The life of an ordinary farm boy, who lives in such a community of Alagaesia, where people suffer from the corrupted and the abuse they receive from their corrupted king, has been changed completely, as he through the dragon's egg he finds, he has the opportunity to face that evil king and helps his people gain their freedom and get rid of corruption, so he units with others who hate the king in order to win their freedom.
The title of Hollywood's latest fantasy epic is simply the word 'dragon' with one letter changed, and unfortunately, that's about the level of creativity you can expect from Eragon.
culturevulture.net
March 20, 2007
The viewer is not transported to the magical, complex and elaborate kingdom of Alagaësia of the book, but rather is merely observing action scene followed by action scene.
Eragon may not be a big Oscar contender, but in a movie season filled with blood diamonds, fascist soldiers and Idi Amin, it provides a much-needed afternoon of PG-rated family-friendly adventure.
As my companion dourly noted, "I just paid $30.00 to see Star Wars." (And yes, that's matinee pricing and all I had was a water.) But wow, great effects, seriously.
