#Eragon (2006)

[keepmyshadow]

and also the bad casting that being the best thing of the entire movie

[gender-luster]

rewatched eragon (2006) for the first time in well over a decade and. well. these are my only thoughts

[klaushargreeveses]

Eragon (2006) dir. Stefen Fangmeier -- requested by @the-oddest-inkling

[cregnstark]

can’t stop thinking about him today ♡

[joemerl]

I'm watching the Eragon movie after rereading the book this year.

It's kind of more enjoyable, sometimes because its changes legitimately improve things but usually because they stray into So Bad It's Good territory.

Durza is still generic af, but Galby is delightfully narmy.

Sloan feels more like an actual character, and the idea that the Spine is considered royal property is a lot simpler than "Sloan's wife died there because it's cursed, maybe, but Eragon can go in there because shut up."

"All hail Eragon, the mighty hunter!" And just like that, the movie makes Roran and Eragon feel more like brothers than Paolini managed in the first two books. Also, they're eight-year-old dorks in teenage bodies.

Sass-master Arya.

I am both annoyed and amused that the Urgals are just burly guys. They give them a little face makeup, but still.

Not really feeling Saphira's voice. I just imagined it huskier.

Durza summons the Ra'zac from the ground like Power Rangers villains. WTF (affectionate).

Eragon figures out that Brom was a Dragon Rider! And just like that, he's outstripped book!Eragon's supposed brilliance.

Arya is awake when she meets Eragon. Makes for a less awkward romantic arc. Also she just says she's a princess, so again, kudos on the screenwriters for not bothering with the obvious twists.

I think there's a passing line about dwarves and elves, but Arya is ostensibly human. There are some guys in the Varden who are clearly supposed to be dwarves but never referred to as such.

Why does the spell for dragon vision let Eragon see through walls? And why does the fire spell make things levitate?

"I expected someone a little more...well, more." Is this line actually clever, or do I just enjoy Eragon getting dunked on?

The whole thing with Brom flying on Saphira as he dies is kind of nice. It would have worked better if they mentioned that Saphira was named after his own dragon, though.

Murtagh is weird, because he acts totally different than book!Murtagh and is introduced with a different backstory. He even offers to lead Eragon to the Varden, which is directly opposed to his motivation in the book. But canon reasserts itself once they get there, so you're left wondering why he chose to do this.

Murtagh's prison cell, incidentally, appears to be a cage left out in the open.

I said Galby was funny, but how many scenes do we need where he's just whispering threats at Durza?

In the books, there are moments where I feel like Eragon has more chemistry with Nasuada than he ever has with Arya. Given the gratuitous "walking in one him shirtless" scene, I feel like the screenwriters agree.

Most of the clothes are Generic Medieval Drab, but then there was one costume designer who was like "NO! Shiny and exotic!"

One change I don't like: Saphira breathing fire before the battle starts is supposed to be cool, ooh-she's-badass-now, but sorry, having her dramatically do that at the end of the battle to save Eragon's life is much better.

So Durza summoned the Ra'zac from the ground, and now he summoned the Lethrblaka from Saphira's fire? somehow? Is it supposed to be made of smoke?

They're not very well done, but the script is trying to give Eragon some arcs that he doesn't have in the book. Some of it is generic "I don't want to be the Chosen One" stuff, but there's also this idea that he might get Saphira killed, like Brom with his dragon, augmented by the fact that Brom's death is kind of Eragon's fault in this version.

Speaking of which, the hell you letting Eragon think Saphira is dead, Murtagh? It's not just a jerk move, it's also out of character. Murtagh is not jokey, either in this movie or the book.

I was gonna say that the final scene is desperately trying to convince us that Eragon and Arya have chemistry, but I actually don't think it's trying that hard.

*watching the credits* That random guy who looked like a dwarf but was never referred to as a dwarf was supposed to be Hrothgar? I assumed it was Orik. He didn't seem to be a king or anything.

[newtwithinternet]

Some eragon movie sugar (because like yes 90% of this movie is shit, but there are parts i genuinely love):

Brom. Literally all of him. His appearance of a village idiot instead of a storyteller is questionable, but fun, his character is, imo, nailed and i definitely feel like many of his scenes were written with eragon bromsson twist in mind, because they hit hard, when you know ("plow the land, sow wheat and don't get in trouble"? The "better to ask forgiveness than permission" exchange? Brom's last words? Etc, etc, etc). Also his outfit design? Edgy just enough, to be cool, and blue as its signature color? Chef's kiss. (And Irons' performance is great)

the whole thing with soldiers and recruiting, which hopefully helps to avoid complaining about the empire "not looking evil enough"

a thing with the forests of spine being the king's property, because i do think crown owning forests and lands and harming people by it (as they can't use resources from there) is fitting both the "evil enough" empire and the medieval setting.

"i expected someone a little more… Well, more." Also that Durza appears more often (he's written rather terribly, but at least he's here). And that he sent eragon the dream about arya (it makes no sense for the lore and little sense for the plot, yes, but i like it better than eldunarya apparently trying to patch all the holes that are there in alagaesia using some greenie rider.)

"I waited a thousand years to hear your thoughts"

[gifsofhubris-a]

[redpool]

So I watched the Eragon movie, why do you guys hate it so much? I genuinely liked it.

[heartofhubris-a]

[massiveladycat]

im so pissed why did no one warn me eragon was brom's son

[gebo4482]

RA'ZAC - Eragon (2006) by Derek Thompson

[keepmyshadow]

i just watched eragon (2006) and all i gotta say is if you give me 10 minutes alone with this man in a room one of us is walking out pregnant and it aint gonna be me

[cs-cabin-and-crew]

My power is out.

But I’m currently reading Eldest in the inheritance cycle for my series Reread.

And tell me why this is what I imagine Sloan looking like? Literally Nebbercracker from monster house.

Tell me I’m wrong!

[klaushargreeveses]

Eragon (2006) dir. Stefen Fangmeier -- requested by @the-oddest-inkling

[cregnstark]

god i wont him

[glbtrx]

Books Galbatorix: I will expand the borders of my Empire, subjugate the elves, conquer the dwarves and suppress Surda. The Varden will bow down to me when I will oblige Eragon and Saphira, thanks to the True Name of the ancient leanguage that I found out personally, to my service. Once this is done, I will use the same to command the wizards of Alagaësia and rebuild an order of Dragon Rid-

Movie Galbatorix: durza where is my stone

Movie Galbatorix: I suffer without my stone durza give it to me plz

Books Galbatorix: what the hell