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@okCarmy

6 жыл бұрын

Channel Awesome lesbian sex

@thefantasticretroreviewer3941

6 жыл бұрын

What Time Are You Doing The Live Stream On October 4th & 5th?

@joonant1

6 жыл бұрын

Channel Awesome where? What city? What time? What kind of pants will Doug be wearing?

@thefantasticretroreviewer3941

6 жыл бұрын

DON'T RUSH THEM!!!

@watt2785

6 жыл бұрын

Will Doug Be IT?

Line from the book: "Saphira's growth was explosive." That was supposed to be metaphorical. But this freaking film took it literally. (slams face into desk)

@timoylumontad3920

4 жыл бұрын

It would have been nice to see the Slice of Life moments between Eragon and baby Saphira as he tries to be the dad in raising and protecting her.

@aconfusedbuzzard526

4 жыл бұрын

@@timoylumontad3920 I wish they showed the fear in doing so, too, but instead we got "oh my dragon exploded and is big now and can talk... cool"

@timoylumontad3920

4 жыл бұрын

@@aconfusedbuzzard526 I facepalm so hard at that. Even Hiccup was afraid of Toothless at first meeting before eventually working his way to earn the Dragon's trust and managing to muster his courage and befriended the Night Fury while making a new prosthetic for his tail.

@aconfusedbuzzard526

4 жыл бұрын

@@timoylumontad3920 true true, one of the reasons I love both: they're HUMAN, and no matter how much a human (myself included) loves dragons, when faced with one, they will 100% shit their pants 😂

@timoylumontad3920

4 жыл бұрын

@@aconfusedbuzzard526 Indeed. You know of Fairy Tail where kids were raised by Dragons? Even kids would be afraid of Dragons due to how big and intimidating they are.

I TOTALLY FORGOT - THE BEST PART OF THE BOOK WAS HIM RAISING THE DRAGON AND THE MOVIE FUCKING SKIPPED IT ENTIRELY

@echodelta2172

6 жыл бұрын

nah man, they turned her into one o' them Poke-ee-mans in the movie. She just evolved once she reached a higher level.

@MaxHimbigger

6 жыл бұрын

Nah, the best part was when they crossed the desert, and finally reached the mountains. That part when they realise that the sky isnt just white, but its actually a mountain so big that the cant see the top, holy shit that was awesome.

@KoinzellGaming

6 жыл бұрын

+Adrijana I read the book ages ago, but I can remember that the setting and actual information of the height of the mountains and stuff wasn't actually known too well (Other than "it is big"). You never know how big something is until you see it, and they lived in a medieval age where at most the map shows that it is a mountain region and that's all. Pretty sure you cannot expect the characters to see something amazing that they never imagined and NOT be surprised by it. Hell even if you KNEW how high those mountains are, that doesn't mean you cannot be awed by their sight in real life.. You are finding strange things to be pissed off about.

@hobbyistcontrarian4389

6 жыл бұрын

Nope. The coolest part of the book is when they're travelling over the plains and gale force winds almost break the dragon's wings even though she's walking. That was actually a really awesome few pages that showed the bond between the main characters as well as the vulnerability that comes with youth, even in an animal like a dragon. Shame it was a fluke and Paolini just went back to copying _New Hope_ afterwards.

@CrazyGamerDragon64

6 жыл бұрын

KoinGaming I remember that part in the first book when Eragon & Murtagh saw the Beor Mountains, they were so big they couldn't even comprehend it at first, they thought they were still looking at the sky/horizon. It was one of my favorite small moments in the book

My favorite scene in the book was completely voided by this movie. It was the scene when Saphira was a few months old and Eragon was trying to name her, he tried all the names he heard from his stories from Brom but none worked because they were all boy names. Eragon finally got it that she was a girl and suggested her names be Saphira, the small dragon squeaking contently. I loved that adorable scene and they just voided it.

@hansruhlmann454

4 жыл бұрын

I have only readed the first book, and it was for 3-4 years ago i think, but i remember that scene, and yeah, it was pretty adorable.

@ryudragonuv

3 жыл бұрын

The Playstation 2 game made it worse.... Narrated cutscene: 'He named her Sapphira, for her sapphire eyes'. Not kidding.

@MrKlausbaudelaire

3 жыл бұрын

And it also begs one important question: If Eragon, who had free wifi chat with her head, couldn't tell her gender, how does a Dragon's inner voice sound like?

@RanchMonarch

3 жыл бұрын

@@MrKlausbaudelaire I like to think that the dragons each have their own sounding head voice, but that it develops with age. When the dragons are hatched they probably sound really androgynous.

@silasnormile8445

3 жыл бұрын

@@RanchMonarch The third, and technically even the second, book actually mention how each dragon has a different "voice" when they grow older and communicate with other riders/or their own rider! I personally really think it's neat!

I feel like Eragon is just a typo when someone was typing the word; Dragon. And he was like; Cool name! I'll keep it! The E and the D keys are right next to each other.

@roiroije6326

4 жыл бұрын

I don't want to sound like that guy, but Paolini said he got lucky with that name for that reason AND because it had the words "Era" and "Gone", meaning an era gone by in the story. Before you ask, yes I'm an Inheritance Cycle nerd.

@yunamchill9169

4 жыл бұрын

@@roiroije6326 That's cool. I have read the Inheritance Cycle years ago, but I've always liked it.

@KingPopinLockin

4 жыл бұрын

Aragorn. from Lord of The Rings. He ripped the name off and pretended like he invented the word.

@Mithcoriel

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingPopinLockin The "Dragon typo" explanation is much more likely. Anyway, lots of fantasy male names end in "-on", so I wouldn't call a similarity like that a ripoff.

@joshmoats7981

4 жыл бұрын

@@KingPopinLockin Eragon is nothing like Aragorn lol. The name "Eragon" is an aptronym based on the word "dragon", and a play on the phrase "an era gone". Bilbo by the way was a name of an Anglo Saxon family pre-dating Tolkien by about 800 years so I guess Tolkien is a thief lol.

"Give that guy some credit. He's on fire and he's still doing his job." That describes most of the enemies that I've set on fire in Skyrim.

@manoftruth0935

6 жыл бұрын

And somehow every asshole player in GTA online.

@ASLTheatre

6 жыл бұрын

Florence B Give that guys raise!

@CptKirby

6 жыл бұрын

And the chargers in Far Cry. Those guys book it when they get let on fire.

@ikagura

6 жыл бұрын

Or Oblivion

@albertschoise8091

5 жыл бұрын

That is a jarring image

Your edits with the dragon dialogue cut out made ALL THE DIFFERENCE. Lord. The movie would have probably been watchable with your edit.

@geoffreybassett6741

6 жыл бұрын

Completely agree, made the scene so much stronger. I was a fan of Saphira from the first book and when I saw the movie, and the age jump at the start, I've never been more angry at a film destroying it's own potential.

@user-pp3ur9wt7x

6 жыл бұрын

I disagree. While removing the lines from the dragon would make the movie better, it still wouldn't be watchable. Then again, I read and liked the books, so I take nearly every aspect of this movie as an insult anyway. My bias against it may be playing a role there.

@antanasmcmullen8868

6 жыл бұрын

I feel like they could have kept the talking by actually giving her decent dialogue and bonding scenes with Eragon?? In the books they do spend time together, and interact like companions. Some of the dialogue works well either cut or not, but some actual bonding time with them would, y'know, give them an actual dynamic and a chance for actually meaningful lines. Oh, and that age jump (literally) ended up being incredibly stupid. I think we can all agree on that.

@TheMhalpern

6 жыл бұрын

i know one way to make the movie watchable (barely), step 1 read the book, step 2 count all the things they did wrong, for laughs at how badly they got it wrong Optional step 3 for 21 or older only turn that into a drinking game, get something light or you will die of alcohol poisoning. Edit Read all 4 books and see how much the movie REALLY F-s the hell out of the plot, Killing the Ra-Zak and one of Eragon's primary motivations was stupid beyond belief. and thats just the tip of the iceberg

@Iqbalx1

6 жыл бұрын

Supernaturlisch but the problem is in the books sapphire and eragon telepathy interaction was important to the book and lore

As someone who has read the entire book series, the first scene of a matured Saphira just hurt my soul.

@joseguzman-pk4pf

4 жыл бұрын

Do you recommend the books?

@groningen9670

4 жыл бұрын

@@joseguzman-pk4pf Yeah, their pretty good. I mean for one thing the first one does include Eragon and Saphira actually bonding before she can even speak.

@gearmachine_4885

4 жыл бұрын

I have read the first one, and have to say; if you like Tolkien, then you will enjoy this series. But I just didn’t see anything new in it. Dragons, swords, elves and magic... I just think these ideas are pretty overused and boring.

@bryanbutchmartin9260

4 жыл бұрын

@@gearmachine_4885 I thought the use of gems of storage of energy was pretty cool.

@samuelarnold9653

4 жыл бұрын

I recommend the books there great also Groh me to

The thing about Eragon: It really was never going to translate from page to screen well. In the book, Saphira speaking was kind of necessary. In the movie, it caused problems because the medium functions differently. The adapters of HTTYD understood that (Toothless speaks in the books, as do all dragons).

@ziimulhah3223

3 жыл бұрын

And the movies were an entirely different story, simply because Dragons don't have a spoken language. And it was the best possible choice.

@aboxinspace

2 жыл бұрын

THE DRAGONS SPEAK IN HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON BOOKS?!?!?! holy crap that is amazing.... But yep, it would have been awful in the movies. Kudos to Dreamworks

@Double-R-Nothing

2 жыл бұрын

@@aboxinspace That's only the tip of the iceberg. It gets CRAZY.

@philipgood5041

2 жыл бұрын

@@aboxinspace And then a kaiju sized dragon with a SUPER tragic backstory starts a dragon rebellion. Just wait till you find out who Fishlegs father is.

@HomerXXX

2 жыл бұрын

But you could have saphira speak only to Eragons Mind much like in the Book. I mean in Lord of the Rings Frodo also hears Suarons Voice only in his head that wouldnt be the problem.The Problem is that the Story has nothing to do with the books.

I hate this movie for what it did to Saphira. She wasn't just some soft-spoken parrot, she was BRUTAL. She was prideful, blunt, hot-headed, and took no shit-which is why she was one of my favorite characters. It's one of the reasons I was glad she could talk in the book, because whenever she spoke, she had something to actually _say_ . She said her opinion and she spared no feelings. Plus: in the books, if the riders die, the dragons live on. The reason why that's interesting is-Saphira had repeatedly threatened to _murder_ those who endangered Eragon. Not because their lives were linked, but because she loved him. They might as well have animated her in 2D to match the personality they gave her for the film.

@SnivyTries

6 жыл бұрын

Shadowsafter So...Thorn.

@fossilfighters101

6 жыл бұрын

+

@TheModernPainter

6 жыл бұрын

Like Pete's Dragon?

@Wolfun1t

6 жыл бұрын

Except Saphira is nothing more than a vain, oversized cat and is largely uninteresting because she usually serves as a mere side-kick for the whiny, sociopathic Eragon. Hell, the whopping few chapters we have of Saphira's perspective mainly has her hanging around, being bored, and missing Eragon. We also learn that she uses hyphens for no reason. So does she call the sun "Great-round-light-in-the-sky" as if she were some native tribesman? Her ego is massive for a character who accomplishes so little compared to most other characters, like Roran or even Nausada, despite being a walking 2000+ pound of muscle with wings. You might say something like "Oh yeah! She destroyed 12 soldiers like they were nothing!!!" First off, this is not a noticeable deed at all. If you were to put yourself in Saphira's biology, you would understand that as a huge creature, you should have no issue with accomplishing this whatsoever. It's like an ant being amazed that a human can carry such a huge orange, easily 20X their body size. Saphira's ego reminds me of a rich kid that inherited their parents wealth. And did Saphira always have something to actually say? Most of the time, she says something wise because Paolini told us she did, he tells us but doesn't show us. When Saphira does actually try to say something "wise," it's pseudo-psychology at best, like the millions of times she tries to tell Eragon not to feel guilty about those he kills, or trying to whisk away very real human emotions of guilt and regret that Eragon may logically feel. So no, I think the movie made the best of what they could work with regarding Saphira. In the books, she absolutely was a soft-spoken parrot most of the time. Most of her time is spent making threats, instead of acting upon them. Another example, near the beginning of the 4th book, Eragon is beaten in a spar around 4 times by some elf I can't remember. She then asks Eragon if she could knock the elf over for him. First off, "knocking over" doesn't sound very brutal, and second off, if she really was the blunt, hot-head that you and Paolini says she is, she would not only knock-over this elf, but send him flying or brutally eat/murder him in some way WITHOUT Eragon's permission, right before turning around and bluntly telling Eragon that he has a long way to go if he wants to survive against any meaningful opponent. As she says many times in the story, she is not beholden to anyone, so they could not consider her a traitor. Sometime in the third book, Nausada acknowledges Saphira could eat her if she desires. I can't think of a single person that was murdered by Saphira that wasn't some generic enemy soldier or one of the main "bad guys" (Wait, did she even kill a named antagonist?) So no, to me, she's just a boring character that has accomplished boring deeds. One last thing about their "relationship," since you've mentioned it. The fact that their friendship is the result of a spell can be viewed as deteriorating from their friendship, and some readers interpret this as that Eragon and Saphira are forced to love one another because they were so closely linked by magic before they even began looking out for one another. /end rant

@RenegadeShepTheSpacer

6 жыл бұрын

Wolfun1t You've missed the point entirely as you're using human logic to try and explain the emotions of a non-human creature, one who is prideful simply because it is a genetic trait of her entire species. And just like that, much of your rant is obsolete.

Eragon, as a movie, made me sad. I watched it, thought "okay, fantasy with dragon riders, I can read that". Halfway through the first book (about the time Brom dies), I stopped and thought "Wtf did the movie guys smoke?" While the book series doesn't have any groundbreaking innovation, it is very well written, and you can tell the author put a lot of effort into it. Eragon's relationship with Saphira, their interactions with other characters, and the depiction of the elven and dwarven civilizations later on, they're all interesting and compelling. The lexicons he created, while by no means comparable to, say, Tolkien's (honestly, whose is?), are well defined and depicted, especially the elvish one. At some point, the author tells the story from Saphira's point of view, and you can tell she perceives the world in a very different way. It's a stroke of genius, that sadly doesn't happen enough in the series. My honest recommendation, if you enjoy classical high fantasy, is to give the books a chance. Don't be dissuaded by this half-baked adaptation. Also, try grabbing the PC tie-in. It's surprisingly enjoyable, for a 2006 game.

@iLeviathan

6 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed all three books, however after going out of my way to purchase all three, lost them during a move. Oh well, at least I still have the shitty board game that came out alongside the movie.

@joshbuchanan8541

6 жыл бұрын

No Name you realize there were 4 books right?

@draxiss1577

6 жыл бұрын

The Gameboy SP version was more faithful to the book than the movie.

@antanasmcmullen8868

6 жыл бұрын

I felt like some of the world itself was more interesting than whatever drama Eragon and Saphira were dealing with, like the dwarves' home and politics there, or some of the human cities Brom and Eragon pass through, as well as some of the history of the dragon riders and Vroengard. There's some cool potential for world-building and lore there, rather than Eragon and Saphira lighting things on fire. Though I still love the action sequences to be honest.

@iLeviathan

6 жыл бұрын

Goes to show that I didn't finish reading the third book - since it was lost in a move. Still enjoyed the three of them, nothing like the movie. Are you missing something? I had bought all three at the time - even if there was a fourth released later on.

In the book, when the scene where the uncle dies, Eragon was actually in the house when Dirza's minions came in search of the dragon. Sapphira could sense their coming and came and took Eragon on her back and flew him far away, leaving only the uncle there who perished when the house came down. This was the first time Eragon rode her, and he did so without a saddle. Her scales sliced through his thighs and left him incredibly injured and he had to spend time healing at his cousin Roran's fiance's, giving him time to mourn his uncle and also allowed him to experience a bitterness toward Sapphira that they had to work over, believing that if he had been there when the henchmen attacked, he could have saved his uncle. After that, Eragon was too afraid to attempt to ride the dragon, even after Brom secured for him a saddle and that's why in the movie, they spend a lot of time on horseback instead of riding the dragon. But the movie just cut out all of that and instead, they ride horses just to ride horses and excuse it away by something like "Eragon was afraid of heights" or some crap

@DrDolan2000

Жыл бұрын

So the book written by a teenager actually makes more sense than the movie written by older adults

@SebasTian58323

8 ай бұрын

Actually, the uncle didn't die right away, he was still alive when Eragon returned and he dragged his uncle to the town. He still ended up dying, but that's impressive as hell

@marvel_warhead4458

Ай бұрын

@@DrDolan2000 very much

Whenever Jeremy Irons opened his mouth, all I could hear was Scar.

@martarlhermansteinjr2294

4 жыл бұрын

Same

@yunamchill9169

4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha, I'm into the Fullmetal Alchemist fandom right now and actually Jeremy Irons could voice FMA Scar pretty well too.😂

@LegoManiac_101

4 жыл бұрын

Madam Moon Shadow same here

@alfeld3729

3 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@kingnothingist

3 жыл бұрын

I thought that was normal for everyone.

I will never forget watching this at the movies. There is a scene at the end, where our boy is reflecting on how far he has come from where he started. He looks at his reflection and says " I barely recognize myself", only he's looking at his face reflected in an armor chestplate, and it's all stretched out and funhouse-mirror 🤣 The entire audience laughed. We clearly weren't supposed to. 😕☺

@meredithstroud8769

5 жыл бұрын

I share the exact same experience. I remember my sister next to me straight up pointing at the screen and laughing during that scene.

@KBROCK3R

5 жыл бұрын

I just rewatched this film a few days ago. I hadn't seen it since it was in theaters. That part made me laugh so hard.

@groningen9670

5 жыл бұрын

You know that's actually kinda of funny when you consider how much he physically changes in the next installment of the story.

@materiagrezza9331

4 жыл бұрын

@@6236003 Actually, it's a self-critique on how Eragon finds out that the original story has been raped.

@lnb29

3 жыл бұрын

you claim to be old enough to have watched this one at the movies and yet have a kpop avi? i'm calling bullshit on this one

You know why I loved the first book so much back when I first read it? In the book, Saphira was NOT some celestial being suddenly growing up with a growl of thunder and suddenly having ALL the information, even though you have no idea where she got all of it. In the movie, as soon as she's grown, she acts like she's been alive for decades and has stories to tell Eragon. In the books, she IS a new born. She behaves like it, and though she ages quite fast at first, it's still that kinda growth spurt which still seemed natural. She had to LEARN new information and about the situation at hand TOGETHER with Eragon; they were on the same level, and they were not only connected through the mind link but also because of what they went through together, learning the same stuff together with no one being advantaged. When Eragon was told that if his dragon would die, he'd suffer unimaginable pain, it was instantly believable and the bare thought of Saphira dying on Eragon seemed devastating because of the bond they developed as equal friends on their journey. The movies completely ruined their relationship and I will never forgive it for that.

@Someone2aswell

5 жыл бұрын

Naruto uchiha~ trippie redd

@arthas640

5 жыл бұрын

Turning a doorstopper of a book into a movie rarely works out for this very reason, you have to condense hundreds of pages of prologue into the first 10-15 minutes of a movie so you can get to the action because they assume the fans already know what's going on and they assume non fans are too dumb to sit through tons of character development without walking out of the theater. They wind up just confusing non fans and pissing off the fans with the flat characters

@alexandresobreiramartins9461

5 жыл бұрын

@@arthas640 ESPECIALLY when it's a generic YA fantasy piece of shit. The movie may be generic, but the book is no less so. Ruby's development with Tarragon has already been done to death in a 1000 other fantasy books, and is still being done. I'm no fan of subversion of expectations, but I would welcome SOME originality...

@KingPeepeepoopoo

5 жыл бұрын

Ride or die for real 😥

@feslenraster

5 жыл бұрын

The books were just was just as bad, sorry, but that's just my opinion.

Fun fact: Arya actually rejected Eragon in the second book.

@keithevan10

4 жыл бұрын

Arya rejecting Eragon was a major lot point that helped Eragon grow. Surprise, surprise, it's not in then movie.

@B121AN1

4 жыл бұрын

@@keithevan10 it was in Eldest, and this movie is only Eragon.

@hrothgarnogar

4 жыл бұрын

Vellos2 How would it be in the movie? There was never a sequel.

@sydneyslaughter7163

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, but that was elf Arya. This is human Arya, so it doesn’t count.

@ryanelliott1907

3 жыл бұрын

Yes. But they kind of left it up in the air in the 4th book

Eragon is… strangely fascinating in my eyes. I admire the fact that the books were written by a teen and it became a success; I can’t help but admire his creativity at that age. Fun fact: the author had lots of conflict with the studio during the production.

@TheAxmore

Жыл бұрын

as much as I love Eragon, Paolini pretty directly copied A New Hope for the first book, like more than just typical hero's journey stuff. The second book takes some beats from Empire Strikes Back as well but its not as egregious about it

@ryanmcwilliams8784

Жыл бұрын

I loved these books as a kid I remember waiting for new ones to come out. I was in middle school and then I was so disappointed by the movie and game

@bluonblu8555

Жыл бұрын

His what now? The first book is a complete ripoff 😂

@adelinabonilla5657

11 ай бұрын

​@@TheAxmorebro is tripping

@numbertwo579

8 ай бұрын

@@bluonblu8555it’s not people claim it’s a rip off sully because the first book has a lot of tropes in it that many other series has but after the first book it becomes really good

I actually like how the Critic improved the scenes of Saphira and Eragon by muting her.

@shwahgamer

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah they're improved in the movie, but it's because Saphira herself is so butchered by the adaptation that it's better if she doesn't talk. But she DOES talk in the books and has an actual character.

@teeja.meister8708

4 жыл бұрын

Dude! Spoilers! Lol

@Tachyon1457

4 жыл бұрын

They should've just muted the entire film.

@GuardianGrarl

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, because more works of actual filmmakers should be... improved by a has-been you-tuber that didn't stop when he was less known but still good.

@eldelacorbataroja

3 жыл бұрын

@@GuardianGrarl I've changed My mind about NC... This comment doesn't represent me anymore

The book did SO much better with raising the dragon. He actually had to raise her over time, and he named her. Well, sort of. He had to learn about dragon names and tried to give her one, but failed for a while because he thought Saphira was a male. And the whole time, the dragon seemed to be laughing at him until he finally figured it out.

@midnitest0rm

6 жыл бұрын

Mikanoes the book was bad but I agree at least Saphira and Eragon had chemistry. They actually developed a relationship, and grew up together

@Tsumefan2

6 жыл бұрын

i actually thought eragon was a whiny crybaby in the books

@midnitest0rm

6 жыл бұрын

Tsumefan2 I think he asks too many damn questions

@Tsumefan2

6 жыл бұрын

yeah that too XD and because he was a whiny crybaby, i never picked up the book again because all he did was bitch and moan

@midnitest0rm

6 жыл бұрын

Tsumefan2 I do agree. I found myself saying “Eragon, shut the fuck up” to myself on way too many occasions

I love how Doug's become this crazy old man that Tamara and Malcolm have to question the sanity of at every angle.

@chupacadabra5161

2 жыл бұрын

It's an interesting dynamic

"Someone really tried to make this film. A lot of effort went into it!" What if I told you the princess is an elf? Or the raiders during the sparring/training with Jeremy Irons were large, horned beast-men? Or that a key character was killed off in the film?

@roiroije6326

4 жыл бұрын

The key character being The Ra'zac? *SPOILERS* Since Durza and Brom both died in the book, I'm just going to assume you meant The Ra'zac.

@keithevan10

4 жыл бұрын

@@roiroije6326 Could be Aji'had. Though I guess he technically died in Eldest.

@Mithcoriel

4 жыл бұрын

And king Hrothgar was supposed to be a dwarf. Maybe I'm getting him mixed up with Aji'had, but I could have sworn the people-who-were-supposed-to-be-dwarves appeared in the movie too, only they were human.

@elanakroll2102

3 жыл бұрын

@@Mithcoriel Orik didn't show up at all

@Shadethewolfy

2 жыл бұрын

@@elanakroll2102 neither did the Twins, Solembum, Elva (the child Eragon "blesses"), Jeod... several characters. Also, Sloan wasn't tortured to death in the books. And when Eragon finds Garrow in the book, his uncle is clinging to life and dies days later. In the book, Brom is killed by the Ra'zac's poison, not a great-arrow flung by Durza. Speaking of, the Ra'zac were NOT created by Durza. Their origins in the book aren't clear even in-universe, but they WEREN'T created by Durza.

"Ugly Loki" Accurate

@ttvCarn

6 жыл бұрын

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@saltytattie833

6 жыл бұрын

BANA Nawal ugly loki actually played hitler in that one mini series.

@gingaddict

6 жыл бұрын

I actually thought once that Robert Carlyle would make a good Loki!

@redcoat4348

6 жыл бұрын

^^^^Scam

@DimensionSpawn

6 жыл бұрын

I would've gone with the Joker.

And the end credits song was "Keep Holding On" by Avril Lavigne. Because that's how a fantasy film should end: a generic pop song. Wouldn't Lord of the Rings been so much better if Britney Spears were played over the end credits?

@davidmesh5491

6 жыл бұрын

Alicia Murphy they had Enya and Annie Lennox

@LordMoonshadowGaGa

6 жыл бұрын

I would watch a Return of the King where the end song is Toxic. 🤣

@EndlessSummer888

6 жыл бұрын

I read your comment in the Critic's voice, because that sounds EXACTLY like something the Critic would say.

@kiori66

6 жыл бұрын

I wish lotr people with the same buget as the lotr series had done eragon instead TAT

@sandrols7

6 жыл бұрын

I always felt that The Return of the King should have ended with 'All I want for Christmas!'

I saw this movie once... Those memories ended up in Inside Out’s Memory Dump.

@intheclear3492

4 жыл бұрын

Tom GameR lol

@RizzImpostor

3 жыл бұрын

Why do you need to drag actual good movies into this?

Wait-- all this movie took place in a day? The book took place over a whole year!

@beepboopmeow203

4 жыл бұрын

Multiple years actually!

@BlazerK1914

3 жыл бұрын

@WhyDo IExist59 How old was Eragon in the book?

@Duskforge

3 жыл бұрын

@Zayalla Fantasy He turned 15 in the first book, he was 17 by the end and near 18 i think

@Shadethewolfy

2 жыл бұрын

@@Duskforge 15 in the first book and over the course of it turned 16. I don't remember how old he was by the end of Eldest or Brisingr.

No no, the BOOKS hold a place in peoples' memories. Not the shit movie.

@golfer435

6 жыл бұрын

Vintage Issues I'm trying to remove the movie from my memory

@TheGodlikeDragon

6 жыл бұрын

What movie? All I saw Doug review was a really bad fan-fiction of the book

@ashebennett7726

6 жыл бұрын

A Dragons Channel I'm surprised Shyamalan wasn't behind this. Some of his movies are poor fan fiction movies and others are just shit.

@ashebennett7726

6 жыл бұрын

A Dragons Channel I'm surprised Shyamalan wasn't behind this. Some of his movies are poor fan fiction movies and others are just shit.

@LordGrim1313

6 жыл бұрын

Shit movie for shit books.

I feel bad for all the fans of the book series who had to watch this travesty.

@rynemcgriffin1752

6 жыл бұрын

Alphabrace95 Hell I haven't even seen it and watching the review is hurting my psyche

@TokuBoyStudios

6 жыл бұрын

Alphabrace95 If I had a dime every time I heard "The book was better" I'd be a millionaire

@abadtime3319

6 жыл бұрын

Alphabrace95 I was 11 when I saw this movie, I can confirm it was garbage then and is still garbage now.

@danieldunlap4077

6 жыл бұрын

One viewing of the trailer was enough to know not to go watch this monstrosity

@Olificus

6 жыл бұрын

My brother actually took me to see it for my birthday when it came out since I loved the books. I was grateful he wanted to do something for me, but it didn't hide the fact it was a very disappointing birthday.

"That warcraft movie nobody saw." *Laughs in Chinese*

@noble14

4 жыл бұрын

No wonder corona Chan hates china

@highlord1234

4 жыл бұрын

@Dauda András It was more popular in China than pretty much anywhere.

@joshmoats7981

4 жыл бұрын

Movies make 80% of their income from Chinese market.....not new. There are 1.6 billion of them.

@__Insanity_

4 жыл бұрын

*Laughs in American Fan of the Warcraft Franchise*

@RaikanGinro

4 жыл бұрын

@@__Insanity_ the game or movie

The movie adaptation is so fucking shallow and weak. Yeah, the book wasn't anything that special, but it was the "cliché done right" case - a really standart, but entertaining "from zero to hero" story with some interesting ideas and concepts. What a shame, it ended up like this.

@AutumnWoodham

3 жыл бұрын

the book was just fantasy Star Wars. Makes sense given it was written by a teen who clearly copied others homework throughout highschool.

@locke103

2 жыл бұрын

given all i've heard of it, it makes me reticent over trying to write a fantasy novel myself. i'd like for it to y'know, nit be bland. generic. not-sucky. but alas, my experience as a writer is minimal as it is.

@olly3231

2 жыл бұрын

@@locke103 Go for it, dude! Writing is crazy fun and you have nothing to lose.

@locke103

2 жыл бұрын

@@olly3231 once i come up with some ideas, sure. i only ever wrote one chapter years ago, couldnt pick back up on it since.

@KingCasual1986

4 ай бұрын

The books really dragged. Inheritance alone could, and should, have been 150 pages shorter and still managed to tell the full story!

"I can't help how my perverted mind sees the world." "YES YOU CAN." "Then I just don't want to." Fucking me everyday

@Sinderance_

6 жыл бұрын

Who is fucking you everyday?

@PeteKachew

6 жыл бұрын

Xx Raiden xX Jesus

@cloudperson890

6 жыл бұрын

Xx Raiden xX Life

@willowdear

Жыл бұрын

This aged great

Still for 2006, the dragon cgi looks pretty good

@samsquanch1996

4 жыл бұрын

I think most CGI in the 2000s looked way better than today.

@birb2581

4 жыл бұрын

Jurassic Park came out in 1993 and the CGI looks 2x better than Fallen Kingdoms

@DoctorWhoKage

4 жыл бұрын

Nah, bruh. The facial animation on that Dragon looks bland as though she's bored all the time. It's as blasé as a song made by a SoundCloud rapper.

@Slash27015

4 жыл бұрын

8/10 would ride that dragon

@golfer435

4 жыл бұрын

This movie is what you get when you spend all of your money on cgi and forget that other departments need money to do stuff too.

25:31 “Finally!” The black dragon could breathe fresh air

I have mixed feelings about this movie. When I first watched it, I was 11 and thought it was awesome. When I discovered that it was a book series, I was so happy. I’ve read all of the books but after reading the books, I watched the movie again and was horrified at how they butcher what was then my favourite book series. As an adult, I’m not as fond of the books but that’s because my taste in reading material has changed and I can appreciate more complex stories like the Lord of the Rings. Eragon is a good epic fantasy for young readers just getting into the genre because it has everything you want in a fantasy but isn’t as overly complicated or difficult to read. What I’m trying to say is, as much as the movie sucked, it got me started on a decade long love affair with reading and appreciation for longer, more detailed plots. Sorry for the long comment. This is something I am rather passionate about 😋

@sorryifoldcomment8596

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your story! We need to recognize the media that paved the way to help kids keep reading.

@chloemarlowe3817

2 жыл бұрын

This comment decently sums up why I liked the series and why I respect it to this day. Yes, it basically rips the Hero's Journey formula beat for beat (a formula that is no more unique to Eragon than it is to Star Wars, might I add) but it is a very good entry point into both reading as a hobby itself or just the fantasy genre. It's not the next Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings or Star Wars (by this I mean it never tried to be "the next big book saga") and that's fine.

While the book is no masterpiece, they left some of the best bits out of this movie. They cut out the witch Angela and her werecat, the massive desert in the center of the country, the humongous mountain range and massive dwarven city located in a huge volcanic crater.

@SmokeyMountainSuccubus

6 жыл бұрын

Robert Gronewold And they cut out what originality the elves had. Yeah Paolini's elves followed the "communing with nature" cliches but they were also massively more badass than humans.

@TheWittenburger

6 жыл бұрын

555Rainstar that's a problem I have with high fantasy. When elves are just inherently superior. Eragon becomes much more powerful, but it's not because of great effort, it's just because they made him more like an elf.

@Handepsilon

6 жыл бұрын

I thought Angela appeared like.... for about 5 minutes. They made her into a totally forgettable random character

@anthonykarklus7683

6 жыл бұрын

Handepsilon You are right, and it's another reason to hate this godforsaken thing. Makes me want to read the books again to wash it out

@TheBloodyWizard2949

6 жыл бұрын

Ser Sh1bum I honestly think they'd make for a better TV Series (Though right now it would get financially RAPED by GOT, so maybe wait a while...) or maybe a mini series of sorts.

This was the first movie that I watched and thought. "This is bad". I was around 12 back then

@CarlosAugusto-rv6op

6 жыл бұрын

Inaset I was 9 when I noticed lol

@KarlAndArma4ever

6 жыл бұрын

I was a teenager by the time the movie came out, but I honestly couldn't stand more than five minutes of it. The "Saphira magically aging herself already with a name and having telepathic powers without any trial-and-error whatsoever" was when I rage-quit the movie.

@Inaset1

6 жыл бұрын

AleqsH Did I? (I edited my comment and now yours makes no sense. And now no one will know. Muahahahahahahahahahahaha)

@Inaset1

6 жыл бұрын

KarlAndArma4ever Yea. They absolutely rushed through the beginning village, and the journey to point a, and the middle, and that bit before the climax, and the end. Overall this movie was really rushed. I remember reading the book and while looking back at it the story was sort of generic but the pacing was okay(I think). In the movie however. It was anything but okay.

@TheOwnerX5X

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was my first too

I LOVE the John Malkovich impression! It really is spot on!

In the book he was wanting revenge against the Razak for killing his uncle. But that's never addressed in the movie, except for one throwaway line.

I just love how the incredibly powerful villains that killed Garrow and nearly kill all of Eragon's village later are reduced to mere useless mooks when in the books it takes him three whole books to kill the Ra'zac with an extra helping of a full grown dragon and an impossibly badass cousin. Oh, and Eragon needed to get an elf power up to become even minutely able to match them.

@infamousknight6265

6 жыл бұрын

Spectre Dan eragon actually outmatched them with his elf form. He only struggled with killing them because he didn't have a good weapon since murtagh took his sword in the previous book

@MagusAgrippa8

6 жыл бұрын

Infamous Knight I wasn't denying that. I meant that the human Eragon would not have been able to beat the Ra'zac. He needed that form.

@infamousknight6265

6 жыл бұрын

Spectre Dan true. Another thing I hated about the movie: they had eragon on par with Ra'zac AND Durza when he was no match for either of them at this point in the story, and only killed Durza because Sapphira distracted him. There were only four people who ever killed a shade in this series. Did they even take the time to explain what a shade was? The fact that they completely glossed over important parts of the lore just shows how rushed this film was.

@fangsabre

6 жыл бұрын

Skillwise Eragon may have been able to take the Ra'zac as a human, i mean Roran almost did, but he was no match for them when it came to speed and strength.

@MagusAgrippa8

6 жыл бұрын

Fangsabre and that's the point. There's an incredibly high chance he would have died if he fought them. He may have had a better chance at the peak of his human ability, but the Eragon in this movie should never have been able to beat them.

I actually would love to see Eragon re-cut WITHOUT Saphira's talking. It actually does add A LOT more to the scenes!!

@QueenLizby

6 жыл бұрын

the way it is by default makes it seem like some fan girl was like "WHAT IF HIS DRAGON TALKED IN ALL THE SCENES!!!" but she had no writing skills so just ended up saying the most generic things.... EXCEPT THERE WERE PEOPLE PAID TO MAKE THE DRAGON KEEP HER GENERIC DIALOGUE!!!

@CJCroen1393

6 жыл бұрын

Like, my favorite edits from the Critic are: Jeremy Irons: If the dragon is killed, the rider lives on. If the rider dies... Saphira: (looks down, forlorn, and punches everyone watching straight in the feels) and Jeremy Irons: [my dragon] was killed by this sword! Saphira: (glares at sword) Grrrrr >:(

@matthewmoran5297

6 жыл бұрын

+CJCroen1393 That was pretty good. And of course, if people want Sapphira to talk, that's fine, but don't have her repeat what any other character could just explain. Or have her spout dialogue in every single scene. Have her say things that add more to her character, or that give her more chemistry with Eragon. Pretty much, just have Sapphira talk when it's the right time.

@Halo44327

6 жыл бұрын

However it still wouldn't save the movie.

@TurKlack

6 жыл бұрын

In the book the reader red their inner thoughts and how the communicate this way. I actually don'T think it would be a good idea when Eragon and Saphira just stood their silently and...doing nothing but staring at each other.

I couldn't believe the stuff they left out, but like how on earth did they think leaving out the wound Durza gave Eragon in the final battle was a good idea? Like that scar is a HUGE deal for SO LONG. Getting healed is like half his motivation for finding the elves.

@groudonvert7286

4 ай бұрын

Durza actually wonded Eragon in the movie, but it never came back in any way.

26:09 Pay no attention to the man behind the gym!

Book Galbatorix: Feared villain who is not seen until the last book Movie Galbatorix: Lazy writer's exposition machine. (Kind of like the firelord in the show Avatar: the Last Airbender vs in the movie The Last Airbender.) Book Saphira: Spends the majority of the first book the size of (or smaller than) a horse. Adds a new dimension to Eragon's personality and character development. Movie Saphira: Grows to full size in a minute. Generic exposition machine. Book Urgals: Basically big orks with horns Movie Urgals: ???!? Book Brom: Reveals he was a dragon rider on his death bed Movie Brom: Eragon weasels it out of him Book Arya: Doesn't reveal she's a princess until half way through book 2. Puts herself in a coma to slow the effects of whatever's killing her, telepathically tells Eragon that taking her to the Varden is the only way to save her. Movie Arya: "I'm the elf Princess Arya tee hee hee!" "Oh hey hey I'm totally fine after being imprisoned and tortured for months." Book Durza: Fearless sadist with very powerful magical abilities Movie Durza: Some silly asshole Book finding the Varden: An intense chase while Urgals bear down on them rapidly. (Meanwhile Arya is a few hours from death and they're not even certain where the Varden is located). Movie finding the Varden: "Oh hey here we are, neat-o." Book Tronjhiem: A mountain sized dwarf city in an even bigger hollowed out mountain, home of the Varden Movie Tronjhiem: A pile of shit, home of the Varden Book final battle: Eragon gets his shit pushed in and would have lost if not for Arya and Saphira's intervention Movie final battle: Eragon pounces on Durza and kicks his ass with no issues

@kamikazelemming1552

6 жыл бұрын

Book Ra'zac: Creatures so powerful and dangerous that they managed to kill Brom and almost everyone in Eragon's village, and Eragon wasn't even able to match them in strength until the third book. Plus, they were just children. Movie Ra'zac: A couple of mooks that are killed of in less than two minutes.

@TheMhalpern

6 жыл бұрын

Also Book Ra'zac: one of Eragon's primary motivations in the form of revenge, Movie Ra'zac: well that is gone to shit.

@rorrim0

6 жыл бұрын

Weren't the Ra'zac also described to have more bird like features?

@kamikazelemming1552

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the Ra'zac were basically man/bug/bird monsters with sword and beaks. I'm not even sure what the movie ones were supposed to be.

@Animerox06

6 жыл бұрын

Also, Book Tronjhiem: Dwarfs play a major role throughout the series. Movie Tronjhiem: Sorry, no dwarfs. We used up the budget to animate Saphira, which wasn't even done that well.

The fans of the book hate this movie it's very unfaithful to the book.

@dikkersjrad

6 жыл бұрын

HG Shurtugal It's pretty close to that first book

@dootdoot1867

6 жыл бұрын

It is in a bit.. But more it feels like you are watching the book on fast forward with the least memorable moments highlighted. And the growing up, training and bonding process of Eragon and his dragon completely left out..

@micdrop344

6 жыл бұрын

I love the series, but even I will admit the first book is just establishment, mainly. It has some identity, but nothing unique. Hard to be mad at this movie.

@HGShurtugal

6 жыл бұрын

It changes a lot like how if the rider dies so does the dragon or how Rohan was going to join the army. I can't remember much from this movie or the book it's been years since I have watch and read it.

@LJB91

6 жыл бұрын

No its not, it has similar elements and names, but the pacing, personalities and details are all wrong. Take roran and eragon play fighting, they never did that in the books because neither wanted to be a fighter, they didn't desire to go out into the battlefield. Eragon enjoyed the stories brom told him (who was a storyteller, not a merchant) but that was it, he didn't dream of using a sword until he was thrust into fighting and had no choice. They also skipped many things and showed things like galbatorix, who was kept a mystery until the final book.

So... Disney owns the film rights now.

@ChamarM

3 жыл бұрын

Disney owns everything

@luke769animations

3 жыл бұрын

*Of fucking course*

@shaunroberts2037

3 жыл бұрын

Last I heard Paolini hated this film so much he refuses to let anyone else defile his legacy. Unless that stance changed somewhere down the line Disney's right may not mean much. Maybe they have the rights to redo the first book but I doubt they would have rights to the rest of the series

@darkclawgamer9566

3 жыл бұрын

That and the film Rights to Dragonball.

@carlweezer4398

3 жыл бұрын

Tv show?

They changed so much in the movie. The amount of emphasis and development that the books put into the magic system just wasn't translated at all. I get why but it was such an important part of many battles and events that not to address it just takes something major away from the whole story. Magic is complicated. The movie just wasn't as good, even the opening sequence seeing dragons fire-breathing others out the sky just didn't make sense. In the book's fire rarely does any damage to other dragons because of the number of wards put up by the riders, but the point is the same. On top of that, the "land was ruled by men astride mighty dragons" was just wrong. The dragon riders were peace-keepers not rulers, the land had a king while they were around. Just......so much was't adapted well.

Oh well, if it isn't "Inaccurate book adaption: the movie"

@kanebunce3791

6 жыл бұрын

More like "Stole Names From the Book But is Not Even Remotely the Book: The Movie"

@sherlocksmuuug6692

6 жыл бұрын

Or as I like to call it. "Im gonna rape everything the original series ever made interesting and never let another adaptation be possible" The movie. No, that other one.

@gaiamatt6574

6 жыл бұрын

Well, the revenant film was nothing like the book. The book was actually good

@kanebunce3791

6 жыл бұрын

Gaiamatt, I have never seen that, but that kind of thing is more acceptable than making a movie that is nothing like the books but is crap even if taken as its own thing. I'd probably rather watch the Dungeons and Dragons movies than the Eragon movie. Okay, maybe not.

@goodjobeli

6 жыл бұрын

The Scorch Trials exists btw

"That Warcraft movie nobody saw" The Chinese would beg to differ, if we get a sequel it's completely thanks to them.

@TheKarjee

6 жыл бұрын

Thougar I hope it gets a sequel, I found it entertaining because I knew nothing about WOW.

@BATCHARRO

6 жыл бұрын

They probably just wanted to farm the tickets.

@Thougar

6 жыл бұрын

TheKarjee As a Warcraft fan I thought it was very... okay. The main problem in my opinion is that just chose the wrong story to make into a movie. The plot of Warcraft 1 isn't the greatest story ever...

@Lukethefox

6 жыл бұрын

I saw it and I liked it as well. I felt it was one of the few Video Game movies that stayed true to it's source Material. If it does get a Sequel I'm hoping it would be an adaptation of 'Lord of the Clans'.

@NSFSponsor

6 жыл бұрын

Thougar Should've jumped to 2 honestly.

Telepathy is a thing in the books too, and it honestly made more sense, probably because Saphira said important things, and her relationship with Eragon was grown more.

the books made Eragon's initial motivation for venturing out of Palancar Valley VERY CLEAR: Revenge. He wanted to kill the Ra'zac for what they did to Garrow. The failure of the movie is that it poorly conveys this motive.

Wow those parts where you cut out her voice actually made those scenes a lot better.

@UsonoHoushi

6 жыл бұрын

Half Aluminum Chemist someone should makes a version where they take out the voice. Also edit it so that it doesn't look like their just awkwardly staring at each other for a long time.

Were the books a master piece? No. Were they good? Honestly, I enjoyed them. This movie? *Kill it like the rest.* Seriously though, this movie butchered a lot of the story and cut so many corners that I'm amazed they even gave it the same title.

@Mothman1992

6 жыл бұрын

Bishop Thomas the first book was a severely cut down plot of the first 1 and a half star wars movies put in an utterly forgetful fantasy world.

@naomiartlady5844

6 жыл бұрын

Bishop Thomas jeremy irons was cool

@maxdunn1989

6 жыл бұрын

Channelchannel where was the part in the book where it said that the dragon had FUCKING FEATHERS

@hunterspride18

6 жыл бұрын

That's a good way to describe the books. Serviceable, and a thoroughly entertaining read.

@TheHaviocdarkmoon

6 жыл бұрын

so did i and i disagree

As usual: The book was better.

@theisjepsen22

5 жыл бұрын

The book is usually better than the movies, but when you look at Harry Potter, the movies was still enjoyable, the complete opposite of this movie. Hell it even looks like the adaptation of a computer game.

@insaneweasel1

4 жыл бұрын

And the book was crap. Star Wars story with lotr setting.

@frankoswald9774

4 жыл бұрын

I loved the books as a child,but reading them with 25 you notice that the writing style is horrible. The opening joke(A book from a 18 year old thats reads like a book from a 18 year old is totally right)

@erlucas5768

4 жыл бұрын

@@frankoswald9774 He was 15

@erlucas5768

4 жыл бұрын

@@frankoswald9774 He was 15

Random trivia: Eragons actor is also the tank driver in Battlefield 1

3:08 - "Go Go Gadget Schlong!"

@GrayscaleCanvas

6 жыл бұрын

Wowzers.

@cgoose500

6 жыл бұрын

More like go go gadget schshort. Y'knowWhatI'mSayin'? BecauseIDon't.

@coolporyg0n

6 жыл бұрын

Agent57000DM brown brick

@fungusfungi5900

6 жыл бұрын

Go Go Gadget the air is now mayonnaise

17:40 It's interesting that that's exactly what How to Train Your Dragon does. The dragons don't speak with the humans, but you can still get a sense of a connection between them. They do it with through their actions or their body language in response to something. imo, I don't think HTTYD would have been as well received as it was if they let the dragons speak. Ironically, despite HTTYD being a CGI cartoon, the relationship between Hiccup and Toothless feels far more authentic, than what we see in this movie.

@pigifi

6 жыл бұрын

This was essentially what the Eragon movie flopped at. It ended up turning the relationship between what was meant to be between 2 EQUAL best friends into a unintentional failed attempt at a Master/Pet relationship by making Saphira state the obvious, effectively dehumanizing her as an individual and simply demoting her whole character into "Eragon's Dragon" like some glorified steed (former which was most likely Paolini's intention when he wrote the telepathy at first and then derailing into the latter). On the other hand, HTTYD establishes that the Dragons in question have their own ego, personality and character, so i'm playing the devil's advocate (and stating the original books), that there is a language of the Dragons. Although while definitely showing a strong connection via body language and response is a good case of "Show, Don't Tell" , there have been many situations where body language often got misinterpreted and lands both the Vikings and Humans into deep trouble simply because they can't talk to their human partners about the important stuff. Not to mention by not giving them a voice, the relationship is demoted/changed from "2 best friends" to "Master and Pet" which is something I doubt Christina Powell had in mind when she was writing the books. As much as I agree with Doug here about the whole "not stating the obvious" when it comes to Saphira, when it comes to the main characters animal companions, if the companions aren't mere pets but individuals like her that have the opportunity to be complex and 3-dimensional, then it's a waste if the chance for them to grow alongside their human friends aren't used at all, effectively sidelining them as "mere pets".

@an0therW

6 жыл бұрын

pigifi I agree with all your points! You articulated it better than I could have

@StormDatIsApproaching

6 жыл бұрын

godzillavkk Have you been smoking old Toby?Also, what books are you talking about? The HTTYD books or the Eragon fanfics?

@halberd-3291

6 жыл бұрын

shadowthehedgehog181 This is different, dragons in the Inheritance Cycle are magical creatures and hyper intelligent and powerful. Their relationship in the book was great (in my opinion)

Dude the books were pretty decent, they even had this magic system where an ancient language was used to describe what you want happen and it took the same amount of energy to do as it would take you physically. Pretty cool. By the end of the second book Eragon is dropping whole platoons by popping veins in their brains from the air.

Just watched this movie with my girl. Tried not laughing cause she loves fantasy stuff but eventually we were both laughing at stupid jokes we made about it

@DrDolan2000

Жыл бұрын

That's adorable. You two should watch Dungeons and Dragons if you haven't already!

“You pushed my hand on a cinnamon bun...”

@YuniorGamboa

6 жыл бұрын

CRIMSON EAGLE GAMING hahaha

I actually googled whether or not Malkovich was mute for half his life or not, but I did learn that he's a really nice guy. He donates a lot of money to the Steppenwolf Theater Company that supports stage actors and playwrites and help them to further their careers, and in 2013, he saved a 77 year old man's life. He tripped and cut his neck open on scaffolding and Malkovich rushed over and applied pressure to the man's neck, thus mitigating blood loss and saving his life. Say what you will about his acting, but he's a stand up guy.

@TeenyLogic

5 жыл бұрын

Was he mute? I haven't seen anything about it so I'm assuming no

@OfficerFriendly2006

5 жыл бұрын

No me neither.

@mistertea603

5 жыл бұрын

Cool, good on him!

There really is several similarities to Star Wars and Eragon. They both have a young farm boy who wishes for adventure, an oppressive “empire” with a dark leader who possesses magic powers, a tough but kind uncle that gets killed off to shoot our hero forward to take action, a mentor that sacrifices himself for his young student, the girl character that is just the person that needs saving and an average love interest until they are shown to be more involved with the hero sending them into friend zone, etc etc...he’ll they even have the “I am your father reveal” like really wtf

@delex360

Жыл бұрын

If you liked the concept of star wars but didn't like sci-fi then eragon gives you that in fantasy form

@He-Man00

9 ай бұрын

​@@delex360Even then, Star Wars is more fantasy than Sci-fi.

@numbertwo579

8 ай бұрын

Tbf the first book was written by a 15 year old boy and that is decent part of Star Wars’s audience

With the dragon not speaking it feels more emotional and intriguing. I felt like the facal expressesions show much more.

Galbatorix sounds like a character from Asterix

@amanibob1416

6 жыл бұрын

Asterix le Gaulois+Albator=Galbatorix... Ps:Hero+Dragon=Eragon...

@TheOswards306

5 жыл бұрын

More like a name used for a scientific genus name for a pterasaur and a feathery winged dromeosaur.

@Sonichero151

5 жыл бұрын

It sounds like that fucking goblin Kingpin from Warcraft

@IamARobot7

5 жыл бұрын

@@amanibob1416 ELLLL coincidansssse?? I THINK NAAAHT!

@amanibob1416

5 жыл бұрын

IamARobot7 If it is, then... "What a twist!"

TWO THINGS! 1. I want there to be a commentary of Doug voicing as Lassie's thoughts now. 2. I expected Lion King jokes after the mention of Jeremy Irons. I am disappointed.

@undead890

5 жыл бұрын

I know, at least the scene where Scar says, "Long live the king"

@louisduarte8763

5 жыл бұрын

We got a Dungeons & Dragons joke, and I think that fit better.

@myneneedssomequalitytimein8908

5 жыл бұрын

"I will shit in your mouth while you sleep"

@ZemeckisTEN

2 жыл бұрын

I’m honestly more disappointed there was no MLP references to Spike the Dragon.

I finished this book like a month before the movie came out, having no idea one was being made. (I was like 15 or something). I was so excited to see it. That time skip to adulthood made me absolutely livid. Not to mention the bad guys that weren't anything like the book.

"The pretty place with pretty people who are good and the ugly place with ugly people who are bad". The whole list of cliches at the end was awesome.

Besides plenty of details (PLENTY) that were left out, one thing that I really hated was the fact Saphira was treated more like an animal, and that Arya did'nt look like an elf

@thepeanutgallery9980

4 жыл бұрын

Onyx Dragon Angela was changed into a generic nothing and THEY KILLED OFF RORAN RORAN IS LITERALLY THE MOST INTERESTING CHARACTER IN THE WHOLE SERIES HOW TF YOU KILL HIM OFF

@Fluffkitscripts

4 жыл бұрын

Bet ya 5 bucks they were planning to bring him back in the sequel

I love Jeremy Irons in a film because I can tell how bad the film is by the mumble meter. The less he cares, the more he mumbles. Two sentences and I know he's trying to tell me to leave.

@Legoshi972

6 жыл бұрын

man your comment made my day >

@LeeLeeBellePBJLee

6 жыл бұрын

A. L. ... The Lion King? He was in Dungeons and Dragons and I literally only watched that movie because of the NC review and it was just as magically terrible as NC said it would be. Seriously, SO bad that I enjoyed it.

@azoth6641

6 жыл бұрын

Ya-ta-ta-ta-ta!

@EmilioReyes_97

6 жыл бұрын

MrWebartvideo So.....Batman Vs. Superman?...

@cockroachcharlie5619

6 жыл бұрын

I am still under the belief that Jeremy read the script for Dungeons and Dragons and realized the only way to make the movie watchable was to ridiculously overact.

In the book, Galbatorix did not sound irritated. His voice was smooth calm and even seductive

What's the word for "tree?" Me: "Ent. Oh wait. Wrong movie."

To quote the movie and the book readers - "I expected more."

@philbup281

6 жыл бұрын

MysticGohanSucks yeah but the books are fucking shit as well....

@jamesbasdeckis

6 жыл бұрын

Philip's Stuff Have you read them all? If so, what was wrong with them?

@fyraltari1889

6 жыл бұрын

The author started writing those books when he was sixteen or eighteen and it sometimes shows. They are not bad per se, but there are lot of clichés, some poor writing and it is pretty generic. There is still good stuff in it and I enjoy reading them at the time but this is no GRR Martin.

@Simon200o

6 жыл бұрын

Azathothian Dude they are written bad, the story is thin and the end is incredible bad.

@MegaBichiX

6 жыл бұрын

The first one was pretty enjoyable and fun, cant say the same thing about the other two

I do agree that Sappheria was hugely watered down as a character. I remembered her having so much snark in the books and naturally, you can't fit that into an hour and a half worth of movie. Perhaps it would have done better as a tv series, like Legend of the Seeker or Merlin.

@SpoopySquid

6 жыл бұрын

Krys Bingham someone get HBO on the phone, we've got their new GoT follow-up

@MaxHimbigger

6 жыл бұрын

Like that part where Eragon gets stuck while climbing the cliff side because he didn't bother asking for help and she just stares at him like "you had one job."

@bruncla2303

6 жыл бұрын

u mean got follow up that isnt even close to got quality? eragon is more MTV stuff just like shannara chronicles.

@thatoneguyitspersonel541

6 жыл бұрын

bruncla2303 id love to see a show that follows the books

@Lovehandels

6 жыл бұрын

I loved the Merlin series when I found it one day browsing Netflx one day. I would have loved to see this movie follow that to get more of it!

Honestly, I loved this film when I was younger. Now, I just want someone to make a remake of this film to make it better.

To anyone who watched this movie when it first came out without having read the book, could you even tell the princess was an elf or that there were even other races besides humans in the world?

@SuperMoviemaster21

2 жыл бұрын

Yes I could tell that she was an elf by her pointy ears that are subtle enough but also original so as to not be a rip off of the Lord of the rings unlike The book which literally copied and paste Arwen Right down to her exact description. And if Thorin Oakenshield can look the way he does in the hobbit, then what’s the difference between him and HrothgarAs dwarves?

I liked the book better, and I liked the Lassie lines you had better than both. "I do not want to taste the vitamins, they taste of horse meat and death." The book had way more in it, especially the extended oppression on the village before the uncle was killed, by the weird monster-creatures that kidnapped people and drank their bone marrow.

@Elemental-Phoenix

6 жыл бұрын

The book actually had tension and emotion. Eregon's uncle dies, he gets stolen away, real emotions happen. The movie just boiled it down to "oh plot trigger." The later books had serious problems but the first 2 were actually interesting.

@dragoncat3499

6 жыл бұрын

I read the first one in middle school and really enjoyed it.

@saltytattie833

6 жыл бұрын

SaladCollective the book had way more world building, the cousin played a sort of larger role later on and a significantly large role im the later books. Gobbledy goop was a much more fleshed out and threatening villain as we see his oppresion and iron fist grasping the world. Also what is more terrifying than the laughing dead. Oh yeah and durza and the shades were more fleshed out, as was the sorcery, elves and dwarves. Basically it was a fairly well made series and pretty damn good, the ra'zak or whatever they are are more like the nazgul tho with a similar kind of "black breath" kind of abillity.

@TheMhalpern

6 жыл бұрын

Actually I think the most terrifying thing was systematic true name control

@golfer435

6 жыл бұрын

Salty Tattie Although Paolini made the very wise choice of not actually introducing Galbatorix to the readers until the 3rd book

Ok. Giving Lassie a voice may be the funniest thing I've seen all week!

@willcarroll3712

5 жыл бұрын

Endless Mayhem I love how she sounds vaguely British

@PKMNResearcherSkyler

5 жыл бұрын

Definitely funny

@warlordqueekheadtaker7960

5 жыл бұрын

😂😂🤣🤣😭😭🤪

Really interesting to see how much better it was when you take her audio away. Her character gets so much more interesting... what a wild example!

I prefer Sapphira as a bby

as someone who was a large fan of the book series, this movie made me insanely angry. it skipped over major plot points, changed how most of the characters looked and acted, it was like the movie was made by someone who read a review on the book written by someone who only read the cliffnotes version.

@thealmightytom4309

6 жыл бұрын

Cliffnotes that where based off the rambling of a drunk hobo, who read the book while completely high

@Jackty89

6 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah and Roland become a soldier? I mean wasn't he about to go for training as a "mill-boy"

@kiori66

6 жыл бұрын

I cried when the dragon had feather wings

@Cecile_P

6 жыл бұрын

Not to mention the HUGE spoiler about Arya's situation.

@trueloveis4u

6 жыл бұрын

agredd in the books they were clearly more defined like bat wings

I remember loving this book, tearing through it, and being so excited for the movie. Then, I saw the movie and hated it. It was entirely unfaithful to the book and condensed years of character bonding between Eragon and Saphira into a sequence where she jumps in the sky, grows up in ten seconds, and says, "Hey, exposition." Ugh. Fuck this movie.

@supreme_red_dalek_of_doom4970

6 жыл бұрын

restlessbohemian1912 The exact same thing happened to me with "The Giver" movie.

@Bocqurant

6 жыл бұрын

Supreme_Red_Dalek_ Of_Doom! And I thought I was the only one who thought the Giver adaption sucked? And what was up with the romance between Jonas and... the other girl? Aren't they like 12 in the book?

@crazzluz1702

6 жыл бұрын

restlessbohemian1912 yep. I was a huge fan of the books growing up. This movie is horseshit.

@melodyclark1944

6 жыл бұрын

The movie The Giver was simplistic but so was the book.

@Eagerstriker

6 жыл бұрын

Man, you really summed it up perfectly! As soon as I saw that part of the movie, I went into anaphylactic shock cause it was SOOOOOOO bad! Every time anything is mentioned about Eragon, whether it be the books or otherwise, I can't help but instantly think of that scene and the rage I felt! Another perfectly good book series that Hollywood dumped its ass all over.

Things the movie ruined -Saphira growing up -Saphira and Eragons relationships -Roran in general -The mystery of Galbotorix -Eragons learning of magic -The danger of magic -The intamite connection between dragon and rider -Broms relationship with Eragon -Jeod -The mystery of Broms past -Murtagh -Murtaghs role in Farthen Dur -Durza (Makes him have shadow dragon thing rather than just pure power) -Durzas backstory -Sequels -Glaedr and Oromis contacting Eragon (Huge fan of Eragon)

In the book they did handle the dragon communication a lot better. For one because Saphira mostly was just transmitting ideas and emotions rather than complete sentences if I recall it right. Second because she generally was a lot more animalic and also more infant-like which overall meant that her view of the world was actually quite interesting and entertaining at times. Storywise Eragon is as generic as you can get to be honest but the writing style was really good and immersive so even though it kinda annoys me that the books ripped off quite literally everything the genre has to offer I still enjoyed reading them.

@thatrandomsquirrel2924

5 жыл бұрын

Darthplagueis13 Saphira could definitely communicate complete sentences

@golfer435

4 жыл бұрын

@@thatrandomsquirrel2924 Oh no she does, just prefers not to

This movie is to Eragon what Shyamalan's The Last Airbender was to Avatar: The Last Airbender.

@unclaimedusername6608

6 жыл бұрын

I mean eragon didn't become a cripple, un-become a cripple, become an elf, follow a talkign cat to an eternally young vampire, or have brain-sex with his dragon. Worst. Adaptation. Ever.

@TheBloodyWizard2949

6 жыл бұрын

Unclaimed Username When the fuck did the brain sex happen?

@kanebunce3791

6 жыл бұрын

Rohan Forster, I am guess that was a weird way of referencing how by book three Eragon and Saphira's relationship developed traits writers normally reserve for romantic couples, such as finishing each other's sentences.

@ZorotheGallade

6 жыл бұрын

I forgot the part. But the one with the dancing naked women summoning a ghost dragon to give him elf powers was nice. ...and also the part where he gives up on shaving with razors and uses magic instead. That was funny. ...and the part where he gets pissed off at a tree.

@Tenesfer

6 жыл бұрын

To be fair: Didn't the cripple and becoming an elf thing happen in book 2 and 3?

"You pushed my hand hard on a cinnamon bun" is probably my favorite line in this video

Man, you should have mentioned The Voyage of the Dawn Treader of a non-verbal dragon that works. That image of dragon Eustace crying is so powerful! Also, the White Witch does not belong with the "a very powerful group that used to be friend but turned evil traitor" because she was never a friend to anyone in Narnia to begin with. She was the evil from the moment she was introduced in Charn and became even more evil once she got to Narnia.

I don’t know what I’m more insulted by Accelerating the growth of the dragon, skipping all that character development. Reducing Eragon and Saphira’s relationship, which is genuinely interesting in the book, to just him looking at her and her spouting exposition The Ra’Zac going from these almost Eldritch threats to a pair of mooks who are killed off unceremoniously Arya. Just Arya. Like you couldn’t GET more night and day than the book and movie interpretations of Arya. Or Saphira having FEATHERS instead of DRAGON WINGS!

@keithevan10

4 жыл бұрын

I know, in the books, the Ra'Zac are so feared, they have a fucking cult who chop off their limbs for Sunday school. And literally every description of Saphira's wings is "leathery." Classic Western dragon style.

@archangelos3283

3 жыл бұрын

or even roran

@LegendPurpleDragon152

3 жыл бұрын

@@archangelos3283 In fairness Roran wasn’t in the first book that much either. Course we should be grateful he wasn’t in here. They’d prob have ruined him too. Edit: Spellcheck changed Roran to Roman.

About 20 pages of the book was about eragon keeping the growing dragon a secret, as well as establishing that they understand each other, also, the dragons can only speak to eragon, as he is sephira's rider, also, in the book it says that a dragon will only hatch when a rider they deem worthy comes along.

Fun fact: This movie tanked so hard the director never made another movie. Another fun fact: Ed Speleers, the main actor went on to make "Love Bites", a horror comedy in which he has a werewolf sex scene.

@0816M3RC

6 жыл бұрын

Seppl Blattla Good. That guy should stay away from directing.

@TheBatbike

6 жыл бұрын

wow that hard

@Umirua

6 жыл бұрын

Dear god, that went so far south it isn't even funny. And poor Christopher Paolini, the guy did really poor judgment on selling the film rights

I watched the movie then read the book. Book is so much better, although it has it's issues too.

Even I was freaked out by Dirza's sudden change of face. Seriously, it's like arrow to the forehead turns you into a descendant of Leatherface.

That one guy is a hot Epic Voiced deeeeeeewd! #Malkavichness

@nikkyvirginia4761

6 жыл бұрын

EpicVoiceGuy hi

@jakmanxyom

6 жыл бұрын

EpicVoiceGuy Oh hi Jon.

@ChannelAwesome

6 жыл бұрын

+EpicVoiceGuy Absolutely epic hotness!

@SOV724

6 жыл бұрын

Channel Awesome John Bailey has lost weight he looks good 👍👍

@xgray2012

6 жыл бұрын

IKR?!

What's really disappointing is that literally everything that did make this story unique in the books was removed for the movie. The book series actually gets pretty damn dark the longer it goes on.

@numbertwo579

8 ай бұрын

Especially that religion that worships the ra’zac

Eragon, much like certain popular heroes in fiction, initially appears to be a conventional protagonist, or even cardboard cutout. However, what distinguishes him is his significant growth even within the first book of the series. It's not as much as in later books, but he still goes through changes. I hold a deep appreciation for Eragon's narrative, and what truly captures my imagination is its world-building. The story transcends its central characters, providing a comprehensive view of a nicely developed universe. Eragon's character development is both engaging and unique, as it plays with the typical romantic interest and then ultimately swerved it. Spoilers for the books: Instead, he embraces the responsibility of safeguarding the dragon eggs and training future riders. One of the most captivating aspects of this series is its magic system. In the world of Eragon, magic is intricately tied to a language where words represent the true names of objects. It differs from the conventional idea of memorizing spells; instead, mastery of the language's essence is essential for wielding magic effectively. This system is further enriched by the fact that magic utilizes the caster's physical energy, making it a quantifiable and controlled force and because the language uses the true names of things, it's physically impossible to lie outright in it, forcing you to learn wordplay to say one thing while meaning another. Furthermore, the story's perspective shifts to other characters, offering insight into how the unfolding events impact them and their unique struggles. While the narrative may incorporate familiar storytelling elements, he's not a Gary Stu either. Eragon's journey is far from perfect, as he grapples with distinct flaws and embarks on a journey of self-discovery and change, defeats that leave him crippled, and heartbreak. The first book is probably the weakest, and the one that leaves people think the whole thing is only a star wars rip off but with dragons and magic, but that just takes into account the surface level comparison of "farmboy joins wizards to fight empire" and ignores the rest of the story, world, and narrative

"This must be the villain from powerful group that used to be friend but turned evil traitor!" I'm surprised you didn't mention The Sorcerer's Apprentice, which you reviewed 2 episodes ago. Didn't anyone find the jumpcut at 20:50 sudden enough to mention it? Huh

@liampatrick3110

5 жыл бұрын

"Didn't anyone find the jumpcut at 20:50 sudden enough to mention it?" I thought I was the only one who noticed it.

It's weird when the book written by the teenager is WAY better than the movie made by full adults.

Just for the record Critic, the books are infinitely better. They aren't anything entirely new, it's a reimagining of some old classics, heavily inspired by LotR and Harry Potter, but they are infinitely better. Fans of the books watched this movie and WEPT. In terms of how faithful it is to the source material, and how the quality matches up, think Airbender the show and Airbender the movie....it's seriously in that league of "the heck did we just watch?"

@fightingfaerie

6 жыл бұрын

they are both on the top of my "there is no such movie" list

@chevin0

6 жыл бұрын

Fighting Faerie what movies? There was never a movie of either property! :)

@SCI-FIWIZARDMAN

6 жыл бұрын

I actually would have compared it to Percy Jackson the book and Percy Jackson the movie... but the ATLA comparison is pretty accurate too.

@fightingfaerie

6 жыл бұрын

what Percy Jackson movie? what are you talking about? theres no such thing. /s

@CruelestChris

6 жыл бұрын

It is true the books are infinitely better, because infinity times 0 is still 0 :D

12:05, in the book, the Ra’zac were actively attacking when that happened which was why Brom insisted on immediate departure even though Eragon is bothered by his having left Garrow unburied.

Ironically i remember there was a Eragon game based on the movie

@bartkatastroof6150

3 жыл бұрын

It was awesome!!!!

@Hopium500

3 жыл бұрын

The coop was friggin dope.

The problem with this movie is that looks like a Lord of the Rings ripoff setting-wise and a Star Wars knockoff plot-wise

@Tardis945

6 жыл бұрын

That is literally what the book is. It's fun though.

@theophrastusbombastusvanho849

6 жыл бұрын

Tardis945 the first and second books take all their major plot points from episodes 4&5 of Star Wars. After that though I think the books get much better, up until the end though when Pasolini tried to wrap everything up with a nice neat little bow when he shouldn’t have.

@Tardis945

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I hated the ending. I STILL can't get over Arya becoming queen. It's absurd. She never wanted to be queen, in fact she joined the Varden to get away from all that. She always wanted to be a Rider, and Riders have pretty much always stayed out of that sort of thing. And the book is trying to tell me that after she FINALLY becomes a Rider, THEN she would decide to become queen? WHY? Because some elves were kind of persistent? It was completely against her character. We didn't know much about Arya, in fact, practically the only thing we DID know about her was that she was very independent. And the only reason for her to be queen seemed to be to make it so that she and Eragon couldn't be together. What with the bullshit of Eragon leaving "forever", even though he's immortal. Which led to the big cop-out of Eragon's vision about that boat scene coming true, but then WHOOSH there goes Arya. Utter garbage.

@midnitest0rm

6 жыл бұрын

That’s exactly what it is. The movie is trying way too hard to be the next LOTR with all the plot points of Star Wars. Book still had those Star Wars plot points but my God at least it didn’t try to be something it wasn’t

@johnhandcock3242

6 жыл бұрын

y would you read a book written by a kid?

I actually think the baby dragon is cute. The dragon design was the only reason to watch this imo.

@tkdarkheart

6 жыл бұрын

Number XIV 2 words. fucking feathers

@jasonearly2257

6 жыл бұрын

TK Darkheart I didn't really mind the feathers too much as the Eragon book covers I've seen had feathery scales. And it seems like they tried to make the dragon's design standout. That's my opinion about it, anyway.

@tkdarkheart

6 жыл бұрын

Jason Early I can see where you come. from my standpoint, while I understand that it's fantasy and almost anything is possible, I also like fantasy that maintains some ground in science. the feathers on something that is 99% scale seemed odd and extremely out of place because feathers are like normal hairs, the move in a certain way, scales wouldn't really allow for feathers and it put me off. doesn't mean I hate it, just means I didn't like it.

@theredeft5319

6 жыл бұрын

TK Darkheart but feathers evolved from scale.... dinosaurs into birds... feathers make more sense then wing membranes honestly. Though it is a bit weird the feathers would only be on the wings

@tkdarkheart

6 жыл бұрын

The Red Salamander that's exactly it. I know dinosaur evolved into birds, but at the same time, dinosaurs that had feathers had them on more than just the wings, like you said. they had them on their backs, tails, legs, forearms and so on. but to see them in such a singular place seemed awkward. like they ripped the wings off a Griffin and taped them to her back. it just didn't work, no body would've grown the wings in just that spot, they would've been in different areas as well.

Man, this movie really blows. The book actually takes its time to develop the characters.

@rimfire8217

2 жыл бұрын

I assume the Books actually have some meat on their bones