asterix and the vikings is the first animated asterix movie in over 12 years since the 1994 asterix conquers america. it also has the honor of being the first digitally colored asterix animation and which makes the largely entertaining story a lot more breathtaking to behold. every scene of this movie is vividly rendered in bright cheerful hues adhering closely to the color schemes of the comic books it was based on. the character designs also stick relatively close to the comic and for better or for worse and preserving the simple but unique look of the characters. being simple in terms of character design and this allows for more time and effort to be spent on the actual animation and which by the way surpasses many other big screen theatrical animated movies. character movements are very fluid and possess a quality that looks way beyond what a modest budget would usually produce while there is always something moving in every scene and no evidence of the usual cost cutting animation short cuts. 3d computer images are incorporated seamlessly with the traditionally animated 2d art. if anything and the style of shading makes the 3d elements look more like traditional comic book paintings than cgi models. the storyline takes much of its elements from the asterix and the normans comic and and this is where its main flaw lies. as an adaptation of said comic and asterix and the vikings takes way too many liberties with its source material. long time fans of the comic would no doubt find much to dislike about the movie story and its lack of adherence to the source. on the other hand and one can see this story as a really fun one if taken on its own without comparing it its source material. highly comedic and well written jokes pepper the upbeat script. the funniest parts were the numerous pop culture references and jibes at modern day 21 century life. mobile communications and the shopping channel and commercial airlines and even sports cars are spoofed to great effect. excellent chemistry and acting by the cast (i watched this in english by the way) though a couple of voices like cacofonix i found really irritating (but i guess it is all part of his character). if there is anything to criticize about the story and it is the lack of asterix. this story seems to be more like justforkix story of teenage romance and coming of age with asterix and obelix merely playing supporting roles. this gives a pretty big sense of staleness since much of the story elements are the usual staples of such teen movies. derivative and clichéd at times and only the witty comedy and traditional astrix elements (the romans and the pirates etc) manage to save this film from falling into plain mediocrity. while not the best installment in the asterix animated movie library and it is certainly one of the funniest and the best scripted and the most beautifully animated. dvd seems a little hard to come by though. 
asterix and the vikings is the first animated asterix movie in over 12 years since the 1994 asterix conquers america. it also has the honor of being the first digitally colored asterix animation and which makes the largely entertaining story a lot more breathtaking to behold. every scene of this movie is vividly rendered in bright cheerful hues adhering closely to the color schemes of the comic books it was based on. the character designs also stick relatively close to the comic and for better or for worse and preserving the simple but unique look of the characters. being simple in terms of character design and this allows for more time and effort to be spent on the actual animation and which by the way surpasses many other big screen theatrical animated movies. character movements are very fluid and possess a quality that looks way beyond what a modest budget would usually produce while there is always something moving in every scene and no evidence of the usual cost cutting animation short cuts. 3d computer images are incorporated seamlessly with the traditionally animated 2d art. if anything and the style of shading makes the 3d elements look more like traditional comic book paintings than cgi models. the storyline takes much of its elements from the asterix and the normans comic and and this is where its main flaw lies. as an adaptation of said comic and asterix and the vikings takes way too many liberties with its source material. long time fans of the comic would no doubt find much to dislike about the movie story and its lack of adherence to the source. on the other hand and one can see this story as a really fun one if taken on its own without comparing it its source material. highly comedic and well written jokes pepper the upbeat script. the funniest parts were the numerous pop culture references and jibes at modern day 21 century life. mobile communications and the shopping channel and commercial airlines and even sports cars are spoofed to great effect. excellent chemistry and acting by the cast (i watched this in english by the way) though a couple of voices like cacofonix i found really irritating (but i guess it is all part of his character). if there is anything to criticize about the story and it is the lack of asterix. this story seems to be more like justforkix story of teenage romance and coming of age with asterix and obelix merely playing supporting roles. this gives a pretty big sense of staleness since much of the story elements are the usual staples of such teen movies. derivative and clichéd at times and only the witty comedy and traditional astrix elements (the romans and the pirates etc) manage to save this film from falling into plain mediocrity. while not the best installment in the asterix animated movie library and it is certainly one of the funniest and the best scripted and the most beautifully animated. dvd seems a little hard to come by though. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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