Eragon (2006)

A farm boy comes across a dragon egg that apparently he was destined to find, to later become the dragon's rider. His quest takes him to battle against an evil king with a large resistance.

I'm gonna call this "Lord of the Rings Light" because it has many of the fantastical components, just not done as well by a first-time director. Twentysomething Christopher Paolini has a good imagination, but not quite that of Tolkien's. Nonetheless, the cast was strong, the visuals okay, and I really like the genre (and consider LOTR one of the best epics ever made), so same as Netflix viewers: 3.5/5 (7/10) as opposed to IMDbidiots' 5/10.

I'm glad to see it's the first of a trilogy - I look forward to the next two in the series.

THE DEVIL'S OWN
(First Viewing)

Pretty disappointing considering this film stared both Both Pitt and Harrison Ford. It was rather dull during the second half of the film and I felt cheated on the ending. A lot of beautiful Irish actress however

That movie written by that 13 year old kid...and reads as any such 13 year old would want to write,

You mean actresses?

Its called a mess that results from constant re-writing, studio inteference, ...

He's more accomplished and richer now than both of us combined, eh?

I never said it was original, I said it was sub-par. But as a stand-alone film w/o comparing it to TIMELESS MASTERPIECES, I enjoyed it, and would like to see how it continues, just for fun. You know what "fun" is, right? So save your bandwagon venom. ...unless, of course, you'd like to prove that you're better than he is; I anxiously await your groundbreaking original novel.

When you have something positive to say about anything, I think the world might stop spinning.

You mean "it's" and "interference"?

Its called a mess that results from constant re-writing, studio inteference, Harrison Ford being a dick, you name it.

"A lot of beautiful Irish actress however"

You mean actresses?

Why dont you quit riding irishs dick and leave him alone,do you know how boring it is to see you constantly berating him

get a fucking life

Have a think about why he doesnt respond


could it be he might be ignoring you because of previous comments towards him?

I don't know any non-Christians who haven't thought Passion was abysmal.

THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST (2004)

I watched this again Saturday night and was, yet again, very moved by it.

I'm not going to give this film a "star" rating because, quite frankly, I'm not sure if this film moves me because of my religious beliefs or because it's well made. I'm just not sure.

I thought the use of flashbacks was brilliant because just when you couldn't take another second of the violence, the film faded into the past to give you a break. The actor who played the Devil was brilliant.

Jim Caviezel was very sympathetic as Christ. And I love the fact that Jesus was finally cast with dark hair and dark eyes, because in all likelyhood, he probably looked a lot more like that than like Jeffrey Hunter.

I still feel that JESUS OF NAZARETH, the Franco Zeffirelli directed masterpiece of a mini-series, was the greatest film ever made on the life of Christ, but I'll list Gibson's Passion as a close second, even if it's more than likely due to my religious beliefs.

Actually, I've been wondering for a while now if Irish has actually ignored me. Is there an "ignore member" feature on this board?

Guys and gals -

Please, lets not ruin one of the better long-term threads with this crap.