Eragon - Review

I agree completely. The movie compared to the book, SUCKED. I mean come on. I had read the Eragon book so many times before the movie, I knew were each thing happened. Yet the director made a MESS of it. And another thing Durza NEVER made a DRAGON out of DARK MAGIC!!! WOW that is a bunch of BS. Sorry director but, you made a freking mess out of the movie and total scorned the book!

I love the series but the movie was a little disappointing. They left out so much detail they messed up the next movie Eldest. At the end of the movie Arya wasn't suppose to leave. Now since they did that they totally messed up the beginning of Eldest. Thanks Hollywood.

I just want to say this the movie was good in a sence of special effects, but it has completley messed up the story line and i cannot not see how they can possibly continue on with the next movie, they havent left any openings or any looses ends to start the next movie. One thing they changed that really pissed me off was that Eragon learns the Brom can use magic and all of a sudden Eragon nows how to use magic and starts to blrt out spells that hes never heard before..... and yes i no that sounds childish in a way but if you think about it this movie doesnt explain anything and its directed and little kids (16years old max even though everyone will see it) and its so confusing only the director could interpretate it. The last thing im going to comment about is that the second book and now it seems the third one are about Eragon and roran are trying to find the raz'zak to seak revenge for there fathers death and for the capture Katrina (roran's wife to be), but didn't Eragon and Brom kill the raz'zac 15minutes into there adventure, now i don't no but that seems to completley mess up every possibilty of creating a second movie. And by the way I'm only 15 :)

The movie people shouldn't even try to make movies of book two and three because they messed eragon(movie) up so badly. Murtagh wont be able to take his rightfull inherantance because eragons sword didn't have a ruby in it (movie) and eragon cant get his new one because solembum didn't appear in the movie so he couldn't have said go to the menoa tree. I'm so ticked off.

I think this is a good review, but they forgot to mention that if the book and the movie didn't have the same title and the characters the same names, it would be nearly impossible to make a connection between the two.

Eragon, Arya, Brom, Durza, and Galbatorix looked completely wrong (Eragon and Arya do NOT have blonde hair, Arya is not a flimsy little princess, Brom is older, Durza looks more corpselike and has RED eyes, not blue, and the king isn't even supposed to SHOW UP)! Then again, I think Durza not having red eyes bothers me more than most people.

It also made me angry how under-appreciated Saphira was in the movie. She was portrayed as eragon's means of transport, nothing more. That pissed me off more than anything.

The books were awsome and i dont care if its kind of like lord of the rings. I didnt even notice.


THE MOIVIE WAS HORRABLE. DIDNT FOLLOW BOOK WHATSOEVER. HORRIBLE. OMG. IT BRINGS ME BAD MEMORIES.

ok, I loved the books. but everyone is right, the movie was the worst thing ever!!!! I have a project involving both the book and the movie. I figured, "hey what the heck, the movie just came out on DVD might as well read the book and watch the movie for an easy A" I was told to compare and contrast the two. after watching the movie I was left thinking "oh crap I'm going to fail!" I am still currently working on my project(its due tomorrow) and I have ten pages of why the movie sucked. However putting all thoughts of the book aside I thought it was ok,maybe a 2????

anyway as I was reading all the comments I have but one thing to say about them--- PEOPLE, PLEASE LEARN SOME FLIPPIN GRAMMAR!!!!!!

This movie sucked period. nuthing like the bookmade me hate my life

They Fucked up this movie extremely. I read the book and it was nothing like the movie. It was like haveinga monkey trying to direct the movie, infact the monkey probably would have done better, that is how much this movie sucked compared to the book.

this movie almost had me in tears, it was so bad! obviously when u turn a book into a movie, ur gonna end up leavin out a little bit, but still have the important parts, especially if it's a series and you need that info 4 the next movie. but all those things mentioned by people earlier, the scar on Eragon's back, galbatorix appearing when he hasn't even appeared in the 2nd book, the freakin TWINS, saphira's fire breathing, arya poisoning, brom's death, eragon's age and looks (he's brown haired and brown eyed!) the ra'zac, they didn't even go that much into the history of zar'roc! i mean, that's some important stuff. if i hadn't read the book, which is GREAT by the way, i wouldnt knoe wut the hell was goin on. i mean, i don't even think they mentioned the dwarves and elves at all, not to mention not really showing kulls, and the tension between the races. you would think they're really all some weird form of humans. and ppl knoe wut a shade is? n wut the hell wuz up with the end. they didn't even mention "the cripple who is whole" calling to eragon although he wasnt even injured-i wonder if he'll even show up in the next movie. n arya's not supposed 2 leave yet! she's 2 leave in the 2nd WITH eragon and saphira.

but as 4 eragon being like loftr, star wars, harry potter, narnia... when u love fantasy the way the author did and u grow up reading them, n they inspire u 2 write ur own book, of course there might be some similar elements too the books u read, it's kinda of like honoring them in a way 4 inspiring u 2 write ur own story. but it wasn't that similar, come on. n the voldemort comparison to galbotorix....ummmm...no! not even close.
but yeah, i really hope they DONT make a sequel, but i also wish they DO and fix all the mistakes they made in this 1 and make it spectacular.

i knoe im goin on and on n my spelling is gettin worse n worse but im just so aggravated!

I thought it was a great movie and am hoping for an Eragon II. My son just thought it was awesome. He loves dragons and the magic in the movie really seemed to keep his interest. I feel that we have to take the movie for what it is and not be so judgmental.

The relationship that Eragon and Saphira have is amazing and humans should have such relationships, maybe the world would be a better place!!

I am impressed to find out that the author of the book was only 14 at the time. I can only hope that my children are so inspired when they reach that age.I have yet to read the book, however, but am looking forward to it.

Hey ya'll! Whoever critiqued the movie was sadly mistaken. I don't know if he took the time to read the book AT ALL! The book was written spectacularly, and I would know, as I spend hours reading books every day. I have to admit, however, that I was disappointed in the movie, but not because of it being poorly made. I was disappointed simply because the movie did not follow the book. The book was SO good, and the movie did not do it justice. If I had not read the book, I would probably have liked the movie. It was a good movie, the only problem was the consistancy that it held with the book. Sadly, this made my judgement of the movie a bit biased. Whether the critic took time to fully appreciate the potential or not, he was sadly mistaken. I do hope that in the future the critics of movies are not so blind. And for your information, I am in my fifth re-reading of the book Eragon, and many people I know can say the same thing, as well as state that they liked the movie, some of these never having even read the book. I feel sorry for anyone who does not fully feel the presence of this film and book as a classic.

i loved eragon an i wish they will make another one soon. we bought eragon the first day it came out an we still watch it an a daily bases.

i agree with a lot of people on how the movie has absolutely skipped out on a lot of the parts of the book and also added things that should have not happened yet like how eragon knew arya was a princess that is not to happen until the second book and also arya was not suppose to leave at the end of the first book like she did in the movie. like one person said they just took all the important events of the story and put them into a hat and chose which parts not to put into the movie to make their quota of 2 hours for the movie. if they had made it into a 3 hour movie and added the things it was missing it would have got a better review because i think people would have been more apt to watch a 3 hour movie of the story put together correctly then a movie thats only 2 hours and does not convey the important nuances of the story. i mean if people can sit through a 3 hour harry potter film they can do it for eragon , people would have been more happy with the film if it was done correctly. the sci-fi channel can do a better job of making this movie because they are known for taking a short movie and making it into a six hour long event and they come out to be some of the best movies i've seen like hercules, jason and the argonants, war of the worlds, or even dinotopia if anyone has seen it. so i feel like if they made the movie longer and added the important things that should have happened in the movie it would have been better. i give it a two thumbs up for graphics and picking the actors to play in the movie but for sticking to the story and giving the writer the respct he should have got for the movie i give it 1 star. but thats just my opinion

I saw the movie before reading the book and i loved the movie but after reading the book there could have been more of the story added to the movie and as i agree that the movie didn't follow the book all the time but i can understand that it was altered to suit .It seems that they havent made a movie yet that follows a book exactly .The books eragon and eldest leave the movie behind .i can understand why eragon was the new yorks best seller for 52 weeks .I have found that here in australia there wasn't much advertising with the movie being at the theaters for possibly a week and released on dvd 3 months after .Even so the dvd movie is now slowly picking up support from all ages and after all the comments are said ,the same comments have been said .it needed more of the book to be included .especially since these left out charaters are in eldest.I hope that they do a 2nd edition and extend the current movie to a longer edition .I wish that when they produce a dvd movie that they have the short version and then you can choose if you wish to watch the extended version with the deleted scenes added instead of having to watch the deleted scenes seperately .Independance day has the 2 versions .this is the way all movies should be produced .I look forward to seeing eldest when it comes out .

Eragon the movie was a huge disapointment, it was totally butchered! They left out sooo many important details and characters that will be in the 2nd movie (if they dare make another)! I seriously want to spit in the eye of the directer who made this film! Did he even bother reading the book! It makes the book look like a total disgrace witch it is't. Eragon(the book) has to be one of my favorites of all time. They changed alot of things dramatically too...
1) Brom did'nt die from Durza he got murdered by the razac
2)the razac were all wrong they were supposed to be bird like creatures not things with wraps and bugs crawling all over them
3)How could they not put Katrina in the movie shes one of the main characters n the 2nd book
4)Eragon was'nt 18 or 17 he was 16
5)Durza couldnt make shadow beasts
6)they left out the dwarf twins completely
5)Arya did'nt trust Eragon let alone have fellings for him
6)Murzagh saved Eragon twice once when the razac killed Brom and another time when Eragon went in to save Arya and was captured
7)Murzagh was aloud to fight and was not treated very harshly
8)Eragon did'nt find out Brom was a Dragon rider till right before he died
9)Saphira did'nt tell Eragon her name she cose it from a list
10)Saphira did'nt know how to breath fire till the end of the book
This movie was dispicable. I can understand a few changes but they came up with a completly different book. In the months leading up to this movie I was extremely excited. I thought was going to be sorta like the Harry Potter movies. But it was far from it. Dissapointing. When it came out on DVD I did'nt even bother looking for it.

This is the best movie I've ever seen. Who cares if it's seperated from the book? It's still a great movie, whether along with the plot of the book or not.
This movie had an awesome plot, dialogue, graphics, and EVERYTHING. So, it's not exactly like the book. Make another movie yourself then.

It's still an AWESOME movie. It was BASED on the book series. Nobody ever actually goes with book plots anyway. I don't see why you criticize this movie so much.

This movie did not even use the book for a guidline or ask the auther for an opinion. The characters and setting were all wrong.

Live action Polkemon..plain and simple. while i did get the 2 disc set *i've read the book and love it*, it was okay. they should have made it 3 hours long then i would have been pleased. but this was just meh. the high points of the film, were jermey irons acting and how sephera looked. that was it. they basically covered about only what, 4 chapters. lmao. Hollywood screws up again. Please call Peter Jackson or George Lucas or Steven Spielberg to redo this crud.
i hope christopher poalini sues the director of this film. he should be very pissed off. i hope he is for them trashing this great book.

The movie was great, and I hope they do the whole trilogy! I saw it in the theaters and I bought the DVD and watched it again. This is the type of movie that I would spend my money on. The rest of you clowns probably like the horror films that are massed produced with no plot, no hero, and disgusting slash scenes not worthy to be mentioned! I am appalled at the comments that are left on this site by ignorant peolpe who would not even know the difference between theater and theatre! Go back to leather-faced, chainsaw carrying morons and leave the really cool films for the people who can appreciate what the director did.

I have to say, I spent most of the film in hysterics at how awful it was. But then again, I read the book and was expecting that; what I wasn't expecting was the huge deviations from the original plot, which is sort of half decent even if it is entirely ripped from Star Wars. The entire film felt rushed, but this was never so obvious as when Saphira turned in about five seconds flat from tiny, sort of cute winged rodent into a massive dragon. Yes, impressive effects, but not exactly fantastic for character development, and the choice for her voice was really badly made.
The only person who seemed to be acting at all was Jeremy Irons, who didn't have much hope to start of with as the generic village crazy-person, but did do his best. Unfortunately, he was dragged down by his character, his dialogue, and his travesty of a death scene, which was just painful to watch. The costumes were similarly awful; I was convinced at one point that Eragon's cousin was wearing jeans, laughed at the bizarre costume Joss Stone was wearing, and was just confused as to why the people hiding in the mountains (Varden, I think) were wearing clothes utterly unlike anything we'd ever seen before. Not to mention being shown Saphira's helmet and seeing her a moment later in something entirely different. But that's more continuity than anything else.
Also, there only seemed to be one character in the entire film that actually stayed for any length of time, and that was Eragon, possibly including Arya and Saphira if you count her as a character (but seeing as she didn't actually have one, I don't). Eragon's entire past (family, villagers) apart from Brom had disappeared in the first fifteen minutes, and Brom died pretty soon after; Angela, the Ra'zac, Galbatorix and various other characters popped and out of the film with next to no screen time, and Murtagh appeared so late that the revalation about his father came pretty much right after we'd met him, making no impact whatsoever.
One last thing, to clear it up: Paolini was 15 when he STARTED Eragon. 19 when he finished it. He is now, I believe, 23. Not such a child prodigy any more, then?

Everyone's entitled to their opinions, but I think some of you were way too harsh. I especially think that Shane outdid himself; with all your insults, it sounded more like you were fixing a recipe of mixed cheese than criticizing a movie. I loved the books and, even though too much was left out, I loved the movie too. I couldn't help it; the dragon was awesome, the special effects and scenery were gorgeous, and the actors were brilliant. Durza was awesome and Edward Speelers has a very promising career ahead of him if he keeps this up. My only objection: the seer Angela looked ridiculous and modern and the elf Arya looked, costume-wise, like she stepped off of Star Wars.

Also, the reviwer was too harsh. If two sequels ARE coming out, that's a good thing because there's room for improvement and I think they'll be better. Plus, while it was a well-written review, for pity's sake King Galbatorix didn't seem THAT much like other villians. Except for the fact that he's a bad tyrant, I saw no resemblance at all to Voldemort. The movie was too brief, but I still cared for the characters

Will there be 2nd movie of Eragon?I love those movies in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Simply put, it was horrible. Utterly and completely screwed over, "hollywoodized," saturated in sickening globs of pop-culture, and topped with a cheesy exterior of cheap dialogue. I absolutely loved Christopher Paolini's best-selling book, but the 20th Century Fox movie falls grievously short of its standard.
The whole thing was pretty much like an undercooked, over-seasoned, torn-up, superglued, wad of swiss cheese, in that the storyline was nothing like the book, and was riddled with plotline holes. I won't even bother making a list of characters left out, events skewed, descriptions thrown away, quotations invented, or points forgotten. The main purpose of this movie was painfully obvious to me: money. Unlike Peter Jackson and New Line's version of the Lord of the Rings, which beautifully portrayed the spirit if not the letter of Tolkien's works, Fox's Eragon fails even to convey a meaningful message or point, and leaves you with the taste of a poorly-wrought PC video-game.

To wrap it up, let me put it this way: My six-year-old sister went with grandma to see Charloette's Web. I would have MUCH rather seen that than this convoluted mess of carelessness and pointless battle-scenes. If would-be readers take this sorry film as a hint to the quality of the author's original book, then the Age of Dragon-Riders has indeed come to an end.