HATERZZ.
Since I've done nothing for weeks except study for finals and wallow in adenoviral misery, I feel the need to rant. The movie version of Eragon opens this week and I'm excited. I realize that there is an abundance of haters, but hey, I like the Inheritance trilogy. AND I am literate.
The other day, I was skimming IMDB and I happened across the discussion boards for the Eragon film. Some of the posts were of the "LOL dis m0viE l0okZz b0RinG lolz", which are always good for a laugh, but I think the majority of people on IMDB seem pretty certain that this movie is going to blow hard. Good thing IMDB users can see into the future. Think one of them can tell me what'll be on my Genetics exam this Friday?
The arguments that I came across were mostly knocking Eragon for being weakly written and a blatant Star Wars rip-off. I've read both Eragon and Eldest at least a couple of times, and hello? Of COURSE it's weakly written (sometimes). And of COURSE it's a rip-off (although I was thinking Lord of the Rings, not Star Wars). I mean, it's a thick, clunky, formulaic, repetitive, coming-of-age fantasy saga. What the hell do you expect?
Yes, Paolini's prose can be lacking at times. And yes, reading it is like reading Lord of the Rings fanfiction (not that I ever do, but I can imagine). But I LIKE IT. It's a good, entertaining, FUN book. Why do people feel the need to automatically disparage a book that's popular and generates a lot of publicity? No one ever said that the Inheritance trilogy was supposed to change your life or transport you to a higher level of consciousness, so give the man a motherfucking break. To even be able to put together a coherent novel with decent syntax and a decent plot at the age of fifteen is pretty remarkable, and I'd hazard a guess that 90% of Paolini's critics are well over the age of fifteen and couldn't write a novel to save their lives. Yep, it's harder than it looks. Throw him a freaking bone.
So it's not a totally original story. Go ahead, find me a fantasy series that DOESN'T draw its influence from another source. In fact, find ANY novel that wasn't inspired by something else. Eragon may be a giant rip-off, but it's enjoyable and interesting and it has earned alot of success, so why do people feel the need to criticize it for being something that it never claimed to be in the first place? I don't recall Christopher Paolini issuing a press conference stating that the Inheritance trilogy is a 100% original, revolutionary impetus for social change and scholastic revelation. Damn, people. It is what it is, so don't taking it so seriously. You're talking to one of the craziest Lord of the Rings fans in the world, and even I don't mind that Paolini ripped his ideas off Tolkien.
It annoys me almost as much as those idiots who do nothing but bitch about Harry Potter. It's not SUPPOSED to be philosophically ingenius. You can be literate, well-read, and intellectual and still appreciate books like Harry Potter and Eragon, so please don't try to claim cultural elitist status by insinuating that fans of these books are illiterate morons. Get your heads out of your asses, haters.
Now with that said, I have a feeling that the film won't be any good.
I'm probably just paranoid. The trailers look fantastic and hello? Jeremy Irons is PERFECT as Brom. I can't wait to see it, but my expectations are pretty low.
The other day, I was skimming IMDB and I happened across the discussion boards for the Eragon film. Some of the posts were of the "LOL dis m0viE l0okZz b0RinG lolz", which are always good for a laugh, but I think the majority of people on IMDB seem pretty certain that this movie is going to blow hard. Good thing IMDB users can see into the future. Think one of them can tell me what'll be on my Genetics exam this Friday?
The arguments that I came across were mostly knocking Eragon for being weakly written and a blatant Star Wars rip-off. I've read both Eragon and Eldest at least a couple of times, and hello? Of COURSE it's weakly written (sometimes). And of COURSE it's a rip-off (although I was thinking Lord of the Rings, not Star Wars). I mean, it's a thick, clunky, formulaic, repetitive, coming-of-age fantasy saga. What the hell do you expect?
Yes, Paolini's prose can be lacking at times. And yes, reading it is like reading Lord of the Rings fanfiction (not that I ever do, but I can imagine). But I LIKE IT. It's a good, entertaining, FUN book. Why do people feel the need to automatically disparage a book that's popular and generates a lot of publicity? No one ever said that the Inheritance trilogy was supposed to change your life or transport you to a higher level of consciousness, so give the man a motherfucking break. To even be able to put together a coherent novel with decent syntax and a decent plot at the age of fifteen is pretty remarkable, and I'd hazard a guess that 90% of Paolini's critics are well over the age of fifteen and couldn't write a novel to save their lives. Yep, it's harder than it looks. Throw him a freaking bone.
So it's not a totally original story. Go ahead, find me a fantasy series that DOESN'T draw its influence from another source. In fact, find ANY novel that wasn't inspired by something else. Eragon may be a giant rip-off, but it's enjoyable and interesting and it has earned alot of success, so why do people feel the need to criticize it for being something that it never claimed to be in the first place? I don't recall Christopher Paolini issuing a press conference stating that the Inheritance trilogy is a 100% original, revolutionary impetus for social change and scholastic revelation. Damn, people. It is what it is, so don't taking it so seriously. You're talking to one of the craziest Lord of the Rings fans in the world, and even I don't mind that Paolini ripped his ideas off Tolkien.
It annoys me almost as much as those idiots who do nothing but bitch about Harry Potter. It's not SUPPOSED to be philosophically ingenius. You can be literate, well-read, and intellectual and still appreciate books like Harry Potter and Eragon, so please don't try to claim cultural elitist status by insinuating that fans of these books are illiterate morons. Get your heads out of your asses, haters.
Now with that said, I have a feeling that the film won't be any good.
I'm probably just paranoid. The trailers look fantastic and hello? Jeremy Irons is PERFECT as Brom. I can't wait to see it, but my expectations are pretty low.