Eragon
Only one word can describe this film and ironically, like the film, the word is dull.
Eragon is crap. I felt sooo cheated after watching that movie. Upon entering the theatre I had such high hopes of a new fantasy trilogy, unfortunately for me and millions of other viewers, the movie was a total let down from the very first "dramatic" scene of the "evil guys" stating that "without my rock blah blah blah". Well if I didnt have my rocks, i'd be a woman so I guess I get where he is coming from.
They had a good cast and a good storyline. I believe the fault lies here with the director not fully developing the storyline or characters. They constantly referred back to "previous" events to try and build on a character but it happened like 30 seconds ago. The one character who actually developed almost to maturity, they killed. Who created the time window of 99 minutes? This movie could have easily been 2.5 hours long if they developed it properly.
After watching this movie, I felt jaded and disappointed. It felt alot like a college level movie and not a hollywood blockbuster. If I had gone in expecting college level theatrics I probably would have loved the movie.
Was Peter Buchman on crack and watching Star Wars when he wrote the screenplay? Was Stefen Fangmeier drunk? You can tell Fangmeier had a history in visual effects. The dragon was well done and some of the visuals were nice but.. my pun meter went off several times and I noticed several vague references to Star Wars. Now these may be in the book, I dont know. I have not read the book and i'm not too inclined to do so after this movie. If you have read the book and have seen this movie, please let me know if the book is better. I almost want to get the book anyway to fill in the grand canyons of the movie. Hate to break it to you Buchman, Jurassic Park 3 sucked also. Also a movie such as Eragon is definately NOT a movie to lose your directing virginity to Fangmeier.
The bar has been raised gentlemen. Lets try to at least make the bar if you arent going to make it OVER it. I realize this was your "first real movie" between both Fangmeier and Buchman but the end result still is DULL and CRAP. I've seen porn movies with better direction, scripts and acting.
-SJ
Eragon is crap. I felt sooo cheated after watching that movie. Upon entering the theatre I had such high hopes of a new fantasy trilogy, unfortunately for me and millions of other viewers, the movie was a total let down from the very first "dramatic" scene of the "evil guys" stating that "without my rock blah blah blah". Well if I didnt have my rocks, i'd be a woman so I guess I get where he is coming from.
They had a good cast and a good storyline. I believe the fault lies here with the director not fully developing the storyline or characters. They constantly referred back to "previous" events to try and build on a character but it happened like 30 seconds ago. The one character who actually developed almost to maturity, they killed. Who created the time window of 99 minutes? This movie could have easily been 2.5 hours long if they developed it properly.
After watching this movie, I felt jaded and disappointed. It felt alot like a college level movie and not a hollywood blockbuster. If I had gone in expecting college level theatrics I probably would have loved the movie.
Was Peter Buchman on crack and watching Star Wars when he wrote the screenplay? Was Stefen Fangmeier drunk? You can tell Fangmeier had a history in visual effects. The dragon was well done and some of the visuals were nice but.. my pun meter went off several times and I noticed several vague references to Star Wars. Now these may be in the book, I dont know. I have not read the book and i'm not too inclined to do so after this movie. If you have read the book and have seen this movie, please let me know if the book is better. I almost want to get the book anyway to fill in the grand canyons of the movie. Hate to break it to you Buchman, Jurassic Park 3 sucked also. Also a movie such as Eragon is definately NOT a movie to lose your directing virginity to Fangmeier.
The bar has been raised gentlemen. Lets try to at least make the bar if you arent going to make it OVER it. I realize this was your "first real movie" between both Fangmeier and Buchman but the end result still is DULL and CRAP. I've seen porn movies with better direction, scripts and acting.
-SJ
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