Eragon

[Highly rated reviewer]

eragon is great.....

my daughter enjoyed this film, but actually preferred me reading the book to her. it was a bit like star wars and lord of the rings mixed together.

the story of Eragon is about a 17 year old boy called Eragon who finds a polished stone in the nearby forest.

After desperate attempts to sell it, he finds out that the stone, is really an egg, when he sees a young dragon hatch from it.

Eragon eventually finds out, that he is one of the legendary dragon riders, after meeting Brom, who used to be a dragon rider himself.

Eragon learns that he will have to move on, and become a dragon rider, and to stop the evil King Galbatorix from ruling the land.

The special effects in this movie, are created by the legendary studio Industrial Light and Magic, and they are great.

Jeremy Irons is crusty and sensitive as the old Dragon Rider called Brom, who becomes Eragon's guide, in the ways of magic and dragon riding.

Eragon's adversary is the superb Robert Carlyle as the evil shady character of Durza.

Rachel Weisz plays the voice of Saphira, the lady dragon.

this is a very good mythological tale, set in the land of Alagaesia, but i think that you should read the book first.

don't bother

this was a poor, poor film in so many ways - script, casting, plot, and worst of all the lead actors wooden acting ability. it's quite obvious they wanted to make this as identical to Lord of the rings as possible. the special effects & cinematography dont come close though, there clearly just wasn't the budget. They did manage to make the supporting actress look like Liv Tylers character though!

Whats really funny is that it is ended like they are expecting to make a sequal. I'm sure there are far better dragon films to be watched.