Eragon, Lost in Adaptation ~ The Dom

The book was written by a 15 year old boy and the film was backed by the same distribution company as Percy Jackson... What could possibly go wrong?
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[@SnivyTries]

Basically: This movie single-handedly stopped any possibility of the other books being made into movies. Also, lying in the ancient language doesn't kill you. It's just NOT POSSIBLE. Eragon attempts to do so at one point to Arya about his feelings towards her, the words stick in his throat, and he has to skirt the truth.

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

which is actualy an important plot-device regarding the elves's society! They can't lie, therefore they had centuries to hone their skills in skirting the truth, hiding details and talking in roundabout ways that made'em very cunning and sometimes unreliable.

[@sladesonofthurin9231]

He also said that shades were made from consuming the soul of another magic user, I honestly think this dude read someone else's review of the books and went off that

[@Ratchet4647]

the weird guy Weren't shades once Sorcerers who had practiced soul-magic only to have the souls turn on them and corrupt them into haunted vessels.

[@HenshinHeroesMedia]

With the trend of making book series into tv series, eragon could survive again

[@chrishansen8119]

@@HenshinHeroesMedia Eragon could work as a show. Each book gets it own 7-10 episode season Paolini always likes to give focus to different characters to add suspense, which could translate Example: Eragon meets Gladr, the only other good dragon we know of at the very point, and then he immediatly switches the focus to Nasuada and Rowan in the Varden. I really wanna see that TV show now

[@oatmealcoloured9950]

Killing the Razac was also just dumb from a storytelling perspective because they return later and have significant impact on his cousin's story

[@keetongu445]

And they aren't shadow-insect creatures summoned by Durza, either. They're supposed to be bird-people that are an actual race.

[@GalliadII]

the fact hey are insects that can be summoned, makes it so their death does not matter, since they can be resummoned and still attack him.

[@wafflingmean4477]

The Ra'zac were responsible for pretty much half the events of the entire second book.

[@siragon756]

Wait, you mean the cousin who's leaving Carvahall WITH Katrina instead of going to a neighbouring one and come back for her when he's gained enough money and skill to sustain their future live together ?

[@arrowb.8438]

True, I always imagined they looked really similar to witch doctors with their face structure, and most assumed it was a mask but it was actually their face. I dunno if its true at all but it's what I imagined.

[@patrickfrost9405]

I'm sorry, but the Fortune-Teller was possibly the best character in the book. "Oh, we're in the same battle? What a coincidence!" "Yes, my best friend IS a shapeshifting werecat. Why do you ask?" "Oh, you lost your sword? Here have this sword made from some weird crystal that can cut through ANYTHING. Just don't prop it up against anything that you want in one piece, because it WILL find a way to cut it."

[@bewilderbeastie8899]

The side characters are all so much better than the main characters in these books: Angela, Murtagh, Nasuada, Orik... I would have much more happily read a book about them.

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

and lets not mention she knows a spell that can STOP TIME!! Give her a couple eldunari and she will rule the world!

[@hayleybartek8643]

Pretty sure it's half-established that Angela is a Time Lady. No human would be that weird and talented.

[@lizziewilson467]

It is. in the last book she's seen sowing a "spell" into the brim of a hat. Eragon asks what it is and she says "Raxicori..... nevermind." There's also a section of the book where Arya writes a poem in the sand, and it is about a lonely god drifting in a sea of time, with many faces. The author was a total whovian.

[@kyriss12]

yeah, she was one of those major loose ends that the story never bothered to tie up. The few hints they dropped about her true nature and backstory made me even more curious to know exactly who and what she was, but they never bothered to give up any real details.

[@brianbays867]

One of my favorite things about this series is the whole plot is to try and kill the Mad King Galbatorix and rebuild the Riders. A four book series but you don't see Galbatorix until halfway through the final book. All that build up and mystery surrounding him for 3 and 1/2 books. Its like how the Emperor isnt introduced until RotJ. ....The movies show him right away in his "lair" yelling and loosing his temper. Galbatorix in the books speaks slow, gently with a booming voice. He's reserved with an air of command to him, he doesn't need to scream and throw stuff for his men to follow orders he only has to look at them and they KNOW. They did him dirty in that movie 😰.

[@leurunner4764]

Or how the firelord is shown only near the end of the Avatar series. He also is intimidating while just standing there and speaking normally.

[@wjzav1971]

Its especially interesting that whenever things don't quite go his way, he does occasionally loose his temper and it is described as quite scary. You basically get a glance at how unhinged he really is and how his calm demeanour is more of a facade to hide it.

[@codyallison8093]

Galbatorix does have fits of insane rage. Murtagh describes it in his second meeting with Galbatorix.

[@SkulShurtugalTCG]

2:58 Christopher Paolini is partially color-blind, so he sees the color blue almost exclusively. That's why Saphira is blue.

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

So what does Zoroc and Thorn look like to him because some think red looks brown when colorblind

[@McFlingleson]

@@GrosvnerMcaffrey Huh. I think certain shades of red look brown. For instance, I've always heard rust described as red, but it looks brown to me. Could that possibly mean I'm a little bit colorblind and just never realized it?

[@GrosvnerMcaffrey]

@McFlingleson could be. For the record I think rust looks like a combo of colors It could be brown red or orange so I don't know if that's the best example

[@McFlingleson]

@@GrosvnerMcaffrey okay. Well, another example is that one time when I was a kid I got into an argument with my stepsister because we were watching the Dreamworks movie Antz and I remarked that the ants in it were brown and she pissily told me they're not brown, they're red. I just did a google image search of "antz" and they still look brown to me.

[@sawanna508]

@@McFlingleson I think that maybe people are persiving colours in different way without anything beeing wrong. To me rust sometimes looks red sometimes brown. And I had once a long discussion with my exgirlfriend about a color I percified as a typ brown while she percieved it as maroon.

[@Buck5417]

They also cut out a baby girl he "blessed"... which leads to fucking huge consequences in the later books.

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

Its even part of the title in the third book! "the seven promises of Eragon Shadeslayer" and that girl was ONE OF THEM!

[@ethanwinstead6280]

Buckmenstaf The Weasel Cough *Dune* Cough Cough

[@spidervenomkilljoy]

yeah, I remember that little girl! If only Eragon had been more fluent in the ancient language by the time he "blessed" her he would have given her a valuable gift but still she managed to help him when he needed it the most.

[@drackestalentorgen166]

and suffered a terrible life meanwhile

[@iRsemple]

"may you be a shield from danger"

[@artieartesian9590]

Have you thought of a category called "I read the back cover and I'm pretty sure I know how it goes". That's what I have always felt this movie was like.

[@oeeveemkittygfreak]

Actually, read the "prologue" of the Eldest. That's what they did. I swear it. I was completely dumbfounded when readding it for the first time... x'D

[@JessTheReader]

*Gasp* That is a PERFECT quick way to describe that feeling to people without me sticking them in a room with me ranting about how this 'movie' (that does NOT exist) sucks for hours on end! With them still/more confused and not caring afterwards...

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

Percy Jackson movies would also perfectly qualify

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

@ I didn't know some of them were bookd

[@kaylahensley1581]

I remember watching it when it first came out and it felt like a Star Wars fanfic set in a dragon AU.

[@VoodooGremlin]

I remember reading a review of Eragon which was two sentences (paraphrasing) "My son is a huge fan of the Eragon books so I brought him with me to the critics screening of this film. I cannot recommend this movie because it made my son cry."

[@dragoniraflameblade]

@@MeepChangeling Similar experience here.

[@pshuckle7488]

It didn't make me cry when I was a kid, but boy did it sure make me angry. These days I don't care because I can't for the life of me ever slog through Eldest again so I can remember everything that happened for the last book.

[@MrFishtoot]

@@pshuckle7488 The books do have a summary of the main plot points from the previous books. Even if the copies that you bought didn't have it, you could always read a 4-5 page summary online

[@evagriusponticus4080]

I read these as they came out from 6 to 10th Both the movie and the books came out the same time as twilight losing in popularity and I feel like that dramatically impacted their adaption

[@dragonsreingsupreme1]

@@pshuckle7488 hated eldest but the rest of the books are interesting enough for me to re read every few years if only for nostalgia. The magic system is fairly interesting and though the elves home is a partial lord of the rings ripoff the literal tree houses are fun. Is it over dramatic, yes. Are there better dragon books also yes temeraire comes to mind. But this is still a fun series to read every couple years imo.

[@CynicalPete]

the book may not have been very original, but at least a) the sequels did get better and b) Chris Paolini went out of his way to make the world he created feel as big and detailed as he could manage. yes there is a lot of padding because of this, but I didn't mind it as much as I normally would because it made Alagaesia so alive. love the book or hate, I think people should at least respect that much effort

[@Arella17]

I quit after he pussied out on Eragon having to adapt to his injury.

[@totustuus5279]

Arella17 his transformation played a large part in the later parts of the series

[@JZStudiosonline]

I only read the first book well before the film, and only watched the film once at release. The thing that immediately stood out to me about the book when I was younger and had the active imagination was that he described just about every location in so much detail I could clearly see the world in my mind. What angered me so much about the movie was that they managed to have absolutely zero of any of the locations be anywhere close to what was described in the book. The scene where Eragon meets the Fortune-teller was like 3 different cities from 3 very different parts of the book and world and combined them into something wholly uninteresting and inaccurate to anything at all. Is it a J.R.R. Tolkein rival? I don't know, maybe not, but for a 15 year old he went as far as he could and I think Tolkein would've been proud.

[@alexsomethingclever4140]

Honestly the "Padding" made the book for me. It's the world development and the type of detail I've always wanted. I love being included one every aspect of Eragon and Broms travels it really makes you feel like you're walking along side them on the path

[@koatam]

People love the shit out of Lord of the Rings and that book is padded as fuck. I remember trying to read it as a teenager and quit after the 20th poem.

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

Well, thats a bit unpopular, but I do like the book series. I like it's consistency, I like the characters, I like their development, and specialy how the second book diverges from multiple protagonists, and again, consistency keeps their stories towards the last books, specialy how the story arcs in the second book actualy converged without hinting it. Only when you realized both characters said they were going to the same place, it hits you with a nice build up and pay off. Yea, the clichés are everywhere, but not all clichés are bad, and they are not major plot points. Now, this movie, it belongs on "Last Airbender" category of "worst adaptation". The cast of some characters worked out well, but boy.....there is no salvation.

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

And no, this movie is not forgettable, trust me, the fanbase of the books will NEVER forget and forgive this movie xD Most of the changes they did were ruining plot points for the sequels, such as Angela and the Ra'zac.

[@conniemelton708]

+MrKlausbaudelaire it's one of my absolute favorite book series.

[@Pantalaymo]

I liked the first book, LOVED the second, was a little bewildered by the third and AB-SO-LU-TELY HATED the fourth one. Paolini obviously put SO little effort in the last book. Everything was so freaking convenient...

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

Pantalaymo but to be fair, the fourth book had build up since the first one. The whole thing with the well of souls was really prepared and became a bit obvious after the third book introduced the concept of Eldunari. Also, they hammered so much Saphira as the last dragon, Paolini couldn't resist giving us SOMETHING of a happy ending. I also liked how the 3rd book's alternate title was "the seven promises of Eragon Shadeslayer" But the third is my favourite too.

[@Pantalaymo]

When the cat mentioned the "well of souls" I went like noooooo, noooo! It can't be just Eragon and Galbatorix throwing Eldunari at each other thill one runs dry... Not even mentioning the ridicoulus way Galbatorix was killed in the end, it was kinda hard for me to dislike the guy... Ofcourse he was a mass murderer but his motives in general are pretty honorable. I mean the Elves ARE arrogant and overpowered dickheads and magic users ARE very dangerous for the common people... The only thing I really liked about the last book was Paolini's solution for the Urgals. That was one perfect example of ending on a hopefull note but being aware, that it still could all go to hell after a phew decades. All together Nar'Garzvogh together with Orik (even though that awesome dwarf got reduced to a mud-cake-baking sidefigure in the last book) are my two most favorite characters by far :)

[@chocobros1]

My dear dom... You must be mistaken. As a lifelong Eragon fan I can tell you that this movie never happened. It simply just does not exist, so there is nothing worth making a video about. *goes to sit and cry in a corner while muttering "Eyddr eyreyra onr" repeatedly

[@borgue]

+chocobros1 Copy/paste from every adaptation video ever made. No self-respect. F-

[@chocobros1]

+magna whiff The hell are you talking about? The only other lost in adaptation videos that dealt with such shoddy adaptations that I can think of was the two Percy Jackson films. Not to mention I made an actual reference to the Inheritance book series there so if I copy pasted that from all the previous videos, I wouldn't have been making any sense at all until now No actual thought put into your response F-

[@nextgenwarrior]

"As a lifelong Eragon fan" You have my deepest sympathies.

[@goodjobeli]

Oh so it's like the -Percy Jackson films- films that may or may not be based on the Percy Jackson books but we will never know because it doesn't exist and never will unless they get a good writer/director which makes the musical the best and only adaptation.

[@werewolf873]

Some Crazed Nerd to be fair, Rick riordan is doing a fine job ruining his own stories

[@solomonschaos]

Me: *ready to watch someone appropriately bash the Eragon movie!* The Dom: "...my feelings on the book are mixed at best..." Me: "oh no." The Dom: "to me...it's not like they are ruining a good story." "Underwhelming book". "Forget about the book and the film". Me: "It's okay childhood-me, everyone has their own opinions. This doesn't change how we feel about the Inheritance Cycle." To be fair, I got my somewhat movie bashing. I still watched the whole video and thoroughly enjoyed it even though The Dom is not a fan of the series. Do not worry for I am still subscribed!

[@wjzav1971]

@@RT...... I have gone back and forth on this. Eragon (the book) truly does have flaws and they become more appararent when you read other fantasy books. On the other hand, I find that there is a lot going for Eragon with certain plot and character beats and while other fantasy stories might be better, Eragon is also pretty good at getting young people interested into the genre without challenging them too much.

[@SingingSealRiana]

I know I loved the books, but I must agree they have several problems if revisited with an adut mind. Plus points for dragons and their bond, Brom, angela, eragons twisted blessing turned curse, his adoption into the dwarf clan and of cause him reconecting with roran which lead too this increadably funny scene where they compare their injuries and had no right to be anyway near that funny

[@wjzav1971]

@@SingingSealRiana Especially Roran. I really love that Roran has to figure out problems without a dragon and elven superpowers at his disposal. And yet its so badass how he goes at it with an analytical mind and clear determination that he has to win or else.

[@PolliitoAle]

I'm with you, I need a movie bashing video without insulting the books xd I know they're flawed guys but cmon!! they're very dear to my teenage heart lmao

[@PolliitoAle]

@@SingingSealRiana I loved every single interaction between Eragon and Roran after they met again. Also, between Eragon and the rest of his old town. It's like their highschool friend became a celebrity and came back to the 10 year reunion as if there's nothing special to it lmao

[@mehunlanghynniewta4748]

I liked Roran better than Eragon......... He was badass...... N he didn't even use magic...... STRONG HAMMER

[@professionalmemeenthusiast2117]

My boi killed 297 men in one battle with just a hammer.

[@remy5347]

Roran was basically thor the whole time

[@supermagnificence7503]

BUUUUT, that was only because he had been warded be his brother to basically make him invincible.

[@mehunlanghynniewta4748]

@@supermagnificence7503the wards played a part yes but in most of the battles Roran was in his wards wore out in the beginning of the battle it self..... Hence the broken face..... Arrow in the back... So on and so forth...... Roran deserves credit....... Ohh n yeah my boy got laid..... Eragon is still chasing after Arya...... 😛😛😛😛😛😂😂😂😂

[@fangsabre]

@@supermagnificence7503 the wards only last so long. That battle was a war of attrition. By the end doesnt he get like shot in the thigh by an arrow, his side cut open by a spear, another arrow in his arm, and like several smaller injuries as well?

[@Nicoviceful]

The thing I loved the most about the book was its worldbuilding. It's true, Paolini takes A LOT of time worldbuilding, there are way too many chapters (if not, story archs) that explain how a city works, or how some characters act, but that is exactly what I liked. I liked being ale to see the changes Roran goes through to the point of becoming a Hero on his own, I liked how Paolini described some cities or took his time describing how the city was related to the main plot or what effects Eragon's passage through the city were. In my opinion, that was what made the world feel alive... In hindsight though, I feel the book feels a little too much as a D&D campaign, but I still like it.

[@somethingclever8916]

but this is his only work. its been nearly a decade and he hasn't written anything since

[@Tamashi88]

not quite sure what you mean. Tamora Pierce wrote two worlds: the World of Tortal (first book: Alanna the First adventure) and the world of Emelan (first book: Sandra's Book) she also has a few short stories and essays etc but those two worlds are her jam. Her fist book came out in the early 1980s she is still publishing in those worlds now. And what about JRR Tolkien? How many worlds did he make outside of Middle Earth? (I honestly don't know). Or Ann McCaffrey? She built a few worlds but all with a similar premise: humans going to other planets some with more tech, some with less tech (and dragons!) Anyway my point is that Paolini might STILL be building his world. He might have endless loose-leaf papers of short stories and maps and character backgrounds that we (the consumers) know nothing about.

[@andrewovery6458]

He is writing new things. In a comic con panel, he said he is writing a new sci-fi book and working on the 5th inheritance cycle book,

[@alexbartschi602]

that was one of the things that actually got ten year old me into the series world building can add a lot to a story when done right

[@beingmegucaissuffering.5326]

Tronjheim, the city that the dwarves live in, is flat out one of my favorite fantasy settings. It's a shame that it wasn't really done justice.

[@johnlemus7921]

The Eragon franchise I think would be better serialized rather than made into a movie franchise. I think it would have been impossible to show Eragon's full character development in any movie. Just the scenes of him training and learning how to read take for ever. In the book it goes in to tremendous detail how he, toward the end of his training, did not recognize himself.

[@JoshtheOverlander]

+John Lemus I agree. And who better to handle a series than Netflix?

[@johnlemus7921]

Maybe.

[@JoshtheOverlander]

I will forever find it endlessly hilarious how much more loyal to the books the fucking licensed GBA game for the movie was than the movie itself.

[@ericemigh3869]

I actually really like the Inheritance Cycle, albeit I prefer the sequels to the first book, where Paolini grows a bit more into his own as a writer (although the Morzan reveal in Book 2 admittedly did little to help ease the Star Wars comparisons…), but I think Eregon had its moments. It’s slightly better than “forgettable” for me, at least, which is probably why this movie pisses me off a lot more. What I’m somewhat annoyed Dom didn’t mention is that they took out the revelation Eregon has at the end of his duel with Durza that reveals Durza’s history and tragedy to him. It’s the one moment that elevates Durza from nothing but a B-list (if that) stereotypical villain, and also makes Eregon seriously reevaluate his relationship with the enemy and magic, so removing it in favor of a giant bat/balrog monster seems like a bad trade-off (although I can understand the need to make the last fight more cinematic). What annoys me, personally, about this movie (other than its generally cheap appearance, half-hearted acting, its forever tarnishing the series’s appeal in the eyes of the general public, its decision to reinforce the Star Wars comparison by following that formula even more closely than the book… let’s just say these two things that annoy me about this movie that are less frequently brought up and leave it at that) is, one, that it seems so self-assured of its own inevitable box office failure that it completely fails to set up anything that’s supposed to happen in Eldest (Book 2) and promises a speedy confrontation with Galbatorix, which, had they ever adapted Book 2, they wouldn’t have been able to deliver. It pisses me off to watch a movie that clearly not even the filmmakers had any interest in making halfway decent or frachiseable (Is that a word? Because it should be.). Two, while Eregon has often been accused of being a Gary/Mary Sue, and not without reason, I’ll admit (although those calling him a monstrous sociopath may be taking things a bit far…), this movie only compounds that by making Eregon’s transformation into a hero even more effortless and simple. For instance, in the book it takes a long time before he can even match Bromm in combat; by not even granting him a decent montage, the film makes this look effortless. An adaptation is supposed to smooth over the elements that translate and/or have been received poorly; for this film to instead exacerbate them like this is really insulting. Anyway, sorry if this comes off as a fanboy rant; I’m actually pretty lukewarm on the series, but frequently heckling of my taste has made be defensive. The tl;dr is: I didn’t much care for the movie, and I feel it’s substantially worse than the generally okay book its based on.

[@ele3506]

solution to having a character accused of being a sociopath: write them as a yandere in fanfiction. anime/manga/touhou/insert any popular japanese form of media but doesn't necessarily mean inherently japanese people like it fans LOVE their yanderes or just overall abusive or psychotic characters in general. (although I'm trying not to glorify the sociopathic personality in my story: he ends up dead while she ends up having to cope with PTSD for the rest of her life) and whoops. sorry. this just turned into my rambling about fanfiction and writing in general. I'm going to go offline now and just listen to music...

[@fangsabre]

I haven't heard of him being called a sociopath (especially as he is clearly being shown to have empathy with others, I swear some people want every hero to be a sociopath) and I wouldn't even call him a Gary sue necessarily. He has talent but also (spoiler alert) his fucking father was a dragon rider. No shit he has some predisposition to magic. But he also works for it and fails. He's not magically already good with a sword, the book specifically says he spends most nights early on covered in bruises and welts from the beating Brom gives him. And as for the star wars comparison, which is fair, id say that honestly I prefer Eragon over A New Hope. Other than Han Solo obviously. Luke doesn't give a shit about his aunt and uncle after that one wide shot after they're buried. Does he even mention them once? He cares more about the father he never met than the people who raised him. And he kinda joins the rebellion... just cuz? And the Force is completely unexplained. It's an ex machina at best. Eragons motivation is founded on garrows death, the plot of the story and the series is affected by it. Magic has rules, the Force just does whatever they need it to. Not to mention the Varden is infinitely more fleshed out than the rebel alliance. And this has been, how Eragon is better than A New Hope

[@LoCloud7]

Eragon, his name is Eragon.

[@someanimal3506]

Eragon isn’t a Mary Sue at all, he spends the whole first book being beaten up, by the ra’zac, by Durza, by Brom, by murtagh, etc, he only beats Durza at the end and at extreme cost.

[@leurunner4764]

Book one had so much "Padding" because it is difficult to create a complex and intricate world with complex dynamics and politics in only a few sentences. sometimes, worldbuilding just takes a while.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

I think my overall attitude toward the books, while not as happy as it used to be, is still generally positive in a flawed gems type of way. While they have their problems and are certainly iterative in many areas, the actual execution of those story elements and the overall structure of the series is handled very well. The author clearly understands a lot of core story rules, and he showcases that understanding very well. Especially as the series goes on and it branches further off in its own direction with a lot of really clever ideas added in the later books. It's a shame the film only seemed to change things in explicitly worse ways.

[@intergalactic92]

The first book is blatantly Star Wars in Middle Earth, and it is certainly the weakest of the 4 books. The writing definitely got much better with each new instalment, and whilst the essence of Star Wars remained there were always enough intricate little details beneath the surface that set it apart from the its inspiration. The world building is spectacular. What the film did was take away all those interesting little tidbits that made the world interesting and added in extra Star Wars elements so it looked even more like a casual rip off than it already was.

[@horaciosi]

Fun fact: Eragon was the last film to be released on VHS in the United States.

[@richardtreece5131]

hmmmmm wonder why

[@skateordie280]

A quick google search proves this to be entirely untrue

[@thefanwithoutaface8105]

As someone who read the book, I can say this movie at best only captures a rough outline of the basics of the book itself Major plot elements, characters and other material are left out, leaving you with a generic fantasy movie that would feel more at home a straight to dvd movie.

[@hayleybartek8643]

Between this movie and "The Last Airbender" I'm not sure which one made me want my money back more.

[@kirillzakharov7336]

ye Murtagh, Angela and Arya were completely ruined

[@lindseysquire8417]

This is one of my favorite book series of all time, and I have extremely high standards for books. The series gets better with each book. The world is huge and intricately crafted, it's consistent and the characters are wonderful; there's little details that make the world feel really lived in and read, like how even though Arya could have used magic to help Elaine give birth within half an hour, there are stigmas against elves to the point where they won't let her do anything but the most basic spells, or how Roran finds it strange that a woman (Nasuada) is able to command such respect, even though he says that he shares that respect, as she is a phenomenal leader and soldier. Also, Eragon's respect for Nasuada and Angela is wonderful, as is the grave mistake he made with Elva that she makes him atone for. I adore this series.

[@bobbys332]

That was one of the things I liked most about this series: Small stuff like a woman being so important is maddening to humans but dwarves and elves don't care because they've been around a bit. Nasuada almost immediately gains respect for her actions from some of the dwarves and Arya since she fought when other women ran away but even the Varden and King Orrin look down on her until they realize that she is probably a more capable leader than even her father. Roran leads his villagers to battle with an iron will and purely from the strength of his emotion and will he basically becomes their de-facto leader. There is some grumbling about this from the older more conservative members of the group but they eventually don't care either because he proved himself. Neither of them were 'perfect' or were 'chosen ones' they were simply people doing the best with what they had. Then along comes Angela and you just accept that she is odd because there is nothing that can explain her in any way that makes sense so people just accept her help and oddness. And you don't mess with her when she is attacked in the night and is wielding only her wool combs...

[@SingingSealRiana]

I like that it is not an outrighte power fantasy desite so clearly working through the insecurities and hopes of a teenager. He does not get the girl, he falls on his face all of the time, he has make the choice that goes against what he wants, but is right. He lerns his lesson and he learns them painfuly, he does not get handed anything for free and whith that the book teaches a tonne of importent lessons to the reader I am astonished a that young author was aware of and skirtet around the typical flaws most new writers are prone to make . . . ike writing a damned mary sue for not knowing any better . . . . well he did

[@ManOutofTime913]

@@SingingSealRiana I did enjoy that he spends the second book in crippling pain and unable to do much, due to the injury he sustained in the final battle of the first book, having to be carried by the other characters and completely out of action on the other side of the map from the main conflict. It honestly shows a remarkable level of maturity to acknowledge the vulnerability of your main character like that for a writer so young. Child me would have staunchly objected to it, but I honestly would have preferred if he stayed that way and took on more of a leadership role after that.

[@wjzav1971]

@@bobbys332 I honestly adore Roran's story in the series. He has to face almost insurmountable tasks without having magic or a dragon on his side. At one point, he comments on how Eragon is usually so much in the thick of it that he doesn't notice how the fight is going for the rest of the army and how many Varden are slacking off. Its thoroughly established how they are both fighting on woefully different levels. However, the nice thing is that Roran uses his wits and cunning to win. He sees a challenge, he starts looking for possible weaknesses, forms a plan, sometimes has to convince his allies of the plan and sees it through. Very often scared shitless of the dangers but he pushes through because he also knows what will happen if he fails. I honestly found his fights in the later books much more interesting than Eragon's.

[@SebasTian58323]

Elva is such a tragic part of Eragon's story.

[@nootella88]

the books: brilliant, deep plot, great storyline, awesome characters - especially Angela the herbalist film: don't even get me started on everything wrong with the film

[@shrooms847]

Sounds like the book should have been a TV show

[@ManOutofTime913]

+Kosky Power Or a mini-series. That would have worked pretty well.

[@VestaBlackclaw]

Yeah, something like Legend of the Seeker. It'd work better that way.

[@Questron71]

TV series? Maybe... but please as cartoon or CGI not live action. Live Action with small budget makes awful TV adaptations of fanasy books... And I do not think anybody will put the money behind Game of Thrones into any Eragon project...

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Kosky Power For once, I concur. When it comes to stories, epic fantasies like this are hard to tell in a single sitting.

[@KeybladeMasterAndy]

Urs F Also fair, though with the right names behind it, the proper funding can probably be secured. Though even Game of Thrones has to limit the CGI.

[@aranockcooke98]

The book series is awesome, if slightly flawed. But the film is shit, it misses everything good.

[@aranockcooke98]

The way that galbatorix was able to defeat the other riders with only a couple of forsworn is a major plot point in the book series.

[@aranockcooke98]

and the razac are huge parts of the other books, like destroy towns chase roran and the people of carvahall across alagaesia, and kidnap rorans love interest.

[@aranockcooke98]

they also destroy the very interesting and unique race of urgals

[@aranockcooke98]

also no star sapphire no blessing

[@aranockcooke98]

changing the fucking seasons and how long the trip takes

[@guyofminimalimportance7]

It's been a long time since I read the books, (I was actually around the same age that the author was when he wrote them.), and looking back on the general story arc, I can totally see how the narrative was a touch clunky and slow; but I feel like the universe was so unique that the film had a massive amount of potential that it just ignored. The book took plenty of generic fantasy races and tropes, but mixed in unique concepts and a very detailed style of storytelling which made the overall story feel both immersive and original. The film had dozens of unique sequences that could have been both visually and thematically intriguing, but instead chose to just be the generic fantasy story everyone assumes the books are.

[@cosmicriptid]

"Gosh, is this actually a loyal adaptation?" *cue laughter*

[@Dumbledoresarmy13]

I remember watching this when I was younger and being so upset, just so overwhelmingly disappointed for the first time ever by a movie.The books were flawed, but I was new to the fantasy genre and I LOVED stories about dragons. They were my favorite. It's been years since I've touched any of the books but I still remember being ultra pissed about the 1v1 fight with Durza that didn't give Eragon a scar - the elves not looking like elves, the dwarves (if they were even there?) not looking like dwarves, the little girl that he scars for life trying to give a blessing but accidentally being shit at Elvish - not even in it, I think, the charming Luna Lovegood-esque fortune teller (my favorite character) with her werecat friend were not at all like the book... man. I remember looking at my grandma and bursting into tears as the credits rolled because I made her see that movie with me instead of going to see Happy Feet with my cousins and aunt. Only one movie has devastated me as much as Eragon, and that's The Last Airbender.

[@cassiusjin5776]

Personally, I love the books. I feel like the movie didn't do it justice. If they gave it the same running time as LotR, I'm pretty sure it would of been better. That, and they should of changed the movie rating. Instead of PG, make it PG-13.

[@ChaosTherum]

When I saw the movie I hadn't read the books and the movie was so bad that I was like "I have to read the books there is no way a book can be this bad."

[@neveahpotter-harrystwin2438]

I'd watch it if it was as long as lotr movies it might be more like the book then

[@TheTwilitHero]

It was PG? No tattooed nude dancing elf maids in the nonexistent sequel then, huh?

[@professionalmemeenthusiast2117]

@@TheTwilitHero Also no pain immune half dead maniacs with crushed ribs, missing limbs and smashed up faces.

[@Wandervenn]

Idk I think the director was a big problem too. They clearly made choices that were simple to add like the elves having pointed ears.

[@MrsXanatrix]

The first Eragon book should serve as a cautionary tale on nepotism in the publishing industry and how it can be harmful to aspiring authors. His parents have not done him a favor by publishing the book. Had Paolini sent in the book to a publishing house, got rejected, reworked the book, set it to another one and failed again until he he had significantly improved the book, Eragon could have been decent to amazing. Paolini obviously has some pretty creative ideas once he gets over relying on trite clichees and the second book clearly shows that, by expanding on old characters and introducing new one that are much deeper nd likeable than Eragon or Brom were i the first and by both playing with tropes he played straight earlier and daring tointroduce plot twists that are not standard for fantasy. The third book is even better in my opinion and clearly shows his growth as an author. Unfortunately the 4rth book is the worst one of the series. Obviously he was counting on it to sell and be celerated like the otherthree and therefore half-assed it (a pitfall many authors fall into)

[@marthia8015]

+MrsXanatrix While I see our point, I didn't like the second and third book so much. It might be because I've read them later and became more aware of what makes a good or bad book in the time (the first book was one of the first high-fantasy stories I read as a child, and I haven't reread it since then), but I felt like the books got more and more tiring, the plot holes the story had became more and more obvious, and the bigger the scope and the more ridiculous the power levels got, the more annoyed I became with the story. Then there are countless Deus-Ex-Machina moments (which the series always had, but they got worse and worse the more time went on). It doesn't help that the story lines I did like got pushed to the side for the countless chapters Eragon spend with the elves, which I didn't like because a lot of it was spent on a stupid lovestory, inconsequential filler, and on bragging about how AMAZING elves are. To me, the first one was a fun, but nor very memorable adventure, and the later ones where dragged down by trying to hard to be epic without having enough to stand on to really make a huge story work. But as I've said, I read the books over a span of several years and the first one at a very young age, so I would have to reread the whole series to make a proper judgement. Which I might just do out of curiosity. I have really good memories of the first one, and I would like to see how well it holds up after I've read Lord of the Rings and A Song of Ice and Fire...

[@Kelly_Jane]

+seigeengine No need to worry about ASoIaf. I'm a world building guy too. Martin really pulls of his world and explores a great deal of it through intertwining narratives and some wild surprises. I have reread them all multiple times (and am doing so right now) Also I couldn't stand the Lord of the Rings books either, except some of The Hobbit which I only read when I was pretty young. I would also recommend the Kingslayer Chronicles by Patrick Rothfuss, world building through stories within stories and some of the best prose I've ever read. (though the main character is a slight marry sue and the wait for the next book is killing me.)

[@marthia8015]

seigeengine arithine But in ASoIaF, the world building actually plays an important part for the narrative. Almost every little world building bit somehow relates to the story, in Eragon, a lot of it is just unnecessary filler or straight up nonsensical. Which is why Westeros feels much more like a living, breathing world then Alageasia (I hope I spelled that right). Everything is somehow connected, and the massive amount of world building we get in the core books alone is closely tied to whatever is going on at the moment. The later Eragon books seem like they had a lot of good ideas, but they where not tied together very well, progressing more because of Deus Ex Machinas then because of a well constructed plot. The same thing can be said about Lord of the Rings, which is can be a chore to read because of Tolkiens attention to detail, even on things that are only tangentially related to the story of the book.

[@baldbookgeek]

+MrsXanatrix i love Eragon but i can see so many things that needed fixing and the star wars with dragons

[@carsfan1995]

Except that EL James, author of Fifty Shades of Grey, was contacted by the publishing industry specifically for the fact that her Twilght fanfic, Master of the Universe was incredibly popular online. She was offered money and publishing her fanfic by just changing the names and little to no edits in her work. Most likely the No Edit Clause on her contract and so she didn't have to accept her editor's suggestions and edits. It's actually disturbingly common, the no edit clause.

[@DanSmith-ew9ul]

I loved the movie until I read the book. Then I became a huge fan of the book series.

[@line_vondensternen337]

same, and when I rewatched the movie I was screaming at my laptop

[@DanSmith-ew9ul]

😂 same here

[@aniflowers1998]

Same xD

[@sawanna508]

Same.

[@dragonwolf8692]

I’ll concede that the first book may be a bit slow and dull at points but i’ll firmly say that this series is honestly one of the best fantasy series. Sure it took inspirations from other stories in the genre and it isn’t 100% original but not a lot of stories are original. What makes a story good though is being able to make it into your own concept. And Paolini, in my humble opinion, did a damn fine job making his own unique story and built a mystical world that captured my heart when I first read it in sixth grade and still does when I read them today. The movie is hot garbage and ruined the chance of the series gaining mass popularity. And look, I very rarely comment on videos, I just wanted to try to convince at least one person to give the books a shot. I promise you that Paolini isn’t some hack that just copies other people. To each their own though.

[@PKMNResearcherSkyler]

I want you to know that at least one person agrees with you

[@sawanna508]

I like the books a lot at one point I read them twice in a row and I only started reading them as an adult. I adore these books especially because Paolini was so young when he started wirting those books. I am a writer too. -Ironically I only started reading the books because I saw the movie.

[@PossumReviews]

2:01, it was raining in that shot. You can see the rain in the Blu-Ray version.

[@dustyrose192]

Isnt blu-ray like an updated version? Where mistakes can be fixed

[@Jemini4228]

I hatebit when they half arse or alter a character death scene in an adaptation. Brom was supposed to die in a different setting in a different part of the story. And I hate that they made it so the death of the rider would cause the death of the dragon, making the bravery of Saphira in rescuing Eragon look like convoluted self preservation...

[@shrimpbisque]

Jenny Sweeney To be fair, the Dragonriders of Pern series started the whole "death of either becomes death of both" thing.

[@th0rn3]

Jenny Sweeney well, if rider or dragon dies or is seriously injured, the other does suffer. I think they just overdid it a bit.

[@Coffee-ve8ub]

I thought that was in the books too? I'm pretty sure I remember reading that, but I will admit it's been a while since I've read this series so I may have gotten some of the details confused.

[@BrokensoulRider]

If the dragon dies, the human can live on. Without the human, the dragon, essentially, lost half of its soul. Glaedr goes on about this quite a bit.

[@Xalpen]

Rider or dragon can live without his other half, but as stated by Glaedr(i think it was him)dragons often request to destroy thier eldunari if thier rider dies, or story about Thuviel whos dragon died and he gladly "self destructed" and made Doru Areabas vault of souls safe.. On other hand Brom was able to live without his dragon.

[@Painocus]

Seriously though none of this was original when Star Wars did it either. If anything it sounds like these books are more inventive than the original SW trilogy, it's just that SW is more well known than the stuff it stole from.

[@aj5820]

+Painocus You are aware that star wars was made in the 70's when these themes were still relatively new to storytelling. And there's a difference between being inspired and outright stealing. Did you watch the doms other video on Eragon this is scene for scene the same story as a new hope, not just some plot points and general themes. Any story Lucas may have gotten ideas from (there's no actual proof there was one ) could just have easily just been inspiration. Why is there such a cynical view on SW when this topic comes up? Don't you think there'd be some info, some angry author or fans who would've said something about Lucas stealing their work by now?

[@ajzeg01]

Ahem. Valerian, John Carter, Flash Gordon, the Arthurian Legends, The Searchers, The Hidden Fortress, and EVERY. SINGLE. HERO’S. JOURNEY. STORY. EVER!!! Don’t tell me that Star Wars didn’t take things from other stories! The Hero’s Journey is an ANCIENT story structure, found in everything from Greek Mythology to Shakespeare! Don’t tell me that it started in 1977 with Star Wars, kiddo!

[@TheOnlyWay2Go.]

AJ even 4 years later I’m cringing at this ignorance

[@rocknroll20024]

Netflix should do this as a series series like A series of unfortunate events

[@MegaIata]

Or an animated series

[@jliller]

I never read the book, but I watched the movie and hated it. I didn't notice the Star Wars parallels a the time, but most of it felt terribly rushed. The final battle seemed like it was setting up some kind of Lord of the Rings-esk epic fight, but then faceplanted from the moment it started when someone shouts "Summon the archers!" and two guys jump out.

[@hh6427]

The books were much much better than the movie I promise

[@mariaer9692]

The LOTR elves were only that stoic in the films.

[@BelovedCaptain]

+Maria ER Yeah, for real. I can remember reading about Legolas traipsing around on the snow, teasingly telling Gandalf he was going to get the sun for them. They were more dimensional than shown in the films.

[@DarthFennec]

I've always loved this book and just about everything in it, especially the 'padding' (as you say) that they left out of the movie. I mean sure, most of it wasn't exactly required to forward the plot of this book, and serves more toward foreshadowing the future installments in the series, but I think it serves another, much more important purpose: character development and worldbuilding. I hated this film because most of the things they left out are the things that made the story and characters feel real to me. I love reading about Eragon's adventures with Brom and Saphira and Murtagh, and all the shit they go through and how their relationships change and grow over the many months that take place in the book, and if you take all of that out you're just left with three days of Star Wars in Middle Earth, and it's just really boring. Now granted, I do think the overall plot is one of the weaker points of this book, and the later entries in the series are much stronger for having actually original plots, but I do still really like this one regardless.

[@Great_Olaf5]

This. Exactly this. My feelings on the story perfectly.

[@keefashine2657]

I remember loving those books, and dragging my best friend to see the movie with me. I remember as soon as it ended, she and I looking at each other and saying "... Is that it?" Like the whole movie just felt like set up with no plot. By the time it ended it just felt like it was getting started. I have a lot of nostalgia for the series but also hated the ending (it literally went "well we could go on forever about this, but instead of telling you.. bye") but I remember regretting they made it into a movie.

[@SamLovesMovies25]

(SPOILER warning for the ending of the fourth book) I did like the book series. Don't get me wrong, there was a lot that was cliche and derivative and I realized that as I got older, but I still enjoyed the stuff that actually was creative and well done. I think the magic system being connected with the ancient language was kind of cool and the depth of the special bond between the dragons and their riders was well described, and other stuff like that, so I guess I just focused on enjoying the positives as I read the books. One thing where I just couldn't go along with it, though, was the ending to the fourth book. The hero, after going through his journey, feels that he can no longer stay in the world he calls home and so he decides to leave. He gets on a ship and goes sailing off with the elves for other lands. It's pretty much EXACTLY THE SAME as the end of Lord of the Rings! Like not just very similar, like with the parallels to Star Wars, but almost exact! Also, I didn't quite understand why Eragon couldn't have raised the dragons on that island (Vroengard I think?) where they dragons used to live. It's an isolated island that was somewhat difficult for Eragon to reach even by dragon, so they would probably be undisturbed there, and if the dragons used to live there then I would think that it could be made to be suitable for them again (unless I missed some detail that explains why he couldn't go there lol). So yeah, I still enjoyed the book series overall, but it is definitely flawed (the second and third book were better than the first) and I didn't care for that ending.

[@JoshtheOverlander]

+Sakura4anime25 I hear Paolini's writing a fifth book.

[@jacksonl.2201]

Vroengard had fallout from basically a magical nuke, causedwhen a rider whose dragon had been killed decided to attempt to take the forsworn with him. Converting his body to energy, he effectively nuked Vroengard.

[@jacksonl.2201]

It requires a lot of unnessecary work to live there is why he disregarded it.

[@SebasTian58323]

He wanted to stay but realized that he could fall to the temptation of being so powerful dragon rider whose opinion was well respected and knew he had to leave to prevent that, and even the stupid prophecy trope foreshadowing that is important to the story.

[@AlanGresov]

Yes and no. In LotR the characters leave for the undying lands because that's their reward for murdering Lucifer. In Inheritance, Eragon leaves his home in search of an isolated area to live and train the new dragon order, he leaves behind all of his friends and everyone he knows because he's putting them in... danger? (It's been a few years). While, in LotR, it's implied that the characters are essentially going to heaven, and will live out the rest of their lives separated from the mortal realm, in Inheritance, Eragon leaves very reluctantly, and it's implied that he will have a distant relationship with Alagaesia. Hell, he's even hoping that the queen of the elves will one day abdicate the throne to come and join him.

[@sidequesthero1027]

I feel the need to also point out that they killed the Ra'zac within the first third of the movie, despite them being (what I personally consider to be) the secondary antagonists of the entire series. If this movie had turned into a series, their death would have made many of the events going forward make no sense.

[@Sam-lf3hn]

I love the books the author managed to make every thing feel grand and epic yes I'll admit the colored swords is silly but he managed to create a world and cast of characters the I care about and the ending of the fourth book was down right tear jerkingly sad

[@servals2384]

The thing that pissed me off the most was the fact that they turned Arya, an originally oriental looking character with slanted green eyes and black straight black hair, into a fucking ultra white ginger girl. They completely changed her character and the very essence of her existence. She went from being a wise, multi-faceted, interesting character to just another whitewashed damsel in destress.

[@dannyhuskerjay]

who do you think would make a good arya im legit curios cuz in all the fancasting for a remake i have done i can't figure out who to play her lol.

[@AndelsHistory]

Dichen Lachman

[@michaelmcbride8805]

I totally agree

[@michaelmcbride8805]

Lucy Liu would have worked years ago

[@clivi1039]

Yes, because so many "orientals" have green fucking eyes 😑

[@LavenderRavens]

Im currently rereading the books (the first time I read them I was 13) and I love them still very much now being 20. I absolutely LOVE the magic system and the characters and even though it is very obvious that paolini drew inspiration from star wars and lotr, i think that is still very much it's own story.

[@Great_Olaf5]

Thing is, I hadn't read LotR when I first read these, but having now read both, I see almost no connection whatsoever aside from them taking place in a fantasy world, and I can only really see the Star Wars comparison if I'm reading single paragraph summaries of the two side by side.

[@jacobwismer1512]

If you love the magic system you should read Ursula K LeGuin's Earthsea books, because he just copied it from thete

[@AaronSKZ]

I first read Eragon when I was 14 and loved it! I reread it and the other books until I started college. I reread them again at 24 and was definitely underwhelmed. I still had the nostalgia for the series and still like it to some extent but it wasn’t as good as I thought. Personally I think the world, lore, and side characters are more interesting than Eragons story is. I’d like to see what else could be written within the world itself.

[@sagittarius91love]

most of the questions brought up about the books are answered later, theyre worth the read!

[@arnold20139]

Man, I hope Dom does "Lost in Adaptation" on The Golden Compass. I would love to see his opinion on both.

[@xRaiofSunshine]

Paige Arnol That would be awesome :0

[@jordangreen9201]

my mind after watching Eragon: 10 sec after "That was a complete disservice to thevbooks!" 20 min after "Well it could have been better." 3 hours after "They did their best and my hopes were just too high." year or two later watch it on cable. "Well, that was shit."

[@shadowreaperjb]

I'm curious what you thought about the sequels, while i do agree the first one isn't the best story i think the sequels do make an interesting universe with some of the characters becoming more interesting.

[@michaelmcbride8805]

like Rowling Paolini got better as he went

[@justjukka]

Jeremy Irons, among all his highly acclaimed virtues, is such a good sport.

[@Taxrenn93]

Very nice review, I loved this series, but looking back, yeah the first book is not the best, but his writing does improve considerably as the books go on and the similarities to Star Wars lessen as well. I too was pissed off at the letdown of the Dwarven capital in the film, as that was by far the best part of the book, I don't think we ever actually see a single dwarf in the film.

[@JordanSullivanadventures]

I remember really enjoying the book when I read it. I liked the relationship between Eragon and Saphira.

[@Afroskelett]

WORST. MOVIE. EVER. and I loved the books :(

[@LainWithSweetTea]

I feel an instinctual need to hiss at this godamn movie every time Ive seen it

[@koholint3567]

I have a soft spot for the movie because I saw it first. It made me want to read all the books. After finishing the cycle and rewatching, I could only wonder if they even planned to finish the story. So many major plot points or character setups were glossed over it would make the sequels NOTHING like the books and DEFINITELY give them the title, “in name only.”

[@Grimfang999]

Im glad you finally did this and I think you got a lot of things right, but yeah as you said since you didnt enjoy the series that much you did miss a lot out, some of your nitpicks were explained, such as Saphira having a deep voice in the books, which is established early on, and the Ra'zac being very much a genuine but very rare race of which some of its species followed the humans over from the long-lost (unmapped and forgotten) continent of origin as a predator/prey relationship. Also, in terms of the stone being blue... That was actually an inspiration from another book series known as the Belgariad. The series revolves around the retrieval of a blue stone of immeasurable power in order to fulfil a destiny. Sounds shit in short but its actually a pretty good series. Anyway, a lot was taken from this series (more so than what Star Wars, which people say Eragon ripped off, which is bollocks) and it makes sense since this was Paolinis favourite series growing up. The last thing I have to say is just that the omissions and choices made in the movie I hated most were the ones which destroyed the sequel, such as killing off the Ra'zac and not introducing Jeod, both of whom have tremendous influence in the second book (of which the director had no excuse because Eldest had been out for a very long time by the time the film was being made). Anyways, aside from that, pretty good analysis as to why the film was a terribad adaptation.

[@greninjastorm6734]

Ugh, this movie was such a huge turd. The books were amazing. The movie...not so much

[@sofiaa1616]

In regards to the elves from LOTR, they were actually not nearly as stoic and humorless in the books as they were in the films. They're pretty much the only thing I liked a lot better in the books than in the films (other than that, I think the films are better).

[@leakinbrolly2379]

+Sofia A The Rivendell elves, in the Hobbit at least, were described to be happy people who sing almost all the time. Granted that was before the definite return of Sauron.

[@sofiaa1616]

LeakinBrolly Yeah, I know. And Galadriel acted like a normal person (most of the time), and wasn't nearly as creepy as she was in the film.

[@000Dragon50000]

OH GOD THE JOKE ABOUT ELVES NOT BEING ABLE TO LIE IN ELVEN :D Damn that was amazing.

[@philiphockenbury6563]

I actually really like the book Eragon. I also have a personal reason for doing so, Eragon was my first big book and I read it in 1st grade. It's one of my prouder achivements and helped to foster my lifelong love of reading. I also just really like it. Plus I have positive memories playing the videogame adaptation. So my opinion is super saturated in nostalgia, but I don't really care.

[@taahasiddiqui1071]

The book? It's a series my guy

[@Great_Olaf5]

Dear God they let you read this book in first grade?! What the Hell was your teacher thinking?! The slaughter in Yazuac with the pile of corpses in the middle of the village with a baby stuck through a spear on top somehow didn't trip a trigger called "unsuitable for children"?!

[@philiphockenbury6563]

@@Great_Olaf5 Probably didn't read it besides I got it from my family. and I probably glossed over that part. Besides it's not the worst thing for a child to read.

[@Thelifeofzeus471]

After reading all the books and hearing they were making a movie i was so excited, but after seeing what horrible mistake they made i got depressed....

[@nickolasdiamond5619]

Best characters in Eragon. Angela. Roran. Orik.

[@johnsantspree1120]

For me. Eragon. Saphira Murtagh

[@-SayWhatAgainMF-]

I read Eragon as a child, before I was able or willing to tackle LOTR so I appreciate it for that. And the fact that a 15 year old kid wrote it is impressive.

[@rebeccadittman6350]

Don thank you so much!!!! I read the entire series for a friend of mine and it was an excruciating experience. Everyone I know loves or has never read this series leaving me to feel like the lone sane person for thinking it is predictable and boring! Thank you for restoring some of my sanity!!!!!

[@Flowerbarrel]

"Does this top make me look like a fat man in drag?" "Yes, but that's a good thing. When you're ugly and someone loves you, you know they love you for who you are. Beautiful people never know who to trust."

[@kiraazun]

Personally, I liked Eragon (the book) but it was definitely the weakest link of the Inheritance Cycle

[@pigurl3.145]

I've said it before, I'll say it again: the inheritance cycle caters to the specific audience of elementary and middle schoolers with a college reading level. I LOVED these books as a kid partly because of how "grown up" they felt.

[@HTFWSFWWE]

"You'll have to forgive me for not wanting to talk about the piles of corpses or the babies on spikes...." Me (who hasn't read the book since middle school): Oh, yeah! Now I remember that scene! Thanks The Dom 🙃

[@toonlover4612]

I have to admit, as a fan of the book series I was very disapointed with the film, aside from the fact I thought Robert Carlyle did a decent job as Durza.

[@SaintKingwolf]

also cant forget they made it to the vardun in like a couple of days.... when in the books it took ages.

[@DragonFae16]

This was the first time I had watched a movie of a book I had read and the whole time I was watching the movie I found myself going 'that wasn't in the book, that wasn't in the book, interesting scene but not in the book, God why didn't they go with the way it was in the book and that wasn't how it was in the book'. It made me swear off ever watching a movie adaptation of a book ever again.

[@Leonaati]

Funny you mention dragon sex Ed... if I remember correctly (from many years ago please correct me) then Sapphira DID get dragon sex ed from an old dragon in a later book and even tried flirting w him or smth

[@jackib5369]

I for one just love the design of the Dragon in the movie she's breathtakingly gorgeous.

[@shinu92]

I've only quite recently started to get into the magical world that is reading books. I finished reading Eragon couple months ago and thought it was amazing. So my question is: What would you consider an excellent book in this genre(fantasy, with dragons as a big part of the story and world), if you think Eragon was underwhelming or dull, as you put it?

[@gyrkkus7409]

It depends on what kind of fantasy you're after. My personal favorite series is the Riftwar Cycle by Reimond E Feist, though it doesn't feature much in way of dragons. For worldbuilding and long winded descriptions spread over 13 books, I would suggest Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series (this one has a dragon but not in the traditional sense). Dragonriders of Pern is a series heavily exploring the human-dragon relationship, written by Anne McCaffrey, though it is more sci-fi than fantasy. There is a ton of good fantasy to read. If you want suggestions, I would recommend checking out the r/Fantasy subreddit

[@DerekBoldiene360]

I love the book the movie was terrible I thought the movie was a steaming pie of dog crap. Its my favorite book though my favorite books are 1 Eragon 2 Brisingr 3 Inheritance 4 Eldest I love all the books though

[@meme-yu3zp]

I love them too and so agree on making Eldest the lowest, though I personally enjoyed Brisingr and Inheritance more than the first book.

[@DerekBoldiene360]

@@meme-yu3zp I really like Murtagh I like that they gave him a big role in book four and one.

[@jediping]

I felt like the book’s main positive was a sort of youthful exuberance that was completely missing from the movie.

[@aniflowers1998]

Am I the only one who liked the "padding"? It made the world seem so alive and I could learn so much about how it worked! So many places to go to! So much to learn and explore! The journey feelt like an actual journey and gave me reason to care about the characters to the point that I was devestated when Brom died! The books would have been so much more generic and forgetable if it wheren't for how alive Alagesia feelt! It was the reason I rushed to the book store as soon as I got the notification that he published a new book filled with short storys from this beautyful world that I learned to love!

[@Error403HRD]

I liked the book, but I couldn't get through the second one.....

[@sammohunk]

Saphira growing up in one shot was an artistic decision on the director's part which amounted to visual storytelling. I hate the movie as much as the next guy, but that shot was well done.

[@leewolf6434]

The thing that bothers me the most is that in the book Brom has no to little intention of taking Eragon to the Varden and that they actually try to hunt the Razac in revenge! In the film they just shit their pants and go “fuck, let’s run to the Varden” 🤦‍♂️

[@93MANIAC]

Nice review I hope that the next dragon related Lost in Adaptation episode you do is about the How to Train Your Dragon series

[@jeniferjoseph9200]

+93MANIAC How would that not be INO?

[@notribadthebooktheif5796]

+Jenifer Joseph a whole lot of mental lube, that's how.

[@PKMNResearcherSkyler]

Yeah that would be cool to see, though it would have to be a series if you include the TV show

[@LoganProductions54]

Hey Dom, do you ever consider doing just book reviews? I'd really like to know your thoughts on the sequels.

[@BarHonigfeld]

+InFAMOUSFan95 I really like the idea of Dom doing book reviews myself, but since I suppose the workload is comparable to a regular video and the appeal would be much lower (for once because there would be little engaging video material to talk over save for Preston Jacobs style fanarts or Alt+Shift+X style powerpoint slides). So it might not be "worth" it. Maybe as a patreon goal, though....

[@Mikowmer]

I think half the problem with the original books was that Paolini didn't end up with a competent editor. There were spelling errors still in the original commercial run that weren't picked up. The editor saw the manuscript, thought "This is great! Publish now!" and didn't bother going any further. I reckon it's actually a miracle that Paolini made it past the first book, let alone a trilogy. Other issues include the 11 (or 13, can't remember which) pregnancy. Sounds worse than it actually is...

[@AlpacaEmpress]

This is honestly one adaptation I won't forget. This was my series growing up, I had countdowns for the releases of Brisingr and Incoherence' release dates, I was SO HYPED. I was like? 14? Though I watched the movie first as a kid and then got ENRAGED when I read the book and found out how bad they did. Its an amazing story. I will defend Eragon ANY Day of the week.

[@jondoe7036]

No mention of the cutting out Katrina? You know, the butcher's daughter, with whom Eragon's cousin Roran was hoping to get betrothed and him getting work from outside the town to get enough money for proper dowery being the reason why he wasn't around when his father was killed. It's extra weird, seeing as they actually casted the character and had scenes with her in them, that were originally supposed to be in the film, but they just cut them out for whatever reason. That minor plot detail from the first book certainly got hell of a lot more important in the sequels.

[@Ranger717]

so we're gonna just completely leave out Eragon's brother and town up and leaving because they're assaulted after he leaves and all the extra story that provides?

[@lorefreak94]

You obviously only read book one. many of the story holes you mention are fleshed out and resolved in latter books. Book one while good is only the start, how they story pans out makes it worthy of rivaling lord of the rings. The movie is an ok but bland story about a boy, a blue dragon, and a revolt against the king. But other than common names for things is hardly recognizable as the same story as the books deliver

[@dracorim6370]

Ok The Dom the Ra'zac were there own species who had followed humans from their home continent and were promptly almost genocided because they loved killing and eating humans, they later in their life transformed into creatures known as Lethrblaka (which I just realised that means Eragon murdered teenagers who killed humans because they saw them as prey which I'd like to point out makes sense and it would be like calling cats evil because they eat mice) which were like monstrous dark dragons and the two remaining Lethrblaka were the parents of the two remaining Ra'zac also the Ra'zac were immune to mental powers completely which made them an extremely dangerous threat to even magicians as physically they are equals to elves. I could go through more but this comment is already ridiculously long

[@assaultpickle77]

@4:43 I started chuckling a few heartbeats before The Dom did. I loved this book, and mostly hated this movie. And don't even get me started on what they did to The Sword of Truth!

[@cjkalandek996]

I read the book earlier this year. And while I acknowledge that the makers of the movie took the easier route in adapting the book, I feel like they had a tough job to begin with. Because there was just so much in the book. If they wanted to do the book justice, they would have to- A) go the _Lord of the Rings_ route and make it a 3 hour movie. B) split it into 2 movies. C) give it the same treatment they did with _His Dark Materials_ and make it a show on HBO.

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

This is one of those films my parents got me on dvd at Christmas because I loved the books that I'd watch on the day and then never bother with again, the other was the Green Lantern film...

[@Bopsterjazz]

Loved the book. Wasn't a fan of the movie.

[@demodrakkaen0316]

0:04 the entire rest of this video can be summed up with one sentence. The Eragon film adaptation was so shitty that 99.9999% of the fanbase have made it a point to deny the film even exists. Oh and that the Dom really doesn't care for the book. Personally I enjoyed it but whatever

[@ramanujbaruah2200]

It's a book written by a 15 year old who probably watched Star wars, read Tolkien and decided to write a book. It is charming and interesting in it own way but nothing like the greats. The movie however, is a fuck all "It has Dragons,make a movie the kids will love it".

[@slashingkatie7872]

The book is fun, fantasy cheesecake and you could make a decent movie out of it but seriously people, the inheritance series is average at best. What do you expect from a 15 year old home schooled kid?

[@Victoura56]

I have to credit the book with planting the seed of my OBSESSION with dragons. Especially blue ones...

[@darkangel2347]

Movies have had a main theme song for a very long time. The idea is this. If the movie fails badly or bombs or is banned, then the theme song is remembered long after the movie is forgotten. Such famous movies include Quest for Camelot (The Prayer).

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

What happened to Paolini? He came, wrote an awesome book series and vanished.

[@taahasiddiqui1071]

He has new books out, if you weren't lazy and googled his name you would know that

[@Librarycardscollect]

"Gwuuuh, my breakfast!" had a laugh at that

[@kaelibw34]

I believe this was the first time I ever really hated a film. I had been bored or just not into a film but this really pissed me off as a kid.