My Eragon Review

Eragon was an adaptation of the book Eragon by Christopher Paolini. Paolini was just 18 when this book came out. He has become what I aspire to be because we had the same background (home school), only he wasn't poor.
The Story:

I actually liked this movie, contrary to most people.

An elf princess by the name of Arya was going along in the woods when she was suddenly ambushed. After a terrible battle, with the last of her strength, she lifts up a stone and makes it disappear in a large flash of light....

Eragon has just become a man. He is perfectly happy with living the life of a poor farmer. For meat, he hunted, and for vegetables he either grew them or traded for what he needed.

One day, when he was in the forest hunting, he had just found the perfect deer and was about to shoot it when there was a sudden flash of light and an explosion. When the smoke cleared away, there was a beautiful blue stone.

With his hunt ruined, he decided to take the stone with him because he thought it was valuable and he could use it to get meat for his family.

Several days later, the stone started shaking and rolled around when it fell off of the shelf it was on, it broke. And a newborn dragon came out of it. When Eragon touched it, he became branded with an intricate white mark on his palm.

When the Razac came looking for him- on the orders of the evil king Galbatorix, they killed the only father figure Eragon ever had. The town's storyteller, Brom made him leave with him. To protect him. They begin to head torward the haven for the Varden (people who are fighting against Galbatorix), called Farthen Dur, which is also the home of the dwarves.

Brom teaches Eragon magic, how Eragon's relationship with Saphira, the dragon is supposed to work, and so much more.

Eragon begins seeing a vision of an elf princess-who is held captive by the Shade, Durza (who works for Galbatorix)-which turns out to be Arya and learns that he must save her. And Eragon must get her to Farthen Dur as soon as possible, because Arya has been poisoned.

Along the way, they meet Murtagh, an ally in their cause who saves Eragon's life more than once.

When they get to Farthen Dur, an enormous battle is about to take place because the Urgals ( working for the Shade Durza) have found the Varden's hiding place.

Cast and Characters:
Ed Speleers/ Eragon
Jeremy Irons/ Brom
Sienna Guiliory/ Arya
Robert Carlyle/ Durza
John Malkovich/ Galbatorix
Djimon Hounson/ Ajihad
Garret Hedlund/ Murtagh
Gary Lewis/ Hrothgar
Chris Egan/ Roran
Tamsin Egerton/ Katrina
Joss Stone/ Angela
Ralph Brown/ the Twins
Caroline Chickezie/ Nasuada

Good moments include:
*Eragon leaning how to use magic
*Learning who Brom really was
*Meeting the leaders of Farthen Dur
*Meeting Arya, the Elf Princess
* Meeting Murtagh

Bad moments include:
*Eragon's Uncle's death
*Eragon having to run away with Brom to get away from Galbatorix's troops
*Meeting the shade, Durza
*Having to rescue Arya
*The circumstances in learning who Brom really was
*The Shade and the Urgals getting to Farthen Dur

The Movie was very action packed. It also shows- in a literary way, what regular people have to go through when a tyrant rules them

This was a very good movie- and book! Also a good piece of fantasy. There are supposed to be three books and movies, so I am waiting on the last book and the next two movies. I hope they are as good as this one.

This movie is what it would be if someone mixed Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter, but no where near as good.

As with all movie adaptations, I believe that this movie could have been a lot better. It left out too many things. But I nitpick all adaptations.

Special features on the DVD include:
*A "making of" documentary
*Extended scenes
*deleted scenes
*Mythology behind Christopher Paolini's world
*art gallery
*director commentary
*audio commentary
*character profiles
*a map of Alagaesia
*an interview with Christopher Paolini

1 disk edition is $16.99.

2 disk special edition is $22.79.

Runtime 100 min.