Eragon-Way Off?

jackofalltrades	Eragon-Way Off? « on: December 20, 2006, 04:40:39 pm »
Back again. Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 797	Who else thought that the Eragon movie was way off from the book? I did. It was my favorite book, not a bad movie, but not like the book. They crammed a 400 page book into a 103 minute movie. Possible? Judge for yourself. Logged
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thehylianloach	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #1 on: December 20, 2006, 05:04:14 pm »
I knew it! Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 333	the beggining was pretty true to the book but overall the movie didn't follow the book too well. Logged
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jackofalltrades	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #2 on: December 20, 2006, 09:31:52 pm »
Back again. Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 797	Right. The movie wasn't bad, by any means, but it wasn't like the book. I wish they'd had a different director. SPOILER Like when they were in the "desert". There wasn't one. And they left out most of Tronjheim. And they left the Dwarves completely! Logged
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Kleaver	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #3 on: December 20, 2006, 10:24:33 pm »
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Mitsu	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #4 on: December 22, 2006, 03:38:00 am »
I had to sew my face back on with string cheese Reputation: +2/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 1334	yeah, i was very disappointed. i think they should rename everything in the movie and release as something different. the meanie people left out one of my favourite characters, solembum. but it doesn't really affect me a whole lot anymore as i don't like the books anymore. after reading eldest i realized how cliche it was. im still going to read the third book because i want to read the spoiler i think wizard's duel between eragon and king galbatorix. ive decided that this is how eragon will defeat the king because of how brom talked about galbatorix being the ultimate at winning these duels and then there isn't a single mention of a wizard's duel ever again. i may be wrong( most likely wrong) but when i read it, it seemed kind of obvious to me. end of spoiler i think « Last Edit: December 22, 2006, 03:41:41 am by Mitsuu » Logged

jackofalltrades	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #5 on: December 27, 2006, 07:28:31 pm »
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Dantztron 3030 Mammy's Favorite Storyteller!	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #6 on: December 27, 2006, 10:07:47 pm »
b e p i s Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 3594	Quote from: jackofalltrades on December 27, 2006, 07:28:31 pm I don't care about cliche. It's very well written, and I like stories like this. It's cool. But, yeah, why'd they leave out Solembum. Well written? lolz. I could write better prose than Paolini when I was 15, and I'm just some dude. It's a fun book, but nothing special really. Logged
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« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2006, 03:52:35 am »

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Coincidentily I just saw it about an hour ago. I mean it was a great movie, but I regret reading the book beforehand because all I could think about was how different it was. I don't know how they are gonna do Eldest because they cut out Katrina.

The Ra'Zac were very different then I thought they would be... They didn't have anything about chasing the Ra'Zac, in the book you thought that Eragon could be turned, because he wasn't sure he wanted to go to the rebellion. Not to mention they kill off Brom at the wrong point, etc. They completely redid the whole story to fit it into a movie. At least with LotR they made the movies longer to fit.

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Quote from: jackofalltrades on December 27, 2006, 07:28:31 pm
I don't care about cliche. It's very well written, and I like stories like this. It's cool. But, yeah, why'd they leave out Solembum.

Well written? lolz. I could write better prose than Paolini when I was 15, and I'm just some dude.

It's a fun book, but nothing special really.

*raises pitchfork* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I'd like to see you try to right that well.

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Dantztron 3030 Mammy's Favorite Storyteller!	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #8 on: December 28, 2006, 05:09:12 am »
b e p i s Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 3594	Quote from: Bboy94 on December 28, 2006, 03:52:35 am Coincidentily I just saw it about an hour ago. I mean it was a great movie, but I regret reading the book beforehand because all I could think about was how different it was. I don't know how they are gonna do Eldest because they cut out Katrina. The Ra'Zac were very different then I thought they would be... They didn't have anything about chasing the Ra'Zac, in the book you thought that Eragon could be turned, because he wasn't sure he wanted to go to the rebellion. Not to mention they kill off Brom at the wrong point, etc. They completely redid the whole story to fit it into a movie. At least with LotR they made the movies longer to fit. Quote from: Knivu on December 27, 2006, 10:07:47 pm Quote from: jackofalltrades on December 27, 2006, 07:28:31 pm I don't care about cliche. It's very well written, and I like stories like this. It's cool. But, yeah, why'd they leave out Solembum. Well written? lolz. I could write better prose than Paolini when I was 15, and I'm just some dude. It's a fun book, but nothing special really. raises pitchfork AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I'd like to see you try to right that well. It's not that hard, honestly. I mean, look at it: 1. His descriptions run on too long, and when they are running, they don't flow well. 2. His dialogue often uses unrealistic vocabulary for actual conversations. 3. His storytelling style moves way too fast. It doesn't matter that he's not a professional writer yet, I mean Jesus, the guy is what, 19? He's got an entire career ahead of him to improve. Logged
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« Reply #9 on: December 28, 2006, 06:12:18 pm »

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Quote from: Knivu on December 28, 2006, 05:09:12 am

Quote from: Bboy94 on December 28, 2006, 03:52:35 am
Coincidentily I just saw it about an hour ago. I mean it was a great movie, but I regret reading the book beforehand because all I could think about was how different it was. I don't know how they are gonna do Eldest because they cut out Katrina.

The Ra'Zac were very different then I thought they would be... They didn't have anything about chasing the Ra'Zac, in the book you thought that Eragon could be turned, because he wasn't sure he wanted to go to the rebellion. Not to mention they kill off Brom at the wrong point, etc. They completely redid the whole story to fit it into a movie. At least with LotR they made the movies longer to fit.
Quote from: Knivu on December 27, 2006, 10:07:47 pm
Quote from: jackofalltrades on December 27, 2006, 07:28:31 pm
I don't care about cliche. It's very well written, and I like stories like this. It's cool. But, yeah, why'd they leave out Solembum.

Well written? lolz. I could write better prose than Paolini when I was 15, and I'm just some dude.

It's a fun book, but nothing special really.
*raises pitchfork* AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! I'd like to see you try to right that well.

It's not that hard, honestly. I mean, look at it:

1. His descriptions run on too long, and when they are running, they don't flow well.
2. His dialogue often uses unrealistic vocabulary for actual conversations.
3. His storytelling style moves way too fast.

It doesn't matter that he's not a professional writer yet, I mean Jesus, the guy is what, 19? He's got an entire career ahead of him to improve.

I don't see any of that in his books, like I said, I'd like to see you write better.

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Racoon Boy	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #10 on: December 29, 2006, 01:24:53 pm »
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« Reply #11 on: December 29, 2006, 01:38:07 pm »

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It's not that hard, honestly. I mean, look at it:

1. His descriptions run on too long, and when they are running, they don't flow well.
2. His dialogue often uses unrealistic vocabulary for actual conversations.
3. His storytelling style moves way too fast.

It doesn't matter that he's not a professional writer yet, I mean Jesus, the guy is what, 19? He's got an entire career ahead of him to improve.

True, however, it's one of the very few medieval fantasy books I have [ever seen].
And I liked... Okay, he was 15, so am I, but I praise his patience to write one. All my teachers ask me to write a book, but I'm too lazy for that kind of stuff ;D
Anyways, I'm gonna wait some friend buys the DVD so I can borrow it :x
By the way, could anyone confirm me that there are long-ear-less elfs...? That's blasphemy D:

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.TakaM	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #12 on: December 29, 2006, 01:38:45 pm »
Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Posts: 1838	movies are never better than the books they're based on, and from what Ive always heard eragon is a highly overrated book the movie looks painfully bad also, whenever I'm in the movies and the preview comes on I feel like slapping myself at how bad it looks Logged

Ricky	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #13 on: December 29, 2006, 01:40:37 pm »
Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 2690	Quote from: .TakaM on December 29, 2006, 01:38:45 pm movies are never better than the books they're based on, and from what Ive always heard eragon is a highly overrated book That's supposed to be something people should always have in mind... As for examples I can only think about Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings - I rarely go to the cinema (like 0.5 times in a year)... Logged

Scooternew	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #14 on: December 29, 2006, 05:48:08 pm »
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bertfallen	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #15 on: December 29, 2006, 07:52:03 pm »
Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 5213	Lords of the Rings is a brilliant movie. All three of them. If you go into a cinema to watch a movie based of a book and then nit pick at all the points that differ from the books, HOW THE !@#$% do you expect to enjoy the movie? Honestly, it pisses me off when people complain that the movie they saw was slightly different too the book. What about Passion of Christ, you don't get people saying how something didn't happen in the Bible but happened in the movie... yet I haven't seen it, so there was probably not a seen like it. Logged
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« Reply #16 on: December 29, 2006, 09:36:14 pm »

Quote from: bertfallen on December 29, 2006, 07:52:03 pm

Lords of the Rings is a brilliant movie. All three of them. If you go into a cinema to watch a movie based of a book and then nit pick at all the points that differ from the books, HOW THE funk do you expect to enjoy the movie? Honestly, it pisses me off when people complain that the movie they saw was slightly different too the book. What about Passion of Christ, you don't get people saying how something didn't happen in the Bible but happened in the movie... yet I haven't seen it, so there was probably not a seen like it.

Would you think I was a loser if I picked at The Passion for adding stuff? I did. Anyway. I hated how the only things they got right in Eragon were their names. None of them acted right let alone looked like they were described.

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Mitsu	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #17 on: December 30, 2006, 04:47:20 am »
I had to sew my face back on with string cheese Reputation: +2/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 1334	that's why you should read my post, support my idea, and then go storm whatever company made this movie and burn them to the ground!!!!!!!!!!!! Logged

PoeFacedKilla Prussian Killer Bee	Re: Eragon-Way Off? « Reply #18 on: January 10, 2007, 03:00:13 am »
Reputation: +0/-0 Offline Gender: Posts: 269	It was nearly nothing like the book, wat was up with that? It didn't even have any lead ins to Eldest, who else saw it? Logged
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« Reply #19 on: January 10, 2007, 03:07:54 am »

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Quote from: Scooternew on December 29, 2006, 05:48:08 pm

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movies are never better than the books they're based on
complete !@#$%

see, I claimed all movies are never better than the books they're based on, so I don't need to list examples since all of them qualify.
and since you've called !@#$% on this, I assume you are atleast saying not all movies turn out worse than the books, you need to back yourself up with examples.

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