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Simply A Masterpiece

I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.

The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

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.

What the hell happened to our favorites Gauls? While the first two movies were gems and funny as hell, this third movie is so so disappointing.What we do have here is a cast of superstars making some cameos to have another paycheck. The most blatant example is the VERY LAME end when you see Zidane, Amelie Mauresmo, Tony Parker and other sports stars succeeding to each other in an unstoppable tempo while we actually watch this parade without understanding any of it. Where is the story and the main theme we love so much and we enjoyed in the first two pictures???This movie is a shame beyond word, a pure marketing product without imagination. The only thing preventing me for giving the worst note is the presence of Gerard Depardieu and Benoit Poelvoorde who must feel why they signed for this? Clavier didn't and he made a hell of a good choice!

Gaul is entirely occupied by the Roman. Well not , entirely . One small village of indomitable Gauls holds out against the invaders. Life is not easy for the Roman legionaries who garrison the fortified camp. In the village are our friends, Asterix(Clovis Cornillac substituting to Christian Claver), he's a shrewd and cunning little warrior, his inseparable partner is Obelix(Gerard Depardieu, as always), he's ready to drop everything and go off on a new adventure with Asterix , Panoramix(a recently deceased Jean Pierre Cassel), the venerable village's druid who brews magic potions , his speciality is the potion which gives the drinker superhuman strength , without forgetting the chief Abraracourcix and the singer Bardo Cacofonix. Besides a young villager enamored a beautiful Greek princess named Irina(Vanessa Hessler). Then our heroes decide participate in the Olympic Games in Olympia. There they must confront against the Caesar's(Alain Delon substituting to Gottfried John and Alain Chabat) son named Brutus(Benoit Poelvoorde).The picture captures outrageous adventures,tongue in check,anachronisms, feats and hilarious moments here and there. Packs sympathetic first appearance of Julius Caesar by Alain Delon doing a self-homage with musical background from the Clan of the Sicilians. Appear several secondaries Spaniards and French as Santiago Segura, Monica Cruz and Jean Pierre Castaldi,Janel Debouzze repeating his role of Numerobix and the wrestling champion Nathan Jones as Humungus. However this time doesn't appear the likable pirates and their sinking ships , being substituted by known football players in a silly ending with a balloon as plot. The motion picture is regularly directed by Frederic Forrestier though contains lively musical score and colorful cinematography by Thierry Argobast. This inferior third entry shot in live acting is preceded by ¨Asterix vs Caesar¨ directed by Claude Zidi and ¨Asterix and Cleopatra¨ by Alain Chabat and with Monica Belucci.

The comic book of Asterix at Olympic games was great. If they had stayed at that story the movie would have been great too. But no, they had to put a love story between two unknown characters and A big story about the bad guys witch leaves only 10 minutes for Asterix and Ovelix to fit in their movie. Terrible mistake. All the famous couple does in this movie is for Asterix to tell Obelix "Stop that Chariot" and Obelix does. ONly thing I liked were the first minutes where they discuss the meaning of true power. I work at a cinema and was able to see the movie for free. But I even left at the second hour because the parade of celebrities was so irrelevant. And also why did they had to humiliate that nice actor with the handicap problem too and make him do idiotic thing with the ball? Any joke that is not from the comic book is so stupid and prehistoric. Why could not they just stay true to the comic book?