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This was an average film with some impressive action scenes. However, it is imensly disloyal to the book, many of the settings, characters and props have changed from the books descriptions. Also, scenes which are of huge importance to the later books were missed out and I very much doubt if the sequals will be made into films of any level of success.
Story
This film's story, like the book, is completely unoriginal and draws hugely on other material's plots, mainly star wars. 2/5
Characters / Performances
There were some good performances in this film. However, character development was poor or non-existant for most characters and the character of Eragon made the change from farmer to dragon-rider/ warrior/ mage far too quickly and unbelievably. Furthermore, the primary antagonist, Galbatorix, gets practically no screen time at all and became a minor character, working from the shadows. 3/5
Special effects
This is the film's redeeming quality, there were some extremely impressive action scenes and the dragon was used well in these scene's as well as being impressive on it's own. 5/5
Soundtrack
This was done well and worked with the visual. the music was well placed and all the sound effects worked and were believable. 5/5
How does it compare to similar films?
It matches all but the best of films on action, however, it's poor, copied storyline puts it near the bottom of it's genre for plot and characters. In fairness to Stefen Fangmeier, this was his first film as a director so he should'n't be judged to harshly on it. 2/5.
Value for Money
My recomendation would be to rent this, it's very average and you probably won't want to watch it more than once.
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Production Year: 1979 - Science Fiction - Director: Ridley Scott - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over - Starring: Sigourney Weaver, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Harry Dean Stanton, Ian Holm, Yaphet Kotto, Veronica Cartwright
Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
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While it owes much of its appeal and appearance to theLord of the Ringstrilogy,Eragoncan ... more
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...
Postage & Packaging: £1.21 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days...
While it owes much of its appeal and appearance to theLord of the Ringstrilogy,Eragoncan ... more
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...
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While it owes much of its appeal and appearance to theLord of the Ringstrilogy,Eragoncan ... more
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...
Postage & Packaging: Free! Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours...
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