Their website has more Flash goodness than the movie "Time Machine" had CGI in it.
Enough for me to go see it.
That being said, the main character I don't dig. What's up with those teen actors? And Eragon? Don't tell me his tall and mysterious friend is called Elgolas.
Edited, Dec 12th 2006 1:02am by Mazra
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I still hate DSD for recommending him to me. I got halfway through book 2 or 3 of his whatever series and I gave up in disgust.
Agreed, I think Martin is vastly overrated. But hey if you want some books about incest and underage sex, Martin is your man.
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From the trailer, it could really go either way with the CGI. The trailer for Dungeons and Dragons looked pretty too, but man, what a laughably terrible movie.
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That was the one with those two orbs, one for red dragons and one for gold dragons right? <.<; I liked that movie
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Mazra the Meaningless wrote:
Their website has more Flash goodness than the movie "Time Machine" had CGI in it.
Enough for me to go see it.
That being said, the main character I don't dig. What's up with those teen actors? And Eragon? Don't tell me his tall and mysterious friend is called Elgolas.
Edited, Dec 12th 2006 1:02am by Mazra
Enough for me to go see it.
That being said, the main character I don't dig. What's up with those teen actors? And Eragon? Don't tell me his tall and mysterious friend is called Elgolas.
Edited, Dec 12th 2006 1:02am by Mazra
Considering the main character in the book is a teenager I guess it'd be kinda counterproductive to throw Nick Cage in there as Eragon.
I've already commented on the books, not much of his story is original, predictable plot line, etc. I was just impressed on how well he did considering his age and that it was his first attempt. Also, it's better than some of the tripe I've read that's out there for fantasy novels. I'll probably see the movie in the theatre just to support a fellow Montanan, and to see how well he stuck to his guns to ensure the movie isn't completely different from the book. I'm more curious than anything to find out how badly the commercial Hollywood twisted this one to suit their own ideas of what needs to be in a movie.
Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
Oh, and for those curious as to what a home-schooled Montana kid who makes his own armor and writes fantasy is like in person, here ya go.
Admittedly I'd be nervous as hell on Letterman too, but holy Bob.
Admittedly I'd be nervous as hell on Letterman too, but holy Bob.
Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
Eragon is an ok book....if you like LOTR/other fantasy ripoffs.
I mean that he got it published by his parents' company and had them plug the book and had his sister do the cover art just shows how good of a writer he is.
I mean that he got it published by his parents' company and had them plug the book and had his sister do the cover art just shows how good of a writer he is.
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Admittedly I'd be nervous as hell on Letterman too, but holy Bob.
Plus, couldn't he have put on some nice slacks for being on national TV?
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Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
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Eragon is an ok book....if you like LOTR/other fantasy ripoffs.
I mean that he got it published by his parents' company and had them plug the book and had his sister do the cover art just shows how good of a writer he is.
I mean that he got it published by his parents' company and had them plug the book and had his sister do the cover art just shows how good of a writer he is.
Kakar wrote:
Considering the main character in the book is a teenager I guess it'd be kinda counterproductive to throw Nick Cage in there as Eragon.
I personally think Nicolas Cage would make an excellent Eragon.
I think you misunderstood me though. I didn't mean the fact that they used a teenage actor. I mean, that's the age he has in the book (though that never stopped Peter Jackson from making Frodo a sexually confused teenager when he was in fact fifty-some years in the book). I just think that most teenage actors suck at acting. And I'm not talking about "first time on stage, never did a Hollywood movie before" anxiety suckage. I'm talking about "I couldn't act to save my life" suckage.
Daniel Radcliffe anyone? He's done how many Harry Potter movies so far? I still cringe whenever there's an "OMGosh!" moment in Harry Potter because his version of looking surprised, excited or angry is the worst I've ever seen.
OMGOMGOMG Voldemort is totally on the loose!
Hyperventilation, heek, heeek, never saw that dragon coming.
Sob sob, MY PARENTS!!!! Apply excessive force to that sentence.
Rupert Grint does a better job at acting, in my opinion. Emma Watson is obviously in that movie to bring forth dirty thoughts in teenagers and adults alike. Why else would she suddenly get her hair done and dyed, and wear latest fashion clothings? She went from Geek to Chick in one movie.
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Kakar wrote:
Admittedly I'd be nervous as hell on Letterman too, but holy Bob.
Plus, couldn't he have put on some nice slacks for being on national TV?
He's from Montana man, jeans is dressing nice. Seriously, my cousin moved to South Carolina with her hubby, and they were going to a local church. After a few weeks she was presented with several bags of dresses and whatnot that the women of the church collected for her thinking she was too poor to afford nice church clothes.
Some people are like slinkies, they aren't really good for anything, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs.
Had to bump this since I went and saw the movie. It was horrible. They left out most of the character development and subplots. They also changed some of the dynamics of the character relationship to fit the cookie cutter Hollywood idea of a movie. Overall, I was pretty disappointed. I wouldn't even recommend it for a rental. It wasn't D&D bad, but it was close.
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Had to bump this since I went and saw the movie. It was horrible. They left out most of the character development and subplots. They also changed some of the dynamics of the character relationship to fit the cookie cutter Hollywood idea of a movie. Overall, I was pretty disappointed. I wouldn't even recommend it for a rental. It wasn't D&D bad, but it was close.
You mean there were subplots to be left out to begin with? "Eragon" is another wasted effort, that much was obvious as soon as the trailer was shown. (or as soon as "Eldest" was released, but that's just for the books)
So many good books are overlooked to merely make a move out of an overhyped book.
I have read the books, they rock. I saw the movie, and it was way too short, no character devolopment and they friggen screwed up the story line. IF that movie was successfull, and IF they scrape enough money for the sequel, it would be worse, because the ra'zac take place in it, and they cant if Brom+Eragon killed them at a random scene.
agree with the overall sentiment.
LOTR rocked, because they put alot into the movie. this one, while not as bad as D&D the movie, if that is possible, coarse ultraviolet came close so i guess is possible, was a low budget attempt to ride the coat tails of fantasy movies launched by LOTR,s astounding sucess.
the lesson?
like most of the overdone remakes and low budget attemps to trick people out of their money.....people will flock to a good movie, and give the rest their just reward.
video in about the same time as "the fountain". anyone even go see that one? dvd in a month.
LOTR rocked, because they put alot into the movie. this one, while not as bad as D&D the movie, if that is possible, coarse ultraviolet came close so i guess is possible, was a low budget attempt to ride the coat tails of fantasy movies launched by LOTR,s astounding sucess.
the lesson?
like most of the overdone remakes and low budget attemps to trick people out of their money.....people will flock to a good movie, and give the rest their just reward.
video in about the same time as "the fountain". anyone even go see that one? dvd in a month.
Danalog the Vengeful Programmer wrote:
How lazy is Eragon as a name for a dragon movie.
"Hmm, we have a book about a Dragon.. can we call it Dragon?"
"Naaah, how about we just increment the first letter, to change the D to an E?"
"Eragon? Sounds good!"
"Hmm, we have a book about a Dragon.. can we call it Dragon?"
"Naaah, how about we just increment the first letter, to change the D to an E?"
"Eragon? Sounds good!"
Every single review I've read marks this movie as awful. No one I know has anything good to say for it.
Yeah, I'm staying away.
Yeah, I'm staying away.
I read both Eragon and Eldest. I was talked into going to see this by the fiancee and a friend of ours. This movie is without a doubt one of the worst adaptations of a book I have ever seen. Aside from the main characters you will be hard pressed to find anyone that says over 10 lines of dialogue. Murtaugh says seven lines. Arya says maybe fifteen. John Malkovich must have been drunk off his *** when he accepted this part.
The story is terrible. It doesn't follow the book whatsoever. There is no backstory or explanations of anything. All of a sudden Saphira goes from being a baby to being an adult in 30 seconds because she flew into the sunlight. This movie replaced Pulse as the worst movie I have seen this year. This movie is a trainwreck.
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If you want to see a blatant rip off of LoTR go pick up Dennis McKiernan's Iron Tower trilogy. It's almost insulting how much is stolen from Tolkien.
Edited, Dec 20th 2006 10:11pm by Brill
The story is terrible. It doesn't follow the book whatsoever. There is no backstory or explanations of anything. All of a sudden Saphira goes from being a baby to being an adult in 30 seconds because she flew into the sunlight. This movie replaced Pulse as the worst movie I have seen this year. This movie is a trainwreck.
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Eragon is an ok book....if you like LOTR/other fantasy ripoffs.
If you want to see a blatant rip off of LoTR go pick up Dennis McKiernan's Iron Tower trilogy. It's almost insulting how much is stolen from Tolkien.
Edited, Dec 20th 2006 10:11pm by Brill
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I'm going with utter crap. Up there with Spykids and Lavakid something or other.
i puked when i realized that this was the direction that "action" movies were going in.
I read Eragon a few days ago because the movie had raised my curiosity. To be honest it took a bit of effort on my part to finish it. I mean c'mon, the kid wields a five foot long sword one handed? What the hell is that?
It's so very poorly written and the characters may as well be robots because they certainly don't show emotion like an actual person would.
I know he was 15 when he first set out to write the book and I believe he was 18 or 19 when he finished? Even for a first attempt it's not publishable material.
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Edited, Dec 21st 2006 12:03am by Lilf
It's so very poorly written and the characters may as well be robots because they certainly don't show emotion like an actual person would.
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I was just impressed on how well he did considering his age and that it was his first attempt.
edit: Right = write dur dur dur.
Edited, Dec 21st 2006 12:03am by Lilf
Danalog the Vengeful Programmer wrote:
How lazy is Eragon as a name for a dragon movie.
"Hmm, we have a book about a Dragon.. can we call it Dragon?"
"Naaah, how about we just increment the first letter, to change the D to an E?"
"Eragon? Sounds good!"
"Hmm, we have a book about a Dragon.. can we call it Dragon?"
"Naaah, how about we just increment the first letter, to change the D to an E?"
"Eragon? Sounds good!"
I distinctly remember saying those exact words in IRC about 1 week ago O_o
Edited, Dec 21st 2006 1:03am by Ranzera
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