i managed to watch Eragon last sunday. as fantasy flicks go it wasn't all that impressive. basically, it was okay i guess (the 3 LOTR films have really spoiled me for any other film in this genre), just not the kind of movie i'd like to see again.
considering its huge budget (ca. $100M) and weighty cast (john malkovic, jeremy irons, djimon hounsou, and rachel weisz who provided the voice for Saphira), i'm surprised i didn't like it more.
after reading a synopsis of the series (Christopher Paolini's Inheritance triology), i soon realized why. i don't know what prompted the filmmakers to make such changes but really, i wish they hadn't messed up the storyline. i don't really expect the movie to be 100% faithful to the book but in my opinion the alterations were clumsily handled. even the stars' performance was disappointingly disjointed and colorless. oh well…