December 12 @ 10:06 pm
I had an opportunity to catch a screening of Eragon this evening. I was looking forward to seeing this one. It’s based on the book of the same name. I really enjoyed it, although honestly I don’t think it will do that well at the box office or with critics in general. Fans of the book might like it, but may take issue with deviations from the source material. Fans of Tolkien and LOTR will probably dismiss it as fluff by comparison.
Frankly, that’s one of the things I liked about it. I don’t mind being challenged by a movie in general, but sometimes I just want good old escapism. A simple story. Clear delineation between good and evil. Swords and magic. And oh yes, dragons please!
I hate to say it, but my zeal for this movie is directly related to the meme I did yesterday. As much as I like to pretend otherwise, I guess I do tend to look at the world through the eyes of an innocent and yeah, maybe rainbows and unicorns are involved. And dragons. Lots of dragons.
The movie opens Friday. My review will “go to press” on Friday also. You’ll find it with my other scribblings in the author archive at “Past The Popcorn” which is the site I’m writing for these days.
To tie this in with a music update, this particular track was written by Jem for the movie. It plays along with another track by Avril Lavigne during the closing credits. I liked it… and did I mention that I like dragons?
December 13 @ 12:10 pm
I think my friends & I are going to see this one during the holidays. I’ll let you know what I think, if we go.
M~
December 13 @ 12:55 pm
It is a Christmas tradition that my Grandson and I go see a cool movie during the week between Christmas and New Year. This is our cool movie for this year.
Did I mention he likes dragons?
December 14 @ 12:20 pm
My son is dying to see this movie! and read the book..lol. We couldnt find it at his book fair and it’s of course back logged at the library…and i’m too lazy to go to borders…ah, life is rough.
I think were going to go see it sunday….I hope I like it.
December 18 @ 3:45 pm
I went and saw this friday…not sure if i’m disapointed or not. LOVED the dragon…best part. Thought eragon was pretty cute…ah, i mean good…and the evil shade dude was very very icky…but he reminded me too much of the snively dude from LOTR..
My son enjoyed it but he even got distracted. Plot was pretty thin, didn’t like how Eragon never seemed concerned for his dragon at all…ugh. John Malkovich whom I normally like in his roles seemed very one dimensional and campy….hmmm. can’t say I was bowled over but wasn’t griping either.
December 19 @ 3:03 pm
Sounds fun. I’d probably like it.
~S