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Uh yeah...to make a movie of a book that plagiarises just about every classic work out there is so insulting.
Wasn't Eragon written by a 15 year old or something?
He was 15 when he started it. Never attended high school, or even school for that matter. Anyways, he finished it around 19. This is no big achievement. The youngest author in the world was 4 years old. There are many teen authors with decent work, however they are ignored, wrongfully I might add. Knopf tried to cash in on the hype of Lord of the Rings. To learn the truth behind this atrocity that has been printed visit www.anti-shurtugal.com. This website is made by critics of the series, some of them also young authors who are dead ticked off about this series.
You must be a real hater of this if you have seeked out a website that is anti-shurugal (or whatever its called). I have heard good things about the book, but also critism. With some experienced screenwriters and direction hopefully this will be a rare case then in which the film is better than the book.
I have not read Eragon so i will not judge it yet.
Anthony
yo the book is grate so keep your mouth closed. He has talent thats why they published it
Yeah, the book rocks. I love it.
Personally I enjoyed the book quite a lot. If the number of critics outweighed the number of fans, then there would be no movie comming out, and the book would have never sold so well. While there do seem to be several cliche's...this book clearly pulles ahead of the average fantasy and into the minds of millions of readers. This clearly indicates that there is at least something endearing and incredible that pulled Paolini's work above the rest of the monotony of fantasy literature regardless of how drab some minorities may find it.
I completely agree i found the book excellent, and I hope the movie just comes close to what i thought this book achieved.
I work in a bookstore, and when this first came out, I was very skeptical. There is definitely a trend right now toward fantasy series where publishers are trying to capitalize on the success of Harry Potter and the revival of Lord of the Rings through the films. But I decided to give it a chance. I agree with a previous poster that the author borrowed heavily from authors before him, and not just scifi-fantasy authors. If you look at the speech Garrow gives to Eragon and Roran before they leave home, it sounds very close to the speech Polonius gives to Laertes in Hamlet. When I read the first chapter, I was sure I wasn't going to like the rest of the book because it did read like it was written by a fifteen-year-old with little experience. But as I went along, I came to like it more and more and have found it surprisingly well written. As for the borrowing, 'we write because we have read' and in the area of fantasy it is close to impossible to not 'stand on the shoulders of giants', as it were. If you are a Tolkien reader, for instance, it would be hard to see elves as creatures other than how Tolkien described them--tall, slender, elegant and graceful, as well as the wisest of all races. It's not just Eragon that borrows--most sci-fi and fantasy is connected by one idea or another.
The fact of the matter is that this is a good, quick read that just about anyone over twelve will have no problem with that ALSO has an engaging storyline with well thought out characters and events. The first book may have the feel of just about every fantasy book that came before it, but the second book is where he really stars to get into his own little groove. I mean, c'mon, you could see that little twist at the end coming since the character was introduced, but it's written in a way that holds your attention. I'm 19 and I couldn't put the second book down.
I just think they could've thought out the casting a little better. Jeremy Irons as Brom is not who I had in mind at all.
DONT be dissing Eragon cuz it rox and if it is copying other great works what r they anywayz?!?!? The people who bookmark antishurtugal.com are jealous cuz they r teens who publish books but theirs aren't as FABULOUS as Eragon. Humph. Dont diss Eragon, it ROXXXXX
im 14 and i thought the book was great. it could have had a little more action and what not but it was still a great book. i couldt stop reading it or the second one. ive read them both 6 times and it gets better every time i read them.
By the way the movie is probrably not plaragisim. Knowing the director he probably got permsion from the writer to do the movie. And yes there are a lot of young writer out there but let me ask you are any of them as good as (crap what's the writer's name agian?I'm to lazy to check.) No they are not! Not to mention if those young writers want to get heard have them trying promoting thier work! Hello, if you want to get noticed do somthing about it and don't sit there and whine about how this guy has loyal readers!
yea really. they need to find there own fans.... anyone who would diss eragon or eldest have some issues. ive read them both and there great. i cant wait for the movie... but i dont know what theyll do to the story. most of the time books that are made into movies are really messed with. i really hope that isent the case here. i cant wait for the third book eather.....SO MUCH TO WAIT FOR!!!
But Eragon is a rip off of every other fantasy.
Yo I think the whole Inheritance triligy is amazing! I was actualy reading Eldest and discovered that I bought a misprinted book that has some of a book called Inkspell in it, I wonder if its worth anything?? Email me if you have any insite on this, thanks. Jecs85@yahoo.com
Wow. Look at all of you bickering like little brats. Someone stats their opinion you attack them. That shows exactly what kind of people could appreciate such a hack of fantasy--fanatics. Its just as bad as the Star Wars fanatics. The anonymous person posted a very in depth critic website of Eragon...you should read it. Even I used to be a fan.
I agree. Eragon is a hack job, there is nothing original about it. Its just plain dumb if you ask me. Even the names not original. Eragon was a part of Elvish culture in The Lord of the Rings. It even sounds likes Aragorn.
My opinion: The book was great, sure it borrowed from other people, but who doesn't nowadays? I mean, people have been writing books for centuries and its just not possible to read all of them to make sure your not copying because no matter what you write about, somebody probably thought of it before you and wrote it down ten years ago or so. I had an idea for a book once and wrote it into the story I was creating.
A month later I showed it to my friends and they said my idea was copied from another author that had just written a book. I read the book and our idea was exactly the same. Coincidences happen, even if he did copy some ideas, it doesn't matter. The question is not how many things he can steal to make a book; the question is did you like how he combined the ideas of some of the world's best authors into a best-selling book?
right! anyway, even if he did copy somethings, the STORY is still his own. and everybody copys somethin. like our names..ur parents dident just think of a name. it has already been done, and most of us are named after somthin. so what if he did copy somethings. the story is good, the readers love it, and those who dont dont. u shouldent diss somthin lots of other people like. its ok to think that it sucks....(which it dont) but dont keep tellin. and for those who love eragon and eldest.....atra nosu waise vardo fra eld hornya un eyddr eyreya onr for they all speek......rauthr. to helgrind with them! se onr sverdar sitja hvass
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