i couldn't believe what they did! Even by trying i have a hard time seeing how you can fail at making a movie to that point; I mean how hard can it be? If you look at the comic book, they had a plot, a storyboard, the costumes and the background ready to be used. they could have repeated the cartoon version word for word and release something that was better! firstly they make a Remarque of Asterix and Obelix as a homosexual couple (I am serious) as they apparently live in the same house (which they do not if the director read the comic carefully). Unlike the last movie there was not one love story that ruined the whole movie but TWO so twice the amount of boredom. the special effects were better in the Cleopatra movie. and the acting is awful. in the movie Goudrix(from Asterix and the Normans aka Asterix and the vikings(he looks like the complete opposite from the comic))wants to be with Jolitorax's fiancée(who was not in the cartoon), and so does Asterix for a while and at one point Jolitorax was completely in the nude. at that point I wanted to leave the room shocked for life ( I wish but I was actually stuck in there). so I suffered the whole movie. the actual story that the movie is based on takes around half an hour. the other hour is the stupid love story that was added on top. the cartoon version of this movie was absolutely brilliant although there is probably the translation problem (I saw it in French). if there was one good Asterix movie with actors, it's definitely the Cleopatra one. Asterix should not be treated as a kids cartoon. i actually enjoy the cartoon for its caricature of reality and of its subtle intelligent humor that is hard to find these days. i highly recommend this movie if you want to torture an Asterix fan or if you want to painfully waste an hour. the twilight saga seems all right next to this junk. avoid at all costs. I think of this movie as a mocking parody of the brilliant comic books and hopefully there will be a better one.( i said doubtfully).this is still an OK romantic comedy but it does not feel like you are watching an Asterix movie. to be honest by the end of it i forgot it was an Asterix movie. the worst of it all is the fact that they took away the friendship between the two characters. during 3/4 of the movie the two characters are irritated at each other. this is going against the rules of the Asterix series and that is a mistake that one should not do.