It's a mad scramble to figure out what this all means for the farm boy so in the meantime, ex-effects wizard Fangmeier slots in a few audacious dragon-riding scenes. Then, Eragon happens upon a sapphire egg from whence hatches a dragon. In the opening minutes, Irons (playing Eragon's mentor with a cheeky knowingness) narrates a potted history of a land called Alagaƫsia, which would make even JRR Tolkien dizzy. His disorientation is understandable though, given the muddled script extrapolated from Christopher Paolini's epic novel. Like the character, Speleers takes a while to find his feet on the back of this unruly beast of a movie. Debut director Stefen Fangmeier loses his path with a meandering plot that introduces teenager Ed Speleers as the eponymous 'dragon rider'. Still, this tale of dragons and derring-do risks sending kids and grownups alike drifting away to the Land Of Nod. Jeremy Irons reminiscing on days of yore when "men rode astride magnificent beasts" will probably make grown-up viewers titter but young children shouldn't mind the cheesy bluster of Eragon.
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