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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 1:42 pm
Anyone going? I have preview tickets for tomorrow.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 1:48 pm
I will take the daycare boys during winter break sometime.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 1:53 pm
we will try to go see it this weekend but it will be in the afternoon so as to get matinee prices.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 2:00 pm
I want to see this too.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 4:12 pm
Is Eragon the dragon's name?
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 4:14 pm
from what i understand it is the name of the dragon rider.
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-21-2006
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 5:50 pm
Eragon is the 15 yr old boy, the dragon's name is Saphira
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Wednesday, December 13, 2006 - 10:26 pm
We all read the book when it came out. Actually, husband and son read it. I listened to the cd's. I wasn't crazy about it but husband and son loved it a lot. I'm sure they can't wait to see the movie but I don't care to see it myself until it comes out on DVD.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Thursday, December 14, 2006 - 9:53 am
thanks 
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Thursday, December 14, 2006 - 10:09 am
We can't wait to see Eragon, but we will for a couple weeks. Caleb has the book but none of us have read it yet. Santa brings movie bucks (we do the same thing with matiness, Cnd, otherwise it's just too freaking expensive to take the family out to the movies) so after Christmas we take the kids to a few movies. I'll have to read the book over the next day or two so that he can read it before we go. Also need to make sure its not too frightening for Kota or else I'm going to have to figure out another movie to take her to.
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-21-2006
| Thursday, December 14, 2006 - 10:57 am
Your welcome KL, I read the book and I am half way done with the second. I can't wait to see the movie too. The Author wrote it while he was 15 yrs old and he is now 21.
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Darrellh
Member
07-21-2004
| Thursday, December 14, 2006 - 9:01 pm
I just got back from the movie. I thought it was wonderful! I haven't read the books, so I don't have that frame of reference. Well done. Possibly a bit much for younger ones.
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Ketchuplover
Member
08-30-2000
| Friday, December 15, 2006 - 6:33 pm
Oh please it's as harmless as a bunny.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 3:28 am
If I remember right the book was a little violent and dark for kids under 10ish. I don't know how the movie is as I don't want to see it. I would think the movie would be rated PG13. That would mean not for young kids.
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Scout
Member
01-20-2005
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 - 3:15 pm
We saw the movie this afternoon. I didn't really care for it. The book was much better. Too much condensing hurt the story, and the special effects just kind of got in the way. The movie felt like pieces of better movies - part Harry Potter, part Chronicles of Narnia, with a little Lord of the Rings and Star Wars thrown in.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 12:14 am
With that description, Scout, my DS will want to see it TEN times! LOL He loved the book, but I think he'll be thrilled w/the movie, too. (You just named every favorite book he has -- HP, Narnia books, LOTR trilogy AND Star Wars!)
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 5:12 am
The only difference for me is that all of those books mentioned are so much better than Eragon; not even in the same ballpark. The only thing that impressed me about Eragon is that it was written by a young man 15 to 17 years old. And his second book (Eldest) has already been published also. It is a sequel to Eragon.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 12:14 pm
There's your reason, Chili -- a young man does NOT have the same life experience that the writers of HP, LOTR, Narnia had, so of course the quality/depth of the book will be affected. However, for younger readers (also w/o that life experience), the plot/story is the most important part -- not the connections to universal truths we see as adults. DS liked Eldest as much as he did Eragon and is anxiously awaiting the final book of the trilogy.
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-21-2006
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 12:28 pm
I am half way done with Eldest and I can't wait for the 3rd book either. For a young man he did an exceptional job writing these two books. Since the character is a young man himself, I believe that the inexperience makes the youth of the character seem so much more real to the reader's. The author is 21 years old now, so I am sure as he matures, so does Eragon and the adventure he embarked on. I look forward to what his other work's will be for him as he does get older.
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Cndeariso
Member
06-28-2004
| Sunday, December 17, 2006 - 1:41 pm
saw the movie this afternoon, never heard of the books until i read this thread. movie was very predictable. not for the very young at all - too violent like LOR. not for the young that are very soft hearted unless you are up for a good cry with them. it wasn't a bad movie at all for the audience it was intended. it's not a deep movie for adults. i see the Star Wars connection not only in the Jedi master/training but also from the older woman/younger man love blossoming. and, we were definitely setup for a sequel. no secret scenes after the credits on this one though.
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Monday, December 18, 2006 - 3:08 am
Yes, I know, Teachmichigan. My main issues with the book were that the main character didn't seem to learn well from his experiences. He got captured by the enemy repeatedly. Come on now. It should only take once or twice and then you learn to not get captured. It got repetative and boring after a while.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Monday, December 18, 2006 - 7:28 pm
I teach HS -- they NEVER (ok - rarely) learn from their mistakes...maybe that's why it seemed realistic to me. Actually, fantasy really isn't my "genre" - so maybe I don't set very high standards for it. My son loves it, so we read it and listen to audio books of this type constantly, but I don't pay super-close attention because I'm not as involved w/the story as I would be w/another genre.
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