devonblue I had no preconceptions on this film, I just bought the DVD in France as it had English sub-titles, I did not know anything of the book etc. I was rolling about with laughter, and I am hard to please, but this is the best spoof western since Blazing Saddles, and IMHO sometimes beats it. Do let the false prophets deter you, or the "I have read the book brigade", take it for what it is, a western comedy, and you will enjoy it. I am hoping they make a sequel to this, and this time put it on release in England with sub-titles again, and I will buy it without hesitation, it is very imaginative and fresh. If you like Blazing Saddles you should love this too.

james_michaletos I really enjoyed the movie!!! Lucky Luke was portrayed by a fantastic actor!!! I can't wait for a sequel!! The plot was really strong and the depiction of Wild West was fascinating!! If you haven't seen the movie then hurry! I can't find the words to describe you how awesome the movie was! You'll see many famous and infamous characters from the comic books and you'll surely laugh! There are tons of funny moments! There is a lot of action as well which makes the movie even better! We even discover Lucky's name! *SPOILER* I really liked Lucky's dark childhood! The whole fact reminded me of Batman! It was a real surprise for me to learn that Lucky's name is John! John Luke? Great!

imdb-4055 What a boring mess ! A few funny scenes, most of them in the trailers.Apart from the names of the places and the characters, very little material from the comics.And, worst sin, the main character is a total impostor, completely different from the "real" LL, the one created by Goscinny and Morris, the one we love since childhood.The one redeeming feature is the Pat Poker character played by Daniel Prévost, who does a wonderful job as usual.Specially lame is the whole 'Belle' subplot, probably only added to justify the presence on screen of Dujardin's wife.

Jep_Gambardella The script of the first Astérix movie combined elements from a few different books and it wasn't very successful. Then came the second, which was based in a single book. This was by far the best Astérix movie. The third one was based on one of the books but had a lot of extra stuff thrown in there, and it resulted in a resounding failure. What conclusion can be drawn from this? That you should just trust Goscinny, who was a great writer, and keep your film as close as possible to his material. With this "Lucky Luke" film they picked characters and plot elements from a dozen different books, and the resulting screenplay was a huge mess.I still enjoyed it, but I think it could have been much better.