Eragon - Magic explained

[@ch5635]

Jeremy Irons was so good as Brom, it's a shame everything else about the movie was terribly done. The books deserve a damn good adaptation and I hope we see it someday.

[@shadowx2652]

Same voice as scar.

[@jeremykapouwjeremykapouw2478]

Damn the movie was good for it’s time it has down sides but don’t compare it to the book you Willy

[@swingmattuk]

And unfortunately I don’t see Jeremy Irons playing a character like Brom again now - especially with the flashback sequences - which is a massive shame

[@kodesh1674]

@@swingmattuk why watchu mean?

[@TheThonimaan]

Disney+ show incoming 😄 Finally

[@michael3597]

And yet he missed the single most important aspect. It takes as much energy to do a task by magic, as it would by mundane means

[@Spladoinkal]

I think he was TRYING to say that but it wasn't coming out properly. But yeah, agreed

[@Abrokensword]

To be honest the book ignores that rule without explanation all the damn time.

[@davidesguario2151]

@@Abrokenswordactually in the book magicians can draw energy from sources around them , including living beings. Hence they can perform physically impossible tasks by magic

[@Abrokensword]

@davidesguario2151 I'm aware of that caveat, and even taking that into consideration, there are several instances where characters accomplish feats of magic that completely defy the rule of equal energy exchange. Also keep in mind drawing energy from living sources was not a common technique known to every and any magician. Oromis was insistent that Eragon keep that and many other techniques a secret even from the magicians of the Varden. Yet we see magicians of the Varden do things with magic that should be fatal to them on more than one occasion.

[@MrEffectfilms]

I'd argue that the most important thing is that every person has a True Name and knowing that Name gives you power over that person.

[@cleelelezeel113]

I wish this became a series. I really wished so.

[@johnathanhavener1827]

Cleel Elezeel No. i wished theyd redue the first one and made it better bc the book was so much better and then made it into a series

[@coltan0233]

The book was great i read it when i was ten and when i was thirteen Im fourteen now but the movie was terrible

[@catclawstudios2845]

We all do my friend, we all do...

[@MizaT11]

I saw the movie when I was 7 and thought it was amazing xD Now I realize that's not the case, though it's still somehow thrills me to see people acting out the characters from the book, even if the story falls short

[@samglover7803]

They would f it up worse then Percy Jackson

[@jeezed2950]

I actually thoroughly enjoyed this movie. I understand people are rightly upset that it was a bad adaptation of the book. I loved it.

[@TheNotverysocial]

I notice this insane amount of scrutiny of a film against the source material did not happen with Roald Dahl or Joanna Rowling's works. What's with this double standard?

[@andrewcabral963]

I can totally see Jeremy Irons as a Jedi Master.

[@skersey992]

And Alec Guinness as an Istari.

[@tardarsauce3355]

Is it just me, or is Jeremy Irons excellent at portraying Brom here?

[@sodeiku]

yes, the casting of Brom, Aragon , Ajihad is amazing and by the book

[@TheKensei777]

he is

[@TheKrensada]

This book should have been a TV series. This movie was garbage.

[@jackcrofts-mullin461]

As much as I agree, which we are getting now, they didn’t have the technology at the time to do the series justice. Now, in the wake of Game of Thrones and His Dark Materials we do

[@TheNotverysocial]

@@jackcrofts-mullin461 And I would go so far as to say I would recommend *Eragon* but I would never recommend the rest. Paolini is a mediocre writer. The whole thing is unoriginal, but the first is quite inspired, and consistent, and brief enough as to not feel like a waste of time. All else lacks that certain spark. It's a rehash of something that wasn't all that great to begin with. It holds nostalgic value, and introduced a new generation to high fantasy. But there is such a high selection of it, any tale put down in print could have done the same job.

[@virgogaming6488]

​@@TheNotverysocialThat's why I haven't read past the first book and gave up on his sci-fi book.

[@ralexcraft990]

Most people talking about the dialogue. Me: Didn't this take place in the plains in the book?

[@jmminycricket9426]

Id love a proper series following the books this was not a good adaptation

[@TheNotverysocial]

I notice just about everyone holds every single omission or thing this movie changed from its source material against it, and exaggerates. This same level of scrutiny was not brought to adaptations of Roald Dahl or Jo Rowling's work, which came further from their source materials than this film did. Was there anyone who saw this film who wasn't an insane fanboy?

[@EricGraham94]

If a proper adaptational movie series was done for the Inheritance series, it could’ve been right up there in the league with the fantasy series like Harry Potter and Middle-Earth. This was a pretty good world-building scene in an otherwise awful movie adapting a book.

[@sorrowandsufferin924]

The movie wasn't that bad. It skipped vital aspects of the first book, but that's down to funding. What really broke the movie was that the dwarves were missing completely, and that Arya left before the ending. Made a second movie impossible, unfortunately.

[@TheNotverysocial]

@@sorrowandsufferin924 I think it's just as well. The fact is, I liked *Eragon,* and see myself revisiting. I cannot bring myself to recommend the entire series. I simply did not find them enjoyable as I did the first. I think Paolini a mediocre writer.

[@DjSunexx]

Harry Potter easy, Middle Earth? No Way! I love the series as a whole, especially the worldbuilding and the magic and so on, but to get it to a level of LOTR, there would still be a lot of work to do.

[@ohmyjuliettt]

All i hear is scar ;-;. Too much lion king i guess ;-; Still i.love this movie,and the book too

[@decaytred9500]

Oh My Juliet! Now me too

[@quinnoehler4242]

No this movie is awful but the books are great

[@JTPMalavet]

Only kinder and noble!

[@decaytred9500]

Basically this is Skyrims magic in a nutshell

[@jbabylucus1641]

Beer van Buuren. Skyrim's magic doesn't require one to know words, they just do it. And there are little to no limits, the magic also doesn't take a toll like it does here

[@couragew6260]

JBaby Lucus Correct. AND it was mentioned in the book that once a spell was cast, you can't stop. You either do and finish it or attempt to do it and die trying. It was why doing magic would be so dangerous. Because until you knew your limitations , every spell you made could potentially kill you if the spell needed more power then what your body had.

[@sorrowandsufferin924]

Well, ish. It's part magika, part shouting. You can cast a spell without knowing any language, really. But you can only shout in the language of the dragons.

[@sorrowandsufferin924]

@@jbabylucus1641 Well, it does drain magika, leaves you incapable of doing more magic. Which, in Skyrim, could very well kill you.

[@siraj_jr_]

@@couragew6260 that was stated in the first book. If you read more of the books you would know that you could make the spell a process instead of making it an absolute

[@marisstaff7019]

I liked the movie because it was one of my favorite books as a movie, but it also kinda sucked since it was inaccurate a lot of the times.

[@couragew6260]

Maris Staff70 This scene here was one of the few in the movie that was "word for word" from the book. Brom's scenes were pretty enjoyable but the rest ,like you said, sucked

[@sonicartzldesignerclan5763]

i dont care what anybody say Brom is the typical guideline guy thats badass and super cool i wanna know more about. So i love the movie.

[@nighthawkgamingYT]

Anyways I hated the eragon movie BUT the books are heaven, since I finished the books its still my favorite series ever, although I kind of wish they would remake the movie but better.

[@Spladoinkal]

I think what really captured me was the elves. Always been a fan of elves in fantasy stories and the fact that they were so fast and strong (at a time when I was fascinated with how fast Bruce Lee was) captured me.

[@joecates3371]

Scar teaches eragon

[@rowdeemunkee]

If they got one thing right, it was jeremy irons as Brom. The man invokes someone who lost everything. I wonder if they told him who Brom is, that book came out two years later.

[@ethanpennington2415]

I have read all Dragon books cuz he is THE BEST!!!!!!!!!

[@CesarACastillo]

Sé ono lífa aí ilia líf sköliro fra rauthr. My own take on Eragon's cursed blessing with proper grammar so Elva isn't cursed to be a sacrifice

[@ralexcraft990]

Eragon is an idiot but that doesn't make him stupid.

[@lukeb3930]

I wanna see a scene where Orimis criticizes the many lazy inaccuracies of this lecture.

[@BoyKagome]

Irons can be as epic as he likes, he can't save this movie.

[@alanafrazer]

Loved this movie!!!

[@catclawstudios2845]

If Brom would have really sayd Brisingr there would appear a flame.

[@Linkolnverse]

Know the word and you control the thing. Pretty sure Brom was saying it passively in regular speech as opposed to a command.

[@fanghur]

Unless you're also accessing your power when you speak it, the Ancient Language is no different than any other language, other than that it's impossible to lie while speaking it.

[@sorrowandsufferin924]

You can speak the language without imposing your will on the world; it's just that you need the language for magic.

[@MrEffectfilms]

Even in the book you can say the word without using the spell attached to it. You have to deliberately command the word through the language for the spell to work. If you just say Brisnger passively in conversation nothing will happen.

[@miticaBEP07]

All I hear is Oceiros from Dark Souls 3 blabbing on about magic to Lothric and Lorian.

[@odd-eyesdragoon]

Alfred got a haircut.

[@daguroswaldson257]

Seeing as "magic" is dependent on one's physical strength, this is why I see little difference between fantasy and sci-fi.

[@stevetrowbridge7425]

Jeremy irons was the only good thing about this movie.

[@jpaul2211]

Scar is that you

[@JTPMalavet]

If he wasn’t evil!

[@snehap5401]

Everytime I think of this movie I go "They botched up Arya. Bad"

[@genegeorge2817]

Too bad the director had his way! He obviously thought that if chnged the story of Christopher! He didn't do so well as the book Series as should've been!

[@kristinalorekova1021]

When I was kid I thought Brom was the Dr. House actor 😅😅😅

[@DerekBoldiene360]

Jeremy irons was the best thing about this movie all the rest was just trash.

[@beatricesanfilippo6925]

Brom was a father of year in the First book :'(

[@banumaheswaran3461]

I want to be a dragon rider

[@giuseppeianniello1998]

You mean Dungeons & Dragons? Search the clips, i assure you that they are 🤣!

[@svelt8336]

Jeremy Irons Will return, in.. Diablo IV

[@qownson4410]

Training montages are cliche, but I wanted one here.

[@praveenloganathan7495]

every time i see brom here, i'm remembering jaime lannister.

[@claudioregisirineu3107]

Em portugues seria bem melhor...

[@KurasakiBleachigo1]

Jeremy Irons IS Brom. Too bad the rest of the movie was a failure