But now everything is a little bit different so I can only say that I liked it. The adventures of Asterix and Obelix were the constant part of my childhood when I watched many of its live-action movies and cartoons; among the latters one stood above every other and it was The twelve tasks of Asterix - maybe because I was very interested in myths of Ancient Greece and Hercules' 12 tasks in particular at that time but the fact remained. Rewatching it now makes it a whole other, different experience: I get the jokes a lot better, they are very witty, even satirical (especially in the bureaucracy scene), I also love the animation style and, having watched this cartoon in its original french language, I realized what a tremendous job had the voice actors done to make this movie. But overall this is just another chapter in the lives of Asterix and Obelix, with no real tie-up to the previous or future movies or character development whatsoever - partly due to the screenplay being an original body of work rather than based on the comic books. The creators just wanted to have fun with it, tickle ancient history and myths a little and tell a story that would fit in the Asterix & Obelix universe and they succeeded but there isn't enough for me in it to give it another go in the future.
Review of The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
