Eragon Review

Eragon

Release Date: 14th December 2006 - Australia

Production Companies

Fox 2000 Pictures

Davis Entertainment

Dune Entertainment

Ingenious Film Partners

Major Studio Partners

Mid Atlantic Films

20th Century Fox Film Corporation

Distribution

20th Century Fox Australia

Genre: Fantasy

Rating: M

Runtime: 99 minutes

Budget: $100,000,000

Box Office Gross: $249,488,115

(Worldwide)

Plot Summary

Prepare to enter a dazzling

world of myth and magic as

the first thrilling chapter of

the Inheritance Trilogy takes

flight! In a kingdom ravaged

by darkness and tyranny, one

small ray of hope emerges

when Eragon finds a

mysterious blue "stone" that

turns out to be the last

dragon's egg in existence.

From the moment the egg

hatches, the fates of Eragon

and the dragon Saphira are

forever entwined, as they join

forces to battle the evil King

Galbatorix.

Cast

Edward Speleers - Eragon

Jeremy Irons - Brom

Sienna Guillory - Arya

Robert Carlyle - Durza

John Malkovich - Galbatorix

Garrett Hedlund - Murtagh

Alun Armstrong - Garrow

Chris Egan - Roran

Gary Lewis - Hrothgar

Djimon Hounsou - Ajihad

Rachel Weisz - Saphira (Voice)

Richard Rifkin - Horst

Steven Spiers - Sloan

Joss Stone - Angela

Caroline Chikezie - Nasuada

Crew

Director - Stephen Fangmeier

Based on Novel "Eragon" -

Christopher Paolini

Screenplay - Peter Buchman
Executive Producers - Gil Netter & Chris Symes

Producers - John Davis &

Wyck Godfrey

Co-Producer/Film Editor -

Roger Barton

Production Designer - Wolf

Kroeger

Dragon Concept Artist - Patrick Tatopoulos
Character Designer - Derek Thompson
Art Directors - Michael Diner, Jonathan Hely-Hutchinson, Helen Jarvis, Stuart Kearns,
Tibor Lazar & Stuart Rose
Set Decorators - Elli Griff, Sandy Walker
and Simon Wakefield (Uncredited)

Costume Designer - Kym Barrett

Director of Photography - Hugh Johnson
Director of Photography: Additional Photography/
Second Unit - Shaun O'Dell
Second Unit Director/Stunt Coordinator -
Andy Armstrong
Second Unit Director/Unit Director:
Visual Effects Unit - Peter MacDonald
Stunt Coordinators - Steve M. Davison &
Gabor Piroch

Sword Master/Fight Coordinator - C.C. Smiff
Special Effects Supervisor/Coordinator -
Gerd Nefzer
Special Effects Supervisor: Second Unit -
Uli Nefzer

Creature Effects Supervisor/Visual Effects
Modeller - Brian Best

Visual Effects Supervisor - Michael J. McAlister
Co-Visual Effects Supervisor - Guy Williams

Visual Effects Supervisor: ILM - Samir Hoon

Visual Effects Supervisor: Weta Digital -
George Murphy
Visual Effects Supervisor: Cinesite - Matt Johnson
Additional Visual Effects Supervisor - John T. Van Vilet
Visual Effects Producers - Denise Davis,
Gretchen Libby & Arthur Windus
Visual Effects Producer: Weta Digital - Eileen Moran
Visual Effects Art Director: Weta Digital - Gus Hunter
Creatures Supervisors - Aaron Ferguson
& Dana Peters
Animation Director - Glen McIntosh
Animation Supervisor: Weta Digital - David Clayton
CG Supervisor: ILM - John Helms

Film Editors - Masahiro Hirakubo &
Chris Lebenzon
Sound Designer/Re-Recording Mixer/
Supervising Sound Editor - Randy Thom

Music - Patrick Doyle

Review
'ERAGON' was not bad for a fantasy movie but I must say it has similarities to 'Star Wars' except that the sci-fi trilogy doesn't include dragons. The film was based on a best-selling book series called 'The Inheritance' which I haven't read. It was unoriginal and inconsistent as the storyline was filled with odd choices and I was fortunate to notice each trace of these. Every bad choice was deemed unacceptable by the fans of the original novel.

The film has good CGI visuals and some solid acting performances except for John Malkovich who should have been omitted for his portrayal of the evil King Galbatorix. He was ultimately miscast and wooden for a menacing role that doesn't suit him at all. I was beginning to like the English actor Jeremy Irons, who did an exceptional portrayal of Brom and I didn't even realise that Garrett Hedlund out of 'Tron: Legacy' was in the feature.

Had the movie been accepted by audiences, the trilogy would have continued in the next instalment called 'Eldest'. Overall, 'ERAGON' was a less than incredible adaptation and the one fantasy adventure that I would like to forget.

Star rating: (3/5) Average

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