Really Surprised!

How sad is this?

Fresh and Exciting

best movie i've ever seen.

Many reasons to see this nice comedy. if you has not high expectations from it. because it has two sides. one reasonables, who saves few errors - the great actors in the lead roles - and it is a delight for malicious aspect of us to see the admirable Alain Delon in a hilarious sketch of Julius Cesar - or tolerate a so strange Asterix gived by Clovis Cornillac. the other side is a little bitter . because it is too...American. special effects, few not real inspired jokes and Olimpic Games, too eccentric references to history and an obvious film almost only for adults . but, sure, Depardieu does a good job. and a solide pillare could save a fragile house to fall. with huge dosis of mercy from public.

Alafalix (a decent Stéphane Rousseau) falls in love with the beautiful Greek princess Irina (the exquisite piece of eye-candy Vanessa Hessler). However he is not the only one in search of her hand as Brutus (irritatingly portrayed by Benoît Poelvoorde) is also in the running. Due to this in order to win her over Alafalix must win the Olympics... Asterix, Obelix and Panoramix fortunately are always there to give a helping hand...I gather most people have seen one or two outings of the feature film series of Asterix and Obelix. Hence you are aware of its few strengths (with Gérard Depardieu as Obelix the highlight).This time Asterix is played quite appallingly by Clovis Cornillac and he pairs up tragically with the big-name actor, resulting in the lead actors turning Asterix and Obelix into an unsympathetic pair. Apart from the uninspiring actors the rest just doesn't hold up well. The story is even more cartoon-like than its predecessors making you think they may have just made an animation instead of wasting time and money for a feature. Dialogues and jokes are surprisingly few and far between, most of them pathetically primitive, but well... they may suit the younger audience. The few that hit the spot garner a few laughs, even though the level of the jokes is American Pie type stuff. Worst of all the movie just drags. If you thought Return of th King dragged on and on at the end - imagine this movie drags from the first scene to the last. Never got involved into the movie and had frequent breaks, because of me dozing off for 5-10 minute naps.Forgettable and really not recommended. If your kid forces you to watch this turd well... it is watchable and won't make you cringe in disgust. And that must count for something.

I've just seen this film this evening and it has thoroughly ruined my evening. I'm now in an appalling mood because every good memory of Asterix has been wiped from my memory. This isn't even a case of a hardened fan feeling his life's love is ruined... It's a genuinely awful film. The acting is bizarre some of the casting was very strange, and I honestly couldn't think of a good reason for Zinedine Zidanne making a cameo at the end, they must have paid him MILLIONS.Don't even watch it out of a sense of love for Asterix or a sense of curiosity. This isn't "this film is so bad it's funny" it's "this film is so bad I think that I've lost the will to live."Just.Don't.Watch.

I used to read the adventures of Asterix when I was younger, and I was always delighted. But, watching this movie made me think differently: has the little 'Gaullois' village given up? the movie seems only made to guarantee commercial success: many famous people (many of whom are known only in France, plus some guest stars), special effects, big marketing, etc... But, in the end, the jokes are not very good, the special effects are sometime ridiculous, the plot is far fetched and the frequent appearance of guest stars doesn't manage to fill this rather empty movie (in fact, it ended getting on my nerves).I don't know if children will find this movie funny, but it's really difficult for anybody without 'laughing potion' to take real pleasure here. Too bad for Benoit Poolevoerde, who has done his best to save the Titanicus!