I know, it isn't my movie. But I'd ever-so-much like to review it.
I read the book first, so I knew exactly how they had changed it.
In the book, Eragon fights the soldiers and Ra-zac around camp with Rowen.
In the movie Rowen is sent away before you get to know his name, and Eragon runs away with the newly hatched egg. Before we are even obliged to get up from our seats to leave in disgust, Siphira is suddenly transformed into true-blue enormous dragon.
It is sort of a good thing that she was able to speak so quickly, because without Siphira, the movie wouldn't make a cent.
Brom is introduced very quickly, and he seems to think Siphira is a great dragon.
Then Siphira know he just has to know a lot about dragons. The movie is filled to the brim with throwaway lines, like:
"Is is your fate to be a dragon rider." (Brom) "You must go on without me" (also Brom). And many others. It seems the script writers were to lazy to write decent lines. If it weren't for the battle scene, the movie would be uninteresting. (And even with it, it still is dull). In the book, lots of more interesting characters are introduced, and you actually feel for Eragon and Siphira.
In the movie, they are your piece of broccoli, neglected and dejected, you can't care less what happens to it. You end up feeding it to the dogs. (Except me, who likes broccoli).
The movie took the book, put it in a flower press and squeezed it until it was just a centimeter long and full of uninteresting pulp.
The director had to be pretty brave to take on such a clearly- failing script.
I think that if the script writers had stuck to the book, the movie might've actually made some money.
