Eragon

[Ishimaru]

Hey just saw this movie and I was greatly inspired.

This is more of LOTR thing but it isn't, I know a few more are going to come out because of the books.

It could have used more action but effects are nice.

Overall I came out of the theater impressed, the casting was awesome itself.

I did see this on the day it came out since I had nothing to do at the moment, it was well worth the money.

You can watch this movie and not be nerd about it.

Any comments?

[Raptor]

I happened to be listening to NPR and some movie critic PANNED the movie, due to horrific dialogue and the fact that it was written by a 15 year-old (which he says shows).

He also said "It tries so hard to be LOTR, which it's not"

[Dangaioh]

It's true, the book was made by a teenager... no it's not a "LOTR", it's just an original story that was written by the imagination of a teenager, whose friends and families at the time enjoyed it as a fan genre fiction, that got published and had a movie deal thereafter... *breathe*.

My sister is reading the books (book 1, then 2), and stated that it's not bad at all.

I will gladly watch this movie, and Rocky.

[eugimon]

heh, I read a paragraph at an airport book store and it was just painful... this is a definite pass for me. Besides, the little clips they show on HBO are bad enough.

[jenius]

Has this site ever had a recommended reading forum? I think it'd be interesting if not for the flame potential.

[Repiv_Onex]

Seriously speaking; just don't put too much expectation and thoughts of this would be another LOTR and the show will be a nice one.

My friend, a fan of LOTR, whom thought this is another LOTR movie, keep !@%$#!@#^%! after watching the movie with me..... I had a terrible time with him, not the movie.

[phoenix01]

It's true, the book was made by a teenager... no it's not a "LOTR", it's just an original story that was written by the imagination of a teenager, whose friends and families at the time enjoyed it as a fan genre fiction, that got published and had a movie deal thereafter... *breathe*.

No, it's not a LOTR, it's a Star Wars: A New Hope.

Evil knight betrays and kills nearly all his fellow knights, setting up an empire. Only a small band of rebels stand in his way. Young farm boy discovers he has a special power and is mentored by a crazy old man who is the only one to have escaped the purge of the evil knight. As they travel to join the rebellion, they rescue a young maiden from the clutches of the evil knight.

Can Eregon Skywalker stop the evil Darth Galbatorix? Find out in Eldest: the Empire Strikes Back

Edited December 19, 2006 by phoenix01

[JsARCLIGHT]

With the massive media push behind this movie I get to see some sort of commercial for it every time I watch TV, which is not that often... which leads me to believe they are going to market this thing to success or die trying. Personally, any movie that has to be pushed this hard makes me shy away from it. You could make the best movie in the history of time but if you over-market it, and I'm exposed to that marketing bonanza, I tend to not want to see the movie... mostly out of AGNTSA feelings rather than a true, fact based dislike of the property in question. The commercials for "A Night at the Museum" are doing the same thing for me.

My own personal opinion: I know nothing of the books or the movie and base my opinion entirely on the commercials that I've been bombarded with. And that opinion is: the dragon weirds me out. It just looks odd. Something about the head and the face... it does not look "cool enough" to me and it looks a tad too humanistic. Maybee it's the big, round forward facing eyes and the gradually sloping human-like forehead. I dunno... but the dragon weirds me out.

[mechaninac]

I'd pay to watch a well written movie trilogy adaptation of The Dragonriders of Pern... Aragon, I'll pass until I've exhausted all other personal choices at my local Blockbuster. Like JsARCLIGHT said, the commercials are too overbearing, overexposed, and, other than the smoke dragon, sort of unimpressive.

@phenix01: ROTFLMAO! So true. Excellent observation.

[Dobber]

With the massive media push behind this movie I get to see some sort of commercial for it every time I watch TV, which is not that often... which leads me to believe they are going to market this thing to success or die trying. Personally, any movie that has to be pushed this hard makes me shy away from it. You could make the best movie in the history of time but if you over-market it, and I'm exposed to that marketing bonanza, I tend to not want to see the movie... mostly out of AGNTSA feelings rather than a true, fact based dislike of the property in question.

I 100% agree with you here. Fantastic 4 did that to me as well. For F4, it wasn't JUST the constant trailers on TV and in the theaters but then it was all the marketing for Burger King, and then a cruise line too I believe!!! I couldn't stand that stupid "Flame On!" line!!! Have not, and don't intend on ever seeing that movie.

Eragon isn't quite there yet, but I'd agree that when a movie gets over exposed like this, it's usually because it sucks and the studio is trying hard to get it's money back in the first few weeks before word spreads about their turd!

I also agree that there is something "odd" about the Dragon that I also don't like. It's head lmost looks cat like or something. Not what I would like a Dragon to look like, but that's just me. I'll probably just catch this on DVD unless I finally get fed up with the previews.

Chris

[Ishimaru]

I 100% agree with you here. Fantastic 4 did that to me as well. For F4, it wasn't JUST the constant trailers on TV and in the theaters but then it was all the marketing for Burger King, and then a cruise line too I believe!!! I couldn't stand that stupid "Flame On!" line!!! Have not, and don't intend on ever seeing that movie.

Eragon isn't quite there yet, but I'd agree that when a movie gets over exposed like this, it's usually because it sucks and the studio is trying hard to get it's money back in the first few weeks before word spreads about their turd!

I also agree that there is something "odd" about the Dragon that I also don't like. It's head lmost looks cat like or something. Not what I would like a Dragon to look like, but that's just me. I'll probably just catch this on DVD unless I finally get fed up with the previews.

Chris

Just watch the movie, it makes better sense. The only promotion I see in this is the FOX channel promoting it, and I suppose it was the same thing for X3.

Anybody see a promotion for the movie itself?

[jenius]

I also agree that there is something "odd" about the Dragon that I also don't like. It's head lmost looks cat like or something.

Admit it though, you still love the dog dragon from Never Ending Story though. FALCOR!!!!!

[GobotFool]

Admit it though, you still love the dog dragon from Never Ending Story though. FALCOR!!!!!

By making the face to anthropomorphic they made it look more cute than cool. Draco from dragonheart was probably the best compromise to get a large dragon to emot and still look pretty cool.

[chrono]

By making the face to anthropomorphic they made it look more cute than cool.

I agree and that's what makes CG dragons so bad looking.

[Rodavan]

mechaninac - I must agree , I have not seen the movie yet , but would prefer "Dragons of pern ...... " Anne McCaffrey books - Rocks !

[JsARCLIGHT]

Just watch the movie, it makes better sense. The only promotion I see in this is the FOX channel promoting it, and I suppose it was the same thing for X3.

Anybody see a promotion for the movie itself?

I only have watched two channels in the last two weeks, FOX and Cartoon Network... both are running the Eragon movie commercial and video game commercial in such high rotation that you see one about every other commercial break, plus FOX has Eragon branding at the start or segue of almost every primetime show I saw. The last two movies I went to see (Casino Royale and Happy Feet) both had Eragon video game commercials before the start and the Eragon trailer in the trailer spots. A few of the mass media websites I go to have Eragon banner ads chugging. It's sad but I've seen this creepy dragon more than I have seen my own wife right now. As Dobber said, I have not seen a push like this since Fantastic Four. Good or bad they are spending a lot of money on this push... a LOT of money. I wonder if this movie can turn a profit in theaters with this kind of marketing push. I mean, add all these marketing costs plus production costs (estimated to be $100 mil plus) and I bet you have a very high triple digit number that this thing can't climb. That is probably the reason for the hard push on the video games at the same time, the property needs to recoup as much as it can as fast as it can to clear the overhead so the makers can actually earn some money on it.

[mechaninac]

By making the face to anthropomorphic they made it look more cute than cool. Draco from dragonheart was probably the best compromise to get a large dragon to emot and still look pretty cool.

Draco was okay as anthropomorphic dragons go, but it still looked too cuddly; however, it, at least, had a leathery hide look. The one from Eragon has feathered wings, if I've interpreted what I've seen correctly from the clips, and that just looks wrong for a Wyrm... a giant eagle or Gryphon, fine, but not a Drake.

IMHO, the best rendition of a Dragon ever to grace the big screen was Vermithrax Pejorative from Dragonslayer. That stop motion beat still gives me a chill up my spine every time I see that movie... it's just that impressive.

Edited December 20, 2006 by mechaninac

[chrono]

Draco was okay as anthropomorphic dragons go, but it still looked too cuddly; however, it, at least, had a leathery hide look. The one from Eragon has feathered wings, if I've interpreted what I've seen correctly from the clips, and that just looks wrong for a Wyrm... a giant eagle or Gryphon, fine, but not a Drake.

IMHO, the best rendition of a Dragon ever to grace the big screen was Vermithrax Pejorative from Dragonslayer. That stop motion beat still gives me a chill up my spine every time I see that movie... it's just that impressive.

One of the many problems with dragons is that people believe that they should look like 'Terrible Engines of Death & Destruction". Too much point of view.

[Rodavan]

mmm ... Dragonslayer , saw a re-run the other day , must agree , very good dragon . Although I thought the movie was bad the dragons in "Reign of fire" wasn't to bad ........

Going to see Eragon tommorrow night

[gerwalk25]

No, it's not a LOTR, it's a Star Wars: A New Hope.

I saw Eragon last Saturday and it did have that SW:anh familiarity. I thought it was an okay flick.