Read the books a few years back. Movie's coming out sometime around December. Hope they don't butcher it. This's the only link I could find to any working video.

http://www.mypartypost.com/watchvideobig/2785/ERAGON_intro_Video

Anyone found any other previews?

John Malkovich..

7/28/2006 1:01:36 PM

I already saw the movie, but it was called Lord of the Star Wars Rings then.

7/28/2006 1:42:12 PM

awesome books

7/28/2006 5:42:07 PM

i saw the video game of this movie at SD comic con... didnt know it was a book/movie though so i was wondering if the actors names listed on the poster were just doing voice acting for the game or what.


when did IMDB change to add all the pictures and mini pictures next to each actor on a project?

[Edited on July 28, 2006 at 7:20 PM. Reason : ]

7/28/2006 7:13:53 PM

recently, i hadnt noticed it yet, i check imdb bimonthly?

7/29/2006 12:00:43 AM

It happened a week ago. Maybe two.

7/29/2006 12:02:00 AM

bttt this if only because I got around to reading the book and its pretty sweet.

Easy Mode fantasy FTW.

10/13/2006 1:27:06 PM

Hey isn't that the book where a young boy, who does not know his father, is raised by his uncle on a farm, the uncle dies because the boy comes into contact with something the evil overlord wants, and then the boy is befriended by an old man who teaches him the lost ways of an ancient group of warriors?

No, wait. That was Star Wars.

10/13/2006 3:28:01 PM

Oh I'm sorry

Are you trying to make a point that a storyline has been reused?

You know, the one where there's a Hero and a villian and then epic climax where one destroys the other?

You know, the bases of all human storytelling.

Also, please 2 point out where in Star Wars luke vulcan mind melded with a giant fucking dragon.

10/13/2006 3:32:41 PM

i saw the trailer awhile back and it looks fairly decent. however, the books weren't exactly my favorite. the storytelling just did not flow nicely, in my opinion

10/13/2006 4:04:53 PM

haha i like how these fucking nerds are crying that STAR WARS of all fucking things was "ripped off"

10/13/2006 5:29:55 PM

Wasn't this book written by like a 10 year old?

10/13/2006 8:00:47 PM

15 I think.

10/13/2006 8:34:50 PM

he was nineteen when he wrote it.

the sequel isn't as good, though still read-worthy

[Edited on October 13, 2006 at 9:04 PM. Reason : don't need one]

10/13/2006 9:04:13 PM

I believe it was published when he was nineteen, but he started writing it at 16. I really enjoy his books, and you can really see his style evolve as you read them. And if you look at the authors that inspire him, you can see some of all of them in his works. The books are definitely novice work, but I enjoy reading stuff by a guy who is younger than me and can admire how far he's come.

http://www.alagaesia.com

^I felt the second one was better. His writing style improved greatly and you get more in-depth with the characters.

[Edited on October 14, 2006 at 12:16 AM. Reason : .]

10/14/2006 12:13:41 AM

Lord of the Star Wars Rings

10/14/2006 3:40:33 AM

bttt comes out on Friday

12/13/2006 12:22:44 PM

I'm pretty pumped for this.

You can definitely see his writing improve between books 1 and 2. For instance, almost all of book one is written from the prospective of Eragon following one single story arc while book 2 alternates between characters and multiple side plots. Its not the best fiction, or fantasy, but its a very enjoyable read.

12/13/2006 12:29:56 PM

i dunno about the storyline...played the demo on xbox360...good graphics didnt like the angles...but anyway, could they have a less original name than Eragon?

HEY LETS COME UP WITH A GOOD DRAGON NAME

hmm Dragon Dragon Dragon....Cragon? Bragon? Aragon? Eragon? Fragon? Eragon??? Ok!

12/13/2006 12:30:06 PM

Eragon isn't the Dragon's name, it's the main character's name (the 16 year old male).

[Edited on December 13, 2006 at 5:02 PM. Reason : :]

12/13/2006 5:02:00 PM

great the next fantasy nerd movie

12/13/2006 5:13:15 PM

even worse

12/13/2006 5:14:08 PM

How come the books are in the young readers section though? I never read them because I thought they were for kids.

12/13/2006 5:22:43 PM

Quote :

"when did IMDB change to add all the pictures and mini pictures next to each actor on a project?"

like august/september

12/13/2006 5:24:50 PM

I mean the story isn't original by Fantasy standards.

Its just a good, fun book.

Fantasy Lite if you will.

12/13/2006 5:26:12 PM

^^you do realize that question was posted in July, right?

12/13/2006 5:27:32 PM

this is the kinda shit that leads to harder drugs like D&D and LARPing
don't let your kids get theis gateway shit

12/13/2006 5:38:26 PM

^Hahah.

Like I'd rather them become a jock.

12/13/2006 5:46:41 PM

from the commericals it seems sorta generic-looking to me

like someone upgraded a made-of-SCIFI movie with somewhat better actors and much better CGI

[Edited on December 13, 2006 at 8:09 PM. Reason : unless everyone is raving about it i'll wait for the dvd]

12/13/2006 8:09:39 PM

dragon movies stop being cool after dragonheart

12/13/2006 8:11:34 PM

Quote :

"Like I'd rather them become a jock."

you are forever making comments like this

did you get date raped by one or something

whats with all the hate?

12/13/2006 8:18:42 PM

Quote :

"^^you do realize that question was posted in July, right? "

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh now that made sense....! thanks

12/13/2006 8:38:33 PM

I'll be glad when I'm not seeing that damn commercial every single commercial break on every single channel.

12/14/2006 2:06:30 AM

Quote :

"Oh I'm sorry Are you trying to make a point that a storyline has been reused? You know, the one where there's a Hero and a villian and then epic climax where one destroys the other? You know, the bases of all human storytelling."

No, I thought I was making the point that he pretty much just merged Star Wars into the Lord of the Rings universe and changed a few of the names around. Hell, he even left one of the names 90% intact.

I'll come out with a book about this dude that lives on a desert planet and they have a legend about some Muajib character. They will also trade slice because it helps them wrinkle space. If I get sued I can just say... "We're cool... nothing more to see than a good and evil story." But then I'm not 16, so no one will look past all that.

Oh, maybe I could swing it if I throw in some midicalciums somewhere in there so no one can point to one true source.

[Edited on December 14, 2006 at 7:51 AM. Reason : -]

12/14/2006 7:46:15 AM

If you came up with a rip off of Dune, you'd be left with Star Wars basically.

I won't get into it because I don't want to spoil Dune for those who haven't read the whole series, but it's pretty obvious.

12/14/2006 9:08:19 AM

^^haha, I LOLed

12/14/2006 10:15:04 AM

the only thing i know about this movie is that the trailer for die hard 4 is attached to it

other than that, i dont care

12/14/2006 10:53:57 AM

Saw a pre-screening. The movie is trash. Jeremy irons is good, but has to deliver some shitty lines at times. Other than that, and the really well done dragon character, the movie is terrible. I almost fell asleep half way through and would have really regretted paying to see it.

12/14/2006 11:24:43 PM

getting horrible reviews, like 3 positive and 21 negative last i checked on RT.

one guy said "19 year old wrote the book but it seems a 12 year old wrote the script." or something like that.

12/14/2006 11:49:10 PM

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eragon/

Yep. Not even worth renting. Torrent it if you really want to see it.

12/15/2006 12:21:16 AM

Anyone else see it?

12/15/2006 1:59:27 AM

the only good reviews its gotten on RT are from people who haven't actually seen it yet

12/15/2006 2:06:37 AM

This looks horrible.

I can't wait to see it.

12/15/2006 2:17:45 AM

I bet they'll start making the sequel right after they finish the Battlefield Earth sequel.

12/15/2006 3:25:02 AM

BULLSHIT! They completely fucked it up. I am so glad I got drunk before going to see it, and that I didn't pay to go.

12/16/2006 12:23:35 AM

The dragon was done surprisingly well. Very lifelike, aside from that retarded mind-voice they gave it.

And that was about the only decent thing the movie had.

12/16/2006 4:11:11 PM

yeah. they really butchered that.

12/16/2006 5:10:50 PM

is the sequel going to be fragon?

12/16/2006 6:49:33 PM

no, the sequel is gonna be straight to dvd

12/16/2006 9:42:44 PM

jbtilley, What the fuck are you talking about? The coming of age hero story is older then fucking movies themselves. Not to mention the plethora of shit Star Wars was ripped from. Don't be the idiot that repeats shit read on other message boards as your own idea.

That being said, Eragon "The Movie" has got to be the worst sequence of events ever captured by a camera. I mean Jesus Christ, the plot isn't at all that complicated, why do you have to cut out half of it and basically rewrite the entire story?

Its as if they read an Amazon.com synopsis and converted that into film.

12/17/2006 2:09:32 AM