Eragon was directed by stefen fangmeier, who has worked on many criticallyacclaimed films such as the bourne identity, master and commander. The book and the movie are similar in terms of quality, but what sets them apart is the iconic nature of the film. It remains one of the most quotable movies of all time, with fans delivering the words in a way that is forever immortalized by the brilliant performances of the immensely talented cast. Eragon for a fan of eragon, what other books should i.
I loved eragon too, so here are a few of my favorites. Eragon who thinks the movie eragon sucks compared to the books. I try to reread the hp books and inheritance cycle once every two years. Browse through and read eragon fanfiction stories and books. Eragon was definitely harmed by having so much of the story cut out and as someone who read the first book and seen the movie, they cut out way too much and there is much that should have definitely been in there.
These book festivals can be attended virtually and other. Speaking of roran, in the movie he tells eragon he is leaving because he is of age to be recruited to galbatorixs army, which he doesnt want. Overall the movie was an afternoons casual viewing where as the book was so much more. Come in to read stories and fanfics that span multiple fandoms in the harry potter and eragon universe.
Paolini, born in 1983, wrote the novel while still in his teens. Its the second most asked question we get here on shurtugal when will we see book 5. However, neville is much more relevant than he seems. Book the gedwey ignasia mark is a circle and glows silver if the dragon rider uses a spell or reaches for. List of differences between the eragon book and film inheriwiki. Lessons from the terrible writing of eragon july 24th, 2015 by chris winkle ive never read christopher paolinis eragon before now, but ive heard it compared to both star wars and harry potter. Whats a good fantasy novel series in the vein of eragon and harry potter. Eragon the movie massively underperformed with critics and with fans, even. Eragon the book gets some flack for being a little derivative of tolkien and star wars and. An adaptation of the first novel of the inheritance cycle, a young adult high fantasy series written by american author christopher paolini. Eragon vs harry potter xover chapter 1, a harry potter. The only thing this book has in common with eragon is the dragons but its still a good dragon book at least i think.
Eragon quotes eragon saphira christopher paolini inheritance cycle the best series ever visual aids laughing and crying book memes harry potter art deviantart is the worlds largest online social community for artists and art enthusiasts, allowing people. Eragon is described having brown hair and brown eyes. It features a varied climate and terrain and is home to a wide number of races including humans, elves, dwarves, urgals, werecats and dragons. So you scrambled to find books to fill the gaping hole in your heart. I wouldnt go all the way to loving the eragon books, but i did really like them. Mistakes were made, the movie didnt quite resonate with audiences, and hopes of a film franchise faded.
Personally, i think anytime there is something is largely popular harry potter, the. The book has stereotypical fantasy characters in that it has elves, dwarves. I am not going to list the multitude of story arcs that were missed in the movie. Dont miss the latest book from the author of eragon, the fork, the witch, and the worm. Like so many book to movie attempts, this one tries to fit 2,000 pages of novel in 1 hour and 43 minutes and of course fails, but maybe not epically. However, most of the time these people would unknowingly butcher the book based movie by taking out many important characters and events, with good examples being the lightning thief and eragon. Chronicles of narnia ultimate showdown take this survey. Harry potter and eragon crossover fanfiction archive with over 6 stories. After writing the first draft for a year, paolini spent a second year rewriting and fleshing out the story and characters. The inheritance cycle worldwide bestselling saga of one boy, one dragon, and a world of largerthanlife adventure. The two next books in the series, eldest and brisingr, were going to be shooted backtoback.
Its the case with almost any popular adaptation, dont go a theatre and expect somebody reading the book from the beginning to the end, and expect sometimes very, very shitty adaptations. Lessons from the terrible writing of eragon mythcreants. Who thinks the movie eragon sucks compared to the books. Compared to the book, the movie is nothing good at all. Im going to write this from the movie perspective instead of the book since i like the movie better but there will be some. This is a vote between harry potter, eragon, and the ember series. Lord of the rings vs harry potter and eragon battles. Eragon is the first book in the inheritance cycle by american fantasy writer, christopher paolini. When eragon finds a polished blue stone in the forest, he thinks its the lucky discovery of a poor farm boy. The first book, eragon, stayed on the new york times bestseller list for 121 weeks. Harry potter or spiderman, possibly best art of the characters, or awards won in the movies. Eragon movie one of inheritance which type of series is better. Percy jackson, eragon, even game of thrones but the problem with the harry. The movie is better than the book because it had sigourney weaver.
The movie ending made sure that eragon would never get the training from the elves and that he was doomed to fail. The book was written by a 15 year old boy and the film was backed by the same distribution company as percy jackson. Film eragon was seventeen at the start of the story. I cant wait ill see it if someone buys me free tickets ill see it. Eragon sensed a powerful magic user pacing three times, thinking i need a place to battle a mighty foe. If you havent read both the series upto what have been released, then dont take this poll. Harry potter is aimed at a younger audience in the earlier installments but does not mean it would not be every bit enjoyable for you now. I agree with most of them, the movies arent that bad, but obviously they cant be as deep and have as much back story as the books. Personally, i think anytime there is something is largely popular harry potter, the hunger. But the problem was that this movie came out a year after harry potter. Christopher paolini inheritance cycle series if there. Who else remembers how terrible the eragon movie was.
Oh i never read anything about him being power hungry. Lord of the rings is my favorite in both books and movies, but theyre getting. Eragon was released worldwide between december, 2006 and december 15, 2006 by 20th century fox. Eldest ends with eragon and roran reuniting, and eragon promising roran that he will help roran rescue katrina from the clutches of the razac. Harry potter vs percy jackson vs eragon vs katniss. Hes always there to help harry, and he destroys nagini and the horcrux within her. Is the inheritance cycle book series better than harry potter in. Eragon the movie massively underperformed with critics and with fans, even though the box office results were modestly pleasing with a profit of about 150 million dollars. It has been translated into 49 foreign languages and made into a movie.
Fox filmed eragon in locations of hungary and slovakia and this movie was covering the events occurring in the first book of the inheritance cycle. I was one of those fans who had read the books and wa. I havent read those books in years, but the first book is definitely aimed at young kids, whereas the later books are. What is your most likely title for the third inheritance book. Here are a few books that are a million times better than the movie. Inheritance cycle 4book hard cover boxed set eragon. The aforementioned prophecy applied to a child who was born at the end of july and whose parents had defied voldemort three times. Harry potter vs percy jackson vs eragon vs katniss thread starter legendary bogatyr. By mike macauley june 29, 2017 eragon movie 11 comments one of the better things to come from the eragon movie was the original score composed by patrick doyle and orchestrated by james shearman. After watching the eragon movie i decided to compare it to what the book was. The hobbitwings of fire eragon harry potter crossover mirrortail755 adventure. While in the book roran is being apprenticed out to dempton, a miller from therinsford a nearby town. He can just use his words of death and kill harry, and since he has superhuman speed and strength he could easily dodge any spells harry shoots at him, and if he has spoiler then he stomps even harder. I sat down and watched the movie eragon after having read the book.
To date, the first three books have sold a total of 25 million copies worldwide. In the movie, half of the story was deleted the parts which survived to the slaughter, were simply changed. And if you liked this one, check out my harry potter vs. Eragon was a 2006 motion picture based upon eragon, the first book of the inheritance cycle.
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