Hello everyone! Kvetha Fricäya! (Greetings, friends!)

Yes, I know, this has absolutely nothing to do with SW, but I'm sure lots of people are intersted in this.

I saw Eragon on Saturday, and I'm still not sure if I liked it or not. A lot of my friends and I love the books, so we wanted to see it really early. I knew it wouldn't measure up to the book, and I knew some things would differ from the book, but I never thought they'd change so many things!

If you've read the book, you know that Eragon kills the Shade in Fa rthen* Dûr right after Saphira and Arya bursts through Isidar Mithrim above them. I was very upset (maybe even a little angry) that Eragon kills Durza while flying on Saphira as Durza rides on a "Dark Magic Dragon"... my friend and I just looked at each other and said, "What is this?" I noticed that a lot of people in the theatre had the same reaction. Needless to say, this did not make me very happy.

I was also upset with the way Saphira grew up. She just kinda did. She was flying around and just became full grown. This was very disappointing, as she was supposed to grow up gradually with the help of Eragon.

And yet another thing - Arya told Eragon that she was a princess in the movie! He wasn't supposed to find that out until the middle of Eldest, when he was in Ellesméra, training with the Elves! Speaking of Elves, Arya didn't have pointed ears!

There also weren't any Dwarves! The Twins weren't in it! The Urgals were the same size as humans! There were no Kull! Brom and Eragon didn't go to Teirm! They didn't go to Dras-Leona and see Helgrind! They didn't mention the name of Fa rthen* Dûr or Carvahall! They didn't mention Yazuac or the Hadarac Desert! King Galbatorix was never seen in the book, but he played a fair part in the movie! Zar'roc looked as if it was painted red! Saphira picked her own name - Eragon didn't give it to her! She didn't have spikes on her neck, but a mane-like group of hair!

And that's just off the top of my head!

I have to give credit to them though - I understand that stuff had to be left out of the movie, but some major aspects were changed. To stop being negative (yes, I do realize that everything to this point has been), the visuals were excellent. Most things looked as I thought they would, as well as most of the characters (wasn't Eragon supposed to have black hair?). So cinematically and visually, the movie was superb. And if you haven't read the book, I'm sure you'd think the movie was superb too... just if you're a hard-core fan like me, you might have some problems with it.

But enough with my opinion (I am only a small part of this site, anyways!), what did you all think of the movie? Likes, dislikes? Angry, sad, disappointed, happy, elated? Let's hear from you!

May the Force be with You! May your swords stay sharp!

*The site wouldn't let me write this word - there should be no space between 'Fa' and 'rthen'