![]() ![]() The stone appears in front of our protagonist, Eragon, while he is hunting a deer. He finds her and asks for the stone back, but she trasports it elsewhere. ![]() Yes, it is necessary for us to know about the land's past, but do we really need to hear from the narrator that a woman stole a stone and is running for her life? Do we need to hear that a boy is going out hunting? Isn't the rule of filming SHOW DON'T TELL?Īnyway, yes a young girl, Arya, played by Sienna Guillory, stole a stone from the king (How? We don't know? One would think the king would protect such a stone a bit more!) and is now running from the king's shade/sorcerer Durza (played by Robert Carlyle). ![]() We start on a narration about how dragon riders used to rule the land in peace before one of them became a power hungry dick and killed the rest. So enough about the behind the scenes, what about the actual film? And trust me that isn't the only problem. Really, guys? You got the writer who actually had to script the words 'the raptor broke his neck and moved on to his next target' (Yes, I'm paraphrasing, but that was a bullshit movie altogether!). So where did they go wrong? Perhaps it was in the hiring of Peter Buchman, writer of Jurassic Park III. ![]() With a cast like Jeremy Irons, Chris Egan, Rachel Weisz, and of course Robert Carlyle, it seems quite a bit of talent was put into it. The series is well liked by it's fans and I am sure that a film was widely anticipated. I have not done this either for this film because the utter badness of this movie is clear after just one viewing at 6 AM after I failed in falling asleep again.Įragon is a film based on the popular book series of the same name. Second, I usually watch a film twice to gather my thoughts and criticisms. So please forgive any mistakes, misinterpretations and such for those who have. One, I have not read ANY of the Eragon books. ![]()
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