Man, I just finished watching this and it was freaking amazing!
I mean, hats off to Denzel Washington, his performance was incredible, but we can't overlook Ethan either—he was seriously, SERIOUSLY good!
The story is great (the script 👍), but that ending? Total WTF moment (it was definitely unexpected), kind of like how someone already mentioned, "every single detail just clicks into place" (or something like that).
All in all, I think I actually got more out of it than I expected.
I think the sequel is actually better. I don't know, the first one didn't really grab me at all when I watched it, but the second one was honestly pretty entertaining ( Johnny 😍 )
ironcrane7 said:Brokeback Mountain came out in 2006?
Well, technically it's from 2005. I mean, it started hitting theaters in the US around November 2005, and it already snatched up its first big award—the Golden Lion—in Venice back in September. But since it didn't hit our local screens until February 2006, I guess you could call it a 2006 movie. Maybe. I wouldn't go so far as to say for sure, though. 😍 😍 😍
Personally, I absolutely love LOTR, Harry Potter, and Narnia. I mean, I'm "aware" that the Harry Potter movies aren't exactly cinematic masterpieces—except maybe the third one, where I’ll give credit where it's due for the amazing directing—but you know, with all those young actors who aren't exactly brilliant and the fact that you can't just cram an entire book into a single movie, I still love them because I'm such a huge fan of the books (and honestly, the movies are just fun 😁)), and I'll tell you, Eragon was "okay" for me since I live for Fantasy. For a second there, I was actually kind of thrilled, and overall the story is pretty great (dragons 😁 😁 😁), but I don't know, I guess just too many things felt "off" and didn't quite flow... so I walked out of the theater thinking, "Ugh, if they had just extended this part, or cut that, or added this..." I really hate leaving a theater feeling like that...😢
So look, I actually liked the movie (I'm a sucker for Fantasy 😁) and the plot itself is pretty great (I'll definitely read the book 😁), but what this movie was seriously missing was—the character development!!!!!! Like, they literally CUT scenes. I honestly felt like they were trying way too hard to make a short movie that says everything at once. And they totally blew it, because some potentially awesome moments were just left on the cutting room floor when they could have been amazing!!! When I talk about development, I mean—honestly, the only relationship I actually felt by the end was between Eragon and the dragon (even if that felt a bit shaky at first), but the bond between Eragon and his uncle, or Eragon and Arya, or Eragon and Ironsa (who was, btw, wuaaaaaaaaa, the best character in the whole movie!!!)—that stuff was basically non-existent!!!!!! Ugh, and I literally wanted to scream at Eragon when he was acting like a total teenage brat. Like, really? That's what people need in a crisis?
Anyway, the scenery was GORGEOUS, the soundtrack was cool, and that black guy with the green eyes was just... wow, so niceeeee. The dragon scenes were awesome (especially when she was still tiny, man, she was so cute 😁 😁 😁), and the action scenes were good too... but I'm telling you, they should have damn well developed those characters and their relationships more deeply, like God intended. Instead, I just walked away feeling like "something is missing" (I'd say half the scenes, honestly), so it was such a bummer because I actually liked the movie "overall."
Absolutely amazing movie, just beautiful. I'll write up a proper review once I actually have some free time because this deserves way more than just a decent comment 😁
And as for those "time paradoxes" people keep whining about? It’s honestly NOT even a paradox (except maybe the ending, I guess) — it’s actually spot on! But I'll get into that later 😁