I have!!! I own them all!!! (Except I think their is another new one, if so I haven't read that one, nor do I own it.) -By the way it is spelled Eragon, not Eregon.
I own all four, and I must say that Paolini's writing has improved considerably over the course of the series - though he definitely needs more practice at finishing! I felt like I was reading a lower-level version of the end of The Return of the King for a while there Also, many of the dragon-related elements involved in the series are drawn or inspired from Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern, so if you enjoyed Eragon, you might like them as well :3 And there are rather more DroP books. As for movies, I bloody well hope that no more are made. The one that was done was an excellent example of why writers need to stand up to movie producers - Paolini let them walk all over him, and his world suffered for it. If more movies are ever made for the series, I sincerely hope that he has learned his lesson and will keep their 'creative license' in check this time. Dragons seeing more of their hide colour in the real world? Come on. Also. Saphira does not have feathers.
because the first movie sucked, and was a total flop... but then again, the books were never that good to begin with, as they were basically rip-offs of every book and film Paolini said he was a fan of.
I enjoyed the books, but i agree the movie was ridiculous if they made more movies for the series i think theyd have to redo the first 1!
well they were. Paolini's writing is overly detailed, and the plotlines are basically taken from other sources. He uses the 'luke, I am your father' plotline multiple times in the first three books (I did not waste my money on the fourth one), the dragonrider plotline is too close to the Dragon Riders of Pern, and Eldunari is a hybrid ripoff of the film dragonheart, and the horcruxes from Harry Potter. Alegesia is basically middle earth, and populated with basically copies of the main races from Lord of the Rings (human, elves, dwarves, and orcs... only hobbits are missing), and in the end, the hero of the series, like in LotR, leaves alagesia (middle earth). Paolini also copies his plots, and repeats them from time to time, which is rather lazy. We kept getting new 'luke, I am your father' moments for Eragon, and the battles at the end of book one and book three both included shades, instead of bringing forward a new enemy. I can't speak for the fourth book, but given that the third book had remarkable little plot structure, and little of consequence actually happens (though paolini takes way to long to get from a consequential event to the next due to his abuse of descriptions), I could see no reason to slog through the fourth one. If you can say something in 20 words, instead of 50, say it in 20. when you add those 30 extra words to showing something, those words ultimately become distracting, because you dont need it. His sucess is the novelty of the age he was when the first book was written... but he really did not have much in the way of imagination or literary skill, even by the end.
I enjoyed all four books and I haven't seen the movie but considering the comments on here, I don't think I want to.
The movie was possibly the worst thing that has happened to the film industry in the past decade. The actor that portrayed Eragon could not handle a second hand role as a plumber in a porn film, much less an actual movie. /rant The books were fantastic.
Loved the books (Although the ending depressed me) but didn't like the film -_-' it wasn't all that great.
I liked it until the last hundred pages of the last book. To be honest the end could have been a lot more interesting.
I enjoyed all the books. The ending of Inheritance, as well as the Galbitorix fight, could have been 100x better, but he was able to tie up loose ends and finish the story in a strong, but slightly depressing way. Also the move, like The Last Airbender, are jokes and insults to the very things that made them amazing. Reboots all around please!
I read all of the books and they were okay. Not the best but not the worst. One thing that really annoyed me though was how he handled the character of Angela. She was my favorite character and I was looking forward so much to finally learning about her in the final book. However, Paolini did not tie up the loose ends with Angela at all in the final novel. He does not give you her history or any details about who she is or why she is so special. It was such a major disappointment. I feel like he spent the time building up Angela's possible story and then just did nothing to deliver. So after that major disappointment, I tried to look up online why he would do this and the answer that I found was in some interview where he said something like "that not knowing her exact story is one of the aspects that makes Angela such an intriguing character" ... :dry:
yah, the last airbender was crap. the problem was is that they tried to change too much, and it was a film that needed to be a 7 film series, with the first two books being translated into two films each, and the final book being translated into three, with the final film being sozens comet. M. Night Shamalan is a director who can do suspence well, but not action.
