Early review of Eragon - ouch!

[chosen1]

wow you guys really didnt like it huh??

I saw it yesterday and I thought it was good. No way its down there w/ catwoman c'mon.

 

[Rac]

eragon sucked ass! it wasnt uwe boll... but it was damn close

Maybe Uwe Boll can make a movie based on the Eragon video game.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

How is this movie like Star Wars like people are saying?

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

Jeremy Irons + Dragons = Crap

Learn this, world.

 

[Sequential76]

How is this movie like Star Wars like people are saying?

 

[Boom]

This movie made me sick.

 

[chosen1]

I refuse to believe so many people didnt like this movie.

Did you guys see it?

 

[BloodyWolverine]

I saw the movie and i thaught it was ok but i am on the bubble for i did expect maybe abit more of an end battle. I felt its wasn't epic enough at the end . I certainly hope bob anderson didn't approve the sword play. Nah he was probbaly to busy doing pirates 3.

 

[BatJeff7786]

 

[Elijya]

How is this movie like Star Wars like people are saying?

Stop me when this sounds familiar...

Our story begins with a princess being captured by an evil empire, but not before sending what the empire was after away.

Young farm boy from backwater place, living on his uncle's farm since his mom and dad aren't in the picture, finds what the princess sent which sets him on his quest. He finds out he's special, and is taken in by an older mentor who is special in the same way and has been hiding out in seclusion for years. In fact, he's one of the last special people, since all the others were killed. Dark evil emperor sends goons to find boy, but his family is killed instead, and so boy and mentor leave, and mentor trains boy along the way. Boy gets word that princess is being held captive in evil emperor's fortress, and goes there to rescue her, and his mentor is killed by dark evil wizard (second in command to the emperor) in the attempt. Young boy, princess, and their roguish friend then make way to the rebels base, where there's a big battle and the young boy saves the day.

Eragon = Star Wars

 

[Substance D]

Stop me when this sounds familiar...

Our story begins with a princess being captured by an evil empire, but not before sending what the empire was after away.

Young farm boy from backwater place, living on his uncle's farm since his mom and dad aren't in the picture, finds what the princess sent which sets him on his quest. He finds out he's special, and is taken in by an older mentor who is special in the same way and has been hiding out in seclusion for years. In fact, he's one of the last special people, since all the others were killed. Dark evil emperor sends goons to find boy, but his family is killed instead, and so boy and mentor leave, and mentor trains boy along the way. Boy gets word that princess is being held captive in evil emperor's fortress, and goes there to rescue her, and his mentor is killed by dark evil wizard (second in command to the emperor) in the attempt. Young boy, princess, and their roguish friend then make way to the rebels base, where there's a big battle and the young boy saves the day.

Eragon = Star Wars

Yeah, I think everyone has made that connection by now. Thanks.

 

[Elijya]

yeah, except for the guy I quoted because he asked, genius

 

[Bastila]

I refuse to believe so many people didnt like this movie.

Did you guys see it?

I saw it, and I liked it.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Yeah, I hadn't heard much about the movie, so I am behind on all of the hubbub.

Thanks for the clarification, Elijya and Sequential D. I like the 'even Lando' part in that pic. LOL.

Yeah, that's Star Wars too a 't', isn't. Holy crap!

 

[Kevin Roegele]

Good grief, Eragon has bombed, hasn't it?

According to boxofficemojo.com, it hasn't even hit $30m yet!

 

[Elijya]

Good grief, Eragon has bombed, hasn't it?

According to boxofficemojo.com, it hasn't even hit $30m yet!

no, it's almost impossible for a movie to bomb these days. It'll take in another $30-50 million of pure profit on DVD

so it won't be a big hit for the studio, but they won't lose money

 

[Elijya]

Good grief, Eragon has bombed, hasn't it?

According to boxofficemojo.com, it hasn't even hit $30m yet!

no, it's almost impossible for a movie to bomb these days. It'll take in another $30-50 million of pure profit on DVD

so it won't be a big hit for the studio, but they won't lose money

 

[Galactus]

Like all other fantasy-movies Eragon looks like it will make most of its money overseas:

The Christmas season was in full swing over the weekend with four movies grossing more than $10 million overseas. Leading the pack was Eragon thanks to the sheer scope of its nearly global day-and-date launch. The fantasy claimed $30.3 million from 76 territories but ranked first in less than half of them.

Spain was Eragon's best market at $4.2 million, which was just shy of King Kong on the same weekend last year, followed by Germany at $4.1 million and Mexico at $2.3 million. Eragon was solid elsewhere if unimpressive, including Australia ($1.6 million), Japan ($2.2 million) and Russia ($2.2 million).


In the United Kingdom, Eragon was a disappointment, opening to a fourth-place $2.7 million from 429 screens, which was in line with last year's box office letdown Zathura.