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Eragon: One boy... One dragon... A world of adventure.
The Kingdom of Alagaesia is ruled by the evil King Galbatorix, a former dragon rider that betrayed his mates and his people in his quest for power. When the orphan farm boy Eragon finds a blue stone sent by Princess Arya, he soon realizes that it is a dragon egg. When the dragon Saphira is born, Eragon meets his mentor Brom, and becomes the dragon rider foreseen in an ancient prophecy that would set his people free from the tyrant Galbatorix. Eragon meets the rebels Varden and together they fight against the evil sorcerer Durza and the army of Galbatorix in a journey for freedom.
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Eragon: Cast
* Ed Speleers as Eragon
* Jeremy Irons as Brom
* Sienna Guillory as Arya
* Robert Carlyle as Durza
* John Malkovich as Galbatorix
* Garrett Hedlund as Murtagh
* Rachel Weisz as the voice of Saphira
* Alun Armstrong as Garrow
* Christopher Egan as Roran
* Djimon Hounsou as Ajihad
* Caroline Chikezie as Nasuada
* Joss Stone as Angela
* Steve Speirs as Sloan
* Gary Lewis as Hrothgar
* Jeremy Irons as Brom
* Sienna Guillory as Arya
* Robert Carlyle as Durza
* John Malkovich as Galbatorix
* Garrett Hedlund as Murtagh
* Rachel Weisz as the voice of Saphira
* Alun Armstrong as Garrow
* Christopher Egan as Roran
* Djimon Hounsou as Ajihad
* Caroline Chikezie as Nasuada
* Joss Stone as Angela
* Steve Speirs as Sloan
* Gary Lewis as Hrothgar
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"Eragon" Editorial Review
While it owes much of its appeal and appearance to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Eragon can stand on its own as an enjoyable fantasy for younger viewers. Faithfully adapted from the bestselling novel by teenage author Christopher Paolini, this boy-and-his-dragon tale offers clean, fast-paced family entertainment without compromising the darker qualities of Paolini's novel (the first in what is known as the "Inheritance" trilogy).
The plot centers on 17-year-old peasant farmboy Eragon (played by appealing newcomer Ed Speleers) who discovers a mysterious blue object that turns out to be an egg that eventually hatches to reveal Saphira, a blue-scaled dragon that quickly grows to full-size. According to prophecy, Eragon is destined to be a dragon-rider like those who once protected a benevolent kingdom, thus reviving an ancient conflict against the army of King Galbatorix (John Malkovich), a former dragon rider who turned to evil, now in alliance with a! dark-magic "Shade" sorcerer named Durza (Robert Carlyle).While the movie serves up familiar fantasy elements and offers little if anything new to fans of the genre (or anyone who's read the books of Anne McCaffrey and Ursula K. Le Guin), it's visually impressive (especially the dragon scenes, with Rachel Weisz providing the telepathic "voice" of Saphira) and full of timeless wisdom, much of it delivered by Eragon's heroic mentor Brom (Jeremy Irons), himself a former dragon rider with memories of past battles and hope for Eragon's future.
Add a fair warrior-maiden named Arya (Sienna Guillory) and you've got all the ingredients for a worthwhile (if not particularly original) fantasy that points directly to a sequel. Whether that's a good or a bad thing is up to individual viewers to decide.
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The movie Eragon is based on the book of the same name by Christopher Paolini, and is the first book of the Inheritance Trilogy. The third and last book in the series is not yet published.
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- Michelle Michelle Nov 3, 2009 @ 7:33 am
- I don't understand why people didn't like eragon. i like the movie. Twilight disapointed me more. don't like kirsten as bella. maybe because I read the book before I saw the movie.
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- Jason Jason Jun 22, 2009 @ 11:43 pm
- I begin to wonder if the screen writers even read the book. I dont see how they could follow up with a sequal. They totally blew off Roran and Katrina was never even mentioned. I dont see it possible to even loosly follow the actual story line without those two characters.
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- Chandler Chandler Dec 28, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
- I would have to agree with the other comments on this one. The books, in my opinion, are some of the best novels ever written when it comes to being an epic fantasy. They rank right up there with Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. But the movie is a total disappointment. I understand that when converting a book to film there are things that need to be left out to keep the movie going, but this is an example of what happens when u leave to much of the story out. "Eragon" the movie was not the story told in "Eragon" the book. It is as Sammy, Andrew, and Erin wrote.. a failure. And i'll be mad with the rest of the inheritance fan's if the same is pulled in "Eldest" if they could even possibly think of making it after this.
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- Trevor Trevor Nov 15, 2009 @ 7:03 pm
- yeah i mean you can't even do the movie eldest without jeod and Isadar Mithiom srry if i didn't spell it right
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- Shanda Shanda Dec 11, 2008 @ 10:20 am
- I was asked to read the Inheitance Cycly, so I did. Then I watched to movie. Never again. The movie was a complete faliure and a disapointment. The three books are amazing and I enocurage people to read them, but DO NOT WATCH THE MOVIE! It infuriated me to a point on smashing in my T.V. screen. I don't know if it's possible but I have seen it before; Why didn't Chritopher have any say in the making of the movie??? Authors are aloud a say. I know I wouldn't have let my book be ripped to pieces like that. It was such a wonderful book and it shouldn't have been made into a movie unless the movie was going to be similar the book. GRRRR!!! In general, the books rock while the movie of eragon crashed and burned!
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- Dominique Dominique Oct 9, 2008 @ 8:55 am
- I think that he book was really good, and that it gave enough character for people to want to keep reading it.
But the movie was okay, I mean people who read the book could easily point out what parts of the book that they left out that was important. But other than that it was thrilling, and exciting enough to watch.
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- Devorah Devorah Oct 5, 2008 @ 7:32 pm
- You shouldn't bother to watch the movie, or even the clips! First of all, they left out a LOT of information, the special effects suck, and you should just let the people who read the book imagine what the characters look like.
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- suncearay suncearay Oct 4, 2008 @ 2:59 pm
- I loved the book but the move was wrong. I not saying that the acting was bad. NO NO The acting was great but the arrangement of details and the stuff that was left out was so important to the story and the director just did not get the book at all. He should never direct another movie like this again. He destroyed the book.
I cried went the movie was over for there could not be a second movie that was connected to the book.
In fact I think that I hate that director for what he did. Do you realize that even Alva did not have point to her ears or her eyes was not slighted and that she did not even wear green.
What was the dress designer and the director was thinking about when they when into this project.
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- Brent Brent Aug 18, 2008 @ 1:23 pm
- I agree wholeheartedly with the other commenters. I had never heard of Eragon, saw the movie, thought It was ok, had a tough time following it, then I bought the books and realized the movie was horrible compared to the books. I can't wait to read the 3rd book, If another movie is in the works there is a lot of work to do to have it make sense and it would be nice if it actually followed the books.
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- Alex Alex Aug 9, 2008 @ 11:47 am
- Just as most people Said up there, I was exited, but, from the very start, things were WRONG. It was horrible, they didn't have enough time. Movies that take from books (big books) Need to be 2-21/2 Hours, not 1 1/2. WHAT DID THEY EXPECT??
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