Talk:Eragon (film)

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Whew. This looks better. I also re-assessed the article to Start for the Inheritance Cycle Wikiproject for the reasons given by the last assessment (see the archive). Una Laguna^Talk 06:06, 7 May 2008 (UTC)

A little point...

Could we remove the 'based on the novel of the same name' bit please? The book and film are two completely different things, and the film is a discredit to the novel. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 88.104.13.228 (talk) 15:46, 12 May 2008 (UTC)

The film is an adaptation of the book. Your opinion of this film doesn't change that. Lots of book adaptations are very different from the books they're based on. So I don't think we could remove the 'based on the novel of the same name' bit. Una Laguna^Talk 16:06, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

The Film and book are completely different. For one thing, Roran goes away to wander, why and how will he know to come back. the ra'zac are dead so who will capture katrina? If it's ordinary soldiers, why will he need Eragon. This will have ruined half the second movie (roran's half) and the first few scenes of the third movie (attacking helgrind and leaving.)Why is there no difference between kull and urgals in the movie and why is eragons back not spasming, and is the cripple who is whole not supposed to talk to eragon when he is unconscious. Another thing is, at the end of the movie, why did eragon have to ask about saphira, their minds are linked and why did she grow up so fast? There are many other things and those are but a few flaws. XX EOIN XX^Talk 18:12, April 12 2009 —Preceding undated comment added 17:12, 12 April 2009 (UTC).

Remake of Star War Episode IV: A New Hope

I think it should be clearly stated in the first paragraph that this movie is a complete ripoff from Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope. The plot is identical and all they did was replace the following:

The Jedi with Dragonriders.
Millennium Falcon with a dragon.
Light sabre with magical dragonslaying sword.
The Force with dragon magic.
Obi Wan Kenobi with Brom.
Luke Skywalker with Eragon.
Princess Leia with Princess Arya.
Emperor Palpatine with King Galbatorix.
Han Solo with Murtagh.
Darth Vader with Lord Durza.
The Death Star with an army.

And the vulnerable hole in the death star with Durza's heart.

Durza even blows up in a little explosion, quite a bit like the Death Star blowing up.

The author obviously has no imagination and completely ripped off his favourite Star Wars movie.

Amosjo (talk) 18:32, 25 July 2008 (UTC)

Wikipedia is not a place for words like "Essentially" without facts taken from interviews or such. Wikipedia is not a place for fan opinions, unless they are sourced in the reception section from a credible source.Flap Jackson (talk) 15:27, 26 July 2008 (UTC)

saying that its a complete ripoff is pretty stupid, in my opinion. if one thinks someone is unoriginal for using elements like what one sees in SW and LOTR in their own works, then they should get a good argument first, because those two particular works have become so prominent in popular culture that you cant really blame someone if they have some ideas that are the same or similar; i myself found some similarities between one of my own works and star wars, but only AFTER i had written it out(still not published, though) 69.108.93.57 (talk) 07:08, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

Considering this movie a ripoff of star wars is equivalent to consider the former a ripoff of LOTR and so on until we reach the song of the nibelungen. Is it well known, and one can read the Stephen King essays about it, that epic stories always share most of the points you mention. A terrible emperor, a black/dark lord, a young farmer (or alike) that discover that is his destiniy to save the world, a master for this young, etc. Darojasp (talk) 12:55, 3 January 2009 (UTC)

There is no such thing as something that is original. Everything is based on something else. XX EOIN XX (talk) 18:15, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Eragon's age

Eragon was 15 in the book but 17 in the film.

The book: ...a fifteen-year-old boy of unknown lineage called Eragon finds a mysterious stone...

The film: Brom: I hardly think a boy of 15, 16.../Eragon: Seventeen!/Brom: Seventeen, forgive me. But I hardly think a boy of SEVENTEEN could handle it.

...which is why I'm reverting the change from 17 to 15. Una Laguna^Talk 05:59, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

That's fine. I always get them confused. I questioned my revert, but didn't have time to look it up. Thanks! However, is there a way we can just...omit the age? We could just say "teenage" instead. I don't think it's entirely necessary to have his exact age and it was a source of confusion for quite a while on the book's article. I think there was eventually an invisible warning between the number 1 and 7 that said not to change the age. --13² 22:59, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

Using the word "teenage" is probably safer and easier than going to the trouble of sticking invisible warnings all over the page. Looking through the archive, I've found someone suggested this once before, but the suggestion seems to have fallen on deaf ears. It does seem like the most sensible solution - I'll go implement it now. Una Laguna^Talk 06:18, 13 August 2008 (UTC)

character looks

should it be noted that almost none of the characters resemble their appearances in the novel? for example: brom had a longer beard, eragon wasnt blond, and arya didnt have red hair. in fact, the only character accurately portrayed was durza —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.108.93.57 (talk) 07:12, 2 November 2008 (UTC)

We can only include this information if it's discussed in reliable sources; such details would otherwise count as original research. Una Laguna^Talk 11:51, 2 November 2008 (UTC)