Hello fellow adventurers! Today I thought I would talk about one of my favorite book series. The Inheritance Cycle, also known as The Eragon books. Written by Christopher Paolini.
I first read this book when I was around 18 years old. The thing that drew me to the book is at the time the author was around my age and he had my first name. Not the greatest reason to read a book, but hey its why I chose it. I read the book 3 times before the second book came out. I have now read the series more than 10 times all the way through. I love the world in which Paolini built, and his characters. I have been in love with dragons as long as I can remember. A book about a boy finding a dragon egg, and raising a dragon from a hatchling is something I have dreamt about. Unfortunately this series had a big issue when they tried to make a movie.
This movie was horrendous, to say the least. Basically they took the names of all the characters and places, and followed maybe 50 pages of this 400 page book to make the movie. The CGI was bad and the acting was not much better. I had given up hope of them ever doing anything with this book series ever again.
Boy was I wrong. Now Disney is making a TV show about Eragon. I am very excited! The news doesn't stop there. Paolini has also come out and said he has written a fifth book! It comes out this November, and of course I already have it preordered. I will probably stay up until the book is finished the second it is in my hand. I hope you all take time to read this book and enjoy it as much as I do!
Until next time, I hope you roll a high initiative
Christopher Vining
Ugh that is the worst when a book or book series you enjoy turns into a bad movie. Even if the movie is good if your an avid book reader, the tone and the vision you have of the characters may not match up. I think for that genre of books it would be so hard to live up to your expectations. Great blog post!
ReplyDeleteWow that's very interesting. It's pretty cool and funny that you've read a book because the author's name was the same as yours. Movies usually aren't as good as the books in my opinion. The book just has those little details movies don't. It makes the imagery way better than the movie ever could. Are you nervous that the TV show isn't going to be as good as the book is?
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DeleteThat's is really interesting, I will try to see this movie next weekend. It's wonderfull that you read the book of it, For me, I don't like to read books a lot, but I am excited to watch the movie of it!.
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I'm actually going to pick up the first book of the series, it sounds very interesting.
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