But back in the 60's, animated movies were very short. Ceaser and Cleopatra's voices work though. Asterix with an American accent is not good idea. The animation is not great, it is not a Hollywood Disney film.
ASTERIX AND CLEOPATRA FOOD SONG FULL
You could have full frontal nudity in it and they wouldn't know. They probably knew it was Asterix and gave it a U anyway without watching it. I'm surprised the BBFC didn't cut those scenes out. Black people are drawn in a shockingly stereotypical way with giant lips and speak in stereotypical voices. These lyrics are obviously written by a first timer. The point of writing a song is to make it catchy so that people can't get it out of their heads. When you're eating well, you're well." And don't get me started on the song where the villain bakes a cake. The food song consists of "When you're eating well, you're well. Cleopatra's song in the bath consists of only "La la la la la." and that annoying lion dancing. There is only 3 songs and the lyrics are hopeless. There are some good gags in this film, like the poor dubbing in the beginning, the scene where the man is sharpening his hand to karate chop wood, the architect's's poor designs and Cleopatra acting like a spoiled brat. Adults will probably find themselves slightly bored, but because the film is constantly moving, entertaining and showing you at least something, the children are not likely to notice. Still, it is an improvement and a very good film for kids. Had they simply made new scenes and added subplots, it might have been more bearable, but this way it just seems needlessly prolonged. This is especially notable in the scenes with Cleopatra. The comic album simply didn't have enough material for a full length feature film and thus they had to pad most of the scenes to obscene amounts. Unfortunately the film suffers from the same problem the first one did. Plus, the characters are still very, very good, which we of course have the original comics to thank for. The animation quality is also much higher than previously and even the music, arguably the strongest point of the first film, has gotten bit of an upgrade. The film is full of good visual humour, clever wordplay and fun characters. The film has real energy behind it, which has always been a hallmark of the Asterix series. This time Asterix creators Goscinny and Uderzo oversaw the project and it shows. The only problem is that he only has three months to do so and he has absolutely no skills as an architect. This time Asterix, Obelix and druid Getafix travel all the way to Egypt to help a friend of Getafix, an architect named Edifis, who has been ordered to built a magnificent palace for Queen Cleopatra. The second of the animated Asterix films and once again based fully on an early comic album of the same name.
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