By Toutatis, Alain Chabat is back to the controls of a project Asterix & Obelix And it’s not too early. 23 years later Cleopatra missionthe humorist and filmmaker attacks the universe of Uderzo and Goscinny for a second time but from a new angle this time: that of animation. It must be said that after the last excursions of the Gallic live-action, a homecoming was more than necessary. And since it is in the oldest cauldons that we make the best magic potion, the new series does not hesitate to play it retro … but not too much.
After two 3D animated feature films, the Gauls continue on this more modern artistic path but do not forget where they come from. The new adaptation of Chabat is both fresh and commemorative, thanks to a contemporary approach but respectful of large volumes of the original comic strip. Because if the series borrows its title from the album The fight of the chiefs From 1966, the episodes did not hesitate to incorporate scriptwriting elements borrowed from other appearances of the characters. The result is a perfect compilation of everything that is best in Asterix: comedy, action and emotions.
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The Cleopatra mission of this generation
If the 2002 feature film is still engraved today in the minds of French spectators, it is because Alain Chabat is a master of timeless humor. The jokes of the time are still as effective and show only very few signs of old age: a feat that can hardly be attributed to the vast majority of French comedies (and around the world). And it is this same talent that makes the strength ofAsterix & Obélix: the fight of chefs Despite the years that separate these two works. Chabat has lost none of his superb, because his pen has always knew how to make us laugh at everything, with everyone. The rumor would like us to “can no longer laugh at anything”, but the source of the problem is elsewhere.
Humor does not have to be acerbic to be effective: everything is a question of writing and timing, two notions that Alain Chabat masters perfectly. And it is by combining his style so particular to the comedy and today’s references that the humorist manages to outdo himself. The punchlines are linked without ever giving us time to catch our breath, and all generations take it for their grade with jokes perfectly cut to reason with a large audience. Yes, Asterix and Obelix: the fight of the chiefs is as funny as Cleopatra missionand his replicas will soon become just as cult: enough to become the reference of a new generation.
A dubbing that gives fishing, like the magic potion
And what would a Chabat script be without actors ready to let go to make us laugh. The almost permanent comedy imposed by the creator requires reactivity and an acting talent that is not given to everyone. This is a living humor, which must be slipped into the replicas in a natural way: enough to amplify the absurdity of the words for an ever more hilarious effect. And as much to say that the cast here present signs a faultless. Asterix and Obelix never seemed as human as with the interpretation that Alain Chabat and Gilles Lelouche give us. And this is what makes this series a full -fledged work: humanity. No one is expressed as a cartoon character, exacerbated pronunciation and nasal intonations. The characters seem as human as you and I, sometimes funny, sometimes stupid, but always endearing.
Repeated giggles can only be attributed to Chabat’s pen: the work of interpretation is of a level still rarely seen on the small (or even the large) screen. Whether it is the performance of Thierry l’Hermite in Panoramix, Laurent Lafitte in Jules Cesar or Anaïs Demoustier in Metadata, the figures of an animated film rarely appeared so alive and sincere.
Everything is in detail
And unsurprisingly, the visuals ofAsterix & Obélix: the fight of chefs also deserve to be congratulated. Despite some sometimes obsolete effects (smoke and water particles) or inspiration a little too forced (the magic potion and its spiderverse -style lights), the charm of the series operates without worries. The universe imagined by Uderzo and Goscinny has never been so colorful and alive as in this adaptation, which does not hesitate to play with modern techniques to break the border between animation and comics. Onomatopoeias and other bubbles naturally invite themselves on certain levels, without ever deconcentrate from the action that takes place before our eyes.
While some jokes are already difficult to understand even hearing during a first viewing, other references also come to hide in the sets and in the expressions of the characters: enough to offer us a hell of Easter-Eggs. Asterix & Obélix: the fight of chefs is the kind of program that we will enjoy seeing and see again, again and again, alongside friends or family member, because it has never been so simple and natural to laugh in unison in front of the TV.
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