Eragon
I noticed that my Father went and saw this movie recently, I thought I would offer my opinion of it as well. First off this movie got a 4.8 out of 10 on the IMDB an average, just ok movie usually gets about a 6.5. I would tend to agree with this estimate and here is why. By the wya there will be some Spoilers:
Edward Speleers, the guy who plays Eragon, is by far one of the worst young actors I have ever seen, almost as bad as hayden christiansen in Episode II. He's wooden, he can't really act, but he does look the part and he does look good waiving a sword around or sitting on a dragon. This and the fact that he was very cheap must be why he got this role. At this point I would have rather seen Hayden cast for this part as His acting has at least become a bit better.
Jeremy Irons is in this movie as well, I have a lot of respect for this guy and I think he is a great actor. He has however been in a lot of shit movies since "man in the iron mask"and "Lolita". He does seem to make the scenes with Edward stink far less as he does bring decent acting to them. However this type of star is a bit expensive for this type of production and he is killed off far early in the film, Then we are left with the main character making a farse of every scene there after.
Robert Carlyle, and John Malkovich are also in this film. I like these guys, especially Robert. However you get the impression from their characters that they know they are in a bad movie. Honestlly if to many people saw this film they could have sullied careers because of it. Luckily they are the bad guys in a fantasy flick, so they are expected to be a little cheesy at times. And they are. Looking at the cast list I don't recognize many of the other actors, again these are prolly actors that they could afford rather than are well known.
The special effects are alright, but there is one fight scene between two drangons that is very good. This is obviously where all of the money went. It certainly didn't go towards hiring decent actors or writing a good script. It's almost like someone took their table top RPG adventure and put it on screen with some drama thrown in. Not to mention the ending kinda sucked
All in all Eragon is indeed a good film for kids, but adults and those seriously into fantasy films should stear clear of this one. You would be better off watching the first D&D movie if you want good dragons and more humor, there is another example of a bad Jeremy Irons flick.
Edward Speleers, the guy who plays Eragon, is by far one of the worst young actors I have ever seen, almost as bad as hayden christiansen in Episode II. He's wooden, he can't really act, but he does look the part and he does look good waiving a sword around or sitting on a dragon. This and the fact that he was very cheap must be why he got this role. At this point I would have rather seen Hayden cast for this part as His acting has at least become a bit better.
Jeremy Irons is in this movie as well, I have a lot of respect for this guy and I think he is a great actor. He has however been in a lot of shit movies since "man in the iron mask"and "Lolita". He does seem to make the scenes with Edward stink far less as he does bring decent acting to them. However this type of star is a bit expensive for this type of production and he is killed off far early in the film, Then we are left with the main character making a farse of every scene there after.
Robert Carlyle, and John Malkovich are also in this film. I like these guys, especially Robert. However you get the impression from their characters that they know they are in a bad movie. Honestlly if to many people saw this film they could have sullied careers because of it. Luckily they are the bad guys in a fantasy flick, so they are expected to be a little cheesy at times. And they are. Looking at the cast list I don't recognize many of the other actors, again these are prolly actors that they could afford rather than are well known.
The special effects are alright, but there is one fight scene between two drangons that is very good. This is obviously where all of the money went. It certainly didn't go towards hiring decent actors or writing a good script. It's almost like someone took their table top RPG adventure and put it on screen with some drama thrown in. Not to mention the ending kinda sucked
All in all Eragon is indeed a good film for kids, but adults and those seriously into fantasy films should stear clear of this one. You would be better off watching the first D&D movie if you want good dragons and more humor, there is another example of a bad Jeremy Irons flick.
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