Eragon DVD Release Date and Overview
Posted by Sauron on 13 March :: 0 comments


The Eragon DVD is set to release on March 20 2007. It will also be released on Blu-ray. It will be available in Widescreen/Fullscreen versions, and will be filled with hours of bonus content. Just some of what will be seen follows:


-Inside the Inheritance Trilogy - The magic of the Eragon movie itself, aswell as a Random House digital novel of the first two chapters of Eldest.

-Seven deleted scenes from the movie.

-A visual showcase for 19 different film sequences, including commentaries by the Eragon visual effects team.

-Lots more fantastic things that will provide tonnes of entertainment.

(Taken from http://www.eragonplus.com

Yay for deleted scenes! Are they going to be put INTO the movie or do we have to watch them seperately?

I am checking for this right now

I am guessing that they will have to be watched seperately. But, if they make an Extended version, then they will them put into the movie already.

I think The seven deleted scenes are separate from the actual movie. I forgot to mention that the Eragon dvd will be a two disc set (I think anyway. )

oooh goody goody!!
2 DVDs to smash and break! lol no JK
seriously though, maybe it will be the slightest tiniest bit better after the deleted scenes
BIG maybe, lol

Yeah, there's a scene or maybe there's more than one, with Katrina in it (I think so anyway.) I will probably get it when it releases. i can't believe Katrina was cut out of the movie though..

I know, that was a... horrible thing to do
I wouldnt even bother watching it on DVD except for the fact my dad liked it (he hadnt read the book)

One of my fav reviews for the movie and this is being nice:

The book Eragon is nothing short of a publishing phenomenon, as is its young author Christopher Paolini. First published by his parents' small private press in 2002, when Paolini was just 18 years old, the book was picked up by Knopf and has set up shop on the New York Times bestseller list for, well, years. It's sequel, Eldest, the second of a planned trilogy, isn't far behind.

Although the books have received mixed reviews for a storyline heavily influenced by Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and even the King Arthur legend, the appeal to younger readers willing to march through their lengthy contents is undeniable. And the personable Paolini is a virtual poster boy for the home-schooling movement, whose members sometimes cite his success after graduating at the age of 15 as additional evidence for the value of such a focused and personal education. However, some parents have also expressed concerns about the books' violent scenes and heavy emphasis on magic. (More on that in a moment.)

Paolini has made it clear that he had very little to do with the construction of the movie version of his story. That's to his credit. It's not a surprise to learn that first-time director Stefen Fangmeir has spent the bulk of his career providing visual effects for a wide variety of blockbuster films, seeing as how Eragon feels like a B-movie with A-movie CGI. Its dragon is fully realized and believable in thrilling flight sequences and battle scenes, especially in the film's last act. With support from both Industrial Light & Magic (the company responsible for making Star Wars shine) and Weta Workshop (Lord of the Rings), the quality look of these moments makes sense.

It's in the overwrought script, choppy editing, low-budget sets and clumsy plotting that Eragon fails to take off. For starters, large chunks of the book are sacrificed to the film's 100-minute running time, leaving the final act, especially, vulnerable to a series of sudden character introductions and abrupt actions sequences. It's unclear, though, that more minutes would make for a more watchable film. Several scenes provide unintentional humor, especially those featuring John Malkovich as the evil king in his throne room who opens the film with the words, "I suffer without my stone! Do not prolong my suffering!" Even the talented Jeremy Irons can do little to save his screen time from awkward lines and "no surprises" character development.

That said, the filmmakers' choice to pursue a PG rating for the book's young fans is laudable. Given Paolini's text, Eragon could have easily been developed as a much darker, more gruesome and more violent spectacle. However, the issue of the magic still proves to be a sticking point. In one sense, it's helpful that the film acknowledges the demonic as a source of evil power, but without an opposing, strong and loving God to provide power to the "good magicians"—and a scene of fortune-telling divination straight from Paolini's book—fantasy fans and their families will be forced to wrestle with some of the same dilemmas created by the Harry Potter stories.

(from pluggedinonline.com)

That was a pretty good review and told how the movie was perfectly. I was expecting the movie to be at least "M 15+"rated...Anyway i will probably buy the dvd for the bonus content. i might watch the movie again, to see whether it improves second time around.By the way, my dad also liked the movie but he too hasn't read the book.

lol, thats funny
I might try and watch it again, but seriously, I dont know if i can bear it
it really broke my heart to watch it the first time around
I wasnt expecting it to follow the book exactly or anything, i didnt even have high expectations, but THAT.
It just... it blows my mind how someone could take such a wonderful book and make such a horrible movie out of it
(sorry to anyone who liked it, I am probly one of the biggest haters of that movie u will ever meet)

The movie was pretty short aswell. I was expecting it to be 2 hours +.

Anyways, what does eveyone think the deleted scenes will be of?

Katrina and the Twins. They were cast..so they will most likely be in the Deleted scenes. i was also hopeing to see the "battle" between Eragon and Arya during his training.

No. its in Farthern Dur. Before the big battle.

Yeah, that was silly that they cut the twins out of the movie!

Oh yeah... and I didn't really notice any dwarves either- that was stupid to cut out important characters like that. Insignificant scenes, I can understand, but a whole race? Main characters?!

I noticed one dwarf just before the battle I think. I hope there are more dwarves in the deleted scenes.

There was a dwarf, the guy standing next to Ajihad
He was just as tall as a normal human

Was he really man sized? I thought he looked smaller. Maybe you saw a different dwarf?

well he was maybe... 4 inches shorter than Ajihod, but...

I really, really can't wait to see the twins on deleted scenes. That's probably one of the main reasons why I am gunna buy dvd.

It will be interesting to see the deleted scenes

....and all the other hours of fun enertainment that the eragon dvd will show us.

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