Eragon (2006)

 Why?
I was so totally excited when the movie came out, but I was bitterly disappointed.
- They totally messed up the plot line.
- What's with those stupid leather pants?
- Whatever happened to Murtagh's character? It was so much more complex than that.
- Dragons do not go from being a baby to full grown in like, five seconds.
- What about Roran and Katrina?
- Tronjeim was disappointing.
- What happened to Orik?
- Everybody's hair color was wrong.
- The only thing I liked was maybe their choice of Durza and Galbatorix. That's it. May 1, 2008

 Not as Good as the Book
This movie is ok, I guess. The book of this is WAY better than this. This movie took out alot of parts from the book and it seems like they rushed everything. I wasn't that impressed, but check it out, it's still pretty good and entertaining. But read the book first, it's awesome! April 20, 2008

 Never judge a book by its movie. . .
The movie may seem good to the person who hasn't not read the book... but, honestly, read the book.
The movie was sooo much worse than the book. It leaves out some of the most important people, the dwarves, for example, and if they make a movie of the second book, they are going to need them. They play a big role. In the cinematic let down, the characters weren't as strong as they are in the book, and they just don't pull it off as well. Now, I know that it would be hard to put everything from that book (considering It's size) into the movie but they COULD have at least put in some of the important parts.
I would not have gone to see the movie if I had known that it would be so unsatisfactory and disappointing.
The Lord Of the Rings did the same thing and they pulled it off really well, I thought. At least they made the movies fun, (if a bit blood-curdling at times) and interesting to watch. I thought the movies were actually better than the books. Just by a little bit though.
The only parts that I really think they did well are:
Eragon meets Saphira, the battle scene at the end, and where Eragon discovers something secret about Brom.
These scenes were relatively well done.
Maybe you think I'm coming down a bit hard on the movie. . . and I probably am just because I have read the book, and I had high expectations for the movie, but I say that you'll be so much happier if you read the book. Really. April 8, 2008

 Cool movie
This is a pretty good movie. Fun and interesting, but there are a few boring parts. Overall pretty good. April 8, 2008

 Sad.
Its alot less detailitive and really shorter than the book, which i highly reccomend. This movie...was a embarrassment. April 7, 2008

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