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Silly Asterix
"Asterix et Obelix contre Cesar" is a silly live action remake of the Asterix comic book series (even sillier with the English dub on), featuring bits and pieces from the comics, plus some original material, and live action versions of all the major village characters, like Cacofonix, Fulliautomatix, Geriatrix, Unhygenix and Vitalstatistix. <
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>Caesar is checking out the conquered Gaulish villages, but his legions haven't managed to conquer a village in Brittany. The folk there, like Asterix (Christian Clavier) drink magic potion there, and it makes them invincible. Obelix (Gerard Depardieu), doesn't need to drink potion, since he fell into a bowl of it when he was a baby, meaning he's invincible all the time... <
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>It's interesting seeing how the French see their own comic series, it's very quirkily done, worth a look if you're interested. <
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Predictable, but it wouldn't be Asterix otherwise...
Asterix et Obelix Contre Cesar brings to the screen a European cartoon/comic all time favorite: Asterix! <
>Asterix and Obelix have their hands full in trying to save their village from a greedy charlatan who is out to scam the gullible country folk, as well as a power hungry Roman who has his eyes set on the mighty Roman Empire. If the two Gauls want a fighting chance they must form an alliance with their arch nemesis... Caesar himself! <
>As a major fan of the comic book I was a little disappointed in that the acting and the dialogues/humor could have been a little better, but the plot, the feel, the setting and music are all pretty good. <
>Christian Clavier, Gerard Depardieu, and Roberto Benigni are good, but not great. <
>A Monica Bellucci type actress, like in the outstanding sequel, Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra would have been perfect. <
>In all honesty, I'll take the cartoons and the comic books (especially) anytime compared to the film, though if you're an Asterix fan you might want to give it a try. <
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