Friday, December 22, 2006
Eragon (revisited)
Alien hasn’t read the popular children’s book by Christopher Paolini (age 15 when he started his novel), but here is my review after sending my advanced scouts to the preview.
It’s “Star Wars” meets “Lord of the Rings” meets “Harry Potter” in this fantasy about dragon riders and magic. The movie uses the classic story of a young boy’s journey to fulfill his destiny. Along the way, handsome hero, Eragon, suffers a great loss, meets a mentor, gets allies, saves a damsel in distress, develops his powers, and defeats the evil menace and the army of uglies. The scenery and special effects look great and the plot moves along quickly with interesting characters. If you ever dreamt of dragons, wizards, and sword fights, you’ll probably enjoy this predictable but fun action adventure tale geared to delight kids and kids at heart. Look for sequels to come, based on this “Inheritance” Trilogy.
Alien gives it 3 “blue stone” stars out of 4.
Alien hasn’t read the popular children’s book by Christopher Paolini (age 15 when he started his novel), but here is my review after sending my advanced scouts to the preview.
It’s “Star Wars” meets “Lord of the Rings” meets “Harry Potter” in this fantasy about dragon riders and magic. The movie uses the classic story of a young boy’s journey to fulfill his destiny. Along the way, handsome hero, Eragon, suffers a great loss, meets a mentor, gets allies, saves a damsel in distress, develops his powers, and defeats the evil menace and the army of uglies. The scenery and special effects look great and the plot moves along quickly with interesting characters. If you ever dreamt of dragons, wizards, and sword fights, you’ll probably enjoy this predictable but fun action adventure tale geared to delight kids and kids at heart. Look for sequels to come, based on this “Inheritance” Trilogy.
Alien gives it 3 “blue stone” stars out of 4.
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