Era–gone

Of course I knew that any comparison to LOTR would be quite unfair to any new entrant into the genre. So, I prepared not to be too judgemental towards Eragon when I set out to watch this movie.

Unfortunately, no matter how unbiased I tried to be, Eragon just couldn’t live up to my expectations. In other words, it sucked. So much so that I couldn’t even recall the names of the characters after seeing the movie.

Aside from its being in the same genre as Lord of the Rings, it even ripped off the idea of elven language being mystical. And couldn’t the writer have chosen a name for the title role that didn’t remind you of Aragorn?? Now how can people stop comparing this movie to the revered LOTR trilogy?

Speaking of which, Eragon also purports to be a trilogy, I heard. But after watching it and getting a "That’s it!?" feeling, dare I say, will there actually be a 2nd or even a 3rd part?

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