Eragon

Forgot to post this.

I watched Eragon with my platoon mates that day during our platoon outing. Quite a pity that not all of them attended.

Anyway, "Eragon" is an okay movie. If I feel stingy, I may not watch it on a weekend. Apparently the storyline was written by a 16 year old kid. And its a sequel. Wow! Despite the lack of a twist and sophistication in the plot, its rather excellent for a 16 year old's standard. At least his creative juices are still brimming and boiling. Im impressed and happy to know that there are such young (scriptwriters?) out there.

I think the trailer is sufficient in spelling out the entire storyline. The graphical image of the dragon (I did not expect the dragon to be a female) has human-like eyes, according to the papers. The purpose of this is supposedly to characterise it into a more inspirational and engaging character. Kudos to their endeavour; it adds to the eye candy. In addition, "Eragon"
is a potpourri of magic and action. As the newspapers put it, "put in Harry Potter's magic, LOTR's war scenes and a dragon, you get Eragon". (I paraphrased the quote because my memory failed me) Quite an interesting truth to know.

Despite the predictable storyline, I am waiting for the second part of the sequel. More characterisation is needed to make the supporting characters round and vivid. I hope the second part will show improvement. Overall I will give it 6.5 out of 10. Maybe a 7 if I knew it was written by a 16 year old before I watched it. We need more young artists around to resurrect and flourish whatever art we have left in this cold, material world.