The famous comics characters by Goscinny and Uderzo ride again, thistime impersonated by real actors: Obélix by Gérard Depardieu who makesan excellent imitation of the comics character and Astérix by EdouardBaer who doesn"t look much like his comics counterpart. The storyportrays a pretended help asked by the Queen of Britain from thoseGauls that have been resisting for so long in a small village to theRoman invasion since now Julius Caesar has invaded Britain which heintends to conquer. It develops itself in a continuous series of gagsand funny situations with somewhat disguised references to politicaland social usages and practices of our present times. The dialoguesabove all convey those references on purpose which increases andenhances the funny nature of the respective scenes. For instance theQueen of Britain (performed by the great beautiful actress CatherineDeneuve) dresses practically like she could have dressed nowadays andwears a crown 100% identical to the present British Queen one. Somegags are very good some others not so funny. The special visual effectsare first class. The final musical show in the end is fabulous. You maygo to see this movie anyway with the assurance that you will have greatfun.
The famous comics characters by Goscinny and Uderzo ride again, thistime impersonated by real actors: Obélix by Gérard Depardieu who makesan excellent imitation of the comics character and Astérix by EdouardBaer who doesn"t look much like his comics counterpart. The storyportrays a pretended help asked by the Queen of Britain from thoseGauls that have been resisting for so long in a small village to theRoman invasion since now Julius Caesar has invaded Britain which heintends to conquer. It develops itself in a continuous series of gagsand funny situations with somewhat disguised references to politicaland social usages and practices of our present times. The dialoguesabove all convey those references on purpose which increases andenhances the funny nature of the respective scenes. For instance theQueen of Britain (performed by the great beautiful actress CatherineDeneuve) dresses practically like she could have dressed nowadays andwears a crown 100% identical to the present British Queen one. Somegags are very good some others not so funny. The special visual effectsare first class. The final musical show in the end is fabulous. You maygo to see this movie anyway with the assurance that you will have greatfun.