We (the Taylor family, well Dad and daughter 8 and son 6) love these live action movies – though yes when watching with the kids we use the dubbed version which can be a little distracting. They are so daft and just great for kids. A nice mix of silliness and pop culture, or sport culture often in this case, references. They aren’t going to win any awards and are nowhere near as good as the comics but damnit the kids love them and there is something thrilling about seeing romans whacked up into the air in complete cartoon style. Haven’t watched this one for a wee while as recent(ish) cartoon Mansion of the Gods is the current Taylor household favourite but every so often the kids when asked what movie they want to watch, after much scwobbling can sometime be heard to scream “One of Dad’s asterix movies” and my heart fair soars with pride. Oh and yes the chariot racer seen is probably the greatest Forumla 1 driver of all time, the now sadly very poorly Michael Schumacher.

And there are lots of famous European sports stars in final scene including Zinedine Zindane, which really should have been a sequence in the credits, but don’t think that was so in fashion at the time. @Dan I picked up the Mansion of the Gods Blu-ray with that dub, so I’ll definitely be reviewing that in a few weeks. (I think it’s volume 16, but don’t quote me on that.) I’m very much looking forward to watching that one. I think animation is likely best for Asterix, just to keep more of those character designs. After those two movies, though, it gets a little harder to find the movies legally.

Audience Reviews for Asterix at the Olympic Games (Asterix aux jeux olympiques) ½ This new adventure of Asterix film is delighted, exciting and funny.

Even illegally, the YouTube rips are usually in French with no subtitles or, worse, French with only YouTube’s automated subtitles. I’d love to see “Mission: Cleopatra” (c’mon, Monica Belucci!) and “The Vikings,” which got a pretty nice art book, if nothing else. Appreciate the offer, but I don’t have anything region-free or multi-region. =( The All Region Blu-Ray is available on Amazon, but it’s a bit of a hefty price. Looks like there’s an appropriate region disc I’ll just have to buy used to get there.

(Wait, sorry, that’s all for the Vikings movie. The Cleopatra movie is a much rarer case. There’s not even one available on-line for my region, period. Yikes.) (Wait, Edit #2: I think I just found one on Amazon for Cleopatra that’s only $20. Might need the pull the trigger on that tonight, even if it’s dubbed instead of subtitled. Beggars can’t be choosers) •. Mansion of the Gods is seriously fun and I really enjoy it and the kids love it.

The cast has some folks who I really don’t like – I mean Jack Whitehall as Asterix was almost enough to put me off all together – to be fair though he’s pretty good well once I forget its Jack Whitehall! On the flip side you have some real gems I personally think Mike Berry is one of the worlds great voice actors. His turn as a cosmic dolphin in the Spongue Bob film (you can tell I have young kids) is sublime. Here he doesn’t get enough screen time but he’s a delight. Anyway watch it, its an absolute delight!

Personally, I hated that movie with a passion. The amount of ‘cabotinage’ going on was painful – basically, the Who’s Who of French cinema and sports being given screen time to rehash past glories (the whole Cyrano thing) or strut their stuff (Zidane, Schumacher). It was like we suddenly heard about this neat little idea – cameos – but got the timing completely wrong, and instead of 5-10 seconds of Stan Lee having a fun, one-line quip, we gave a whole bunch of Stan Lees 1 or 2 minutes each to show off or ham it up. All the more annoying that “Cleopatra” had been reasonably good One special mention to Delon’s Caesar, though.

Like you said, he’s perfect. Then again, he’s regularly lampooned by French comedians, portrayed as an arrogant ’emperor’ of French cinema who speaks of himself in the third person. So he wasn’t really acting much.:p (As for the Gaston movie, I still haven’t been able to bring myself to go and see it. Franquin’s daughter called it a ‘disaster’ and shot it down in flames) •.

With: With: Clovis Cornillac, Gerard Depardieu, Benoit Poelvoorde, Alain Delon, Stephane Rousseau, Vanessa Hessler, Michael Bully Herbig, Santiago Segura, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Jamel Debbouze, Zinedine Zidane, Michael Schumacher, Tony Parker, Amelie Mauresmo. (French dialogue) Euro blockbuster “ at the ” would take the silver or bronze medal in any Quality Olympics, ranking below smarter predecessor “ & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra” but on a rough par with the comicbook franchise’s first installment, “ vs. Caesar.” Every cent of the most expensive French pic ever — at a reported budget of $115 million — is visible onscreen. Little mix touch download musicpleer.

Shame, then, more coin wasn’t spent on the scrappy script, which sees its ancient Gallic heroes journeying to Greece. Pic should do very solid Continental biz, but theatrical coin from Anglophone territories will be negligible.