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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Salesrank: 8314
Released: March 20, 2007 |
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MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragon's egg -- a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he's the one person who can defend his home against an evil king.
Description of Eragon (Widescreen Edition):
While it owes much of its appeal and appearance to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Eragon can stand on its own as an enjoyable fantasy for younger viewers. Faithfully adapted from the bestselling novel by teenage author Christopher Paolini, this boy-and-his-dragon tale offers clean, fast-paced family entertainment without compromising the darker qualities of Paolini's novel (the first in what is known as the "Inheritance" trilogy). The plot centers on 17-year-old peasant farmboy Eragon (played by appealing newcomer Ed Speleers) who discovers a mysterious blue object that turns out to be an egg that eventually hatches to reveal Saphira, a blue-scaled dragon that quickly grows to full-size. According to prophecy, Eragon is destined to be a dragon-rider like those who once protected a benevolent kingdom, thus reviving an ancient conflict against the army of King Galbatorix (John Malkovich), a former dragon rider who turned to evil, now in alliance with a! dark-magic "Shade" sorcerer named Durza (Robert Carlyle). While the movie serves up familiar fantasy elements and offers little if anything new to fans of the genre (or anyone who's read the books of Anne McCaffrey and Ursula K. Le Guin), it's visually impressive (especially the dragon scenes, with Rachel Weisz providing the telepathic "voice" of Saphira) and full of timeless wisdom, much of it delivered by Eragon's heroic mentor Brom (Jeremy Irons), himself a former dragon rider with memories of past battles and hope for Eragon's future. Add a fair warrior-maiden named Arya (Sienna Guillory) and you've got all the ingredients for a worthwhile (if not particularly original) fantasy that points directly to a sequel. Whether that's a good or a bad thing is up to individual viewers to decide. --Jeff Shannon
Eragon Extras
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Dragon-Style "Star Wars" 
2009-12-07 - And that's pretty much what "Eragon" is. I didn't find the movie all that terrible despite what a number of people said here, but it's as bare-bones "Star Wars" as you can possibly get. Eragon is Luke Skywalker, Eragon's ill-fated uncle is Luke's ill-fated uncle, Brom is Obi-Wan Kenobi, evil King Galabtorix is evil Emperor Palpatine, the king's dark-magic sorcerer Murza is Darth Vader, the Dragonkiller sword is the lightsaber, the Varden are the Rebel Alliance, and the Arya character is for all intents and purposes Princess Leia Organa without the cinnamon-danish hairdo (though the feather in her hair at the end of the movie earned a "Mennehaha" quip from a reviwer on this site). The costuming and special effects are great and so is the computer-generated dragon Saphira, but the acting suffers terribly in this film, as acting often does when when visual effects dominate a movie. And when the cast knows - I sensed the "Eragon" cast did - that they were in a dud.
WTF IS THIS?????????? 
2009-12-07 - Having read ALL of the Eragon books by now, I love this series, just not the movie. I made the mistake of going to see and later buying the movie on DVD before reading the book. After I did read it, the movie was a sheer disappointment. THEY EVEN LEAVE OUT SOME OF THE CHARACTERS! And they don't even mention the prophecy about the Menoa Tree and the Vault Of Souls. For anyone who doesn't know what I'm talking about, THE PROPHECY FORMS HALF THE STORY IN ALL OF THE BOOKS! Enough said.
OH DEAR GOD WHY?!?!?!?!
2009-11-27 - first i will say for one thing its not the book be cause the book is epic i will say however the only real redeeming quality is that jeremy irons was perfectly cast as brom. and who decided that the ra'zac have to die in the movie??? also let it be known that lord of the rings is lame too. go star wars!!! yeah lets see elija wood get his arm cut off and not cry about it. i digress i would not recomend this movie. although arya was hot her hair was the wrong color and her ears were not pointed seriously how hard of a change was that i wonder?
Good actors ,Dragons,and magic makes it worth watching... 
2009-11-06 - Entertaining fantasy movie not as well done
as dragonheart but it does have outstanding
special effects and excellent acting
by John Malkovich,Jeremy Irons and Ed Speleers..
visually beautiful...great scenes with the dragon.
A Poor young teenage boy finds a beautiful
blue stone that turns out to be a Dragon egg..(Dragons pick
the people they want to be their rider before hatching.)
Dragon riders are servants of the people to serve and protect
but one evil dragon rider(Galbortorix,played by John Malkovich)
goes rogue and wants to be sole ruler of the kingdom.
The books are extremely well written and some are dissappointed
with the first movie adaption.. the book is just a difficult act to follow...
books that are good in character development just dont translate as
well to a movie...
The reviews go from one extreme 1 star to 4 & 5 stars ..
I gave it 4 stars for the movie not for its adaption from
the book....if you are a kid at heart you will enjoy this
movie...
In my opinion 1 star reviews are a little harsh...these should
be reserved for the worst movies ever..Like Showgirls,Battlefield EArth,
Barbwire,King Kong lives, Son of the mask,From Justin to Kelly,
Disappointing
2009-10-26 - I watched this in the theater with my son. The first 20 minutes of it are pleasant and wonderful.
Then the shift comes in tone, scenes are edited quickly. Episodes from the second book are introduced to fill gaps. The story becomes one great big mess. Whole other episodes go unfilmed, unexplained.
My son who had such glee for the first two reels walked out of the theater fairly angry.
He ticked off several things wrong with the picture's framework, and large gaps in the story line, missing important elements.
PS: he doesn't want to even think about owning a DVD of the feature.
