i saw eragon the other day. i must say, it was very dry. from someone who never read the book, the movie really had nothing to it. it's very apparent that the movie left out much of the elements from the book to keep the time down. it seemed like the movie was rushed, the plot was weak, the characters were generic... actually, i thought the whole movie was generic. so, basically, i didn't think it was very good at all... in fact, i thought it was pretty bad. that being said, i kind of liked it. i like fantasy stuff, and this was pretty cool. even though i thought it sucked i enjoyed it. i kind of want to read the books because i think that they would be more interesting.. and hopefully not so much of an unoriginal feeling. it's obvious, as with every modern fantasy work, that tolkien has already done it, so it's hard to do things original. it is definitely possible to make things more original than others, but most things don't do it. i dunno, i didn't mean to start another "OMG ERAGON WAS AMAZEZING!!!11" thread. i just wanted to give a piece of criticism from someone who doesn't think every movie with a high budget is the greatest.