The Eragon movie (may contain spoilers)

[Kath]

I mean 'Into the sky. To win or die!' is just absolutely horrible...and I felt these cheesy and awful script throughout the movie.

Agreed a hundred times over! That line caused groans throughout the cinema, and there was another equally as bad though I can't recall what it was.

I haven't yet read the books (should be getting them for Christmas) and I have heard that the film is quite different to them in some ways so I may wait to look for comparisons. As for the film itself it was by no means as spectacular as LotR, but it wasn't half bad.

[The Might]

I must agree with you Kath...the German translation was just as cheesy...
Unlike LOTR there are many plotholes in the movie
I always wondered...if Eragon flew with his dragon all the way to the dark castle to save the Elvish girl, how did the older guy end up there in time to save him from the wizard...
and if Eragon didn't manage hitting the wizard before, how did he succeed in the end...no sense at all
and the fact that you can control just about anything in that world if you mumble something in Elvish also seems out of line...if this was the case why didn't the Elvish princess just say...rock or something and create a landslide over the enemies in the battle scene...
incredibly many plotholes if you take a close look...the best plotholes in Tolkien's case are the eagles and the Nazgul crossing the rivers...
Now many say it was a great achievement for his age...but still can't be compared to Tolkien's works
We have a Galadriel type monologue in the beginning telling the story of the dragon riders, but I didn't really like it either...the action started too soon, no real introduction into the story like the Party and Bilbo's disappearence
you can also see it lacked the budget of LOTR or Star Wars...
StarWars is just as cheesy and lacks any interesting dialogue usually but its eye-candy makes it legendary, whereas Eragon...isn't that good as far as special effects are concerned either
lastly Eragon seems pretty smart for a normal villager, not really what you would expect of a guy living in the middle of nowhere in a cottage
and finally, the scene where he kills the wizard is the worst...what was the chance that he would manage to hit him exactly through the heart without being killed first...0.1% maybe?

[The Sixth Wizard]

Originally Posted by The Might

incredibly many plotholes if you take a close look...the best plotholes in Tolkien's case are the eagles and the Nazgul crossing the rivers...
Now many say it was a great achievement for his age...but still can't be compared to Tolkien's works.

#1. You're right, it can't. Doesn't come close. Nothing is in the same league to 50 years work.

#2. They botched the movie. One and a half hours is okay for ... say ... Happy Feet, but for a 400+ page book it gives entirely the wrong impression.
Half the cities are cut out, the Ra'zac are killed (which leaves no room for the plot involving Roran in the soon to come third book) the characters are very undeveloped when you start the 'exciting' battle scenes and Arya shows no magical talent or even pointed ears. The Urgals have no horns, Daret, we are told, is near the Beor Mountains, Jeod is nowhere to be seen, Angela is badly acted and says nothing about Eragon's future, there are no dwarves! Tronjheim is just a few wooden defenses, the Rose Crystal is nonexistant and the lines are based for three-year-olds, never saying more about main entities than "Greetings, I am Ajihad, leader of the Varden." Saphira can breathe fire all throughout the final battle, Durza summons some big scary black thing completely out of his league, there is no Mourning Sage and much more that I cannot remember without the book! **pants**

Oh yeah and Eragon isn't supposed to be blonde.

In other words it isn't a good enough book to be made a movie and when they did it was very badly done. Sorry. Paolini, I respect you, but your movie reeks.