Eragon

*sighs* The things they could have done with this movie. *sighs again*

I was a little disappointed with Eragon. They got the basic idea down, but they left waaayyyy too much out. I can't even list how much they cut. And Ed Speleers (Eragon) spent most of the movie looking confused or scared...

But he was hot... when he was shirtless in his room, I think about half the theater fainted

What did you all think of it?

I'm going to see it tomorrow so I'll get back to you on taht one...I was hoping they'd make the film good sicne teh book is just...amazing. But by the soudns ofthat it doesn;t look like it's going to be good...this film could've been a real hit!Like lord ofthe rings if it was done properly...I'll just have to see eh?

I wanna see this movie :D I might go see it in NYC... most likely. WEEE!!!

The book is really good elfie. And I mean REALLY good. I was gripped when I read it. Amy can vouch for mewhen I say I oculdn;t put it down. So I'm hoping the film is at least half as good.

Yes, the book is AMAZING. I was so disapointed in the movie. Like Cookie said, they could have made such an awesome movie...but they took out way too many details and interesting aspects of the book. I won't say what for those who haven't seen it. It's a good movie, I'll give it that. But it could've been so much better.

actually I thought the book had a lot of boring parts, and I was hoping that the movie would be good cause they'd cut out all those boring parts...hmm. I actually don't go much for the story at all, since it developed exactly the way I thought it would. I don't like it when I can guess the end of the story. XD it means the author has to work harder.

This movie looks cool and I will want to see it. I have heard it's a Lord of the Rings knock off but it sort of appeals to me so I'll give it a chance. I'll give you guys my opinion of it after I see it.

Saw it today. A tad disappointed as they didn;t stick to the book very well and missed large important bits out. But to someone who hasn't read the book they would love it.

The thing is...the book if you think about it would be quite hard to do as a film as so much happens in a short period of time, and it would be quite difficult to put that into a film if you catch my drift.

Well I think it was good, but could've been a lot better if it just stuck more closely to the book!

I loved loved loved the book, but I haven't seen the movie yet. Not too many of my friends liked it-although Luna has a huuuuge crush on Eragon XD

I got really mad after seeing this commercial that said "Watch out Harry Potter, here comes the new fantasy adventure story...etc." I screamed at the TV "NOTHING IS BETTER THAN HARRY POTTER !!!!" XD

um...yeah....lol

I went and saw it with my friend Tiffany... when it was over, she said to me, "If you were half as hot as that Eragon guys was, I would happily marry you!" And then I got all sad...

But I thought it was an okay movie... the part that irritated me was that... I dunno... They said too much too soon. You know what I mean? I can't really explain it...

And I have no idea how they're gonna make Eldest into a movie after this one. They didn't really build up enough... left out some parts that were pretty important not to this movie, but to the next one.

Yeah I heard that the movie was barely a half hour in and they were already in the mountains...

*anger* XD

ooh and yeah I must admit the Eragon actor does have much in the looks department...

Well... I don't know who told you that they were in Farthen Dur after half an hour, but whoever did is exaggerating. :P

Now I have to gripe about this, since it bugs me so much when people say it. Eragon is NOT a LotR knockoff. Any fantasy story that has a hero, elves, dwarves, and characters with magical powers shares elements with the LotR story, but while the ultimate goals may be similar, the story is so much different. Ahem, now that that's said,

Every film director has a different vision in mind when they make a movie. The guy that did Eragon could have done a better job sticking to the book, but if you think about it if they did, the movie could have been a day long. After watching some of the extra features on the LotR DvD, Peter Jackson mentioned that it got to the point where they had to cut out just about everything that didn't pertain directly to the main story. Katrina's absence, Murtaugh's lack of true character development, the short time travelling and in Farthen Dur, etc, were all things that weren't all that important to the story flowing, they just added to it.

Admittedly, I was very disappointed with Murtaugh. He was easily my favorite character in the book. In the movie, he seemed like more of a dumb brute than the deep character that he is. Him and, Galbatorix. They showed far too much of him (especially concidering that even by the end of Eldest, his physical make still hasn't been described. He looked much more like a sickly old man than the powerful tyrant that he should be. Finally, I think they developed the Shade, Durza, far more than warranted. He wasn't all that big of a part in the book, but in the movie he was an extremely prominent character. I guess the problem of it being a Hollywood mainstream movie is that an obvious good and evil has to be defined. The novel manages to express it in words, but for the movie to do the exact same would be near impossible.

While Ed Speelers (Eragon) was certainly cute, I thought that Jeremy Irons (Brom) easily out staged him. The entire time he was on the screen, his presence added something that Speelers just doesn't quite have yet. For anyone who's read the book and knows what I'm talking about, his performance had the theater in tears while I was there. Saphira was incredible as well.

Wow, sorry for an essay-length post, but this is probably my favorite book, and I'm fond of the movie as well. If you haven't read the book yet, you'll love the movie. If you have, keep an open mind and remind yourself that the movie will not - and can't - be everything the book is. Not every movie is going to be as good as LotR, otherwise LotR wouldn't seem so good.

eragons my favourite book <3 but i didnt like the movie. . . . the costumes were a bit over the top. . .i thought ._. durzas make up was a bit. . . too marilyn manson for me =/ lol

and galbatorix. . . "i miss my stone" or whatever he said. . . what the hell? that was extremely lame o_O

okay got to see eragon today adn had the year big movie disapointment
one thing is cutting the film short other is almost completlty change from what were in the book

*sigh* Okay, well I saw the movie last night. It was good for the most part, I didn't read the book so I guess if I had I prilly would have been more dissappointed. To me, the movie seemed really short!! Was it just me? And there is definatly a part two to this movie.

Agreed, they could have easily made it an hour longer so it didn't have such a rushed feeling.


Who knows, maybe it was short because of budget issues.

i did not like this movie very well... maybe if i watched the movie firdt than read the book then maybe i would have liked it better

It was alright. I agree it did feel real short. Although I think they're might be a second part to it because of the way it ended.

I'd say a 6/10

well if there is a second part hopefully it will be as good as the book and not be rushed like the first one

I thought the movie was great and the guy totally hot. Stephy I think the second one will be rushed because its a huge book and they always try make movies like 2 hours.

i hope not..... the firts one was way too rushed and if they make the second one more rushed ill be just as dissapointed when i went to see the fifth hp movie

Yeah ootp was disappointing but I think the actors make up for it *drools over Harry and Eragon*

lol.... i agree with you Polly... lol

I felt the movie was a little rushed. I have read the book, which possibly did not help my view on the movie. I did enjoy it, but I felt they could have done so much more

i didnt really like it that much... i should have read the book after i saw the movie.... i might have thought that it was a little better

i loved this movie i havent read the book yet but im going to have to i want to know the things that were left out of the movie

they did leave out stuff and they whiched things around...i did not like this movie that much but when the next one comes out im gonna buy it... lol.. even though i didnt like the first one.... and i sure do hope that the 3rd book will come out soon... ive been waiting for like ever

I haven't read the book, so thats why I probably liked this movie more than most people. I do agree that it should have been longer though

Are they doing the sequel? I saw there was another book?

I hate that movie with absolute passion and hatred. I was an awesome fan of the books before the movie came out...and WHAT THE HELL!! Way to go to ruin a book to movie transition.

My rating -100000000000/10. If you loved the book, don't go see it.

Bad directing, scenes on the dragon that make you want to throw up, actually for that matter, badly designed dragon, bad acting, wrong casting, bad visual effect...the list goes on.

Don't waste your money on it.

Lol...bad movies from books peeve me off something big!

all in all the movie sucked...

seriously, our WHOLE class went to see it together since everyone read the book before and it was horrible

I thought it was ok, but the book was SO much better

More than disappointed, I was irritated watching this movie. This was the first movie were I was constantly seeing the time, to calculate when the movie would get over. I can't understand how they even made this movie.I prefer and love the books.

i haven't read that series of books, but i am starting to i have it lined up for my next read. I like the movie but i will post when i have read the book and tell you all what i think then it might be a big disapointment! not sure really, i always prefre boks over movies though

No i don't think they will, the book was wayyyyyy tooo long. They wouldn't know where to start.
I would like eldest to be made into like a series maybe... just because its so long and detailed