ROTTEN TOMATOES: RT-UK Exclusive: Dragons invade London at "Eragon" Premiere Comments

RT-UK Exclusive: Dragons invade London at "Eragon" Premiere

by Joe Utichi | December 12, 2006

Summary

The champagne flowed, the night was long, and a dragon flew about the Royal Courts of Justice. It could only have been the World Premiere of "Eragon," in London's Leicester Square, and Rotten Tomatoes UK was there from the off; on the red carpet, at the pre-show cocktail party in the cinema and at the after-party at the aforementioned bastion of silly wigs. Back to Article

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killthemall4444 writes:
on Dec 12 2006 01:17 PM

Eragon looks like it will be supremely retarded.

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Banana Kid writes:
on Dec 12 2006 03:23 PM

Dragons are cool, and if it still has the charm and personality the book has, it could be good.

The trailers have tried to pass it off as Lord of the Rings, but Eragon isn't Lord of the Rings. It's Star Wars with dragons and really endearing characters. So unless they completely screwed up the movie and made it into Lord of the Rings, it's got a shot.

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IHATEBANANAKID writes:
on Dec 12 2006 05:33 PM

In reply to this comment (#850961)
[b]<3[/b]
Dear Bananakid,

Yeah! I love dragons too! I love how they are like, y'know, totally inexistant and imaginary! I also like Yu-Gi-Oh cards. I mean they're just sooooo cool don't ya think? I love those wonderful "endearing" characters! I mean it's like Star Wars except with more awesome monsters! I mean, DRAGONS! COME ON! SO AWESOME!

I hate you.

-With much love-
<3

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mojodaddy writes:
on Dec 12 2006 06:00 PM

The Eragon books were awesome, and while I at first thought this movie would suck, the trailers changed my mind. And why didn't RT at least say whether or not it was good?

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sir_mcchris_the_pirate writes:
on Dec 12 2006 06:31 PM

I love how the guy who just bashed banana kid , his name is i hate banana kid....thats great

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IHATEBANANAKID writes:
on Dec 12 2006 07:25 PM

In reply to this comment (#850964)
The dragon looks like a giant turkey.

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Fangmeier69 writes:
on Dec 12 2006 07:28 PM

No reviews yet - it opens in three days. I smell a stinker.

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mojodaddy writes:
on Dec 12 2006 07:30 PM

poor banana kid. :(

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whyamithewerewolf writes:
on Dec 12 2006 07:39 PM

yeah, I want it to be good but all the signs say otherwise. Am I the only one who thought the trailer was awful? Melodramatic? LOTR-ish? Well, hopefully the movie is better than that, but I'm not holding my breath.

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bookworm1994 writes:
on Dec 12 2006 08:23 PM

[b]OK.........[/b]
Retarded? Stupid? Hatred towards Bananakid? What's wrong with you people? This film will be very good, I want IHATEBANANAKID to stop bashing Bananakid, or I'll report him. Can't we just review

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sir_mcchris_the_pirate writes:
on Dec 12 2006 09:14 PM

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lol it does doesnt it

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renny2077 writes:
on Dec 12 2006 09:48 PM

I have my doubts about this movie. The trailer failed to impress and it didn't seem to have the finishing coat as in LOTR. Guess I'd see it cos its got Jeremy Irons in it. That should add some value.

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steeminwbeamen writes:
on Dec 12 2006 11:59 PM

In reply to this comment (#850971)
but Bloodrayne had Ben Kingsley...is Jeremy Irons enough?

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Ophiuchus writes:
on Dec 13 2006 12:22 AM

The book sucked. I burned my copy. The movie is going to suck too. There just isn't anything in the source material that could possibly make a good movie.
Bananakid, I love you dearly, but you really need to read some better books. I've seen more "charm" and "personality" in a heap of rat turds.

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Joe Utichi writes:
on Dec 13 2006 03:12 AM

I was not a book fan, it must be said. The premiere was good though. I will leave you to decide if I'm referring to the movie or the event.

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fizzypulp writes:
on Dec 13 2006 07:09 AM

Well i really enjoyed both the first and second book. i dont think the trailer has shown us enough for us to decide whether it will stink or not. Its got the potential to go either way. Im really looking forwrad to seeing this as i love my fantasy stories.

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synergyred writes:
on Dec 13 2006 08:20 AM

Eragon will be pretty good, as the book that it was based off of was fun (completely unorginal and cliche but still, very fun). THe real trial will be with Eldest, which was much less fun and quite mind numbingly bad.

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Zen Bullet writes:
on Dec 13 2006 08:40 AM

The books are hugely derivitive(Star Wars, LOTR, Dragonriders . . . all get liberally cribbed). The writing is on the margin between amaturish and professional. There are far more deserving written works that can be translated to celluloid.

All in all, however, the film looks harmless. I doubt I'll hate it.

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Praz writes:
on Dec 13 2006 03:23 PM

Unfortunately, any movie that's ever been made with dragons in it has stunk.
I don't think I'll be watching this movie.

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FuzzyWhisper writes:
on Dec 13 2006 08:20 PM

The dragon designs absololutely do not work for me, so that'll seriously impact my enjoyment of the film. The trailers make it appear derivative, and the first two installments of the Inheritance trilogy [i]are[/i] significantly derivative. I've always found the series to be a hollow collection of genre cliches, personally. If this Eragon of the silver screen is a success, I hope the strangled death rattle of young fantasy enthusiasts' sense of discriminating taste isn't entirely drowned out by the fanatic clamor as they rush to lick Mr. Paolini's already drenched boots.

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IHATEBANANAKID writes:
on Dec 14 2006 06:07 PM

9%

Congratulations, Banana Kid. You were close, but not quite.

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