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Eragon
If a big-budget fantasy movie is halfway decent, it gets its own line of action figures and/or fast food tie-ins. Eragon has none, which should serve as ample warning, if the boy-band look of unknown lead actor Ed Speleers on the poster wasn't off-putting enough. His Eragon is the medieval world's cleanest, prissiest farm boy, and yet somehow is chosen to become the first of a new breed of dragon riders that will offer inspiration to all.
The story was written by a teenage boy, so it's no surprise it's a beat-for-beat copy of Star Wars. What's shocking is how, with all the effort that clearly went into the creation of Sephira the Dragon (telepathically voiced by Rachel Weisz), none seems to have gone into any other part of the production. As a shadowy sorcerer, Robert Carlyle is stuck with a makeup job that wouldn't pass muster on Star Trek, and the costumes are strictly Sci-Fi Channel Original material.
Carlyle's evil army of Urgals are just a bunch of fat, bald guys with red contact lenses—scary!
There's enough fun dragon-riding stuff—albeit obviously bluescreened in every case—to make Eragon worth a look for fantasy fanatics, but casual viewers are advised to steer clear.
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