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Eragon the Movie.


"Its something like Lord of the Rings..." ??? Really? I thought it was more like another "Dungeons & Dragons". Coincidentally, oh perhaps not so, Jeremy Irons acted in both shows. Instead of many Red Dragons, there was only one. A blue dragon with a sexy voice, like the one in Shrek! Anyway, the strange thing is that I thought D&D movie was so bad, nobody will ever make another movie about dragons. But guess I was wrong.

To be fair, the CG was not bad. The dragon rider, Eragon (Edward Speleers) interacted seamlessly with the dragon, Saphira (voice of Rachel Weisz - yes, the sexy Princess Nefertiri and Ms "Indiana Jones" in "The Mummy Returns").


But these days, which fantasy movie doesn't have great special effects. And tho' the CG might be good, the battle scenes was a far cry from the grand showdowns in LOTR. I supposed it is very unfair to compare any fantasy movies with LOTR.

The movie was adapted from a book. I have not read the book yet. The movie could have more depth in the content. The story was typical - "Good versus Evil, the hero and rebels versus the evil king and his sorcerer lackey". The pace was draggy and yet some details were omitted at times. One second he fought like a weakling, the next he was casting magic. Some lines were corny with words like ... "I like your attitude, one part courage, three parts foolishness" being repeated more than once. The way the dragon rider was romantically attracted to the princess was all too cliche.

Then again, perhaps my movie experience was dampen by the fact that I sat third row from the front, and the uncles beside me who couldn't keep the comments to themselves. =p Overall, Eragon the movie deserves two outta five stars. Watchable. Not like LOTR at all.

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