MOVIE NIGHT TRAFFIC LIGHT

Stefen Fangmeier (first director credit)

John Davis (Flight of the Phoenix, I Robot), Wyck Godfrey (The Nativity Story, Flight of the Phoenix), Adam Goodman (first producer credit)

Peter Buchman (Jurassic Park III), Lawrence Konner (Flicka, Mona Lisa Smiles, Planet of the Apes), Mark Rosenthal (Flicka, Mona Lisa Smiles, Planet of the Apes), Jesse Wigutow (It Runs in the Family)

Edward Speleers – Eragon (first movie credit)

Jeremy Irons – Brom (Casanova, Kingdom of Heaven)

Rachel Weisz – voice of Saphira (The Fountain, The Constant Gardener)

Eragon . . . the story of the coolest Dragon since . . . Puff!?

Yes, we know, Eragon is not the Dragon…but there are dragons in this story!  It’s a fantastical world where dragons and their riders used to protect all the people.  That is until one day when one of the riders turned on everyone and killed all the dragons.  Now proclaiming himself king, he rules with fear.  Eragon is actually a boy that finds an egg in the woods one day.  To his amazement, it hatches and out come a baby dragon.  Dragons only hatch when they have found that one special person to be their rider.  The King gets word of what has happened and sends his men to kill Eragon and his dragon.  Now Eragon must do what ever it takes to save his people.

While fantasy movies tend to be complicated, confusing and – most prominently – ridiculous, Eragon is really not too bad.  The filmmakers have actually made a fairly tight, straightforward movie out of a complicated, very detailed book.  Make no mistake, however - it’s still quite ridiculous . . . and there’s LOTS of that annoying over-dramatization to constantly remind you that it’s ridiculous.  But, based on our research, the tweens will love it anyway!

On the Movie Night Traffic Light on a scale of GREEN meaning “Go – it’s a must see”, YELLOW meaning “Caution – it’s okay” and RED meaning “No - stop don’t do it."

We rate Eragon YELLOW.  Caution – this will be great for the fans of the book, but just okay for the rest.