Not brilliant, but it\'s a faithful adaptation of the book
Asterix is the hero of the only French village to hold out against the might
of Rome. The village achieves this with the use of a magic potion that gives superhuman strength, made by druid Panaramix. However a roman spy discovers this and kidnaps the druid, leaving Asterix to rescue him. One of the first Asterix films and sets a solid standard for the rest. The story remains quite faithful to the book and even manages to have quite a lot of the pun and wit. It\'s not rocket science, but for fans it\'s important. A minor complaint is that many of the characters don\'t use the same names that are used in the English books. So here we have the chief called Tonnabrix, the bard called Stopthemusix and Getafix called Panaramix The animation is solid – it\'s not flashy but it is similar to the books and works quite well. Certainly kids won\'t be disappointed with it. The voices are OK but some don\'t fit – for example Asterix isn\'t very heroic sounding, and Obelix sounds way too dopey. However in the English version of the film it\'s a comparatively all star cast – Bill Oddie, Brian Blessed, Michael Elphich, Andrew Sachs (Manuel in Fawlty Towers), Tim Brooke Taylor, Douglas Blackwell etc. Overall it\'s not brilliant, but it\'s a faithful adaptation of the book and manages to bring some of the wit and charm of the characters out. allanroeser watch Dirty Laundry movie
This is very funny.
symbalum watch Minutemen movie
Très sympatique et plaisant.
i love asterix. the movies are so good..
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film harika mutlaka izleyin.
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Looks like the only bad Aterix movie... Hope the trailer doesn't do justice to this movie....
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imandol
Oh! I love Asterix! It's one of my favorite comics. And now on my computer!.
jabu j
great kids movie, i loved it as a kid.
A primitive incarnation of the famous Gaul indeed
I wasn't expecting Pixar animation from a French cartoon from the
Sixties, but I did expect the drawings to be a little more complex. It doesn't distract from the enjoyment of the movie but if you've ever seen some of the early Charlie Brown cartoons you'll find the stiff animation style quite familiar. The story itself is very simple and involves an undercover Roman spying on the Gauls to learn the secret of their superhuman strength. We all know it's because of the magic potion but this first movie is very "entry level" so don't expect it to get any more complex than that. It is an almost direct adaptation of the comic-book, but a few of the character names have been changed, for example Getafix is now called Panoramix. I am glad they didn't follow through with these weird changes for the rest of the movies. At a running time of less than 70 minutes there's not much time for a plot to develop but there are a decent amount of laughs and it's always fun to watch the hapless Romans get beaten up. Thankfully, the animated Asterix never got any worse than this.. |
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