Video Unlimited gives away their use of a VHS master with their logo sequence - it shows a VHS cassette. It is fairly clear that this disc has been made from a VHS master, and consequently has lower resolution. There's even a frame slip in the telecine at 42:53. There are reel changes markings (placed unusually at the middle of the right side, rather than at the top). There's both background shimmer and mosquito noise throughout the film. For example, we have water spots around 27:30, and even a light burn at 28:46. We get plenty of film artefacts, in various sizes from minute to fairly noticeable, but never huge. This is a demonstration disc for most kinds of minor artefacts. There is what looks like low level noise, but it isn't.Ĭolour is fairly strong, but possibly a little less saturated than other Asterix movies. Being animation, there's no shadow detail to discuss. The image is soft, although it looks sharper than it is because of the strong black lines around each character - it's not edge enhancement, it is how they are drawn. This is definitely not the original aspect ratio (even though I cannot discover the original aspect ratio) - some of the picture is clipped on either side.
ASTERIX AND CLEOPATRA OST MOVIE
This movie is presented in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. There are a few deviations, but only the songs are exceptionable.ĭon't wish to see plot synopses in the future? Change your configuration.
The movie holds fairly true to the book (unlike several of the other Asterix movies).
Actually, the music in general is quite poor - like a combination of Merry Melodies and silent movie music. The worst is Cleopatra's bath song, including a singing lion (male, but no mane), and singing dancing girls with tambourines. I suspect that they have been included because this movie was made in the 60s. Cleopatra has been cast to sound like Liz Taylor (hmmmm).Īh, yes, the songs - this movies features three songs, none of which belongs. Hard to say exactly what's wrong, but Edifis, for example, has a voice which sounds utterly wrong. The voices are somewhat ill-cast, but that is true of all of the Asterix movies. There are some primitive jokes that don't belong in an Asterix book - Asterix is known for the subtlety of the humour. This is wrong - Obelix doesn't drink beer. As the first movie made from the Asterix books, it has an excuse for the errors / mismatches between the movie and the book, and there are errors (although not as egregious as some of the others.) one of the more subtle errors comes in Obelix's eating song (yes, I'll get onto the songs shortly) - it says that he likes eating boars and drinking beer. It also appears to be the first one made into a movie, judging by its copyright date. If you have never heard of Asterix, then you might want to read my reviews of other Asterix discs, because they contain a short introduction (see Asterix and the Big Fight here, Asterix vs Caesar here, Asterix in Britain here, or Asterix Conquers America here).Īsterix and Cleopatra was one of the first Asterix stories (the second one written, I believe). If you create a user account, you can add your own review of this DVD Asterix-Asterix and Cleopatra (Astérix et Cléopâtre) (1968)