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Author Topic: Eragon (2006) Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 12-14-2006 09:35 AM                    My teenage cousin has been waiting for this movie to come out for a year and a half. Apparently, he's read the book 17 times. We brought him, his brother, and his sister and their parents out to screen it with us last night, and they all liked it a lot. I imagine they're the coolest kids in school today. The story has a lot of parallels to Lord Of The Rings, Star Wars, and other fantasy mythologies. But that didn't really take away from the enjoyment of watching it at all. I thought the special effects were pretty good, the score was good, the sound mix was good, the acting was good... Everything seemed to work, and like I said, it was a lot of fun to watch. Very "Lord-Of-The-Rings-ish", but not quite as dark and complicated. I predict a lot of business on this one.  |  IP: Logged Keith Peticolas Expert Film Handler Posts: 108 From: Eagle River, Alaska, USA Registered: Aug 2001 posted 12-15-2006 04:41 AM                     Not to pick a fight or nuthin'. But I could not disagree more. Eragon is a stinky pile of poo. What a lousy movie. Bad Acting. Mark Hamil is Brando compared to the sad sack in the lead role. Bad Score. Soap opera music during a battle...WTF? Previewed it in one of my DTS houses. Moved it out of there very quickly. Waste of good sound. Action!? Lots of Michael Bay shakey-cam. The first 5 minutes of any of the LOTR movies put this to shame. Malkovitch? He's in it for maybe 3 minutes. And boy, does he suck something fierce. And I like him. SFX? Lame. Zena and Hercules had better... 10 years ago! I let a couple of floor monkeys, who had been waiting all year to watch it, sit in on the preview. They were practically in tears over how much of a turd fest we had just seen. Fans of the book will hate this movie soooo much. It will open big and die fast.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-15-2006 09:43 AM                     As of this Friday morning (opening day), Eragon rated a pretty rotten 11% score at Rotten Tomatoes with 33 of 37 reviewers panning the movie. I'm guessing those two sequels won't be made. But then again I could be wrong about that. After all, Hollywood has been making quite a few sequels of mediocre to bad movies for the last decade. Maybe the thinking is if they pick up the same turd and keep throwing it at the wall again and again eventually it will stick.  |  IP: Logged Aaron Garman Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1470 From: Toledo, OH USA Registered: Mar 2003 posted 12-15-2006 02:49 PM                     I had no expectations for this, but found it enjoyable. Sure, it's no Lord of the Rings but what ever could be. On its own, it's not that bad of a movie. I was rather disappointed in the sound mix. Not to say it was terrible, but it could have been so much more. It felt very front heavy to me, with no real good use of the surrounds. I did like the running time, although it felt rushed. I think the sequels could be fun, but nothing I'd miss if they didn't get made. AJG  |  IP: Logged Ross Oba Expert Film Handler Posts: 181 From: Kailua Kona, HI Registered: Oct 2005 posted 12-15-2006 11:06 PM                     Add me to the hate list. I never read the book although a bunch of my friends have. It was the dumbest movie I have seen this year, no joke. The only good thing about it was Rachel Weisz as the voice of the dragon. I was disappointed with Jeremy Irons' and John Malkovich's performances.  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 12-20-2006 12:43 AM                     ...a little bit of "Dragonslayer" and "Dragonheart" churned all into one ...  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-20-2006 08:44 PM                        We aren't playing this yet but reports are coming in from teenagers who have seen it. One of my concession people said she "heard it was stupid" which is the death knell for any teen-oriented movie. "It's stupid" is the ultimate putdown of anything, even beating "it sucks."  |  IP: Logged Mark J. Marshall Film God Posts: 3188 From: New Castle, DE, USA Registered: Aug 2002 posted 12-21-2006 10:10 AM                    Interestingly, I hear that a lot with our staff too, but no one who says that has seen it (not even a few minutes of it), and no one can tell me who said it was stupid. When one guy said that to me, I asked him if he saw it and when he said "no", I took him in to watch a few minutes of it. When we came out, he said, "That looks pretty good actually." I dunno.  |  IP: Logged Dennis Benjamin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1445 From: Denton, MD Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-24-2006 12:47 PM                        Saw this one last night with my 7 year old son. Regal Salisbury 16, Salisbury, Maryland. Verical scratches throughout, especially in reel 3. I have been waiting for the ultimate dragon movie since I was twelve years old. This wasn't it.The ultimate Dragon movie hasn't been made yet. I also noticed a few spots of bad editing (the scene when the cousin leaves the village). Pretty forgettable movie.  |  IP: Logged Justin Gorka Expert Film Handler Posts: 174 From: High Wycombe, England Registered: Apr 2006 posted 01-05-2007 02:41 PM                     Was there anything origianal about this film, apart from the way they spelt dragon? Did rubbish in our cinema (with 2!!! prints)  |  IP: Logged

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