![]() ![]() Some convince you that it's time to end the franchise, other that the little Gaul had good days still. ![]() Reviewed by ElMaruecan82 8 / 10 Finally, that's what the third live-action "Asterix" should have been.Īstérix' adaptation are less a matter of animation or live-action than hit or miss. You may go to see this movie anyway with the assurance that you will have great fun. The final musical show in the end is fabulous. The special visual effects are first class. Some gags are very good some others not so funny. For instance the Queen of Britain (performed by the great beautiful actress Catherine Deneuve) dresses practically like she could have dressed nowadays and wears a crown 100% identical to the present British Queen one. The dialogues above all convey those references on purpose which increases and enhances the funny nature of the respective scenes. It develops itself in a continuous series of gags and funny situations with somewhat disguised references to political and social usages and practices of our present times. ![]() The story portrays a pretended help asked by the Queen of Britain from those Gauls that have been resisting for so long in a small village to the Roman invasion since now Julius Caesar has invaded Britain which he intends to conquer. The famous comics characters by Goscinny and Uderzo ride again, this time impersonated by real actors: Obélix by Gérard Depardieu who makes an excellent imitation of the comics character and Astérix by Edouard Baer who doesn't look much like his comics counterpart. Unfortunately, nothing ever goes quite to plan. After all, the voyage seems to offer an excellent opportunity for completing the young man's education. Astérix and Obélix will accompany him back to Britain-as will Goudurix. When Jolitorax arrives to ask for help, the Gauls decide to give him a barrel of their famous magic potion. Their chief has entrusted them with the task of making a man of Goudurix, his young pain-in-the-ass nephew recently arrived from Lutèce. At the village in question, Astérix and Obélix already have their hands full. One single tiny village manages to resist, but its forces are growing weaker so Corddlia, Queen of the Britons, decides to send her most faithful officer Jolitorax to seek aid in Gaul, in another small village famed for its dogged resistance to the Romans. At the head of his glorious legions, he decides to invade the island that lies at the very edge of the known world, that mysterious land known as Britain. ![]()
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