Very disappointing...

Just what I expected

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

The movie itself might not be that great, but it had some laughable parts. I loved that the Romans had a big part in this movie, since I love them. I love the Gauls too, but I have a kind of weird sympathy for those poor Romans being beaten up all the time. I have to admit that there was one thing, more than anything else, that made the movie totally worth watching for me: the hot, mute roman centurion. He's sexy and adorable at the same time. I would have loved to know why Brutus cut his tongue out though. And if he deserved a punishment like that, why did he keep his centurion-status? I instantly got a huge crush on that character, and I really hope he'll appear in more movies. I'll watch the movie again, just to see him. ;-)

The European sense of humour must be different from the North American one for I thought this movie was genuinely funny. First of all you critics from Europe should always note that a movie is a movie--it stands alone as an object of creativity. It is not a carbon copy of your favorite book or in this case comic book writing. I have not seen the pre-quals to this movie but I think based on this movie I would like them. I like this movie in the tradition of the Carry On films it is campy, slapstick humour and that is all I expect of it. I do not expect Francois Truffaut to crawl out of the grave and direct Alain Delon to a Jules And Jim performance whilst Ingmar Bergman laments in the corner of the screen. I think all of you who lambasted this film should lighten up and judge the film for what it is silly, funny, and at times humorous.

When America adapts comics, it gives Spiderman, Sin-City, Batman… We, French, got Asterix ! It's hard to be a Frenchman! Why ? It's not about special effects, big fights. Simply, when i come back home, i have got nothing to ponder with Asterix while Spidey is full of wisdom. Here, the story is far away from delivering any good message for kids because at those Olympic games, every tribe cheats : the good with magic potion, the bad with magic potion, well, doping is everywhere ! In addition, this movie would be misunderstood for foreigners because it loaded with french « peoplelisation ». So it is less a movie than a showcase for non-acting celebrities.The only good thing to keep in mind was that it was my invitation to friend kids and that they enjoy the day as much as me !

What a crap!!!... I'm so disappointed.. OK,the first film was not very good, everybody agrees, but in some way it had some a sort of dreamy ambiance, that could kept someone a bit connected to the ambient on the books, and, of course, Christian Clavier as Astérix.. I absolutely LOVED the 2nd one.. Now that's comedy, that transported you back to the subtle humour on the books, those were great actors, etc etc... This one was TERRIBLE! Has anyone seen Astérix?? Who was that guy?? How on earth did anyone ever thought he could play astérix!? And did the director's even read the original book? This was a really bad movie... By the time an hour had passed I couldn't listen to Benoît Poelvoorde (Brutus) anymore.. Even though I think he pulled out a decent performance on this, please, shut him up! My head was banging with all that shouting and crappy dialogues... Not funny whatsoever.. And I guess that crappy Astérix talked 3 or 4 times during the whole movie... Maybe I shouldn't complain, because every time he appeared on screen I thought "what tha hell.. a blue eyed astérix with the appearance of teenager badly dressed to carnival??!"Please... You ruined it all:(