When Fantasy Movies Fail: ERAGON
Next up in this series of blog posts, we take a look at Eragon. Eragon is next in this series, because the Narnia series began in 2005 with The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe . So Eragon was to be the next fantasy series to start and be released. However, unlike Narnia , only 1 film got made. The film did not do well from the get-go. Not to look for good where there isn't any; but the film was not COMPLETELY terrible. It had some decent elements in it here and there....but definitely not enough to save it. The main issue is the source material. While it's commendable that the author was able to write and publish the first of four (it was meant to be a trilogy, though Book 3 got large enough to the point that 'Book 3 Part 1' and 'Book 3 Part 2' would be needed to avoid a final book 'squish') books at the age of 16; the plot is essentially a hodge-podge of Star Wars and The Lord of the Rings . There are lots of websites and articles that point ou...