A good movie

I already saw this movie but since it was such a long time ago and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out again. Like most of the kids growing up in France, I saw many animated features starring Astérix and Obélix. I especially loved ‘Astérix et Cléopâtre’ which I must have seen maybe 100 times back in those days. Anyway, coming back to our main feature, this one was particularly interesting as it was a completely original story, unlike all other Astérix movies which were based upon one of the many Astérix comic-books, at least, until then. It would be also the last movie directed by the actual creators, René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Anyway, this movie was basically some kind of parody of the twelve labors of Hercules which seemed to be a great idea for these characters. However, even though most of it was indeed rather fun, it was also rather episodic, I’m afraid. Furthermore, since Obélix is always under the influence of the magic potion and since Astérix is often using some magic potion as well (which is basically some kind of doping), there was no real competition and there was therefore never anything really at stake at any moment. However, pretty much like Tarantino did with ‘Inglourious Basterds’, they actually did rewrite history with the ending by letting the characters actually beat Julius Caesar which was even more surprising since it never happened in the comic-books. Anyway, to conclude, even if it was probably not a masterpiece, it was still a decent watch, it is one of the best Astérix animated features in my opinion and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.