 | Studios: | Fox 2000 |
| Release: | December 15, 2006 | |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure, Drama, Kids/Family, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation | |
| MPAA Rating: | PG for fantasy violence, intense battle sequences and some frightening images |
It's bad enough that the novel this movie is based on has chapters that sound like something from Lord of the Rings and other older fantasy novels. The worst thing this movie did was include scenes that remind you of the Star Wars and the Lord of the Rings movies. To cite one example: In a scene where Eragon wishes he could leave the farm and looks into the distance - the shot they used looked like Luke Skywalker on the desert of Tatooine watching the moons set down. Another example: The scene where Durza is addressing his minions looks like the scene from LOTR: Two Towers where Saruman is addressing his army from Orthanc.
Scenes like those will brand this movie a Star Wars/Lord of the Rings wannabe instead of a movie with its own merit.
The movie is enjoyable, and should be treated separately from the novel it was ADAPTED from. The writers changed so many things that I wonder if they messed up any "continuity" if a movie based on the second novel of the series will be made. The only change I hated was that the dragon Saphira in this movie did more "following" ... like an overgrown pet. In the novel, dragon and rider were equals.
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