Comedy. The sequel to the previous successful film "Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra", based on children's comics by Rene Gosinni and Albert Uderzo. I must say right away that this picture became a kind of completion of the entire series, because after that something went wrong. And I have nostalgic feelings for this picture, because I have watched and reviewed it many times. Nevertheless, today I will be as critical of her as possible, because she deserves it. And here's my brief opinion for you - A cheerful madhouse. There were not only disadvantages in the picture, but also advantages (which are also worth mentioning). And this should end such an important introduction, and move on to the interesting one.
So, the pros:
1. The main story - if you do not go into unnecessary details, and forget about the monstrous disadvantages, then the main story in which our beloved Gauls Asterix and Obelix help Lubovix to win the hand of the beautiful Greek princess Irina by winning the Olympic Games, and this will be prevented by Irina's rejected fiance - Brutus himself, Caesar's adopted son, it turned out pretty good. There are no problems with logic in it, and the central characters are interesting to watch. There is a moral, the emotions of the audience turn on, and the finale pleases.
2. Graphically - each subsequent painting in this series tried to look as beautiful as possible, and this part turned out to be the most colorful and sophisticated. There are a lot of graphs here. It's both out of place and out of place. Apparently, the creators really wanted to show off with special effects, well, I must admit they succeeded. After all, the budget was decent for that time (almost eighty euro lemons).
3. Brutus - yes, the main villain of the picture, in the magnificent performance of the Belgian actor and humorist Benoit Pulvord (who was perfectly dubbed by Vadim Galygin) actually drags the whole picture. Yes, he has more screen time than the rest of the center characters. He's ridiculous, he's funny, he's kind of intimidating, and he's damn endearing.
So, the cons:
1. Asterix - he is no longer played in this picture by Christian Clavier, but by a certain Clovis Cornillac, who does not look at all in this role. In general, it was from this picture that the constant changes of Asterixes began (and in the fifth part they also changed the Obelix), which does not have a very good effect on the series. Clovis is mowing under Clavier here, but he does it much worse than the talented Christian. Clovis's Asterix turned out to be flighty, nervous, very restless.
2. Alain Delon as Caesar - forgive me, dear fans of the great French actor (I saw him only here and also in the film "Tehran 43"), but there is no Caesar here, but there is Alain Delon in a Caesar costume. Delon here brought the features of Napoleon Bonaparte rather, and already the emperor, who had just won the Battle of Austerlitz. Well, at least Alain Delon brightened up this role a little with his presence, because it won't get any better.
3. Logic - no, I understand perfectly well that the whole series has never been a bastion of logic, but here it is already beyond the beaver and the donkey. I do not even know where to start, maybe from the initial scene, where in the Gallic forest, where our village is located nearby (as all three Roman camps are aware of, that they are watching it), a Roman athlete is calmly running, and is very surprised by Asterix and Obelix, who easily overtook him using a magic drink. Or the numerous attempts of Brutus to kill Caesar. They all look very ridiculous and even very stupid. Etc. If I list them all, then the review will take a long time. Just know that there is not just a lot of this, but a huge amount.
3. Humor is not all of it, of course, but most of the jokes and funny situations are just not funny. And after all, there is no childish humor here (which was not observed before), but there is a lot of stupid and even stupid. Here, the jokes are already entirely designed for an adult audience.
The third part of the series did not feel so good at the box office (in fact, it failed), and deservedly so, because repeats of the original moments from the first and second pictures, new actors in old images (which also do not look like them in any way) did not have the best effect. Even Brutus and Alain Delon didn't save the day. It was a failure.
But, the organizers of the real Olympic Games perceived this comedy not as a comedy, but as a guide to action, otherwise how can we explain the obvious disregard of Russian athletes and even their ban on participating in the Rio 2016 Games? And now the situation with doping, explicit contractual competitions has not improved. Damn people! It was a comedy, not a call to action!
But this did not stop the greedy producers, and in 2012 the world saw the fourth part of the series, called "Asterix and Obelix in Britain", but we will talk about it another time.
My score is 6 out of 10. As for the recommendation, see for yourself!
