![]() I feel that you lose something when the story is changed like that. The movie changes the dynamic of the story. I like how Eragon is angry at Sloan, at Roran, and even Garrow (to an extent), but when he realizes that what the Ra’zac are and that they have done, he wants revenge on them. This irritates me when movie makers change a character’s motives. The presentation is wrong in the movie has Eragon is afraid of the Ra’zac and is now fleeing for his life. He also has a dragon and guilty about what Roran will think. In the book has Eragon is angry at the Ra’zac, he wants to kill them for Garrow’s death and the destruction of his home. The purpose of Eragon leaving Carvahall is because his uncle (Garrow) had been killed by the Ra’zac. ![]() His scenes do not even add anything to the story, more of an exposition dump. I feel that getting John Malkovich to play Galbatorix was just reason to get more butts in the movie theatre seats. By then, he has sent his army of Urgals to track and catch Eragon and Sapphira. In fact, here’s another point, Galbatorix in the book doesn’t learn of Eragon’s existence until about halfway through the book. You don’t need to bring in Galbatorix, unless you just promised John Malkovich a role, when clearly he isn’t even interacting with Eragon directly. He learns more about all of these characters as he goes on his journey, hence the concept of a JOURNEY. You don’t need to have Galbatorix when you have the Ra’zac, Durza (the shade), the Varden, Brom, and Murtaugh, all of whom actually interact with Eragon. But you have this King who is not critical to the actual story plot (he is just a referenced plot point) who has his own scenes and it kind of becomes distracting. This feels like a distraction in the movie, because the story is supposed to be focused on Eragon and HIS journey. Speaking of characters that are misplaced in this movie, there are at least three scenes throughout the movie that feature Galbatorix directly, while in the book he is only referenced and never actually shown. ![]() ![]() I just happen to know of a bunch of fellow readers who agree with me on this. Of, course if you haven’t read the book then you would know this. ![]() Without these interactions at the very beginning in Carvahall (Eragon’s home) I feel that something is lost. But, something else, Katrina has interactions with Roran and Eragon. It is frustrating because she is to become a central character (for those who have read the books). First, if you don’t include Katrina, then how are you going to continue the movies series? When (for those who have read the book) she appears in “Eldest” (the book) as the reason Roran and Eragon leave the group to go and search for her. In the book there is Eragon, Roran-Eragon’s cousin, Sloan-the butcher, and Katrina his daughter who is in love with Roran. To start off with the biggest peeve of this movie is that they blatantly disregard a character that is critical for the second book, “Eldest”. Eragon is guilty of these two items on numerous occasions. The things in the movie that royally anger me range from the omitting of crucial details or flat out presenting incorrect facts. So, there are things that even if they are not what is presented in the movie that I could and would ultimately forgive for not being correct to the book. ![]()
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