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Eragon Skywalker and the Movie of Doom

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I am so sick of seeing the ads for this movie. I loathe the books. I tried reading the first one, and by the fifth chapter, I realized that this was a teenage boy who wrote a crappy fanfiction setting Star Wars in Middle-Earth and got it published because his parents owned a publishing company.

From what I hear, the sequel's even worse, and continues to blatantly rip-off Star Wars.

Just . . .grah. Anyone else annoyed by this?
 
It looks like Harry Potter, Star Wars, and Dragon Heart had a baby.

But, I had no clue a spoiled brat wrote it! Wow!
 
I just barely got through the first one, and didn't bother with the second given that it was almost universally denounced as being even worse.

I think it was actually Lord of the Rings he was ripping off, though. ;)
 
I think it was actually Lord of the Rings he was ripping off, though. ;)
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Not really, if you think about the plot:

A boy of foggy origins lives with his uncle in a remote place of a vast empire headed by an evil Emperor and his right hand man, who was once prominent in an ancient order of guardians with mystical powers.

Through fate or luck, depending on your point of view, this boy comes into the possession of an object vital to a rebellion against the Empire; this object was inadvertently sent to him by a princess in the rebellion, who had attempted to send said object to an old man who once belonged to the same order of guardians as the Emperor’s right-hand man.

This boy seeks the old man to learn of the ways of this ancient order, but eventually has to return to his uncle’s farm, which, the boy finds, has been destroyed by fire, and his uncle killed. The boy then sets off with the old hermit, who also gives him a sword which belonged to his father. As they travel, they train. The boy meets up with a rogue who is full of surprises, but turns out to be fiercely loyal, for all his proclaimed selfishness. The boy also begins "seeing" a beautiful woman imprisoned and in need of help.

The boy decides that he needs to rescue her, even though he doesn't know her; further, he thinks of her only as beautiful (Luke's first words are, "Who is she? She's beautiful?" Eragon can't stop thinking about her beauty). Long story short, the old hermit dies to protect the boy, the boy and the rogue help the beautiful damsel escape.

They then set off to the rebellion to give important information and return the object which the princess had sent the boy. They were followed by the Empire, and prepare for a giant battle that will either save the rebellion or annihilate them.

The boy proves his worth with heroics during the battle, but his crowning achievement is his destruction of a noun of much power that has the ability to destroy lots of things. The boy is aided in this by one of his friends, who arrives at precisely the right moment.
The boy is lauded a hero.

The boy has a hallucination of a powerful master who can teach him more of the ancient order. The boy travels to the powerful master to learn the ways of the ancient order's mystical power. While there, he grows very powerful. While he is away, the Rebellion regroups in a new area.

Just when the boy is on a roll with his training, and has grown very powerful, he has a vision of his friends in great danger. He decides he must go to help them. His master warns him not to go. The boy promises that he will return. He leaves.

He finds his friends just in time and is able to distract the enemy so that his friends will remain safe. He finds out that his father was the right-hand man of the Emperor--his father was the one who betrayed the ancient order and helped kill them.

The boy is shocked and ultimately defeated, but not killed. He finds out that someone dear to him has been taken by evil people, and promises to find this person.

So yeah . . . Star Wars. Everything summarized above happens both in Star Wars and Eragon. It's pretty much Star Wars set in Middle-Earth, as I said. :p
 
OWCH!
That there is plot thieving.
The movie looks sucky, and I have no motivation to read normal fantasy.
I prefer either horrific fantasy or Discworld.
Discworld>Eragon in every way.
 
I heard their is also an extremely clean Butcher Shop in the book.
 
Aw... I never read the books but I expected it to have been interesting because it was written by a kid. I also was hoping it be good as a positive move about dragons, giving a LotR feel for this year... but it sounds like you guys are saying it'll probably be a stinker..

I may still watch the movie anyways, but now I'll at least adjust my expectations... :/
 
"Eragon, I am your brother."

That is all.
 
The first book was okay, but after watching the movie (and thanks to you guys) i finally see the Star Wars parallels. (I've never seen the original Star War movie ^-^;;)
As for the movie...I swear you'll never see a more horrible movie in your entire lives. EVER.
It does not follow the book.
It changed the characters dractically.
It barely makes any sense since he just so happens to change his mind in a blink of an eye. Eragon has no motive WHATSOEVER.
The jokes were bad, save one, and only because I liked the character.
They had this horrible recurring joke in the movie that just got more annoying as the movie progressed.
It was WAY too fast-paced (even though it was two hours long).
What was good about it...hmm...
The actors played their roles well, and Edward Spleeers (Eragon) ddi a pretty good job for his first time. I just don't see why they needed to use some kid from another country if the book was made in America. Like with 'A Clockwork Orange.'
The score was okay, just a little too much like Harry Potter's in my opinion.
They chose wonderful locations. Beautiful landscape. Pretty trees. Real nice looking river.
Yeah. If you really want to watch it, wait for the DVD. Or the ABC family premire.
 
Oh yeah. i forgot the CG.
Saphira (the dragon) had feathery wings. What reptile do YOU know has features? Huh?
The battle scenes were cool but WAY to short, especially the final battle scene. If you ever saw Final Fantasy: Advent Children till the end, then you see that Cloud and Sephiroth's fight scene was barely two minutes plus pointless dialogue. The final battle in Eragon...XP crap.
 
Saphira (the dragon) had feathery wings. What reptile do YOU know has features? Huh?
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Dinosaurs and related reptiles. Feathers are just evolved scales.
 
I tried to read this book two years ago. I know it's a bad thing to judge a book just by the first couple chapters, but it was God awful; I nearly fell asleep. I have a vague idea of how the story unravels and it doesn't really sound like my cup of tea. How did this series build up this much hype? :/

I'm not even going go give the movie a chance, just to spite it.
 
How did this series build up this much hype? :/
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Advertising it as a "masterpiece" written by a "child prodigy of only 15 who graduated high school when he was still just 15!"


In reality, it's awful, he graduated when was 15 because he was homeschooled and had no summer breaks his entire life, and he only started to write it at 15, he finished when he was 19. But Knopf saw the value in promoting a young writer to a young audience. A "by kids, for kids" sort of thing that basically sold the book instead of the actual content.
 
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Or the mythical South American feathered serpents/dragons.
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Really? @-@ But that doesnt make any sense! How can scales turn into features? Please explain this to me. And what mythical South American serpents? TT-TT
 
Satochu said:
Saphira (the dragon) had feathery wings. What reptile do YOU know has features? Huh?
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Archaeopteryx. Microraptor. Several other similar species are known to have had feathers, and there's a theory that many types of dinosaurs had feathers, but weren't wing-related. As to how they evolved...there's still debate regarding that.

And what mythical South American serpents?
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The most infamous mythical South American feathered serpent is Quetzlcoatl (do an image search using Google). I'm sure there are others, but I can't think of any names.
 
Archaeopteryx. Microraptor. Several other similar species are known to have had feathers, and there's a theory that many types of dinosaurs had feathers, but weren't wing-related. As to how they evolved...there's still debate regarding that.
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The popular theory today is that nearly all of the small to medium predatory dinosaurs had feathers.
 
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