ELDEST, THE MOVIE
With the release of Eragon,
The Movie on DVD this past week I’ve been thinking about the next book and how
they will translate it onto the big screen. Having purchased the 2-disk special
edition of Eragon, I was able to see what they had cut out and in my
opinion…should have left in the movie.
Some of the major characters
that people, including myself, have whined about not seeing in the Eragon movie
were in those deleted scenes. We can see Katrina; baby Elva and the Twins
mainly. This is really disappointing, because now that I can see that Fox had
actually taken the time to shoot those scenes, with those pivotal characters, it
seems insane to me that they would leave them on the cutting room floor, so to
speak.
Let me go on to the point of
this editorial…the next movie. You can tell from what made it to the screen in
the first movie with additional hints from the deleted scenes as to some of the
paths they will and won’t be taking with the Eldest movie. As an example…Roran
left because he is “old enough to be recruited” and “won’t fight for the
king”…everyone knows this from what made the national release of the movie. But
what we can add from the deleted scenes is that Katrina leaves with him. It
also appears that Sloan has “bought it” from the Razac when being questioned
about the stone/egg and Eragon, so to me anyway…it looks like they are
abandoning the whole Roran/Stronghammer storyline. Maybe we will find Roran and
Katrina settled somewhere along the path of the Varden moving to Surda and
somehow Roran finds out about Eragon and the king finds out about Roran being
Eragon’s cousin and kidnaps Katrina…something along those lines. But other than
that…I’m at a loss to know where Fox intends to go with this storyline…because
it leads directly into book 3…so it can’t be denied…it has to be addressed. But
the whole Roran becoming a leader and the conflict within him about killing…all
of that seems not to be included in the next movie.
I know some people have said
that the Razac are dead, so now what’s going to happen…well, you’re mixing up
the book facts and the movie facts. In the book we know that there are only 2
because that’s what CP has said, but the movie has made no such claim. In fact
you see Durza call up the Razac from the depths of hell I would assume to go
after Eragon and Brom. So yes those 2 are no longer with us…but who’s to say if
Galbatorix can or can’t call more of them forward.
Let me talk about a claim
that was made in the movie that has really troubled me, because I’ve looked and
I can’t find this claim in the books. They have Brom say that “if you kill a
dragon, his rider will live on, but if you kill a rider”, and Saphira finishes
with “his dragon will die too”…not word for word, but you get the point. And
then Durza repeats something about a rider hearing the dying screams of his
dragon as he takes his last breath. But as I said, I can’t find this claim in
the books…maybe somebody can help me here because I think this is pretty
significant. Because Galbatorix’s dragon died then he stole his current dragon
from another rider by killing that rider…right? So then where did Fox get this
idea?
I just took the long way
around getting to my point…(just trying to show how different details exist
between the book and the movie), they will not be addressing the fact that
Galbatorix stole this dragon…they can’t, it contradicts something they stated in
the first movie about killing a rider and his dragon not living on.
They don’t seem to want to
address the conflict within Arya about falling for Eragon…hey – it works for
me. I want them to end up together anyway, but it doesn’t appear that they want
to show any hesitancy on Arya’s part with having feelings for Eragon. If CP
does decide not to let them happen in book 3 (Please don’t do that to me
CP)…they may have painted themselves into a corner. But not yet. At this
point, you can tell that they are attracted to each other, nothing more.
There are some other things
though that I don’t know how they will get around. How do we get Murtagh
kidnapped by the Twins and taken to Galbatorix so that he can be the next rider
when the only place the Twins exist currently is in out-takes? It’s the twins
that discover that Eragon and Murtagh are brothers, so you’ll still have to have
someone with their abilities working with the king to accomplish this, so I’m
not sure how this one will work itself out. And how do you get Eragon to
Ellesmera to train with Master Oromis when Arya has already left without him?
What about the gift of dragons? That is pretty significant I would say, and yet
you barely notice that Eragon was cut across the back by Durza during their
fight. His daily duels with Vanir are absolutely important to Eragon’s
development as a leader. But Eragon hasn’t left for Ellesmera with Arya….big
holes in the storyline Fox…big holes
It is a lot of details and
you have to cut it down to create a reasonable length movie, yes, I understand
that. But really, the first movie was so short by resent standards; I think we
could do with alittle more content while maintaining quality to create a movie
that will stand the test of time. I did like the first move…maybe you don’t
understand that by how much I’m critiquing it…but I can still like something and
have a view about how I think it could be improved upon.
Being the good little
Inheritance fan that I am, I’ve been working on how I would address these issues
to ensure that pertinent facts are contained in the next movie and that there is
a smooth transition between the movies while maintaining the continuity of the
books, it would be nice to work with the screenwriter on Eldest, but alas…this
is my outlet. So I guess I do it for my own enjoyment at this point.
Here are just a few of the
new characters that I think must be introduced in the next movie:
- Master Oromis
- Glaedr
- the Twins
- Elva
- Vanir
- Blagden
- Solebum
- Orik
- Islanzadi
- Rhunon
- King Orrin
- Trianna / Du Vrangr Gata
Naturally if they were going
to include the Roran/Stronghammer storyline that list would be longer…but as I
said, I think it’s out.
Before I leave you today…I’d
like to make a personal request if I could…first, I want to thank all of you who
take the time to write to me and ask questions. I feel honored by your comments
and trust in my opinions. I’m overwhelmed by the love that I feel in those
emails…and trust me I do read them all. I have some that are printed out and I
carry them with me always until I figure out how to answer whatever question has
been asked of me. And just so you know…you don’t have to agree with me to write
to me. I have gotten my fair share of emails from those of you who don’t think
I know what I’m talking about…but it’s all good…I enjoy reading those as well.
And I am sorry that it’s been
awhile between stories, I’ll try to do better. I have 2 others editorials that
I’m currently working on, but this one just sorta wrote itself out today.
As for my request…could you
please tell me where you’re writing from? I don’t mean your address or anything
like that. But what country or state you’re from. I just find it interesting
to hear where you all are from…I’m just nosey, what can I say.
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