Comments on: Bad Movies: Eragon http://spandexjustice.com/2006/12/25/218 Fighting Crime And Looking Good Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:10:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: DMadCat http://spandexjustice.com/2006/12/25/218#comment-18434 DMadCat Tue, 12 Feb 2008 14:30:28 +0000 http://spandexjustice.com/2006/12/25/218#comment-18434 "Was it really so important to keep this under the 1 hour 40 minute mark?" Considering how bad it was? Yes, yes it was. I'd have liked to shave another hour and 35 minutes off myself. The only value that came from this movie is that I picked up McAffrey's series to read again. Can't wait until Copperheart finally gets that one up and going so we can have a real Dragonriders movie! “Was it really so important to keep this under the 1 hour 40 minute mark?”

Considering how bad it was? Yes, yes it was. I’d have liked to shave another hour and 35 minutes off myself. The only value that came from this movie is that I picked up McAffrey’s series to read again. Can’t wait until Copperheart finally gets that one up and going so we can have a real Dragonriders movie!

]]> By: Cap'n Neurotic http://spandexjustice.com/2006/12/25/218#comment-3582 Cap'n Neurotic Wed, 03 Jan 2007 20:18:22 +0000 http://spandexjustice.com/2006/12/25/218#comment-3582 Finally went to see this yesterday; man, what a trainwreck. They basically took any of the complexity and shades of grey from the book and threw them out -- not that the book was a masterpiece, mind you, but at least there was a bit more to the characterization than "King and Shade bad, everyone else, good." As for the insane "Saphira grows up in under a minute" sequence . . . it made me head hurt. I mean, come on, would it have killed them to do a "time passes and Saphira grows" montage? Was it really so important to keep this under the 1 hour 40 minute mark? Finally went to see this yesterday; man, what a trainwreck. They basically took any of the complexity and shades of grey from the book and threw them out — not that the book was a masterpiece, mind you, but at least there was a bit more to the characterization than “King and Shade bad, everyone else, good.” As for the insane “Saphira grows up in under a minute” sequence . . . it made me head hurt. I mean, come on, would it have killed them to do a “time passes and Saphira grows” montage? Was it really so important to keep this under the 1 hour 40 minute mark?

]]> By: Dan Century http://spandexjustice.com/2006/12/25/218#comment-3427 Dan Century Tue, 26 Dec 2006 05:03:49 +0000 http://spandexjustice.com/2006/12/25/218#comment-3427 I saw the trailers for this film and I thought, "ah, the movie studios got the idea to rip off the Pern books". Then I googled it and saw that it was based on a book by a kid, who was ripping off Pern. Then I was remembered why I haven't read new fiction in 10 years or so, and why I only see 2 or 3 films a year. I saw the trailers for this film and I thought, “ah, the movie studios got the idea to rip off the Pern books”. Then I googled it and saw that it was based on a book by a kid, who was ripping off Pern. Then I was remembered why I haven’t read new fiction in 10 years or so, and why I only see 2 or 3 films a year.

]]> By: Strangematter » Blog Archive » Long Time No Blog http://spandexjustice.com/2006/12/25/218#comment-3425 Strangematter » Blog Archive » Long Time No Blog Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:33:50 +0000 http://spandexjustice.com/2006/12/25/218#comment-3425 [...] I have tried to keep blogging over at Spandex Justice, which is the repository for my comic book reviews, as well as my general thoughts on popular entertainment. I just posted a review of the movie Eragon, for example. [...] [...] I have tried to keep blogging over at Spandex Justice, which is the repository for my comic book reviews, as well as my general thoughts on popular entertainment. I just posted a review of the movie Eragon, for example. [...]

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