Eragon - Nostalgia Critic 

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nah man, they turned her into one o' them Poke-ee-mans in the movie. She just evolved once she reached a higher level.

Nah, the best part was when they crossed the desert, and finally reached the mountains. That part when they realise that the sky isnt just white, but its actually a mountain so big that the cant see the top, holy shit that was awesome.

+Adrijana I read the book ages ago, but I can remember that the setting and actual information of the height of the mountains and stuff wasn't actually known too well (Other than "it is big"). You never know how big something is until you see it, and they lived in a medieval age where at most the map shows that it is a mountain region and that's all. Pretty sure you cannot expect the characters to see something amazing that they never imagined and NOT be surprised by it. Hell even if you KNEW how high those mountains are, that doesn't mean you cannot be awed by their sight in real life.. You are finding strange things to be pissed off about.

Nope. The coolest part of the book is when they're travelling over the plains and gale force winds almost break the dragon's wings even though she's walking. That was actually a really awesome few pages that showed the bond between the main characters as well as the vulnerability that comes with youth, even in an animal like a dragon. Shame it was a fluke and Paolini just went back to copying _New Hope_ afterwards.

KoinGaming I remember that part in the first book when Eragon & Murtagh saw the Beor Mountains, they were so big they couldn't even comprehend it at first, they thought they were still looking at the sky/horizon. It was one of my favorite small moments in the book

It would have been nice to see the Slice of Life moments between Eragon and baby Saphira as he tries to be the dad in raising and protecting her.

@@timoylumontad3920 I wish they showed the fear in doing so, too, but instead we got "oh my dragon exploded and is big now and can talk... cool"

@@aconfusedbuzzard526 I facepalm so hard at that. Even Hiccup was afraid of Toothless at first meeting before eventually working his way to earn the Dragon's trust and managing to muster his courage and befriended the Night Fury while making a new prosthetic for his tail.

@@timoylumontad3920 true true, one of the reasons I love both: they're HUMAN, and no matter how much a human (myself included) loves dragons, when faced with one, they will 100% shit their pants 😂

@@aconfusedbuzzard526 Indeed. You know of Fairy Tail where kids were raised by Dragons? Even kids would be afraid of Dragons due to how big and intimidating they are.

I have only readed the first book, and it was for 3-4 years ago i think, but i remember that scene, and yeah, it was pretty adorable.

The Playstation 2 game made it worse.... Narrated cutscene: 'He named her Sapphira, for her sapphire eyes'. Not kidding.

And it also begs one important question: If Eragon, who had free wifi chat with her head, couldn't tell her gender, how does a Dragon's inner voice sound like?

@@MrKlausbaudelaire I like to think that the dragons each have their own sounding head voice, but that it develops with age. When the dragons are hatched they probably sound really androgynous.

@@RanchMonarch The third, and technically even the second, book actually mention how each dragon has a different "voice" when they grow older and communicate with other riders/or their own rider! I personally really think it's neat!

I don't want to sound like that guy, but Paolini said he got lucky with that name for that reason AND because it had the words "Era" and "Gone", meaning an era gone by in the story. Before you ask, yes I'm an Inheritance Cycle nerd.

@@roiroije6326 That's cool. I have read the Inheritance Cycle years ago, but I've always liked it.

Aragorn. from Lord of The Rings. He ripped the name off and pretended like he invented the word.

@@KingPopinLockin The "Dragon typo" explanation is much more likely. Anyway, lots of fantasy male names end in "-on", so I wouldn't call a similarity like that a ripoff.

@@KingPopinLockin Eragon is nothing like Aragorn lol. The name "Eragon" is an aptronym based on the word "dragon", and a play on the phrase "an era gone". Bilbo by the way was a name of an Anglo Saxon family pre-dating Tolkien by about 800 years so I guess Tolkien is a thief lol.

Shadowsafter So...Thorn.

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Like Pete's Dragon?

Except Saphira is nothing more than a vain, oversized cat and is largely uninteresting because she usually serves as a mere side-kick for the whiny, sociopathic Eragon. Hell, the whopping few chapters we have of Saphira's perspective mainly has her hanging around, being bored, and missing Eragon. We also learn that she uses hyphens for no reason. So does she call the sun "Great-round-light-in-the-sky" as if she were some native tribesman? Her ego is massive for a character who accomplishes so little compared to most other characters, like Roran or even Nausada, despite being a walking 2000+ pound of muscle with wings. You might say something like "Oh yeah! She destroyed 12 soldiers like they were nothing!!!" First off, this is not a noticeable deed at all. If you were to put yourself in Saphira's biology, you would understand that as a huge creature, you should have no issue with accomplishing this whatsoever. It's like an ant being amazed that a human can carry such a huge orange, easily 20X their body size. Saphira's ego reminds me of a rich kid that inherited their parents wealth. And did Saphira always have something to actually say? Most of the time, she says something wise because Paolini told us she did, he tells us but doesn't show us. When Saphira does actually try to say something "wise," it's pseudo-psychology at best, like the millions of times she tries to tell Eragon not to feel guilty about those he kills, or trying to whisk away very real human emotions of guilt and regret that Eragon may logically feel. So no, I think the movie made the best of what they could work with regarding Saphira. In the books, she absolutely was a soft-spoken parrot most of the time. Most of her time is spent making threats, instead of acting upon them. Another example, near the beginning of the 4th book, Eragon is beaten in a spar around 4 times by some elf I can't remember. She then asks Eragon if she could knock the elf over for him. First off, "knocking over" doesn't sound very brutal, and second off, if she really was the blunt, hot-head that you and Paolini says she is, she would not only knock-over this elf, but send him flying or brutally eat/murder him in some way WITHOUT Eragon's permission, right before turning around and bluntly telling Eragon that he has a long way to go if he wants to survive against any meaningful opponent. As she says many times in the story, she is not beholden to anyone, so they could not consider her a traitor. Sometime in the third book, Nausada acknowledges Saphira could eat her if she desires. I can't think of a single person that was murdered by Saphira that wasn't some generic enemy soldier or one of the main "bad guys" (Wait, did she even kill a named antagonist?) So no, to me, she's just a boring character that has accomplished boring deeds. One last thing about their "relationship," since you've mentioned it. The fact that their friendship is the result of a spell can be viewed as deteriorating from their friendship, and some readers interpret this as that Eragon and Saphira are forced to love one another because they were so closely linked by magic before they even began looking out for one another. /end rant

Wolfun1t You've missed the point entirely as you're using human logic to try and explain the emotions of a non-human creature, one who is prideful simply because it is a genetic trait of her entire species. And just like that, much of your rant is obsolete.

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And the chargers in Far Cry. Those guys book it when they get let on fire.

Or Oblivion

That is a jarring image

Do you recommend the books?

@@joseguzman-pk4pf Yeah, their pretty good. I mean for one thing the first one does include Eragon and Saphira actually bonding before she can even speak.

I have read the first one, and have to say; if you like Tolkien, then you will enjoy this series. But I just didn’t see anything new in it. Dragons, swords, elves and magic... I just think these ideas are pretty overused and boring.

@@gearmachine_4885 I thought the use of gems of storage of energy was pretty cool.

I recommend the books there great also Groh me to

So the book written by a teenager actually makes more sense than the movie written by older adults

Actually, the uncle didn't die right away, he was still alive when Eragon returned and he dragged his uncle to the town. He still ended up dying, but that's impressive as hell

@@DrDolan2000 very much

I enjoyed all three books, however after going out of my way to purchase all three, lost them during a move. Oh well, at least I still have the shitty board game that came out alongside the movie.

No Name you realize there were 4 books right?

The Gameboy SP version was more faithful to the book than the movie.

I felt like some of the world itself was more interesting than whatever drama Eragon and Saphira were dealing with, like the dwarves' home and politics there, or some of the human cities Brom and Eragon pass through, as well as some of the history of the dragon riders and Vroengard. There's some cool potential for world-building and lore there, rather than Eragon and Saphira lighting things on fire. Though I still love the action sequences to be honest.

Goes to show that I didn't finish reading the third book - since it was lost in a move. Still enjoyed the three of them, nothing like the movie. Are you missing something? I had bought all three at the time - even if there was a fourth released later on.

Completely agree, made the scene so much stronger. I was a fan of Saphira from the first book and when I saw the movie, and the age jump at the start, I've never been more angry at a film destroying it's own potential.

I disagree. While removing the lines from the dragon would make the movie better, it still wouldn't be watchable. Then again, I read and liked the books, so I take nearly every aspect of this movie as an insult anyway. My bias against it may be playing a role there.

I feel like they could have kept the talking by actually giving her decent dialogue and bonding scenes with Eragon?? In the books they do spend time together, and interact like companions. Some of the dialogue works well either cut or not, but some actual bonding time with them would, y'know, give them an actual dynamic and a chance for actually meaningful lines. Oh, and that age jump (literally) ended up being incredibly stupid. I think we can all agree on that.

i know one way to make the movie watchable (barely), step 1 read the book, step 2 count all the things they did wrong, for laughs at how badly they got it wrong Optional step 3 for 21 or older only turn that into a drinking game, get something light or you will die of alcohol poisoning. Edit Read all 4 books and see how much the movie REALLY F-s the hell out of the plot, Killing the Ra-Zak and one of Eragon's primary motivations was stupid beyond belief. and thats just the tip of the iceberg

Supernaturlisch but the problem is in the books sapphire and eragon telepathy interaction was important to the book and lore

Same

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Madam Moon Shadow same here

Agreed

I thought that was normal for everyone.

And the movies were an entirely different story, simply because Dragons don't have a spoken language. And it was the best possible choice.

THE DRAGONS SPEAK IN HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON BOOKS?!?!?! holy crap that is amazing.... But yep, it would have been awful in the movies. Kudos to Dreamworks

@@aboxinspace That's only the tip of the iceberg. It gets CRAZY.

@@aboxinspace And then a kaiju sized dragon with a SUPER tragic backstory starts a dragon rebellion. Just wait till you find out who Fishlegs father is.

But you could have saphira speak only to Eragons Mind much like in the Book. I mean in Lord of the Rings Frodo also hears Suarons Voice only in his head that wouldnt be the problem.The Problem is that the Story has nothing to do with the books.

Mikanoes the book was bad but I agree at least Saphira and Eragon had chemistry. They actually developed a relationship, and grew up together

i actually thought eragon was a whiny crybaby in the books

Tsumefan2 I think he asks too many damn questions

yeah that too XD and because he was a whiny crybaby, i never picked up the book again because all he did was bitch and moan

Tsumefan2 I do agree. I found myself saying “Eragon, shut the fuck up” to myself on way too many occasions

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Turning a doorstopper of a book into a movie rarely works out for this very reason, you have to condense hundreds of pages of prologue into the first 10-15 minutes of a movie so you can get to the action because they assume the fans already know what's going on and they assume non fans are too dumb to sit through tons of character development without walking out of the theater. They wind up just confusing non fans and pissing off the fans with the flat characters

@@arthas640 ESPECIALLY when it's a generic YA fantasy piece of shit. The movie may be generic, but the book is no less so. Ruby's development with Tarragon has already been done to death in a 1000 other fantasy books, and is still being done. I'm no fan of subversion of expectations, but I would welcome SOME originality...

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The books were just was just as bad, sorry, but that's just my opinion.

Arya rejecting Eragon was a major lot point that helped Eragon grow. Surprise, surprise, it's not in then movie.

@@keithevan10 it was in Eldest, and this movie is only Eragon.

Vellos2 How would it be in the movie? There was never a sequel.

Yeah, but that was elf Arya. This is human Arya, so it doesn’t count.

Yes. But they kind of left it up in the air in the 4th book

as much as I love Eragon, Paolini pretty directly copied A New Hope for the first book, like more than just typical hero's journey stuff. The second book takes some beats from Empire Strikes Back as well but its not as egregious about it

I loved these books as a kid I remember waiting for new ones to come out. I was in middle school and then I was so disappointed by the movie and game

His what now? The first book is a complete ripoff 😂

​@@TheAxmorebro is tripping

@@bluonblu8555it’s not people claim it’s a rip off sully because the first book has a lot of tropes in it that many other series has but after the first book it becomes really good

I share the exact same experience. I remember my sister next to me straight up pointing at the screen and laughing during that scene.

I just rewatched this film a few days ago. I hadn't seen it since it was in theaters. That part made me laugh so hard.

You know that's actually kinda of funny when you consider how much he physically changes in the next installment of the story.

@@6236003 Actually, it's a self-critique on how Eragon finds out that the original story has been raped.

you claim to be old enough to have watched this one at the movies and yet have a kpop avi? i'm calling bullshit on this one

Yeah they're improved in the movie, but it's because Saphira herself is so butchered by the adaptation that it's better if she doesn't talk. But she DOES talk in the books and has an actual character.

Dude! Spoilers! Lol

They should've just muted the entire film.

Yes, because more works of actual filmmakers should be... improved by a has-been you-tuber that didn't stop when he was less known but still good.

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The key character being The Ra'zac? *SPOILERS* Since Durza and Brom both died in the book, I'm just going to assume you meant The Ra'zac.

@@roiroije6326 Could be Aji'had. Though I guess he technically died in Eldest.

And king Hrothgar was supposed to be a dwarf. Maybe I'm getting him mixed up with Aji'had, but I could have sworn the people-who-were-supposed-to-be-dwarves appeared in the movie too, only they were human.

@@Mithcoriel Orik didn't show up at all

@@elanakroll2102 neither did the Twins, Solembum, Elva (the child Eragon "blesses"), Jeod... several characters. Also, Sloan wasn't tortured to death in the books. And when Eragon finds Garrow in the book, his uncle is clinging to life and dies days later. In the book, Brom is killed by the Ra'zac's poison, not a great-arrow flung by Durza. Speaking of, the Ra'zac were NOT created by Durza. Their origins in the book aren't clear even in-universe, but they WEREN'T created by Durza.

Tom GameR lol

Why do you need to drag actual good movies into this?

Robert Gronewold And they cut out what originality the elves had. Yeah Paolini's elves followed the "communing with nature" cliches but they were also massively more badass than humans.

555Rainstar that's a problem I have with high fantasy. When elves are just inherently superior. Eragon becomes much more powerful, but it's not because of great effort, it's just because they made him more like an elf.

I thought Angela appeared like.... for about 5 minutes. They made her into a totally forgettable random character

Handepsilon You are right, and it's another reason to hate this godforsaken thing. Makes me want to read the books again to wash it out

Ser Sh1bum I honestly think they'd make for a better TV Series (Though right now it would get financially RAPED by GOT, so maybe wait a while...) or maybe a mini series of sorts.

Book Ra'zac: Creatures so powerful and dangerous that they managed to kill Brom and almost everyone in Eragon's village, and Eragon wasn't even able to match them in strength until the third book. Plus, they were just children. Movie Ra'zac: A couple of mooks that are killed of in less than two minutes.

Also Book Ra'zac: one of Eragon's primary motivations in the form of revenge, Movie Ra'zac: well that is gone to shit.

Weren't the Ra'zac also described to have more bird like features?

Yeah, the Ra'zac were basically man/bug/bird monsters with sword and beaks. I'm not even sure what the movie ones were supposed to be.

Also, Book Tronjhiem: Dwarfs play a major role throughout the series. Movie Tronjhiem: Sorry, no dwarfs. We used up the budget to animate Saphira, which wasn't even done that well.

It's an interesting dynamic

Multiple years actually!

@WhyDo IExist59 How old was Eragon in the book?

@Zayalla Fantasy He turned 15 in the first book, he was 17 by the end and near 18 i think

@@Duskforge 15 in the first book and over the course of it turned 16. I don't remember how old he was by the end of Eldest or Brisingr.

Alphabrace95 Hell I haven't even seen it and watching the review is hurting my psyche

Alphabrace95 If I had a dime every time I heard "The book was better" I'd be a millionaire

Alphabrace95 I was 11 when I saw this movie, I can confirm it was garbage then and is still garbage now.

One viewing of the trailer was enough to know not to go watch this monstrosity

My brother actually took me to see it for my birthday when it came out since I loved the books. I was grateful he wanted to do something for me, but it didn't hide the fact it was a very disappointing birthday.

Spectre Dan eragon actually outmatched them with his elf form. He only struggled with killing them because he didn't have a good weapon since murtagh took his sword in the previous book

Infamous Knight I wasn't denying that. I meant that the human Eragon would not have been able to beat the Ra'zac. He needed that form.

Spectre Dan true. Another thing I hated about the movie: they had eragon on par with Ra'zac AND Durza when he was no match for either of them at this point in the story, and only killed Durza because Sapphira distracted him. There were only four people who ever killed a shade in this series. Did they even take the time to explain what a shade was? The fact that they completely glossed over important parts of the lore just shows how rushed this film was.

Skillwise Eragon may have been able to take the Ra'zac as a human, i mean Roran almost did, but he was no match for them when it came to speed and strength.

Fangsabre and that's the point. There's an incredibly high chance he would have died if he fought them. He may have had a better chance at the peak of his human ability, but the Eragon in this movie should never have been able to beat them.

the book was just fantasy Star Wars. Makes sense given it was written by a teen who clearly copied others homework throughout highschool.

given all i've heard of it, it makes me reticent over trying to write a fantasy novel myself. i'd like for it to y'know, nit be bland. generic. not-sucky. but alas, my experience as a writer is minimal as it is.

@@locke103 Go for it, dude! Writing is crazy fun and you have nothing to lose.

@@olly3231 once i come up with some ideas, sure. i only ever wrote one chapter years ago, couldnt pick back up on it since.

The books really dragged. Inheritance alone could, and should, have been 150 pages shorter and still managed to tell the full story!

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@Dauda András It was more popular in China than pretty much anywhere.

Movies make 80% of their income from Chinese market.....not new. There are 1.6 billion of them.

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@@__Insanity_ the game or movie

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I actually thought once that Robert Carlyle would make a good Loki!

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I would've gone with the Joker.

Alicia Murphy they had Enya and Annie Lennox

I would watch a Return of the King where the end song is Toxic. 🤣

I read your comment in the Critic's voice, because that sounds EXACTLY like something the Critic would say.

I wish lotr people with the same buget as the lotr series had done eragon instead TAT

I always felt that The Return of the King should have ended with 'All I want for Christmas!'

Thank you for sharing your story! We need to recognize the media that paved the way to help kids keep reading.

This comment decently sums up why I liked the series and why I respect it to this day. Yes, it basically rips the Hero's Journey formula beat for beat (a formula that is no more unique to Eragon than it is to Star Wars, might I add) but it is a very good entry point into both reading as a hobby itself or just the fantasy genre. It's not the next Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings or Star Wars (by this I mean it never tried to be "the next big book saga") and that's fine.

Durza actually wonded Eragon in the movie, but it never came back in any way.

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This aged great

Inaset I was 9 when I noticed lol

I was a teenager by the time the movie came out, but I honestly couldn't stand more than five minutes of it. The "Saphira magically aging herself already with a name and having telepathic powers without any trial-and-error whatsoever" was when I rage-quit the movie.

AleqsH Did I? (I edited my comment and now yours makes no sense. And now no one will know. Muahahahahahahahahahahaha)

KarlAndArma4ever Yea. They absolutely rushed through the beginning village, and the journey to point a, and the middle, and that bit before the climax, and the end. Overall this movie was really rushed. I remember reading the book and while looking back at it the story was sort of generic but the pacing was okay(I think). In the movie however. It was anything but okay.

Yeah it was my first too

Thougar I hope it gets a sequel, I found it entertaining because I knew nothing about WOW.

They probably just wanted to farm the tickets.

TheKarjee As a Warcraft fan I thought it was very... okay. The main problem in my opinion is that just chose the wrong story to make into a movie. The plot of Warcraft 1 isn't the greatest story ever...

I saw it and I liked it as well. I felt it was one of the few Video Game movies that stayed true to it's source Material. If it does get a Sequel I'm hoping it would be an adaptation of 'Lord of the Clans'.

Thougar Should've jumped to 2 honestly.

I think most CGI in the 2000s looked way better than today.

Jurassic Park came out in 1993 and the CGI looks 2x better than Fallen Kingdoms

Nah, bruh. The facial animation on that Dragon looks bland as though she's bored all the time. It's as blasé as a song made by a SoundCloud rapper.

8/10 would ride that dragon

This movie is what you get when you spend all of your money on cgi and forget that other departments need money to do stuff too.

Disney owns everything

*Of fucking course*

Last I heard Paolini hated this film so much he refuses to let anyone else defile his legacy. Unless that stance changed somewhere down the line Disney's right may not mean much. Maybe they have the rights to redo the first book but I doubt they would have rights to the rest of the series

That and the film Rights to Dragonball.

Tv show?

CRIMSON EAGLE GAMING hahaha

More like "Stole Names From the Book But is Not Even Remotely the Book: The Movie"

Or as I like to call it. "Im gonna rape everything the original series ever made interesting and never let another adaptation be possible" The movie. No, that other one.

Well, the revenant film was nothing like the book. The book was actually good

Gaiamatt, I have never seen that, but that kind of thing is more acceptable than making a movie that is nothing like the books but is crap even if taken as its own thing. I'd probably rather watch the Dungeons and Dragons movies than the Eragon movie. Okay, maybe not.

The Scorch Trials exists btw

Was he mute? I haven't seen anything about it so I'm assuming no

No me neither.

Cool, good on him!

the way it is by default makes it seem like some fan girl was like "WHAT IF HIS DRAGON TALKED IN ALL THE SCENES!!!" but she had no writing skills so just ended up saying the most generic things.... EXCEPT THERE WERE PEOPLE PAID TO MAKE THE DRAGON KEEP HER GENERIC DIALOGUE!!!

Like, my favorite edits from the Critic are: Jeremy Irons: If the dragon is killed, the rider lives on. If the rider dies... Saphira: (looks down, forlorn, and punches everyone watching straight in the feels) and Jeremy Irons: [my dragon] was killed by this sword! Saphira: (glares at sword) Grrrrr >:(

+CJCroen1393 That was pretty good. And of course, if people want Sapphira to talk, that's fine, but don't have her repeat what any other character could just explain. Or have her spout dialogue in every single scene. Have her say things that add more to her character, or that give her more chemistry with Eragon. Pretty much, just have Sapphira talk when it's the right time.

However it still wouldn't save the movie.

In the book the reader red their inner thoughts and how the communicate this way. I actually don'T think it would be a good idea when Eragon and Saphira just stood their silently and...doing nothing but staring at each other.

Vintage Issues I'm trying to remove the movie from my memory

What movie? All I saw Doug review was a really bad fan-fiction of the book

A Dragons Channel I'm surprised Shyamalan wasn't behind this. Some of his movies are poor fan fiction movies and others are just shit.

A Dragons Channel I'm surprised Shyamalan wasn't behind this. Some of his movies are poor fan fiction movies and others are just shit.

Shit movie for shit books.

MysticGohanSucks yeah but the books are fucking shit as well....

Philip's Stuff Have you read them all? If so, what was wrong with them?

The author started writing those books when he was sixteen or eighteen and it sometimes shows. They are not bad per se, but there are lot of clichés, some poor writing and it is pretty generic. There is still good stuff in it and I enjoy reading them at the time but this is no GRR Martin.

Azathothian Dude they are written bad, the story is thin and the end is incredible bad.

The first one was pretty enjoyable and fun, cant say the same thing about the other two

That's adorable. You two should watch Dungeons and Dragons if you haven't already!

If you liked the concept of star wars but didn't like sci-fi then eragon gives you that in fantasy form

​@@delex360Even then, Star Wars is more fantasy than Sci-fi.

Tbf the first book was written by a 15 year old boy and that is decent part of Star Wars’s audience

Half Aluminum Chemist someone should makes a version where they take out the voice. Also edit it so that it doesn't look like their just awkwardly staring at each other for a long time.

This was essentially what the Eragon movie flopped at. It ended up turning the relationship between what was meant to be between 2 EQUAL best friends into a unintentional failed attempt at a Master/Pet relationship by making Saphira state the obvious, effectively dehumanizing her as an individual and simply demoting her whole character into "Eragon's Dragon" like some glorified steed (former which was most likely Paolini's intention when he wrote the telepathy at first and then derailing into the latter). On the other hand, HTTYD establishes that the Dragons in question have their own ego, personality and character, so i'm playing the devil's advocate (and stating the original books), that there is a language of the Dragons. Although while definitely showing a strong connection via body language and response is a good case of "Show, Don't Tell" , there have been many situations where body language often got misinterpreted and lands both the Vikings and Humans into deep trouble simply because they can't talk to their human partners about the important stuff. Not to mention by not giving them a voice, the relationship is demoted/changed from "2 best friends" to "Master and Pet" which is something I doubt Christina Powell had in mind when she was writing the books. As much as I agree with Doug here about the whole "not stating the obvious" when it comes to Saphira, when it comes to the main characters animal companions, if the companions aren't mere pets but individuals like her that have the opportunity to be complex and 3-dimensional, then it's a waste if the chance for them to grow alongside their human friends aren't used at all, effectively sidelining them as "mere pets".

pigifi I agree with all your points! You articulated it better than I could have

godzillavkk Have you been smoking old Toby?Also, what books are you talking about? The HTTYD books or the Eragon fanfics?

shadowthehedgehog181 This is different, dragons in the Inheritance Cycle are magical creatures and hyper intelligent and powerful. Their relationship in the book was great (in my opinion)

Bishop Thomas the first book was a severely cut down plot of the first 1 and a half star wars movies put in an utterly forgetful fantasy world.

Bishop Thomas jeremy irons was cool

Channelchannel where was the part in the book where it said that the dragon had FUCKING FEATHERS

That's a good way to describe the books. Serviceable, and a thoroughly entertaining read.

so did i and i disagree

HG Shurtugal It's pretty close to that first book

It is in a bit.. But more it feels like you are watching the book on fast forward with the least memorable moments highlighted. And the growing up, training and bonding process of Eragon and his dragon completely left out..

I love the series, but even I will admit the first book is just establishment, mainly. It has some identity, but nothing unique. Hard to be mad at this movie.

It changes a lot like how if the rider dies so does the dragon or how Rohan was going to join the army. I can't remember much from this movie or the book it's been years since I have watch and read it.

No its not, it has similar elements and names, but the pacing, personalities and details are all wrong. Take roran and eragon play fighting, they never did that in the books because neither wanted to be a fighter, they didn't desire to go out into the battlefield. Eragon enjoyed the stories brom told him (who was a storyteller, not a merchant) but that was it, he didn't dream of using a sword until he was thrust into fighting and had no choice. They also skipped many things and showed things like galbatorix, who was kept a mystery until the final book.

Asterix le Gaulois+Albator=Galbatorix... Ps:Hero+Dragon=Eragon...

More like a name used for a scientific genus name for a pterasaur and a feathery winged dromeosaur.

It sounds like that fucking goblin Kingpin from Warcraft

@@amanibob1416 ELLLL coincidansssse?? I THINK NAAAHT!

IamARobot7 If it is, then... "What a twist!"

Onyx Dragon Angela was changed into a generic nothing and THEY KILLED OFF RORAN RORAN IS LITERALLY THE MOST INTERESTING CHARACTER IN THE WHOLE SERIES HOW TF YOU KILL HIM OFF

Bet ya 5 bucks they were planning to bring him back in the sequel

Wowzers.

More like go go gadget schshort. Y'knowWhatI'mSayin'? BecauseIDon't.

Agent57000DM brown brick

Go Go Gadget the air is now mayonnaise

Yes I could tell that she was an elf by her pointy ears that are subtle enough but also original so as to not be a rip off of the Lord of the rings unlike The book which literally copied and paste Arwen Right down to her exact description. And if Thorin Oakenshield can look the way he does in the hobbit, then what’s the difference between him and HrothgarAs dwarves?

man your comment made my day >

A. L. ... The Lion King? He was in Dungeons and Dragons and I literally only watched that movie because of the NC review and it was just as magically terrible as NC said it would be. Seriously, SO bad that I enjoyed it.

Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta!

MrWebartvideo So.....Batman Vs. Superman?...

I am still under the belief that Jeremy read the script for Dungeons and Dragons and realized the only way to make the movie watchable was to ridiculously overact.

The book is usually better than the movies, but when you look at Harry Potter, the movies was still enjoyable, the complete opposite of this movie. Hell it even looks like the adaptation of a computer game.

And the book was crap. Star Wars story with lotr setting.

I loved the books as a child,but reading them with 25 you notice that the writing style is horrible. The opening joke(A book from a 18 year old thats reads like a book from a 18 year old is totally right)

@@frankoswald9774 He was 15

@@frankoswald9774 He was 15

Krys Bingham someone get HBO on the phone, we've got their new GoT follow-up

Like that part where Eragon gets stuck while climbing the cliff side because he didn't bother asking for help and she just stares at him like "you had one job."

u mean got follow up that isnt even close to got quality? eragon is more MTV stuff just like shannara chronicles.

bruncla2303 id love to see a show that follows the books

I loved the Merlin series when I found it one day browsing Netflx one day. I would have loved to see this movie follow that to get more of it!

Seppl Blattla Good. That guy should stay away from directing.

wow that hard

Dear god, that went so far south it isn't even funny. And poor Christopher Paolini, the guy did really poor judgment on selling the film rights

I know, at least the scene where Scar says, "Long live the king"

We got a Dungeons & Dragons joke, and I think that fit better.

"I will shit in your mouth while you sleep"

I’m honestly more disappointed there was no MLP references to Spike the Dragon.

The book actually had tension and emotion. Eregon's uncle dies, he gets stolen away, real emotions happen. The movie just boiled it down to "oh plot trigger." The later books had serious problems but the first 2 were actually interesting.

I read the first one in middle school and really enjoyed it.

SaladCollective the book had way more world building, the cousin played a sort of larger role later on and a significantly large role im the later books. Gobbledy goop was a much more fleshed out and threatening villain as we see his oppresion and iron fist grasping the world. Also what is more terrifying than the laughing dead. Oh yeah and durza and the shades were more fleshed out, as was the sorcery, elves and dwarves. Basically it was a fairly well made series and pretty damn good, the ra'zak or whatever they are are more like the nazgul tho with a similar kind of "black breath" kind of abillity.

Actually I think the most terrifying thing was systematic true name control

Salty Tattie Although Paolini made the very wise choice of not actually introducing Galbatorix to the readers until the 3rd book

Darthplagueis13 Saphira could definitely communicate complete sentences

@@thatrandomsquirrel2924 Oh no she does, just prefers not to

I mean eragon didn't become a cripple, un-become a cripple, become an elf, follow a talkign cat to an eternally young vampire, or have brain-sex with his dragon. Worst. Adaptation. Ever.

Unclaimed Username When the fuck did the brain sex happen?

Rohan Forster, I am guess that was a weird way of referencing how by book three Eragon and Saphira's relationship developed traits writers normally reserve for romantic couples, such as finishing each other's sentences.

I forgot the part. But the one with the dancing naked women summoning a ghost dragon to give him elf powers was nice. ...and also the part where he gives up on shaving with razors and uses magic instead. That was funny. ...and the part where he gets pissed off at a tree.

To be fair: Didn't the cripple and becoming an elf thing happen in book 2 and 3?

I know, in the books, the Ra'Zac are so feared, they have a fucking cult who chop off their limbs for Sunday school. And literally every description of Saphira's wings is "leathery." Classic Western dragon style.

or even roran

@@archangelos3283 In fairness Roran wasn’t in the first book that much either. Course we should be grateful he wasn’t in here. They’d prob have ruined him too. Edit: Spellcheck changed Roran to Roman.

Number XIV 2 words. fucking feathers

TK Darkheart I didn't really mind the feathers too much as the Eragon book covers I've seen had feathery scales. And it seems like they tried to make the dragon's design standout. That's my opinion about it, anyway.

Jason Early I can see where you come. from my standpoint, while I understand that it's fantasy and almost anything is possible, I also like fantasy that maintains some ground in science. the feathers on something that is 99% scale seemed odd and extremely out of place because feathers are like normal hairs, the move in a certain way, scales wouldn't really allow for feathers and it put me off. doesn't mean I hate it, just means I didn't like it.

TK Darkheart but feathers evolved from scale.... dinosaurs into birds... feathers make more sense then wing membranes honestly. Though it is a bit weird the feathers would only be on the wings

The Red Salamander that's exactly it. I know dinosaur evolved into birds, but at the same time, dinosaurs that had feathers had them on more than just the wings, like you said. they had them on their backs, tails, legs, forearms and so on. but to see them in such a singular place seemed awkward. like they ripped the wings off a Griffin and taped them to her back. it just didn't work, no body would've grown the wings in just that spot, they would've been in different areas as well.

Cliffnotes that where based off the rambling of a drunk hobo, who read the book while completely high

Oh yeah and Roland become a soldier? I mean wasn't he about to go for training as a "mill-boy"

I cried when the dragon had feather wings

Not to mention the HUGE spoiler about Arya's situation.

agredd in the books they were clearly more defined like bat wings

It was awesome!!!!

The coop was friggin dope.

Endless Mayhem I love how she sounds vaguely British

Definitely funny

😂😂🤣🤣😭😭🤪

restlessbohemian1912 The exact same thing happened to me with "The Giver" movie.

Supreme_Red_Dalek_ Of_Doom! And I thought I was the only one who thought the Giver adaption sucked? And what was up with the romance between Jonas and... the other girl? Aren't they like 12 in the book?

restlessbohemian1912 yep. I was a huge fan of the books growing up. This movie is horseshit.

The movie The Giver was simplistic but so was the book.

Man, you really summed it up perfectly! As soon as I saw that part of the movie, I went into anaphylactic shock cause it was SOOOOOOO bad! Every time anything is mentioned about Eragon, whether it be the books or otherwise, I can't help but instantly think of that scene and the rage I felt! Another perfectly good book series that Hollywood dumped its ass all over.

Especially that religion that worships the ra’zac

Connor Tyler The script is practically already written. xD

Connor Tyler Whyll its true that adapting a book means there is a story pre-written, suggesting the screenplay writes itself is rather naive. A book has acres of space to expound upon detail that enhances and explains a main plot, a screenplay has to choose how to visually convey these details while maintaining focus on a main story, the art of adapting a book to screen is often as if not more difficult than an original screenplay. Just watch Adaptation. Great movie all about adapting a novel for screen.

He made the point in the Stephen King reviews that books don't always translate directly. There's a lot of exposition via dialogue. So it's almost a script, the author helping telling what is okay to bend and play with is important. A lot of passion also is required!

There are some loved books, this one probably included, where to remotely do it justice you would need to make the movie much longer than two hours. I understand they skipped a lot of time in this movie.

Harry Potter is one of the only good (not as good as the book but it was visually stunning) book-to-movies

I assume the Books actually have some meat on their bones

That is literally what the book is. It's fun though.

Tardis945 the first and second books take all their major plot points from episodes 4&5 of Star Wars. After that though I think the books get much better, up until the end though when Pasolini tried to wrap everything up with a nice neat little bow when he shouldn’t have.

Yeah, I hated the ending. I STILL can't get over Arya becoming queen. It's absurd. She never wanted to be queen, in fact she joined the Varden to get away from all that. She always wanted to be a Rider, and Riders have pretty much always stayed out of that sort of thing. And the book is trying to tell me that after she FINALLY becomes a Rider, THEN she would decide to become queen? WHY? Because some elves were kind of persistent? It was completely against her character. We didn't know much about Arya, in fact, practically the only thing we DID know about her was that she was very independent. And the only reason for her to be queen seemed to be to make it so that she and Eragon couldn't be together. What with the bullshit of Eragon leaving "forever", even though he's immortal. Which led to the big cop-out of Eragon's vision about that boat scene coming true, but then WHOOSH there goes Arya. Utter garbage.

That’s exactly what it is. The movie is trying way too hard to be the next LOTR with all the plot points of Star Wars. Book still had those Star Wars plot points but my God at least it didn’t try to be something it wasn’t

y would you read a book written by a kid?