director: stefen fangmeier casts: jeremy irons(brom), edward speleers(eragon), ,sienna guillory(arya), john malkovich(king galbatorix), djimon hounsou(ajihad) genre: fiction, science fiction runtime: 104 minutes link: http://www.eragonmovie.com/
source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OISmH4-Deyg/ kylie's sypnosis: this movie is based on a fantasy novel written by christopher paolini, set in a homeland named alagaesia where it was once ruled by dragon riders. one of the dragon riders who hungers for power overwhelms with greed has started a war where he and his man kill all the dragon riders. he, king galbatorix, then rules alagaesia with cruelty and instils fear in the people in order to prevent disloyalty. any disloyalty will be punished by death. as a result, a group of protestors, vardens to flee to the mountains in waiting for the predestined dragon rider to arrive and lead them for a war against the evil king baltorix and his assistant, a sorcerer named durka.
eragon, a young farm boy finds an object, rescued by arya from the hands of evil king galbatorix, which he believes to be a stone in the woods. out of curiosity, he keeps the 'stone' until one fine day when the 'stone', which is actually a dragon egg hatches. saphira is the name of the dragon. she only hatches when she has found her dragon rider, eragon.
eragon is being led by a former dragon rider, brom to meet vardens as eragon is the only hope for the rise of dragon riders. along the way, brom teaches eragon on handling and using the power of saphira. a tough journey is ahead of them as durka aims to stop them from joining forces with vardens.
kylie's review: after watching the trailer, i think that this movie has the same concept as LOTR trilogy. in fact after watching the movie in cinema, i realise that there are some differences. dont compare eragon with LOTR trilogy as yet as it wont be a fair comparison, will it?remember how dreadful it is to watch LOTR: the fellowship of the ring because much of the info is squeezed into that movie?
for many viewers, eragon may be a big disappointment, but for me, it's ok. i'm actually looking forward to a sequel if there's any( i believe there is as the ending indicates so *winks*). eragon is kind of different from LOTR as it doesnt have as much war and love scenes as the later.
this movie portrays the value of trust and friendship. the level of trust eragon places on murtagh, son of a betrayer named morzan and brom in leading his way to the vardens. friendships which bonds eragon, saphira and arya. the alliances with vardens to defeat durka and the king's army.
this movie is worth watching if you are curious bout dragons and human being a team. remember not to read the novel before you watch the movie to minimise the disappointment. as predicted, the book is more detailed. just give the movie the benefit of the doubt....
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i'm a muarean but grow up in malacca. i've spent my whole 17 and a half years in malacca. with a twist of fate, i spend the rest of my days in selangor. residing initially in sunway but move to usj 16 in nov 2005. i move out to kota damansara with family in jan 2007.
A million of thanks is what i can say! Pretty thanks to Little-Miss-Wendy for the basecode & designing, xfantasywingsx for some code reference & cyworld for the pretty resources.
