Most of Eragon's learning in magic/ancient language happens off-screen.Hearing Saphira's thoughts doesn't really add anything to the story most of the time.Instead, he's turned into just another generic power-hungry traitor. Galbatorix going mad from the loss of his dragon, which is a key part of his backstory in the book, is removed in the movie.Eragon and Brom's first battle with soldiers has a dark setting and shaky camera work that doesn't really allow to see what's happening.The presumed main antagonist, Galbatorix, has far too little screen time to be developed into a villain whose defeat we should actually want to watch.It is an extremely unfaithful film adaptation of the book, in which is attempts to imitate Lord Of The Rings and Star Wars in a poorly executed way.While it performed well at the global box office, its extremely negative critical reception caused its planned sequels to be cancelled. The film was released in theaters on December 15, 2006. It is directed by Stefen Fangmeier from a screenplay written by Peter Buchman. Eragon is a 2006 action-adventure fantasy film based on the 2002 book of the same name by Christopher Paolini.
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