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Affilliation
Eragon
We watched Eragon last weekend, I was hoping we’d watch some other stuff first, but we didn’t get the time to. I haven’t read the book, so I wasn’t expecting much except for an effects film. It was pretty much what I expected.
Eragon is based on the fist book of the Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini. The book was a success, and given that it was published when he was just 19 years old (he supposedly started writing the book at age 15), it must be a deam come true to see his work on the big screen.
Unfortunately, the film didn’t work all that well for me. I felt the plot was a little forced, and the way the scenes were cut could’ve been better. Since I haven’t read the book, I can’t tell if this was because the storry really was like this or if something went wrong with the translation to film. I did enjoy the battle scenes involving the dragon at the end (can’t have a dragon film without having it fight, now can we?). My SO liked the film, but I don’t like it as much.
Overall, it was OK. I hope Christopher Paolini will see continued success, but I hope that the movie version of the next book will be better. Watchable.
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