You are stronger than you realize. Wiser than you know. What was once your life is now your legend.
The Kingdom of Alagaesia is ruled by the evil King Galbatorix, a former dragon rider that betrayed his mates and his people in his quest for power. When the orphan farm boy Eragon finds a blue stone sent by Princess Arya, he sooner realizes that it is a dragon egg. When the dragon Saphira is born, Eragon meets his mentor Brom, and becomes the dragon rider foreseen in an ancient prophecy that would set his people free from the tyrant Galbatorix. Eragon meets the rebels Varden and together they fight against the evil sorcerer Durza and the army of Galbatorix in a journey for freedom.
Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Runtime: 104 minutes
Rating: 5.0/10 (38,831 votes)
Release Date: 13 December 2006
Country: USA, UK, Hungary
Languages: English
Company: Fox 2000 Pictures
Sound: Dolby, DTS
MPAA: Rated PG for fantasy violence, intense battle sequences and some frightening images.
Director(s): Stefen Fangmeier
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Producer(s):
Roger Barton - co-producer
Kevin Richard Buxbaum - associate producer (as Kevin R. Buxbaum)
John Davis - producer
Wyck Godfrey - producer
Adam Goodman - co-producer
Kevin Halloran - co-producer: Canada
Gil Netter - executive producer
Chris Symes - executive producer
Writer(s):
Peter Buchman - (screenplay)
Christopher Paolini - (novel)
Cast:
Ed Speleers - Eragon
Jeremy Irons - Brom
Sienna Guillory - Arya
Robert Carlyle - Durza
John Malkovich - Galbatorix
Garrett Hedlund - Murtagh
Alun Armstrong - Uncle Garrow
Christopher Egan - Roran (as Chris Egan)
Gary Lewis - Hrothgar
Djimon Hounsou - Ajihad
Music: Patrick Doyle
Roger Barton - co-producer
Kevin Richard Buxbaum - associate producer (as Kevin R. Buxbaum)
John Davis - producer
Wyck Godfrey - producer
Adam Goodman - co-producer
Kevin Halloran - co-producer: Canada
Gil Netter - executive producer
Chris Symes - executive producer
Writer(s):
Peter Buchman - (screenplay)
Christopher Paolini - (novel)
Cast:
Ed Speleers - Eragon
Jeremy Irons - Brom
Sienna Guillory - Arya
Robert Carlyle - Durza
John Malkovich - Galbatorix
Garrett Hedlund - Murtagh
Alun Armstrong - Uncle Garrow
Christopher Egan - Roran (as Chris Egan)
Gary Lewis - Hrothgar
Djimon Hounsou - Ajihad
Music: Patrick Doyle
Posted on: December 15, 2008
May 2nd, 2009
Is this a good movie? Let me answer that by re-telling you what it isabout: After Eragon Skywalker has discovered that the farm of his unclehas been destroyed and his uncle is dead, he is taken under the wing ofweirdo-who-is-more-than-meets-the-eye Brom Kenobi. In the city of…Ihave no idea, but let's call it Isengart, Durza Wormtongue proudlybeholds the army of Ur(uk-hai)gal he's to lead in the fight againstEragon and his allies. At some point, Qui-Gon Jinn dies, and then thedragon Saphira and Eragon battle evil while flying through Coruscant.
Basically, the movie is an accumulation of elements you've seen inother well-known fantasy fare, but it lacks the charm that reminds youwhy you love old hats, and therefore fails to be engaging. It alsomerely tells, never shows, what it is that makes its protagonist Eragonso very special. I only need to take one look at Jeremy Iron's Brom tobe able to tell that he is special; unfortunately, he's not theprotagonist. I would have loved more Brom, instead, I had to watchEragon in an infantile scene where he learns to ride Saphira, or listento his battle-cry of, "Into the sky, to win or die!" At this point, Iwould like to admit that I do not see how people can have conversationswith their enemies in mid-air. Do they magically enhance their voicesso that they can hear each other's one-liners?
In conclusion: "Eragon's" title song by Avril Lavigne should haveplayed during the opening credits, because while watching the movie, itwould have been nice to fall back on, "Keep holding on, 'cause you knowwe'll make it through, we'll make it through." The baby dragon wasadorable, though.
May 20th, 2009
This movie is absolutely horrible. It doesn't follow the movie 99.9% ofthe time. I think some other director should take Eragon and turn itinto a movie that follows the book the whole time. They don't need anypermission but the permission from Christopher Paolini. They thoughtthat because he was a kid when he wrote it, they could do whatever theywanted. They were wrong. I should contact Christopher Paolini and askhim to make the Eragon movie himself. Some people like it so much, theyhaven't read the book first, like I did. Then I watched the movie andwished it was better than what it was. Because if they made the Eragonmovie to follow the book, they could make an Eldest movie, a Brisingrmovie and the last book into a movie. That would be really awesome withall the stuff that happens in the books. Well, tell me what you thinkat glenny21@live.com
May 28th, 2009
Instantly infamous, completely inescapable, unrelentlesslyunforgivable, let's give it up for Eragon folks! Oh yes, for those ofyou who are wondering "Is it really all that bad?". Let me stop youright there, THIS MOVIE IS THAT BAD. And the most disturbing thingabout it is, it wasn't bad because it was unfaithful to the book! Itwas simply an absolutely terrible excuse for a film.
The first of the many film-making atrocities so shamelessly committedby this movie, was making an adaption of the book in the first place.Christopher Paolini's uninspired rip-off of Star Wars, but at leastrelatively endearing novel never needed a film adaption, it didn'tdeserve one. A film adaption is bad enough in concept, but adding tothis is the fact that it was simply a badly made movie.
Every aspect of this movie felt cheap, from the CGI to the armies ofwhat appeared to be around fifty people. Everything from weaponry tosets felt like a downgraded version of previously released fantasyfilms.
The second most obvious flaw, was the terrible casting. It really wasobvious from the get-go, I mean Joss Stone? Really? Are you kidding?Among the blatantly miscast was Ed Speleers, a typical, bland, blondepretty boy who (surprise, surprise) had never been in a movie before!He was cast after being rejected from "The Chronicles of Narnia" (thankGod). There's nothing worse than making an already bland character evenmore so.
Jeremy Irons just can't seem to get cast in a good fantasy movie canhe? He was cast as the old wise jedi… I mean Dragon Rider, Brom, whois consistently fighting the evil Empire led by former Jed… I meanDragon Rider, Darth Va… I mean Galbatorix (played by John Malcovich).Malcovich's Galbatorix is as generic a bad guy as you can imagine. He'sa couch potato who apparently lives in a cave and has his evil MichaelJackson-esquire shade, Durza (played by Robert Carlyle) carry out hisdirty deeds.
The rest of the cast is made up of the elf without pointy ears Arya(Sienna Guillory), the ever-bored looking Murtagh (Garett Hedlund), andThe dwarf who is not short, King Hrothgar (Gary Lewis). Djimon Hounsouis also in it, being ticketed as one of the primary actors in the film,he, oddly enough got about 4 minutes of screen time, and absolutely notime to add any of his fantastic acting skills to the story. Andfinally we have Joss Stone, who is horrendously misplaced as afuture-seeing witch, she obviously does not have acting skills anddoesn't fit her character at all.
One of the movies only good aspects was a relatively good soundtrack(aside from a utterly misplaced song by Avril Lavigne). But thesoundtrack is not even anything close to saving the rest of the film.
For the sake of ending my rant, this movie is just terrible regardlessof it's source material and how faithful it was to it.
2/10 stars, may God have mercy on all those who subject themselves tothis garbage.
May 31st, 2009
I have not read the Christopher Paolini novel this is supposedly basedon, so I don't know if he's the source to blame the major problem I hadwith this movie. But it's clear that SOMEONE along the way from writingthe novel to making this movie had seen "Star Wars" too many times.Here's a sample of the evidence (SPOILERS BELOW):
(1) There is a youthful protagonist, who lives with his uncle
(2) The uncle is killed by troops of the evil empire
(3) The youth is mentored by a mysterious and powerful bearded figure,who teaches him the art of special fighting
(4) At one point, the youth flies down a narrow trench
(5) The bearded mentor is killed during the journey
(6) The youth springs a princess from the clutches of the evil empire
(7) The youth joins with a band of rebels
(8) After the battle, where the evil emperor's prized warrior isdefeated, the emperor is still alive and ready to take revenge at theend of the movie
If all this ripping off was done with some energy and a few bursts oforiginality and wit, it possibly could have been a painlesstime-waster. But as it is, and with the "Star Wars" movies easilyavailable to rewatch, there is absolutely no reason to see this movie.
June 2nd, 2009
The only reason that I gave it 8 out of 10 was the ending. It was onlyafter turning to IMDb that I found out the movie was based on a bookseries. I can only hope there will be a sequel so that I can see how itends. It seems that most folks don't like the movie because it wasn'tfaithful to the book. That happens a lot. I read John Grisham's "A Timeto Kill", and got sick when the movie came out. So, I can relate to thebook fans, but on its own, I just loved the movie. Amazing scenery,good fight scenes, real good special effects, a classic good vs eviltheme, an evil wizard…jeez, who could ask for more? I guess I'm notas astute as some of the other reviewers, as I didn't notice any badacting. I was totally wrapped up in the movie. Now I'm inspired to readthe book series.