eragon the movie

[the_faery_queen]

jonathon ross said that they kept calling him a boy in the film, so it's odd that they do that if he does say he's 17 in the film. and even tho the actor is actually 18, i still think he looks far older!

i wonder how much input the palolini kid actually had with the script and so on. or whether he just sold the rights? i know that with interview with the vampire, it was good because of anne rice's input. and that was lost with queen of the damned, which she didn't work on. not that that's always an excuse, lord of the rings, for instance, had no tolkein input, but i would be interested in how much the actual writer had to do with the script

 

[Sam Smith]

i to am very dissapointed in the film

i also didnt expect it to be great and on the books plan but i did expect it to at least have a bit of the same plot but again i was let down. it seemed to show not much of each characters background and it kept rushing through scenes and missing important facts the made eragon fascinating like the fial battle with Durza. IT WAS MENT TO BE ON THE GROUND and now that i have read eldest they missed many facts in the movie that were in the "eragon" book, such as when eragon blesses the child but actually curses him by mistake as he uses the rong ancient words, wich is an important role in Eldest (concidering if they make an eldest movie , but it wasnt ending on a "to be finnished conclusion" so i realy dont no). how they are going to make it all fit without turning it into a completly different book i dont no

 

[Sam Smith]

may i remind u guys that Christopher Paulini's work is a bit coppied.
Many people say from the Pern books, LOTR, Star Wars, and a few other Fantacy books.
i agree on the fact that it is similiar to LOTR because of many facts like,
The map of Alegneesia,
the Urgals similarity to the Orks,
Eragon liking an elf (aragon liking and elf),
the thirteen dawf colonies,
Gandolf, Brom,
Orrik, and i fogot his name but u probably no wat it is,
i would say Suron would havce similarities to a Shade

but thats just my thoughts

 

[Sathai]

I didn't care for this movie. The acting was terrible and the storyline was nothing like the book. I still don't know why such great actors like Jeremy Irons and John Malkovich were in it.

 

[bookaholic]

I loved the book but the film,to be honest, bored me. That's real bad coming from me as I'm a lover of just about any film!

 

[Crazihors]

may i remind u guys that Christopher Paulini's work is a bit coppied.
Many people say from the Pern books, LOTR, Star Wars, and a few other Fantacy books.
i agree on the fact that it is similiar to LOTR because of many facts like,
The map of Alegneesia,
the Urgals similarity to the Orks,
Eragon liking an elf (aragon liking and elf),
the thirteen dawf colonies,
Gandolf, Brom,
Orrik, and i fogot his name but u probably no wat it is,
i would say Suron would havce similarities to a Shade

I totally agree with this, and it annoyed the hell out of me as I was reading the book, but I was appalled with how disloyal the film really was. It seemed as though they spent all the budget on Saphira, so couldn't afford elf ears, urgal horns, and I'm sure they only paid Irons to say one line and looped it back in editing - all he seemed to say was 'once the land was ruled by benevolent riders astride mighty dragons'
I could go on, but that would probably be as infuriating as the film

 

[Feordel]

I am a big fan of the books and was very excited about seeing the film.
I was extremely disappointed.
I feel very sorry for Christopher, as enough people critisize him as it is as his book contains similar ideas to other stories. This shouldn't really matter in my opinion, as every person has their own story to tell regardless of similarities. Even though storylines or characters may be similar, the story stands on its own two feet.
However, people will now use the film as a reflection of the book, discouraging people to read it.
The dialogue appaled me the most possibly.
"Lets do it"
"Let's finish this"
To be honest it's like something of Pokemon.
It really was appalling and the script writer should be ashamed at unleashing this mountrous dialogue upon the big screen.
The director and his team also took too many liberties with the plot line which was unfair, as the original story was good enough.
The only strong point of the film was Robert Carlyle's portrayal of Durza, which generally remained true to the book. He looked the part, acted like the part and damn well fitted the part.
If the film had one success, it was Durza.
Overall, my reaction is disappointment.
The film was an injustice to the film it represented.