Most people know Eragon as that book that a teenager wrote. Author Christopher Paolini started writing when he was 15. With such an inspirational story of hard work, imagination, and parents who own a publishing company it can't possibly be bad right? ....Right?

Okay to be fair i haven't actually read the books, so i can't say if they are good or not. I probably shouldn't even be judging the books based on this movie since it is apparently unfaithful to the books. I'm not going to read them to find out though. Much like how I'm not going to read Battlefield Earth to see how faithful that terrible movie was. This movie would still suck even if it was a faithful adaptation.

Let's start with the story. The movie centers around Eragon who is supposed to be 15 but looks older. While hunting he stumbles upon a Dragon egg which is also being pursued by the evil empire. For whatever reason they keep calling it a stone for the first 5 minutes. Though I'm sure that's because Dragon Eggs and stones are just so alike.

Anyway the egg hatches and it is revealed that (big shock) Eragon is the chosen one destined to free the land from the evil Emperor Malkovich. From there it pretty much plays out like every other "Hero's Journey" story. The story is also very rushed with almost no character development or depth.

If the books have any originality, the movie doesn't show it. Eragon is extremely derivative. When you get right down to it Eragon is basically the first Star Wars movie with a Lord of the Rings setting. The stories are pretty much exactly the same. Eragon even kinda looks like Luke Skywalker.

The unoriginality isn't the only problem with this movie though. Eragon is a very poorly made film. The story is poorly written and told, the dialogue is awful (with "I suffer without my stone" being my personal favorite), and the fight scenes are easily some of the worst I've seen in a movie. Most of the acting is okay though with Jeremy Irons' performance being one of the few good things about the movie.

There are also two scenes in this movie which especially annoy me. The first one happens after the dragon hatches. Eragon takes it to a field and it flies off to the clouds. While it's there it somehow it grows to adulthood in a matter of minutes. Absolutely nothing about this scene makes any sense. I mean just... how?

The other part is where Jeremy Irons teaches Eragon how to use magic. Apparently you don't need years of training or special powers or anything to use magic. You can just say some Elvish words and it happens. Kinda takes the excitement out of magic when any idiot can do it.

Summing up, Eragon is dull, uninspired and very poorly made. The unoriginality is actually the least of this movie's problems with the poor script and atrocious fight scenes among other things. Thankfully there was never an Eragon 2 because everybody from the critics to the fans of the books despised this movie.

I'm just starting out reviewing. Am i doing well?

Originally Posted by Kuro Pit Most people know Eragon as that book that a teenager wrote. Author Christopher Paolini started writing when he was 15. With such an inspirational story of hard work, imagination, and parents who own a publishing company it can't possibly be bad right? ....Right? Okay to be fair i haven't actually read the books, so i can't say if they are good or not. I probably shouldn't even be judging the books based on this movie since it is apparently unfaithful to the books. I'm not going to read them to find out though. Much like how I'm not going to read Battlefield Earth to see how faithful that terrible movie was. This movie would still suck even if it was a faithful adaptation. Let's start with the story. The movie centers around Eragon who is supposed to be 15 but looks older. While hunting he stumbles upon a Dragon egg which is also being pursued by the evil empire. For whatever reason they keep calling it a stone for the first 5 minutes. Though I'm sure that's because Dragon Eggs and stones are just so alike. Anyway the egg hatches and it is revealed that (big shock) Eragon is the chosen one destined to free the land from the evil Emperor Malkovich. From there it pretty much plays out like every other "Hero's Journey" story. The story is also very rushed with almost no character development or depth. If the books have any originality, the movie doesn't show it. Eragon is extremely derivative. When you get right down to it Eragon is basically the first Star Wars movie with a Lord of the Rings setting. The stories are pretty much exactly the same. Eragon even kinda looks like Luke Skywalker. The unoriginality isn't the only problem with this movie though. Eragon is a very poorly made film. The story is poorly written and told, the dialogue is awful (with "I suffer without my stone" being my personal favorite), and the fight scenes are easily some of the worst I've seen in a movie. Most of the acting is okay though with Jeremy Irons' performance being one of the few good things about the movie. There are also two scenes in this movie which especially annoy me. The first one happens after the dragon hatches. Eragon takes it to a field and it flies off to the clouds. While it's there it somehow it grows to adulthood in a matter of minutes. Absolutely nothing about this scene makes any sense. I mean just... how? The other part is where Jeremy Irons teaches Eragon how to use magic. Apparently you don't need years of training or special powers or anything to use magic. You can just say some Elvish words and it happens. Kinda takes the excitement out of magic when any idiot can do it. Summing up, Eragon is dull, uninspired and very poorly made. The unoriginality is actually the least of this movie's problems with the poor script and atrocious fight scenes among other things. Thankfully there was never an Eragon 2 because everybody from the critics to the fans of the books despised this movie. I'm just starting out reviewing. Am i doing well?