Hold the 'Fone

Ever since plans were announced to make a movie adaptation of wunderkind author Christopher Paolini's 'Eragon,' fantasy fans have been eagerly anticipating its arrival, stoked at the promise of new meaning in their lives in a post-'Lord of the Rings'-trilogy world.

For those unfamiliar with Paolini's Inheritance Trilogy -- yep, like all good fantasy stories, this one comes in three installments -- it tells of a young farm boy named Eragon (Ed Speleers) who discovers a dragon's egg in the forest. With the help of Jeremy Irons -- who has pretty much cornered the market on playing medieval mentors clad in chain mail -- Eragon learns that he's destined to take up the mantle of the Dragon Riders and defend his homeland of Alagaesia from the evil Galbatorix (John Malkovich).

Luckily for Shire groupies and Alagaesia lovers everywhere, Christmas comes early this year: 'Eragon' hits theaters Dec. 15. But you don't have to wait until then to catch a glimpse of the movie. We've got a trio of exclusive new clips from the film showcasing some key moments -- including the majestic CGI dragon's maiden flight. Check 'em out below.

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• #85 Comment from jac40 
  12/20/06 5:07 PM | Permalink

  I read the book this summer, I enoyed it as a nice tale. Kind of a mix of Star Wars and Lord of the rings. The movie is a piece of garbage. Bad story telling, lighting effects, sound track, acting, and editing.  The characters were not engaging. The characters personalities, motives and deeds are very different from what is presented in the novel. Many elements of story were stripped away or altered almost beyond recognition in the film. This created a confusing jumbled story line roughly parallel to the original. Instead of a story of discovery, adventure, and maturing into adulthood it has been made into a dark obsessive chase populated by arrogant, and largely uninteresting characters.
  In the 70's I has read the novel "Star Wars" before I knew that a movie was being made of the book.  When that movie was released it was the embodiment of the novel.  With "Eragon" I was displeased by the changes with-in the first five minutes.  The people with me wanted to leave after twenty minutes into the film and one of them hadn't even read the novel.
• #84 Comment from bigh3ad21 
  12/18/06 8:07 PM | Permalink

  I can't wait to finsh the book so I can see the movie
• #83 Comment from salvygenkins 
  12/14/06 10:51 PM | Permalink

  eragon is nothing more than a fantasy version of star wars!!!!!!!!!!!
• #82 Comment from salvygenkins 
  12/14/06 10:51 PM | Permalink

  eragon is nothing more than a fantasy version of star wars!!!!!!!!!!!
• #81 Comment from duh1tsdiana 
  12/13/06 11:22 PM | Permalink

  I am soooo excited for this movie!! I've read the book at least twice and was always wondering if they were going to make a movie out of it. I also think Ed Speleers does a good job. =]