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Eragon (2006)
Childish movie and lame story.
I haven't read the book of Christopher Paolini and came to see the movie not expecting another masterpiece as LOTR, but at least some good entertainment. Boy, I couldn't be far from the truth.
First of all the the main actor playing Eragon is really one of the worst actor I ever seen. Fron the onset, I felt I disliked him, with his stupid childish smile worsened by the kind of white teeth/trendy hairstyle which looked so fake in a fantasy movie. I so much despised him that towards the end of the movie, when he dismounted off the dragon,smiling in his idiotic way at the princess, who by the way looked like a fashion model, I hoped something bad would have befallen him, but of course nothing happened.
The tale was so predictable and unoriginal (LOTR story and also Peter Jackson's direction rip-off, see for yourself the helicopter shots) that I had the distinct impression the whole production was rushed for lack of budget. No wonder people are telling that the book was butchered by the movie. This is exactly the kind of movie that would have benefited from 30 more minutes to explain the story and develop more the characters, who, apart from the dragon (good CGI and the only redeemable part of the movie), are not moving at all.
All in all, I do hope they won't do a sequel of this movie. One thing is for sure, I wouldn't even want to see for free, let alone spend money in a theater.
Adrenalin: Fear the Rush (1996)
Awful!!
While I agree to a certain extent that sometimes the gloomy atmosphere in this flick is catchy, I agree with most of the users that Adrenalin is going nowhere. It's a simple cat and mouse movie in a abandoned place, with lots of inconsistencies.
For example, the policemen's American names along with the fact that the movie should depict Boston contradicts with the Romanian police uniforms (look at the flag on the patches strapped on their shoulders) and their cars (by the way you'll never find cars so old and rusty even in the 70' thrash Italian movies!!!) with the "Policia" name. One clear sign that this is a very low budget movie, shot probably in one of these cheap Eastern-Europe countries.
Forget about the whole movie. I should have known better, that the this was going to be a terrible one, after seeing Christophe Lambert name on the VHS.