The best bit about this film was the song that played over the credits. It’s a shame it was a PG, as even with a 12A rating (considering what The Dark Knight got away with), the darker scenes in the book that made such an impact when reading could be shown.īefore people start crying “But the author was consulted at every decision!”, if you’re going to plough a ridiculous amount of money into a film of a book he’s written, at only 17, he’s going to just nod and agree and continue to be astounded that his book is (sort of) coming to life. There’s a lot more that was missed out, although it was sort of acceptable considering the length of the film. Considering the whole story sort of centres around it, there’s a need to mention it! There’s no explanation as to why Eragon has to go to Farthen Dur or why they’re fighting and as they were planning to do the next book as a film as well, major characters who make their first appearance in this book just weren’t there (Elva, someone’s death, Nasuada and Solembum to name a few.)Īnyone who has read the books is probably sick of the the phrase “ancient language”, but it’s not mentioned once in the film or explained why it’s so important. The fact that I don’t think that I would have been able to follow the plot if I hadn’t read the book isn’t good.
#SOLEMBUM FROM ERAGON THE MOVIE SERIES#
But that series has stayed pretty much true to the book, with many characters being as imagined and small details taken into account. Take the Game Of Thrones series for example – my other half has read the first book so we’re nearly at the end of the first series, and he exclaims when some of the scenes have been changed… but then says it was probably for the best as it’d take too long or it was just too graphic (the sex scenes, for example). Now onto the scenes that were changed from the book in the film I get that not everything can be put in and some changes are needed, and mostly, it makes sense. Joss Stone as Angela just killed that character for me… Angela’s meant to be a portly, crazy grey hair and seem very insightful. & the Ra’zac, well, I imagined them much like the Black Riders in LOTR, but they ended up looking like a cross between a mummy and Edward Scissorhands. How can bright red eyes (for a good reason, as Shades are people who have been possessed by evil spirits) end up as this? And what the hell was that smoke he riding on? Completely made up and it looked rubbish. The whole point of Brom looking like a crazy old tramp is so no one would guess who he really was, but him looking quite regal and like he can stick up for himself is just so wrong.
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