A boy named Eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest. At first, he thinks it's a lucky discovery, something that will bring meat to his poor family for the winter. Instead, it brings a dragon hatchling, and Eragon is soon thrust into a world of magic and power through which he and the dragon must navigate.
EVERYTHING was bloody inaccurate almost nothing simmilar to the book. A 1 year old child could have done so MMMUUUUCCCHHH!!!! better. For all who loved the movie. READ THE BOOK!!!I have seen so many movies better than this. this was a disgrace and an abomination to all movies and must be remade.
Don't let your hopes soar with the flying dragons and magical swordfights in this derivative fantasy flick. At best, "Eragon" has the tone and quality of a made-for-TV movie, and at its worst, it is just a shade better than "Dungeons and Dragons".
"Eragon" is based on a book of the same name by Christopher Paolini. However, unlike last year's "Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe", this one sorely lacks imagination and energy, and tries to copy ideas from "Star Wars" and even "Lord Of The Rings". Couple these with an inane dialogue and uninspired acting and we have another lame fantasy flick set to flop at the box-office.
The story takes place in a land called Alagaesia which is ruled by the despotic King Galbatorix (John Malkovich). Galbatorix, in his madness, has crippled the order of the Dragon-Riders, and for years, many believed that dragons were extinct.
Young farm boy Eragon (Edward Speleers) is an orphan who finds a dragon egg while hunting in the forest one night. The egg hatches and, according to the village story-teller Brom (Jeremy Irons), he has become the chosen Dragon-Rider whose destiny is to rescue the down-trodden tribes and communities from Galbatorix's rule.
Eragon and his dragon, Shapira (voice of Rachel Weisz), must journey to Varden to rally the rebels. However, he must first escape the king's minions, known as the Urgals, who have been sent to destroy him. Besides Brom, Eragon has an ally in Arya (Sienna Guillory), a beautiful witch who 'sent' him the dragon egg.
The relationship between Eragon and Shapira recalls that of "Dragonheart" (1996) in which Sean Connery loaned his voice to Draco, the last dragon on Earth. The bond between Draco and dragon-slayer Bowen (played by Dennis Quaid) formed the most entertaining part of that movie.
Not so here, though. The bond between boy and dragon is all businesslike, sans the fascination and humour that we had in "Dragonheart". It would not have mattered much if newcomer Speleers is miscast and lacks the requisite charm of the boy hero, but it is rather painful to see Jeremy Irons wrestling with inane lines and trying to carry the movie all by himself. Malkovich has a cameo and an idiotic line ("As long as I am King, disloyalty will be punishable by death"), while Carlyle hams it up unabashedly as the villain Durza. The charms of Guillory are also under-utilised and wasted here.
I am sure many of us have seen better fantasy films on Hallmark and HBO than this lame adaptation of Paolini's "Eragon".
