As with the first Harry Potter movies, Rent and several other recent adaptations, I feel that the creator of this movie just didn't get it. The first Harry Potter films neglected the playful humor of the books, leading the magical world of wizardry to be portrayed a lot darker a lot earlier on than in the novels. In addition Rent, a completely musical work about New York life of poor artists in the mid nineties was totally ruined once again by another Christopher Columbus interpretation. For one, they were no longer young artists, but decade conflicted middle aged stage performers struggling to adapt their original roles to the spoken lines and new 80’s surroundings. In addition, all of New York was ON FIRE- I could go on. But for this movie, which was Columbus free, the simple question that enraged my mind as a viewer remained. Did anyone take the time to read the book? Did anyone really read it for what it was, not as its potential for a new blockbuster. Did anyone sit there and recognize that one of the main points of the book is choice? That, though he was not given the choice to be a dragon rider, that he did have a choice to go towards good or evil? The plot is similar to Star Wars in the way that it is a battle of good and evil, but the book is much more rich than the movie indicates. The movie’s plot, which is twisted and simple reflects nothing of the exciting journey and hardships Eragon goes through in the book. You grow to care nothing for the characters or what happens to them. At least the Harry Potter and Rent films found their own audience outside of the fans of the original works. The CGI in the film was mediocre and gave the audience nothing new. The images presented paled to the ones described skillfully in the text. Major motifs and characters were left out, or their importance shifted. This movie is nothing compared to the original story, and nothing on its own. In the end, it was a watered down version of the book fitting nicely into a film time frame, but hardly into the mold the book laid out for it.