Eragon
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Do u believe they should make Eldest a movie and continue on the series?
the thing is you have to compare because the movie was based on the book...they should ve been the same
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1They got EVERYTHING wrong in the 1st movie. And besides, in the movie they killed the Rzoc, the last two alive. So no, a second movie is a bad idea.
Alex wrote: "Everyone is saying "Compared to the book blah blah blah...," and I agree. Compared to the book, it definitely sucked. And after reading the next three books, if they are going to cut back so much i..."Agreed the only way a second movie could be justified is to entirely redo the first movie and keep it to the books story... truthfully it shouldn't have been hard to do correctly the first time if they had tried. Bad Director.
I enjoyed the movie and would love to see them make the rest of the series. I did watch it without having read the books, so maybe thats why I enjoyed it. You can't really judge a movie based on how accurately it follows the books though because so many movies that are based on books don't really follow the books at all. I think its best to judge them as 2 separate entities
I have known people who were not fans of the series who watched the movie tell me it sucked. As a fan of the series, I thought it was an abomination! They had so many holes in the story, as well as missing characters...I was so disappointed. They also failed to show the passing of time, at all. In one shot Eragon has no idea what he's doing with his magic, then boom, he's a master magician?! Saphira just hatched, then in a storm she's huge?! The whole point of the first book, the discovery of each other and what they can do, is entirely missed.
Stephanie wrote: "I enjoyed the movie and would love to see them make the rest of the series. I did watch it without having read the books, so maybe thats why I enjoyed it. You can't really judge a movie based on h..."If they had even tried to do the movie as well as others have done movies like lord of the rings, harry potter, or even the Narnia movies then most people who had read the book would have accepted it, however this is not quite comparable I'm afraid since they didn't even try to keep to the book...
NO! They screwed the first one up so bad they can't. The only way they could make the second one is if they go back and redo the first.
Maybe, but it would still be nice to see the second movie, even if it sucked.
meh, would anybody actually WATCH it though?
I would. Wouldn't you? Did you really hate Eragon so much that you wouldn't watch Eldest? I would be way to curious to hold out and not watch it.
I would probably watch it eventually but I wouldn't want to pay $10 for it
a movie of eldest would be awesome.
A re-boot of the first movie would be needed before making Eldest. I didn't mind watching Eragon, it just wasn't anything special and didn't do the book justice.
If they continue on from the first movie it will be terrible, they completely ruined the story and ended it so they could not make another movie. The film was a disaster, when asked about it Paolini said: "It was a very good interpretation of the story, and it brought a lot of readers to the series, and the books are still the books".
What they should really do is re-make Eragon and then make movies of the rest of the series.
I thought the movie and book were only okay, so I wouldn't lose any sleep if they didn't make the sequel.
I thought the movie was somebody's attempt to capitalize on Eragon without investing in it the way Paolini invested in the book. It was so horrendously poor, and poorly developed, despite the efforts of the actors to save it, that it's rightly buried as having never been made. Start over. Make GOOD movies of Paolini's work.
Ruth wrote: "What they should really do is re-make Eragon and then make movies of the rest of the series."Definitely agreed. Eragon could make for a really good movie if done correctly and the rest of the series would be just as good.
I think the casting of the movie was great, but that is about as far as it goes. It was soooooo very different from the book. They failed to incorperate key information necessary for the other movies. I would love to see Eldest as a movie. I just wish they had chosen to stick with the actual story line. It would have been just as easy and facilited the making of sequals.
I didn't have time to read the thread, but I think if they make Eldest into a movie, they should re-make Eragon, make the entire series a movie trilogy or something, and put a ton of money, time, good actors, and an awesome director in charge. i.e. the movie Eragon was the biggest waste of money for such an epic novel.
Uh no way!!! The first movie was so terrible I wanted to call the director and yell at him. The books were so good, they cut out too much stuff and didn't capture any of the magic that was so beautiful in the books. I think that we should let the series rest in peace.
Sallie wrote: "Uh no way!!! The first movie was so terrible I wanted to call the director and yell at him. The books were so good, they cut out too much stuff and didn't capture any of the magic that was so beaut..."You probably wouldn't have a hard time getting ahold of him, he's the special effects supervisor of some big stuff like Game of Thrones but nothing more high-profile than that.
Eragon remains, to this day, the only movie he's ever directed.
I believe that they should continue the series just so i can criticize them like i did the first one. Even though there was some good action in the first one, the book is way better but i think that the people who don't read should have a chance to experience Eragon's tale. The movie business should just get a different director
Well guys, I think you are being purists here...!!! Granted that the movie didn't quite match up with book, it didn't actually mean that it wasn't quite entertaining!! You see, you are nipping the venture in the bud!! You can of course have a better Eldest movie by the different directing crew!!! But seeing that Eragon abysmally failed at the box office, no one is actually quite interested in making its movie adaptations. Maybe, it partly has to be with most of us trying to be too much of a purist, and I believe that is one of the major reason why the enterprising directors' interest is dented....! Because I think, just because few of the fellas out there are unreasonably critical of the movie, I am missing out on further movies!!!!
Hope no one feels bad about it, if they do, I am sorry but this is what I think!!!
Also some wrongs (Of the 1 st movie) can be righted in further movie adaptations!!!!!!
Yeah i was disapointed in the first. I think they messed it up way to bad to make the sequel. Yeah its a good movieb ut it sucked compared to the book. And eragon looked too much like Roran. They are cousins, not brothers! If any of you have read and then watched Percy Jackson its like the same thing.
WHERE WAS ELVA? She should have been blessed!
The first movie was TERRIBLE !!!!!!!!! They left everything out and it wasn't even the same as the book . Right now , the next book being made into a movie is a terrible idea , but if they re-made Eragon and actually made it a decent movie , then yes , I would love if they made the rest of the books into (also decent) movies :)
i think that they should remake the first movie because it was over in like, 20 min, well for me anyways. If they remake the movie and make Eldest 2 times a good as the remade Eragon, I'll definitely pay money to see it.
Vismay wrote: "Well guys, I think you are being purists here...!!! Granted that the movie didn't quite match up with book, it didn't actually mean that it wasn't quite entertaining!! You see, you are nipping the ..."Being a purist is when a Harry Potter fan gets bent out of shape about the uniforms being a different colour or the hair being the wrong length. Being a purist with Eragon would be all the people complaining about him being blonde or saying Brom wasn't old looking enough.
I don't it's being a purist to ask a movie not to burn the bridges of about three important plot lines that take you through the rest of the series. Frankly, I don't really know what direction they could take in continuing the series because the first movie simply cannot connect to the following novels.
Now, I am quite critical of how poorly the movie itself was made, removing it entirely from its role as an adaptation I thought it was badly written, directed and acted. It meets all my criteria for simply not being a very good movie but so do lots of movies that I willingly watch like Season of the Witch and Pathfinder. But this criticism doesn't come from a foundation of purism with regards to the source material.
No way! the first movie was a disaster and with no scope of second sequel as they showed arya leaving for ellesmera without eragon..
Well, the first movie was horrible, but I definitely think the books could make good movies. So yes, I think if it was made by a different producer or director or whatever, they should make Eldest into a movie.
Also, the movie excluded parts that were needed for them to make the other movies, like him meeting Angela. And what was up with Saphira's growing thing, she flew into the clouds and all of a sudden she's a full grown dragon???
Lula wrote: "Cinderela wrote: "I don't want to be rude but i'm not sure how this movie could be considered acceptable at all. I would like a re-make. Maybe before I die they'll actually do it. So many things we..."
She didn't say Katrina was captured! Katrina wasn't even in the movie! And I didn't like how they killed both Ra'zac-that wasn't meant to happen till Brisingr-and had Arya flouncing around a forest saying she was a princess of the elves and yadda yaddda yoo.
She didn't say Katrina was captured! Katrina wasn't even in the movie! And I didn't like how they killed both Ra'zac-that wasn't meant to happen till Brisingr-and had Arya flouncing around a forest saying she was a princess of the elves and yadda yaddda yoo.
Arya was a wimpy girly fashionista in the bmovie. In the books she's a beautiful yet tough and brave princess-ambassador ready to save her community. I wonder if Sienna Guilloroy has ever commited murder, 'cause she definitely murdered the character of Arya!
NO! NO! NO! Eragon was extremely poorly done. I believe it was the worst representation of a novel I have ever seen. There is no way to put Christopher's imagination, such as the incomprehensible beauty of the Elves, into a movie. The directors of Eragon made so many mistakes. If they want to make Eldest, they have to restart with Eragon and work hard...EXTREMELY hard, with Paolini, to create something even remotely closer to the beauty of the novel. Even then, I'd be a bit skeptical. I just think the movie performed an injustice to Eragon. And Arya...oh my gosh. I need to stop before I completely explode.
For sake of the fans plz dont bring it to screen, then we will have to cry badly remembering how good the novel was. First movie swallowed so much good things and Saphira was dumb in it except for Eragon.
I loved the book series and hated the movie. The movie was so different from the book wish they had added more details in it. I think that they should make Eldest a movie but make it much better than the first movie
hated the first movie liked the book then i hated all the books they were stupid and i hope they dont bcause thn they would mess it up just like the 1st one
Hector wrote: "hated the first movie liked the book then i hated all the books they were stupid and i hope they dont bcause thn they would mess it up just like the 1st one"The books were not stupid. I don't know where you've been, but Paolini created a masterpiece worth a thousand lifetimes, and I wish that everyone could appreciate it. The books don't only talk about Eragon, you know. They also show how Paolini himself grew up, from the writing in Eragon to Inheritance.
If you are going to talk about something that strongly, you should be educated enough to realize that what he did by writing and publishing his work was hard and courageous. It is definitely more than what most of us could ever do.
I couldn't read past the first few chapters of the second book. I read loads (I finished the Twilight series in a week) but it was super confusing and good but too much names and things to remember.
Redo the first movie. Like, really. There were so many things missing from the first movie, though I did really like the portrayal of Murtagh. Other than that, really...redo the first movie. Then, we can talk.
first i was watching the movie. and i think the movie was great. but after i read the books, i watch the movie again. and it was a piece of shit. so different from the books.
Sophia wrote: "Hector wrote: "hated the first movie liked the book then i hated all the books they were stupid and i hope they dont bcause thn they would mess it up just like the 1st one"The books were not stup..."
it was my opinion ok i didnt say other people shoudlnt read it i just said i didnt like it if other people wants to read it then good for them, ok so chill
Yes. It they started w/ Eragon, they at least owe the fans the rest of the series.
No because the first did turn out as well as I hoped and plus they would most likely leave out the best parts
I feel that if the movies continued it would only make the books seem terrible to potential readers who would have only watched the movies. The movie was horrible in my opinion
I think they should wait a couple of years then try again.
Yeah, but this is the book. The book was soooooo much better. They shouldn't even be compared. If you don't compare it, the movie wasn't bad, but it definitely wasn't the best movie out there