Hey guys, i have this topic also on inheritanceforums just so i can get as many opinions as possible, so don't be surprise if you've seen it before.

i saw the movie yesterday (came out December 14th in Australia) and i really don't think they could have a sequel.

Personally i didn't like the film, there was too much changed and too much left out. But that's besides the point. I like Eldest better as a book, more depth and more original/fresh. Anyway so i was thinking that they can't have a sequel to Eragon (unless they change a very big amount of it).

Reasons:

Brom didn't tell Eragon the 7 words (i don't think anyway)

Ajihad didn't die

Murtagh was captured (plus we heard nothing of the twins)

Katrina/Roran are not really in the movie, no basis for a storyline

Angel Prophesy was like two/three lines, nothing about his love, the betrayal etc...

Eragon doesn't have the dream about the ship

He doesn't met Solembum (sp?), i think that's in the first book

Eragon and Arya went their seperate ways? (i know she said that she'll see him tomorrow, but she's leaving for Ellesmera)

Arya told Eragon she was a princess? there won't be any "shock" effect when they arrive

Saphira can breath long lengths of fire (i don't know how they could adapt her increase amount of strength into the training if they have a sequel)

Orik wasn't even in the movie (laugh)

Well im also interested as how they will repair the Varden, a lot of it was up in flames

Arya didn't destroy (i've forgot the name but they stone to destract Durza) - therefore the dwarves won't be mad at her

The Sage doesn't contact him at the end

Saphira and him have bonded too much, Eldest made a big deal about that

I think Arya is too nice to him, she smiles and half-laughs at the end (which we know doesn't happen till the second book)

Well i can't think of anything else, so if you've seen the movie or just would like to comment feel free. But i don't really see how they can make a sequel without having to change a lot of the story. Personally i would have expected the movie to have been longer than 104min so they could have included more in.

Just a note: my opinion which you can totally disregard but i think they should had made a trilogy like they did with LOTR and film all 3 movies together. I reckon they should have called the movies "Inheritance" and sub-heading each one with Eragon Eldest and whatever the name for Book 3 is - as done in LOTR and in Chronicles of Narnia.

I personally didn't like it either. They had mixed up the storyline and they left many important characters out. Also there were quite al lot small details what were wrong. Like Galbatorix's sword should have been black because his dragon was black too. Or when the Murtagh was prisoned, they didn't but him to the cage in the book Anyway, i'm not sure if they can make the next movie or if they do, they have to change the storyline again.

ya just to let you know, ajihad dies in eldest....


but i agree with you on the rest, although they will make a sequel

is it that bad? haven't seen it yet. Is it worth it?

THERE HAS TO BE A SEQUIL BECAUSE IN THE END GABY GETS MAD AND BRINGS OUT HIS DRAGON. ALSO I THOUGHT THAT THE MOVIE WAS GOOD. THE ONLY REASON YOU MAKE IT SOUND BAD IS BECAUSE YOU'RE COMPARING IT TO THE BOOK. EVERYONE KNOW THAT THE MOVIE IS ALWAYS A BUTT LOAD OF CRAP COMPARED TO THE BOOK. BESIDES iT STILL WAS A GREAT MOVIE IF YOU DON'T COMPARE IT TO THE BOOK. AND ALSO THE THING WITH RORAN NOT BEING IN THE MOVIE IS HE WILL HAVE TO BE IN THE SEQUIL. WHICH IS ALL THE MORE REASON TO MAKE A SEQUIL.

I voted yes for many reasons. Like Galbatorix showing off Shurkin (spelling), etc. ( If they do make Eldest into a movie, I think Lucy Lawless will be Queen Islanzadi, if they don't cut her out!!! )

caterpillar!!!!!! I JUST REALIZED WHAT ABOUT THE GIRL THE ERAGON CURSES WHEN HE TRIES TO BLESS HER?

I dont think there will be a sequel because important characters for Eldest is not even featured in Eragon the movie. If that's the case, it will be very hard for the movie to continue. The plot for the movie is weak.

One, stop the caps. Two, you have to compare it to the book, thats how it was made first. But I agree with the Roran, he is a bigger character in Eldest so there should be some there...but where is his g/f? They will mostly likely make a second because of the galby thing that you mentioned. Three, if I hear you saying it was really good again you can go into the pot of boiling pickle juice with the director! He did a HORRIBLE job with it! Peter Jackson should have done it instead!

haha yeah... the director did a horrible job. It's like he didn't even read the book and only know the geeze of what Eragon is about. A farmboy who find a dragon egg and become a dragon rider. This part he got it right... the rest is just wrong!

i reli agree with this!!!
just coz its nofin like da book doesnt mean it cnt be enjoyed!!

if they do come out witha sequil it will be worse then eragon. they just can not replicate eldest

ok this explains y the movie had all of the plot changes


Eragon Movie Releases!
Posted by Mike on December 14 @ 10:38 PM | comments - 522
The day we've all been waiting for! The highly anticipated Eragon movie has now (mostly) released world wide! If you aren't one of the brave fans who're seeing the movie at a midnight showing, make sure you get out to see it today or this weekend!

Fox gave Shur'tugal an opportunity to see the movie at the World Premiere in London, where we recently got back from. Here's our review summary:

Cuts were made, characters were left out, and some odd-jobs were hired for roles that, to the average book fan, will have you raising an eyebrow... but the major thing to keep in mind is the length of Eragon as a book, and having to turn such a long book into a movie. Though some major plot changes were made (ones that didn't need to be - such as the ending of the movie), most were excusable, understandable, and at times, necessary. Despite the plot changes, Eragon was still a captivating and impressive movie. Eragon and Brom were portrayed beautifully, and the emotion ran through this movie exactly the way it should have. The acting was up to par, and the CGI work was exceptionally stunning. I'd recommend seeing this movie to any book fan or non-book fan alike, and bring a tissue or two for that certain death scene!

You can read the first half of the "Mike Macauley's Eragon Movie Review" here. The second half will be releasing later on today.

And remember, our exclusive trip reports will also release this weekend!

There cant be another one, unless they naem it soemthing other then Eldest, becaue theres nothing left to carry over. not even the twins, no magic users for the var. and no broms friend in tirum. and murtgah wasn't taken away so no thorn. no razac, because apperently the shade summoned them and hes gone now.

And Roran is in the army so he can't lead the citizens of Carvahall thr the Spine.

yea i kinda got ditracted during that part of the movie & i thought that it sed that he wuz in the army but my freind sed that he went off 2 work sumwhere so he wouldnt b recruted 4 the army

Theres several resons why they changed the story.They'll prolly have a full verson on the DVD or atleast deleated scenes.

1- if they had kept the original story line the movie would have been to long and they would of had to cut some out and it would of made no sence to people who had not read the book.

2- some parts (like eragon vometing in daret at the sight of the dead baby) where considerd to "violent" for young childern.

3- etc. etc.


even though me and my friend picked out like over 200 things diffrent it was still a good movie. I think there will be a sequal (eldest). Why wouldnt there be? Thats like saying CP's just gona leave the book series at eldest.

Some of the diffrences that really kinda made me mad where these.

1-No bald twins testing eragon to learn the language.(hows murtag gona get captured by them and taken to galby now?)

2- saphira grows from like the size of eragons hand to as big as there house in 2 days.(book was like over 2weeks at least)

3- brom hardly taught eragon any words (what ever happend to the levitating pebble?)

4- only showd like 3 towns (in book was like 7)

5-eragon meet arya in his dream by scrying her in his sleep not by durza.

6-in the battle in farthen-dur it was UNDER the mountains not in front of them.

7-durza never summond a winged demon.

actuallt roran could return and as murtagh doesnt get captured till the second books and the twins could be added in the second film eldest could still be the sequel. and it wouldnbt have to be changed.

It just depends on how popular it gets and the amount of money they make.

Well. All im gonan say is whatever. That was not the story of Eragon at all.

remeber tho cp played no part in the making. maybe nxt time he will be then it will be way betta but anyway i liked it.

i know but still it mite turn out betta.

STOP GOING ON BOUT HOW BAD IT WAS!!!( no offence or nofin )
its a great movie and everyone should stop moaning about how bad and how wrong its was ITS JUST A MOVIE SO PEOPLE STOP COMPLAINING!!!!!!

ok dats wats everyone does lol
i still think the movie is gr8 tho

totally agreeing ere

I'm not sure who said it, but someone posted that Alijah dies in Eldest, which is not true:

Alijah dies in the battle in Eragon but his body is found at the start of Eldest. Eragon the movie showed the aftermath after the war and Alijah was very much alive. If he is to die when he is meant to in eragon he is meant to die during the war which according to the movie is over (unless some random urgal is still alive and stabs him...??)

Anyway for a sequel im scared they will have to change the story more to fit into all the changes they made in Eragon (like Orik part being non-existent? same with katrina and the twins?)

Anyway im hoping but doubting that some other network will take up the project and redo eragon in a few years and hopefully do it right and involve Christopher Paolini in it somehow (talking about the screenplay scripts). I can always hope as "the oc" when if first came out in Australia was very unpopular but when another network re-advertised it and re-aired it, it became very popular (this was back in season 1)

Anyway it all depends on how it does in the box office, if it does really well then of course they will most likely make a sequel but if it does they won't. if they make a sequel i thinking that Christopher may want to be involved, i know if i saw a movie like that i wouldn't want them changing to much of the next book. BTW it's not he director's fault in this movie, he was just average but more or less it was the screenplay writer's fault (Paul Buchman) cos he wrote the corny script for the movie.

that is not true. read the prologue of eldest, that is where he dies. he is alive at the start of eldest. he is attacked by a small band of urgals and killed, and murtagh and the twins go missing.

i rekon the twins will appear during the second becoz they didnt reli play a big role in number one but in two they did.

Yes a great role-they're killed by slimy peasant Roran

are you making fun of roran? roran isnt one of my favorite characters, but i dont dislike him, and the twins are 50 times worse so dont make fun of him

I'm just saying that 1) I don't like Roran 2) Twins aren't neccesary for 2nd movie

both are true.

they kinda are as they play the part of the evil within the varden lol i find roran a bit wierd not sure y tho.

Ajihad didn't die

Aijhad didn't die until the beginning of the second book.

Although i didn't like the movie and they left major points out, I think that maybe there will be a sequel and the missing info will be added into it. As it stands now, however, the first was terrible and the writers should re-think their wording for the 2nd...if they do one, because, honestly, i think that the script stunk! At the end of the movie my friend and I both said "That's it?" "How Lame!" they took a fantastic book and turned it into a movie that has hardly anything to do with the original text in the book. the egg was egg-shaped not roun dand it was too large..(if you recall, i believe that it was supposed to fit in the palm of his hand and she carried it in a small leather pouch around her neck). If the 2nd movie is as short as the first...How can they even think that the story can come out in the movie if the movie is THAT short anyway! I mean that is possibly my fav book and they turned it into something that wouldn't make a good book. :sigh: there is no use in ranting... the movie stunk to me, but it may not have to someone who hasn't read the book.
okay, im done ranting now...but only for a while!
lol
~Jay~

Reply to death_to_varden:

well true ajihad didn't die until the start of the second book, however he did die during the war at the end of the first book that continues at the start of the second book.

however in the movie the war is over, well and truly so how is he supposed to have died in the war, when it's over?

I think it was long time after battle. Few uragals stayed in tunels a suprisingli came out and kill Ajihad...then Vardens started to seek for them more carefully so twins can escape (with Murtagh as their prisoner)

it was 3 days after the battle. ajihad and murtagh and the twinswere killing off the urgals hiding in the tunnels, on their way back they got killed

i think theyll just have to skip loads out of the second film too, and not include the bits they missed, also you forgot th fact that in the film they already killed the razac

I don't see any reason for them not to make Eldest. I mean, sure they left out A LOT of stuff and added A LOT of stuff but I was thinking (more like down on my hands and knees begging) that maybe they'd add it in Eldest. But it's possible they won't because so much of the stuff they left out in the movie was important in Eldest. They also told us that Arya was a princess which was unacceptable. I am hoping that they will make an Eldest although MOST clues point otherwise.

I thought Ayra WAS A princess o.o? Wasn't her mom the queen?

But yeah, I hope they'll redeem themselves (or at least fail /trying/) in Eldest.

Yeah Arya is a princess but in the movie in the twirling forest, green light scene she tells Eragon,
"I'm Arya, princess of Ellesmera" which i totally agree with Feya it was unacceptable. As everyone knows we only find out she is a princess on Eldest and its meant to be a shock to Eragon. Stupid screenplay writers... but what are we going to do.

Anyway for anyone interested, it seems more and more likely that Eragon will have a sequel. According to wiki i think or boxoffiveguru Eragon has made $232 million in the box office. Budget was $100 million so if your asking me making $132 million in profit is good enough to make a sequel - but i guess if they screw it up, us as fans can't do anything about it. Lets just hope that Christopher Paolini will come in and help with the script or something.

i think there should be a 2nd movie to go with Eldest and the 3RD book!

Of coouursee there's going to be a sequel. At least, I hope there is. They can't just leave us hanging like that.

at this stage i was just reading and yes it looks like there will be sequel. Eragon as made according to wiki:

"Eragon has grossed approximately $73.7 million in the US and $166.8 million elsewhere, totalling $240.5 million worldwide, as of February 8, 2007."

apparently on the dvd there are hints:

"It has believed the special feature 'Chapter Five: Only the Beginning' on Disc Two of the Eragon DVD, hints at a sequel."

and the inheritance trilogy wiki (special section of wiki dedicated to the trilogy) said:

"The Eldest movie has yet to be confirmed, but it could be a possibility. It is assumed that if the Eragon movie does well at the box office that Christopher Paolini will give 20th Century Fox the rights for Eldest. More information will be posted on this page as it comes in. Edward Speleers has stated that he was training up for a second movie, and an unofficial report said something about the movie being filmed in Morocco, which is a good sign for many that Eldest, The Movie will be made."

i don't know, eldest i think will be nor very accurate nor good. but ill see if they make it. i really want to see the blood-oath celebration - the eragon arya part. i was laughing when i read it

Erm, were going to need a very good director at the helm, like peter jackson or the the rest of the movies are screwed

i think there is going to be a second movie. there is going to be a second game as well i think. sure the first movie didn't really follow the bokk and neither did the game but the second one i think should. mayube the directors and writers were just a bit nervous making this movies becuase the books were such a big hit.



I agree, they shpould have Paolinin come in and help he wrote the books and point out the important parts to the writers and directors so they can put it in the movies.