Eragon, the movie based on the book Eragon by Christopher Paolini opened last Friday December 15th to what I understand to be mixed reviews. I am a little surprised that it has not had quite the same success as the book, which along with its sequel, Eldest, is constantly checked out at our library. I was curious if this film experience would be the new Harry Potter in which you are constantly having to move to the right or the left of the wizard hat in front of you just to see the big screen. Apparently this is not the case, as one teen reported that there were empty seats when he went to a showing on Saturday night. This same teen gave a very descriptive review of how the movie "butchered" the book on our Teens Review It @ Your Library blog.

So to answer my original question, "Eragon (the movie), hit or miss?" It sounds like a "miss" but I'll wait for the dvd to find out.

If you're interested in getting a second opinion here are some additional sites for film reviews suggested by our Music Arts and Media librarian...

Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
Rotten Tomatoes
Roger Ebert Reviews
Metacritic
The Onion's A.V. Club: an offspring of the humorous and often outrageous "The Onion". The A.V. Club has serious (and witty) reviews, along with great lists, like "Nine recent attempts to save Romantic Comedy", "Horror Films for Left-wingers", "Horror films for Right-wingers", etc. All of their Film and DVD reviews are searchable.