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twitterpate
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
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 Posted - 12/15/2006 : 09:11:37 AM
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It sounds like Eragon is following in the fine footsteps of Dungeons and Dragons. In fact, at Rottentomatoes.com, it's exactly matching the Fresh rating of 11% that D&D received.
Ahhh. This is just my cup of tea. I know a lot of you here love the cheesy horror movies, but campy fantasy appeals a lot more to me.
Finally, to quote the ever-quotable Walter Chaw at http://filmfreakcentral.net/screenreviews/eragon.htm
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Fears that veteran F/X man Stefen Fangmeier's directorial debut Eragon, a feature-length adaptation of a fifteen-year-old trying on Anne McCaffrey's jodhpurs, would be the sequel to Dragonheart nobody wanted prove unwarranted, as Eragon is actually the sequel to BloodRayne that nobody wanted.
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Edited by - twitterpate on 12/15/2006 12:01:13 PM
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 12/15/2006 : 10:45:26 AM
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The trailers look awful.
[movie guy]
Come witness the movie event.. of the YEAR!!!
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Yeah, right. It did give the guys on American Chopper an excuse to build a really sweet bike though.
BTW, your link has an extraneous comma at the end.
"Meeting you makes me want to be a real noodle cook"
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Flangepart
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
2329 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2006 : 10:58:02 AM
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Ah, yes, the ERAGON bike!
Nice ride, even to a guy who never learned to ride a bycicle.
But, man...ya know, the films title...it reminds me of the Aragon ballroom.
Thats the place Lawrence Welk started his show. It make me wanna quote the Stan Freberg routine, "Wunnerful, Wunnerful."
"Anda now, tank you for all dose cards and letters , from you folks, out dere in tele-vision landt."
"Please, turn off de bubbles..."
Sorry, movie, but if i see you, the Welk-isims will flow!
Marvin the Paranoid Android to Buzz Lightyear "Too infinity and beyond-i've been there, its rubbish!"
"Hoody Hoo, i waste 'em with my cross bow!" Bob Herzog- KDOT
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Capt. Nemo
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 12/15/2006 : 11:54:48 AM
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My apologies to Ben Kingsley. Jeremy Irons deserves Jabootu Sainthood.
[url]http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eragon/[/url]
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Capt. Nemo
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
630 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2006 : 11:55:47 AM
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It's weird.
Most of the reviews in Rotten tomattos are asking where Chewbacca is. |
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twitterpate
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
1026 Posts |
Posted - 12/15/2006 : 12:02:12 PM
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Pip
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 12/16/2006 : 11:50:36 AM
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Why's everybody looking at me? I'm not touching this one, nor anymore sword n' sorcery movies. I'm having a hard enough time getting through my current review in time for the grand return of Jabootu in 2007.
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TheFoywonder
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 12/17/2006 : 12:57:39 AM
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You know me. Of course I was willing to slay this dragon.
ERAGON REVIEW: [url]http://foywonder.livejournal.com/67112.html[/url]
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jackspencerjr
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 12/17/2006 : 08:28:37 AM
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Interestingly, the bad comments on Rotten Tomatoes don't say it's necessarily bad, only a rehash of stuff we've already seen. Being based on a book written by a 15-year-old, if he can re that hash well enough, I don't mind. But we'll see as I'm likely to get dragged to this one.
Interesting review, Foy. It appears the RT consensus is right, for the most part. A fair-to mediocre film is dragged down by the pure cliche of the thing.
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