A long promo for the new Eragon movie (based on the popular book) is now online.¬† Although I’ve got to say Eragon right now feels a bit like a Lord of the Rings rip off (they sort of draw comparisions themselves in the feature), it still has me interested.
The cast looks pretty damn solid.¬† Jeremy Irons (who although he’s done nothing but crap recently, is still one of my favorite actors), John Malkovich and Djimon Hounsou are names you just can’t go wrong with.¬† The landscapes and effects all look like they’re shaping up well… but it also seems to lack a litle bit of the scope that I like to see in fantasy films.¬† Maybe that will change as the project develops.
Not sure what Eragon is about?¬† Here’s a quick synopsis:
Eragon, a young farm boy, finds a marvelous blue stone in a mystical mountain place. Before he can trade it for food to get his family through the hard winter, it hatches a beautiful sapphire-blue dragon, a race thought to be extinct. Eragon bonds with the dragon, and when his family is killed by the marauding Ra’zac, he discovers that he is the last of the Dragon Riders, fated to play a decisive part in the coming war between the human but hidden Varden, dwarves, elves, the diabolical Shades and their neanderthal Urgalls, all pitted against and allied with each other and the evil King Galbatorix. Eragon and his dragon Saphira set out to find their role, growing in magic power and understanding of the complex political situation as they endure perilous travels and sudden battles, dire wounds, capture and escape.
I’ve never read the book myself, but the people I’ve talked to who have all seem to love it. That, and the fact that I’m a sucker for fantasy films has me interested.
You can see the Eragon promo video here.
