![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() A very bad film indeed and one that I'd rather rate with zero, but I'll through a half a star Robert Carlyle's way. The only positive that can be taken from this is that due to it's box-office and critical failure, we will probably be spared the adaptations to the rest of the series. This is one, and quite possibly the definitive to those exceptions. Normally a fantasy yarn has something to hold your interest - no matter how poor - but it just goes to show there are exceptions to that. Ruby Gillman, Teenage KrakenElementalThe Little MermaidThe Swan Princess: A Fairytale Is BornThe Secret KingdomPeter Pan & WendyMighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & AlwaysChupaThe Super Mario Bros. The same goes for Carlyle but he still manages to deliver a decidedly nasty villian that's way above this nonsense. You get the impression from Irons and Malkovich that they know they've made a mistake with this one. Speelers doesn't really cut it as the hero of the tale, lacking charisma and any form of acting ability and the rest of the cast seem perplexed. Once accidentally into the forest, the boy Eragon finds a strange egg blue. Although some were impressed with the special effects, I didn't find them to be anything special. It made no effort to even look like the dragon was communicating and just came across as cheap and insulting. Casts: Ed Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich. Genre: Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Family. Thinking it is something can exchange for food for his poor family, Eragon is delighted. Admittedly, I've never read the books, leaving me unsure as to how the adaptation should be but I do know this. In his homeland of Alagaesia, a farm boy happens upon a dragons egg - a discovery that leads him on a predestined journey where he realized he. Home Movies Eragon Trailer Eragon Once accidentally into the forest, the boy Eragon finds a strange egg blue. This was also based on a series of books by Christopher Paolini but it's not even in the same league as some of the quality we've recently been spoiled with. If your going to release a fantasy film these days then make sure it has some mileage, as "The Lord of the Rings" has set a very high benchmark. Young farmer Eragon (Ed Speleers) finds a dragon's egg, and teams up with the newborn dragon, Saphira (voiced by Rachel Weisz), a former Dragon Rider (Jeremy Irons) and a female Elf (Sienna Guillory) to tackle an evil king (John Malkovich) and his shady accomplice (Robert Carlyle).īad dialogue, bad acting, bad movie. Seriously though, I wish I'd listened to the naysayers now. However, I eventually thought I should still give it go and see for myself. I enjoy a good fantastical story but I had avoided this one due to the bad things I'd heard of it. ![]()
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