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Did the director even read the book?
It ripped off the book. It was a total disgrase to it. Christopher Paolini I would almost gurantee is about to sue the movie producers. It was that bad. Everything was wrong - from the color of Arya's hair, to Brom, the fighting scenes, the villages, everything. I went in to the movie theater knowing it would not be good, considering movie reviews and friend recomandations, but I had to see it for myself. I almost cried. It was one of the worst movies I have ever seen - and no, I am not exagerating. Even without reading the book, which I have and loved, it was still a horrible movie between the actors portraying the characters, the rating, the music, and the effects. Having read the book, on top of the horrible movie to begin with, and since the movie directors and writers did not even read the book, it was a horendious movie. There was only one village scene, the fighting was extremely fake, and they added in things and took out things that should not have been messed with - especially Arya. The war scenes lasted only 5 minutes, and they were so fake and evem if it had okay special effects, they were uncalled for special effects. and it was just terrible. The twins were bairly in the movie, if they were in it at all, and they never portrayed the importance and significance of the egg, and its background. They effects of the dragons were very well done, but it does not even come close to being able to just erase all the other mishaps because they got one thing right. The other thing that really made no sense about the movie was the length. How can you turn a 556 page book into about an hour and a half film? It just does not make any sense. I am not sure what happened with Stefen Fangmeier (director), as he has helped make a few good movies in the past, but this one is definitley his worst movie by far in my opinion. It was his first time directing a movie himself, and I think he needs to go back to doing visual effects, because that was the only strong point in the movie. I am not sure that Peter Buchman (screenplay writer) even read the book, as the movie was so far off from the book. He does not have much experience, having only written for Jurassic Park 3 and a few upcoming films. The cast is only somewhat well known, with a few new actors, but other than that the cast was a decent group, but they are better than Eragon, I can tell you that. I cant exactally say how bad it is, it just is. It is terrible whether you have read the book or not. My advice is that if you have seen the movie and not read the book, and you are thinking well if the movie is terrible the book must be to, to actually read the book because it is a wonderful piece of literature, unlike the book which is a disgrace to media. If you have read the book and seen the movie, and love the book and hate the movie, ignore the movie and give the advice I am giving. If you love the movie, then thats your opinion. If you love the movie and have not read the book however, read the book, and if you still love the movie, it is still your opinion.

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ONCE AGAIN... millions of $$$ spent to make a forgettable film
ERAGON holds lots of promise. First of all, fantasy/adventure is a genre that isn't explored enough these days. You can count the number of fantasy films made over the years on your fingers and toes. Of course, you have the Lord of the Rings, Dragonheart, Dragonslayer, Conan etc. Secondly, how many times do you get to see a huge fire breathing dragon that looks really cool and REAL? Excellent effects. <
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>ERAGON is based on a book written by Christopher Paolini, who is most noteably known for beginning writting ERAGON when he was fifteen years-old. Good for him. I wish I were so lucky with the novel I wrote in high school. <
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>I haven't read the novel, but after watching the film, I couldn't help thinking that many of it seemed borrowed from other films. Many young writers write stories that steal from films they have seen. I know because I did. I know because many fellow writers I know struggled with the same thing. It's just nature. You watch movies and something grabs you. So, you cook up your own version in your head and put it to paper. <
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>So, with ERAGON, you get a story of a boy who falls into his destiny as a dragon rider. Yet, many of the themes of the film are borrowed from other films, like Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Dragonheart, Harry Potter etc. <
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>ERAGON is a decent film. Yet, a forgettable one. I'm just disappointed that hollywood has once again put its weight behind a novelty movie. There have been many fantasy stories written in recent years, and many of them would have been more memorable and more lasting films. Yet, they weren't written by a teenager. <
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>Oh, and of course there's a sequel coming. I wonder if people will still be interested when the sequel comes out?

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Great Idea Goes Limp
A child would love this movie - they don't care whether or not relationships or situations are established for more than 1-5 minutes. And while I enjoyed the magical tones of this movie - there seemed more of a lame-scent to development of the plot. I attempt to keep my inner-child alive with movies that take away the years...but this movie couldn't keep me from falling asleep or making comments about what a waste of money it was as a rental, let alone the thought of reserving this movie before it came out on video. I only hope that this review helps you...but every person has their own tastes. (Thinking back on receiving the many, viable warnings about 'Punch Drunk Love'...)