ChristianSlater4000 When I first sat down to watch the Eragon film, I thought I was bound to be dissapointed. It's very rare that a film truly follows the book. And yet, this movie manages not only to pull that off, but to be even better than the novel. Great acting, great characters, and I fell IN LOVE with the cgi used on Saphira. Over all, a rare gem and example of how to do a book adaptation right. Ignore the haters, if I could I'd rate this film even higher

mr_c_bowler About a month ago I re-read the Inheritance trilogy for the first time since it originally came out. Amazing book series. Has a very strong story full of well presented and thought out characters and the world building is fantastic. As with the books, I decided to re-watch this movie for the first time since release and let me tell ya, it is terrible. It might be a good movie for someone that hasn't read the books. Actually, no, I take that back. I think it would be merely mediocre.The movie has none of the fantastic world building that the books have. I really wanted to see the mighty Tronjheim within Farthen Dur and the movie shows some hovel within a cave. All of the mystery surrounding if Empire will find Eragon or not is gone. The mystery of who Brom is is gone. They leave no mystery for any of the movie! What is this!!! The characters were mostly well cast. Sienna Guillory as Arya could have used some prosthesis to make her more Elf like. Ed Speleers was decent enough, need some more acting lessons though. John Malkovich as Galbatorix?!?! Come on! Galbatorix is supposed to be menacing, and have the most commanding, silver tongued voice around! Not hating on John Malkovich, he's a good actor, just a terrible choice for Galbatorix (don't even get me started on why he isn't even necessary for this movie) And Brom! Daaaaaaammmmmn, they definitely picked the right actor for Brom. Jeremy Irons was a superb choice for Brom. I suspect that the only reason I didn't like the character was the shoddy writing and directing. The movie is good for something though. It can be used as an example of a director not trusting his audience will figure out the hidden meaning on their own.I'm actually really sad that I watched this movie because I know that it will taint my memory of the books.I highly recommend that 20th Century Fox sell the movie rights to HBO because this could make an AMAZING series to follow Game of Thrones. Wouldn't be an 8 season series like GoT, but 4 seasons would be plenty. Especially if the story is presented well and accurate.

aclutes Where to start - everything about this movie is so bad, the "acting", the script... and yet somehow, it's become my teenaged daughter's and my favorite cheesy movie for when we have no brain cells for anything that might make us think! You have John Malcovich slumming it and absolutely chewing on the scenery, ditto Jeremy Irons, a lead who's cute but couldn't act his way out of a wet paper bag, and every trope and cliche known to fantasy movie fans. The book it was "based" on (in the very loosest possible sense) is quite good, but this corrupts the plot in ways that must make the author cringe. The most egregious is the "romance" between the titular character, a boy of about 16 with all the lack of wisdom and maturity that implies, and a hundreds of years old elven princess - that she would even look at this child twice is just laughable. Still, if you're looking for a mindless unintentionally funny diversion, Eragon might just be your jam.

matthew-schon-morgan Tell me if you've heard this one before... A farm boy wants to do something more with his life. He leaves home to run an errand, finds something that foreshadows a future as a special kind of knight, and when he returns home is a family is dead. He and a mentor go to rescue a princess. The mentor teaches him about how to tap into a special ability he has. They quickly run into a shady guy who will end up proving himself trustworthy. They fly around. They get to the princes and release her. The mentor takes on the big bad guy and dies. The three young heroes unite and blow up the evil lair. The name of the movie I'm describing is.... Eragon? True, Star Wars itself is in many ways just a retelling of The Hidden Fortress, but that was a practically unknown movie, especially when you compare it to Star Wars.