I hadn't read the book; only seen the movie, so I didn't know what to think when I heard all the talk about how different the movie was from the book. There's some stuff that I don't like, for instance Arya's character being changed from an Elf to a human, which the movie did. But, I think that the movie fixed a lot of stuff and improved some stuff. Does anyone else agree?
2007-09-19 06:25:44 · 7 answers · asked by Raingirl 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
By the way, guys, I didn't say I "haven't read the book", I said "hadn't" as in "prior to seeing the movie". Okay?
2007-09-20 05:18:10 · update #1
I watched the movie, and thought that it was 'pretty' good so I got the books. And so far honestly, I hate them. They bore me to death. The author's style of writing is ominous....
2007-09-19 08:29:11 · answer #1 · answered by Bello Stella 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I totally think the book was the best. The movie left out so much and changed so much that I could hardly follow it good enough to enjoy it. Of course, I knew what was happening b/c I'd read the book three or four times before the movie ever came out. However, I think that although they had to delete some things to fit the movie into a shorter time frame so that ppl wouldnt have to sit through a four hour long movie, they should have left all the details in it. The young man who played Eragon was an alright actor but I hadn't pictured him as he was. To me, Eragon in the book was much more coragious and less timid and stupid as the movie Eragon had been.
All in all, I absolutely loved the book but the movie left a lot to be wanted.
2007-09-19 15:21:07 · answer #2 · answered by Shelly 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Movie did not do justice to the book. The book had more character development and gave more of the storyline then the Movie could do. If youre a reader the Book will be much better.
2007-09-19 14:20:18 · answer #3 · answered by Oz 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you didn't read the book, how did you know she was an Elf?
I liked the book much better. It went into him learning magic a lot more than the movie did. It also went more into the teacher's past and his powers.
2007-09-19 13:31:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
well, eragon is a really good book but what i really didn't like about the movie was that, to me, it seemed short. it seemed like a lot of things were left out of the movie. and i also agree with you with the whole arya changing thing.....they should've made arya look like the elf she really is
2007-09-19 16:10:23 · answer #5 · answered by Lulu 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I didn't like the book... it was boring to me, and since I LOVE fantasy that's saying a lot. Because of that, I never gave the movie a chance.... but I might try it just to see what i think.
2007-09-19 13:38:17 · answer #6 · answered by piratewench 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i liked the book much much much more...the movie cut so much out. in the book they were going after the razac's first then after brom dies they go to the varden...in the movie all the way to varden...besides in the book they meet jared who helps them alot
any how the book was so much better....they completely destroyed the movie..
2007-09-19 17:58:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋