I have a preview for Eragon!
All Christopher Paolini fans have been looking forward to his book Eragon becoming a movie. I, too, have been looking forward to it for a year and a half, and I have a few things to say. This Movie Sucked! Nothing was the same in the books and movie. Eragon's dragon didn’t grow up, she transformed into an older one. Also, Saphira, his dragon, was supposed to carry him away for a night before they return to the farm. the house was supposed to be in shambles and he was supposed to get help from the villagers, but that never happened on the movie!
As well, there were never any soldiers in the town throughout the whole movie!
Brom seemed like a bitter, angry man, like Vegeta, instead of a kind, strict man like he is. Brom seemed really angry, and Eragon doesn’t discover Brom's a rider until Brom is dying. And on the topic of dying, Brom is killed by the Ra'zac, not Durza the shade. OMG! The Ra'zac looked cool, but not like they were supposed to.
Murtag (I spelled it wrong, sorry) was supposed to come in when the Ra'zac attack and kill Brom, not get knocked out of a tree by Saphira. Also, he was important in the book, not a minute, menacing character like they portray him. And when he appears Arya is there, don’t even get me started on that.
Eragon was supposed to get thrown in jail, where he meets Arya, who is unconscious and poisoned, HE NEVER TALKS TO HER WHEN SHE'S CONSCIOUS UNTIL THEY GET TO THE VARDEN! Then, after they are arrested, Murtag is supposed to help him escape, where he meets Durza.
Overall, this movie was flawed all the way through. the whole plot is screwed up, because in the book they were pursuing the Ra'zac, not running. Also, murtag didn’t want to go to the Varden, and there was a werecat in the book! Angela the fortuneteller was supposed to be older, and they stayed in the Varden for a week or two before the urgals attack. FYI, the urgals were supposed to have horns and giant teeth, not look like retarded, tattooed humans.
As a fan of the book, I was disgusted with this movie, because it had almost NO links to the book at all. Sure, you must be thinking, it has to have some redeeming qualities right? That’s where you're partly right. This movie has good graphics and funny queries that make it good for anyone who hasn’t seen the book. But so many things went wrong that the graphics didn’t make up for it. Arya was supposed to be an ELF (pointed ear, did you see pointed ears????) and her hair is supposed to be black. And, Arya never told Eragon she was a princess. The final battle was good, but in the book, Durza doesn't summon a dragon thing. (Where were the dwarves in the book!? There were no dwarves!!!)
Overall, I give this book a 1.5 out of 5 for making a complete mockery of the book. (and that's better than I think it should get too, so I’m being generous) If you haven't read the book, it's enjoyable, but if you have, be prepared to be disappointed.
-The dictator wanna-be KuraiKozo
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