Eragon (Widescreen Edition) | 
| Director: Stefen Fangmeier
Actors: Ed Speleers, Sienna Guillory, Jeremy Irons, John Malkovich, Djimon Hounsou
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Category: DVD
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Rating:  497 reviews
Sales Rank: 4198
Format: Ac-3, Color, Dolby, Dts Surround Sound, Dubbed, Dvd, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 103 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2242698D
UPC: 024543426981
EAN: 0024543426981
ASIN: B000NA28I4
Theatrical Release Date: December 15, 2006
Release Date: March 20, 2007
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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 10/14/2008 Run time: 102 minutes Rating: Pg
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While it owes much of its appeal and appearance to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Eragon can stand on its own as an enjoyable fantasy for younger viewers. Faithfully adapted from the bestselling novel by teenage author Christopher Paolini, this boy-and-his-dragon tale offers clean, fast-paced family entertainment without compromising the darker qualities of Paolini's novel (the first in what is known as the "Inheritance" trilogy). The plot centers on 17-year-old peasant farmboy Eragon (played by appealing newcomer Ed Speleers) who discovers a mysterious blue object that turns out to be an egg that eventually hatches to reveal Saphira, a blue-scaled dragon that quickly grows to full-size. According to prophecy, Eragon is destined to be a dragon-rider like those who once protected a benevolent kingdom, thus reviving an ancient conflict against the army of King Galbatorix (John Malkovich), a former dragon rider who turned to evil, now in alliance with a! dark-magic "Shade" sorcerer named Durza (Robert Carlyle). While the movie serves up familiar fantasy elements and offers little if anything new to fans of the genre (or anyone who's read the books of Anne McCaffrey and Ursula K. Le Guin), it's visually impressive (especially the dragon scenes, with Rachel Weisz providing the telepathic "voice" of Saphira) and full of timeless wisdom, much of it delivered by Eragon's heroic mentor Brom (Jeremy Irons), himself a former dragon rider with memories of past battles and hope for Eragon's future. Add a fair warrior-maiden named Arya (Sienna Guillory) and you've got all the ingredients for a worthwhile (if not particularly original) fantasy that points directly to a sequel. Whether that's a good or a bad thing is up to individual viewers to decide. --Jeff Shannon Eragon Extras  Christopher Paolini talks to us about his book and film inspirations and makes recommendations for fans of Eragon, click here to view the complete list. |
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 Book was 1,000 times better. June 29, 2009
This movie was HORRIBLE compared to the book. The book is one of my favorite, but the movie was one of my least favorites. The plot was all wrong, the characters were wrong (Arya having blonde hair), the fighting was cheesy, and it was a complete remake of the book. Why did durza have a shadow dragon in the movie? The fact that Brom kills the Ra'Zac eliminates most of the plot of Eldest! This movie was really bad so read the BOOK but don't watch the movie.
 Eragon is a movie for nearly everyone June 20, 2009
Vincent Parker (Cary, North Carolina)
Eragon is a movie with one powerful message. You are stronger than you realize. The scenes are beautiful, the action will keep you on the edge of your seat and the storyline is both inspiring and at times very touching.
Eragon is a farm boy (played by Ed Speleers) that finds a dragon's egg that leads him on a journey in which he defends his home from an evil king. One of the villains of the film, Durza (played by Robert Carlyle) did a great job portraying his character and the makeup was, for lack of a better description, evil.
The movie was a bit too short and more could have been added, but for stunning visuals and a great story this is a good movie to see.
 Great movie May 3, 2009
Joseph S. Foster
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a fun movie but not nearly as good or deep as the book.
Rate a movie by its own merit April 23, 2009
Chad Mac
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
If you like to WATCH entertaining and relatively creative fantasy movies then you should be amazed by this short movie. Each actor fits their character well, the special effects are actually believeable, the sets are goureous and the storyline is classic mythology. When one considers the canon of fantasy movies created over the last 30 years it is rather difficult to find enough quality movies to populate a single bookshelf, not even to mention the abominations churned out by the Sci-Fi channel on a weekly basis. If you're like me and you could care less about the book, then you really should give the MOVIE a try.
A Poor Substitute For The REAL Eragon! April 9, 2009
A. Wells (USA)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I really wanted to scream out everything wrong with the movie when I watched it--"You know Brom's horse was WHITE in the book!" "Arya is and E-L-F! Ya know, POINTED EARS?!?" It was a very poor substitite for the R-E-A-L Eragon. Here are the Huge downsides to it:
- You idiots! Arya is an elf!! And may I remind you, Eragon rescued her UNCONSCIOUS, in a prision cell, in Gil'ead!
- They didn't even visit Dras Leona or Yauzac! No Hadarac Desert, No Isidar Mithrim!
- Brom and Eragon practically hate each other in the movie, in the book there was a lot more with brom and Eragon, and when Brom died you're just like, "Big Deal, nothing special!!!"
- The stupid directors just put some armor, tough expression & beard on some people and called em' Dwarves. And whatever happened to Hrothgar?
- What about Murtagh? Oh, he was only there for 5 minutes, Murtagh was a huge part of the book, and now he's like as important as dust.
- Saphira changed from baby dragon to adult dragon in 2 seconds!!! Stupid.
- Saphira couldn't even breathe fire in the first book! And she won the battle by just doing that.
It infuriated me to see a great book thrown into a stupid movie. If you have read Eragon and go watch this movie, believe me, you will be sobbing or screaming your head off by the end of the movie.
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