—Consistent-Quail4868

“There are great movies that could be considered bad adaptations. An Eragon movie that strayed from the source material could have been good. The real problem with the Eragon movie was that it just sucked at being a movie. The characters were underdeveloped, the pacing was somehow both a slog and incredibly rushed, the acting was horrible, and it was so painfully boring.”

—dthains_art

“I watched the movie first, and thought it was fine, kinda whatever fantasy movie.

Then I read the book, and Jesus.

It’s been a while, but from what I remember, the fact that he kills the Ra’zac in the first 45 minutes of the movie is hysterical. They’re literally his whole reason for questing. It’s like if Luke chopped Darth Vader’s head off halfway through A New Hope and the movies just kind of kept going.”

—seancbo