pm

Hardly any marketing was just as big a problem, methinks.

Post by **Phil** » December 15th, 2008, 9:16 am

I think the fact that Animated News didn't do a Delgo banner really hurt their box office!