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In ancient Gaul, one village resisted Roman occupation thanks to a magic potion of super strength and the village's clever hero, Asterix. With his friend Obelix, who is always strong since he fell into the potion as a baby, they defy the Romans with hilarious results.
Here, Obelix is lovestruck by the chief's niece, but she is betrothed to someone else! After she is captured by the Romans he and Asterix travel to Rome for a Colosseum battle!
(Madman Entertainment)
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Another one of those stories that I quite like and find entertaining. The whole story is essentially just a journey towards rescue, but in the drawing, you can see how even in animated films, it evolved and is different from the previous one, moreover, it utilizes - to the benefit of the matter - different kinds of characters. One of the better Asterix episodes.
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It's a bit better, but in my opinion what I wrote about Asterix the Gaul still applies: Asterix is better to read than to watch. Some of my friends, also Asterix fans, have the same opinion, so I hope I'm not being too subjective. The books are brilliant, the animated versions are botched, and Goscinny and Uderzo have disowned them.
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“Dear boys..." Asterix and Obelix put a system of small “favors" into practice in their second best film adventure, this time in a hybrid based on several different instalments of the comic book at once. Although it still remains in a rather infantile style compared to the original comic books, but as a kid this and The Great Cheese Conspiracy were my favorite cartoons of all, so I forgive it any glitches. Of course, I am happy to add that it didn’t have many glitches anyhow.
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I'm probably going to sound like philistine, but this episode didn't work for me. I was trying to find something to like about it the whole time, but to no avail! There may be a lot of funny scenes, but they didn't make me laugh. The characters were dry and by the end I was bored with how Obelix kept smashing and destroying everything around him. I don't want to take anything away from Asterix fans, but for me this was an average animated film.
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