Eragon (2006)

Posted : 2 weeks, 5 days ago at Oct 20 14:05

Words fail me. This is the utmost cliched movie on the face of the earth. And I can't understand why. The cast here, besides the awful main character are all wonderful in most movies, and do do a good job here too. Robert Carlyle worked great as a villain, even though he was barely recognisable under the heavy make-up. John Malkovich does great, even though we propably see him for a massive ten minutes or so throughout the entire movie. The guy who plays the main character is terrible though, with his awful brittish accent and Orlando Bloom-ish manners. He does shout better than Orlando though, which is basically what he does throughout the entire movie. I'm getting tired of talking about mediocre things, so let's talk about the script here, which is awful. First of all, Christopher Pa...Read more

Rating : 3/10

Posted : 1 year, 7 months ago at Mar 14 7:53

This movie sucked truly I have not seen a worse movie it's nothing like the book they make Roran seem like a coward and if the only good actor is a CGI Dragon you know something is wrong desperatly wrong this movie was horrible I didn't sit right through to the end for fear it would spoil the ending to the ending to the trilogy/Saga

Rating : 1/10

Posted : 2 years, 3 months ago at Aug 3 6:22

Farm boy Eragon (Edward Speelers) comes upon a dragon's egg, sent by Princess Arya. One day, the dragon, Saphira, is born, and Eragon becomes the dragon rider who will set his people free from a tyrant, Galbatorix (John Malkovich). I found the actors bland, weak, lacking in interpretation. I don't care for Malkovich usually, but even in this film, his acting wasn't what it could have been. Jeremy Irons' character on the other hand was quite despicable! and his acting was right on for the part. The storyline was also pretty basic, and because the opening credits mentioned this was an adaptation of a book, I realized many situations might be missing from the screen. Also, I didn't find the dragon Saphira, feminine enough. However, the special effects in general were well done, certa...Read more

Rating : 5/10

Posted : 2 years, 6 months ago at Apr 23 1:33

There are times when a novel adapted to a movie can turn out as a masterpiece and then there are times when one just shouldn’t bother even thinking about it. This was one of those times. It’s ok if you haven’t read the book and never plan to but if you have, save yourself the trouble, just stick with the book. For starters majority of the details were left out not to mention specific characters, the acting wasn’t exactly what it should’ve been and the characters were weak. Absolutely weak! They could’ve fleshed it out more. The movie didn’t even go for two hours so they had time to fit in some more details but instead they opted for trying to make it more dramatic by getting the actors to make stupid whimsical faces. Don’t waste your time. It was so weak not even John...Read more

Rating : 2/10

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at Mar 11 14:39

The book was overrated to begin with (and it was a wee bit of a ripoff of Star Wars and Lord of the Rings), but this book-to-movie adaption was just pathetic. It is a condensed version, at best, and really doesn't explain anything. So much is missed out from the book that it really doesn't seem worth it to me. I'm not going into too much detail, you can see for yourself. I didn't really like much of the acting, and I just have to ask... why does Durza look like a toned down version of Mortiis at times? (That might just be me...) All that said it does have some nice effects (though the film does seem to be concentrated on them). I have to admit I went "awww" at the baby Saphira. Now to avoid ranting about how every fantasy film seems to have a mandatory Scottish guy nowadays......Read more

Rating : 4/10

Posted : 2 years, 8 months ago at Mar 7 16:50

nothing here ... the book was not great, but ok, but the movie is an uninspirated collection of midlevel special effects ... they pushed every aspect of the story in a 2 min scene instead of concentrating on the points that matter.


Rating : 4/10

Posted : 2 years, 10 months ago at Jan 1 17:10

I just saw this movie in the theater today about 2 hours ago! I enjoyed it sooo much. It made me think of Anne McCaffrey's Dragonrider series, but I would like to read the books! I'm actually looking them up on the library website RIGHT NOW :D It's worth seeing, but leaves itself open to sequels.

Rating : 9/10

Posted : 2 years, 10 months ago at Dec 20 0:48

I enjoyed watching this movie. It moved at a good pace and had very good acting. The special effects were excellent by today's standards. I admit I haven't read the book, but the story seemed to flow very well. My daughter said they left out some events from the book that may have made the story better. I don't think this movie is in the same league as LOTR or Narnia, but it was worth spending an afternoon at the theater with my kids. They really enjoyed the movie like me. Worth the price of admission for the whole family.

Rating : 7/10