Movie review: Asterix & the magic potion is action packed but soulless. News

the Druid Miraculix starts to get too old to climb in the trees during the collection of berries and leaves he needs, to their decoctions. A younger druid must be taught, so as not to brave the village a day without the magic potion that gives super-strength.

With crazy foot may Miraculix be worn on Obelix's back when they, along with Astérix to look up the new talent. An old enemy of Miraculix see this as an opportunity to come to the druid master's superhemliga recipe.

it Sounds quite flat? Do not blame Astérix-fathers René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. This is the first Astérix movie that is not based on any of the seriealbumen if they of Caesar's anger invincible gauls. It is probably, therefore, ”Astérix: The magic drink” to feel so at a time that is ok, and soulless.

did the much more successful ”Astérix - battle of the Gods domicile” in 2014. There was the feeling again album amusing dumsluga the romans and the gauls. Here it is more action - and musikfyllt. The base is frayed animations-slapstick: wild hunt may abruptly end when the thick Obelix get stuck in a narrow passage, doors opened and the figures fall down with your hair on end, things explode and give the blackened nyllen and resignerad glance towards the audience.

It is the gags that were worked out by the Droopy and Tom and Jerry and their colleagues in the 1940s. The gauls and the romans in the albums has always had the talent for that sort of comedy though it has not been the main thing, as here.

In ”Astérix: The magic drink” is the Astérix and Obelix currently as graphical figures but hardly as personalities. It feels like to see the merchandise on the tour.

See more. Three other european animated family films: ”Flåklypa Grand Prix” (1975), ”song of the Sea)” (2014) and ”the Sheep Shaun – the movie” (2015).