Review: Eragon

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ERAGON

Directed by:	Stefen Fangmeier
Written by:	Peter Buchman
Cast:	Jeremy Irons, Robert Carlyle, Djimon Hounsou, Sienna Guillory, Ed Speleers, John Malkovich

I went in expecting it to suck, I hadn’t planned to see it, but after a week of moving boxes I figured it’d be a nice break and I wanted to spend some time with my friends.

It was a bit better than I had expected, but I had expected to be bored out of my mind. It had its moments. I was amused, and entertained, but there were also moments that I was bored.

 

When the film first started I thought that it reminded me a bit about “Earthsea”, then as it progressed I saw elements of “The Lord of the Rings” and even an element or two from “Harry Potter”. One of the creatures and some events reminded me a lot of “Wizard’s First Rule”. So it had borrowed a lot from other elements, and the cinematography didn’t help with trying to separate this film from the others.

 

Seeing Jeremy Irons again was great, same goes for Robert Carlyle, though neither had much to work with, they did the best they could.

John Malkovich seemed just to have put on his Cyrus the Virus persona again, however it wasn’t very intimidating

 

The little Saphira was adorable, that had to be my favourite parts of the film, the scenes where she was a baby. If they make plush toys or something of he, I’m sure it’ll be a big seller.

 

I understood that being a dragonrider was a very important role, but after the word had been emphasised several times I got tired of it. Pretty much every time it was mentioned the person who said dragonrider put this tone in his or her voice that made it sound like some kind of doomed thing. It just happened to often and ended up loosing its importance. By the third time I wanted to tell the screen: “We get it, it’s important!”

 

Message to moviemakers! Fight scenes and close-ups don’t mix! You can expect the audience to get a reaction from the audience during a fight scene if they can’t see what’s going on.

 

I got as much out of watching this film as “Harry Potter”, I was entertained, but it will never end up in my collection.

 

isil80 also said that the book is better. I’ll have to take her word for it as the film didn’t really inspire me to want to pick up the book anytime soon.

Comments

[miss-nightowl.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I have absolutely no idea what this movie is about, but I´ve agreed to go and see it nonetheless.
I don´t really expect to be over the moon about it though.

[va-ronin.livejournal.com]

Yea I was all set to see it until two trusted sources said it was only so-so. I guess now with your review that makes it three trusted sources. One of my BIGGEST movie pet-peeves is a fight scene that's filmed horribly.

[fresco-senorita.livejournal.com]

I'm surprised that this film isn't doing so hot. It seemed to have a huge reaction from everyone. Now I'm not sure I want to see it in theatres. I think I might just download it.

[http://users.livejournal.com/ladywolf_/]

Jeg likte den.. I mine øyne var feilen at den var for kort, og at de virket litt som de hadde hastet seg gjennom storyen.. Jeg har hatt lyst til å lese bøkene en stund, og kommer nok til å gjøre det, men det er ikke så mye filmens fortjeneste som det faktumet at jeg sluker fantasy og eventyr bøker.

Hvis de lager en baby saphira bamse så skal jeg ha en... :) skjønneste..

[tygerx.livejournal.com]

Haven't seen it yet, but will go back to this when I do. I'm sure I will soon cuz my dragon obsessed friend is dying to see it!