Movie Review: Eragon directed by Steen Fagmeier

by Cook Cutlery, guest reviewer

Title: Eragon
Director: Steen Fagmeier
Duration: 104 minutes
Rated: PG

Summary: Eragon (played by Ed Speleers) sucks at hunting and one day when he’s out trying to hunt a deer he comes across a blue stone. But when it hatches Eragon is flabbergasted to meet Sapphira (voice by Rachel Weisz) who is a dragon. She’s the one who chose Eragon to be her Rider. Is it a mistake to make such a pathetic boy the last of the Dragon Riders? I think not!

Why I watched this movie:

Because I recently finished reading Eragon.

Likes:

I really liked Brom because he was willing to train Eragon when he didn’t have to do so. He was also very wise all that he did and he risked his life to save Eragon from getting pierced through the chest by Durza (an evil Shade). Jeremy Irons was the perfect choice for Brom and a good actor.
I also liked the way they did the special effects throughout the movie with spell casting, battles, and Sapphira. She looked real and not like she was C.G.I. She matched the world they built.

Dislikes:

I didn’t like the fact that Brom dies in the movie while trying to protect Eragon. It’s too sad.
I didn’t like that quite a bit of stuff was cut out of the movie, that was in the book. For instance they leave out when Brom and Eragon go off to different places in order to find more information about the Razac—specifically how to locate and kill them.

Differences between the movie and book:

Araya (played by Sienna Guillory) was portrayed with long red hair in the movie, but the book says her long hair is black.
In the book when he had reached the Varden Eragon had to go through the examination where the Twins entered his mind and probed through it looking into his thoughts and checking out his intentions. In the movie it just shows that he goes right Ajihad.

Buy: Eragon (Widescreen Edition)

Movie Rating: 4 Treasure Chests.