Eragon

[Yoshi426]

Wat did everyone think?

 

[SamanthaOfHope]

oh i havn't seen it yet, but i'm gunna go this week, i've just finished the booky and i luved it! ^.^ i hope the movie follows the booky well though

 

[mothcorrupteth]

I haven't read the book, but...

Hmmm, a female rebel leader ditches her last great hope in the middle of nowhere, where it's found by a humble farm boy whose best friend has decided to leave home to see the world. Rebel leader is captured, farm boy's uncle gets toasted, farm boy links up with condescending old man who used to use magic but was betrayed by one of his own, and the evil king's minions (who rose to power by betraying the entire kingdom and killing all the other magic-users) chases farm boy while old man teaches him magic. Farm boy gets the crazy idea to go the evil fortress to rescue the rebel leader, old man dies helping them all escape, and the bad guys track them as they flee to the rebel base. Final battle is epic and deperate and the hero proves he's got what it takes to bring down the evil king's minions.

Man, I've got the feeling I've seen this plot somewhere before, but where was it?

No, seriously, I half expected the Millennium Falcon to come swooping in on Durza and his shadow-dust demon at the end there and was sorely disappointed when our Luke Skywalker clone handled his own deus ex machina. If you're going to rip off somebody else's story nearly point-for-point, at least be honest about it instead of hiding behind claims of inspiration from Nordic archetypes.

 

[texmex]

Didn't enjoy the movie. The books are entertaining, I think, but they don't seem very original. Oh well, very few things are original nowadays. I don't recommend the movie.

 

[we5frogs]

My son wants to see this movie - any reason from a Christian viewing perspective that I should not allow it?

 

[Lessien]

If you want a Christian review, check out www.pluggedinonline.com

 

[twrekx]

My wife and I both want to see this, she told me the book was writen by a 16 year old (pretty amazing I think)

 

[SamanthaOfHope]

My wife and I both want to see this, she told me the book was writen by a 16 year old (pretty amazing I think)

yeppers! he wrote it when he was 16 ^.^ i think he's like 20'ish now though

 

[CJF]

Read the pluggedin review and have decided not to see it. It sounds too much like Star Wars and Dragon Heart for me. If you're not a good enough writer to write your own story without stealing stuff from other movies, then you shouldn't write, imo.

 

[Saint_Dragon_God_Osiris]

I loved it, then again I'm love anything with Dragons.

 

[xGothicBootsx]

It was OK... But I just liked it because I have a thing for Durza (guy with the red hair). And the trailer looked quite good. But it's nothing to get too worked up over.

 

[Lessien]

Read the pluggedin review and have decided not to see it. It sounds too much like Star Wars and Dragon Heart for me. If you're not a good enough writer to write your own story without stealing stuff from other movies, then you shouldn't write, imo.

He should've at least dedicated the book to all the authors he stole material from.

 

[Uniting]

Was it good visually? How was the acting?

 

[symphonyb]

I took my daughter and she liked it alot. I was a bit bored.

 

[in2Nas]

It may have been possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. If it wasn't for my friend trying to get his money's worth, I would have left immediately after the opening dialogue.

 

[Uniting]

Hey In2Nas Happy Birthday

 

[aca_rev55]

I haven't seen it, but my sister (who is a big fan of the books), says it doesn't follow them hardly at all and she doesn't recommend it if you're picky about stuff like that.

I probably won't see it... I'm not a huge fan of the whole "fantasy" dragon world and stuff. I'm more of a Memento, Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan kind of person .

 

[LuvAslan]

See my review in Christian reviews.

 

[charvel]

Waste of my hard earned cash..

 

[beau99]

Eragon was excellent.

The movie, that is. The book is rather boring.