Will they make another eragon movie1/9/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() He also is the narrator for “Inhabitants of Alagaësia.” Using concept art and stills from the movie, Fangmeier discusses the main characters in the movie and what he felt each actor brought to his or her role. Fangmeier provides an optional commentary to the scenes. It is probably the most interesting thing on either disc and the 90 minutes of the combined behind-the-scenes extras is much more interesting than the movie itself.įor those who can't get enough of the movie, there is about 13 minutes of extended or deleted scenes. Most of the key visual effects and CGI scenes are shown in various forms with the visual effects crew providing commentary on how the shots were created. ![]() The visual effects are viewed more in-depth in a separate 40 minute feature. The wide scope doesn’t allow for depth on any one area, but you get a good overall view. He makes the lion's share of the comments in “The Magic of Eragon” which is a 50 minute all encompassing “making-of” documentary that covers the movie from book to finished product. Most of the extras include him either doing commentary, narration, or as the key interview subject. He clearly has excitement about the movie and the people who worked on it, and his commentary, while not spectacular, is informative.įangmeier shows up all over disc two as well. There are well over two hours of extras on the second disc and the first disc contains a commentary from director Fangmeier. Although the movie itself is pretty mediocre, it probably has some fans and they will really enjoy this special edition DVD. There is plenty of action and faux-Celtic pomposity something any ten year old boy will love. That said, for the pre-teen group with a limited knowledge of movies made prior to two years ago, this may actually come across as a fun and exciting tale. Unfortunately, the first movie was such a critical and commercial dud that, unless the movie studio sees something the rest of us missed in the first film, a continuation of this story is very unlikely. Paolini has already released the second book in his planned trilogy and Eragon’s ending was designed specifically to set up a sequel. It’s unclear if the blame lies with book author Christopher Paolini, who was only 15 when he started writing this tale (probably after a long weekend watching DVDs), or screenwriter Peter Buchman, who reportedly made quite a few alterations to the Paolini’s plot. What doesn’t come out of the Lucas archives reeks of Tolkien. Heck, even the joke about Vader killing off one of his commanders and then telling another fearful man, “congratulations, you’ve been promoted” is ripped-off lock, stock and barrel in the film. You have to wonder why George Lucas didn’t immediately call his lawyers. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to substitute the names Luke, Obi Wan, Leia, Han, and Darth Vader for those listed above and call Eragon a Jedi rather than a Dragon Rider. It is believed that there are no more Riders to oppose Galbatroix until the arrival of Eragon. Eragon and Sepheria join forces with Princess Arya (Sienna Gilroy) and the rougish Murtah (Garrett Hedlund) to oppose the dastardly King Galbatroix (John Malkovich) and his warlock henchman Durza (Robert Carlyle.) Galbatroix is a former Dragon Rider who turned against his former comrades and took power by killing off all the other Riders. Through the help of a crusty villager, Brom (Jeremy Irons), he discovers that he is a Dragon Rider, of one mind with the dragon, Sepheria (voiced by Rachel Weisz), that hatches out of the egg. The movie follows a farm boy, Eragon (newcomer Edward Speleers), who lives with his uncle and discovers a dragon egg while out hunting. The copy-cat nature of the plot and dialogue, along with the somewhat simplistic original material, makes this an appealing movie only for those old enough not to be too scared by the creatures but too young to have seen much of the other films. The movie is extremely derivative and “borrows” heavily from both the Star Wars and Lord of the Rings series. Rather than spreading them out in dribs and drabs over the next few paragraphs, let’s just get them all out of the way now. The proof is in this review, as it will probably contain many comments that other critics have made about the sword and sorcery movie, Eragon. But the new two-disc special edition of Eragon certainly doesn’t make anyone want to go out and read Christopher Paolini’s series on a mythical land and its inhabitants. It’s certainly better than I’ve ever done. It’s hard to fault a guy who wrote a book when he was only 15 that went on to be both a best seller and a movie with a $100 million budget. ![]()
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