Because of how unlike the book it was, there was nothing in the film that made me think this is a good comparison to the book, everything was wrong in the movie, and the movie was short, but they didn't have to do about the whole book, they left out important things, that affect the second book aswell, so if they do a second movie (I doubt it) it wouldn't be Eldest, they might aswell give it a diffrent name.

I hated it because,

1. Brom is not a storyteller.

2. Eragon doesn't seem to have any weaknesses in the movie, unlike the book. It makes characters seem more real when they have weaknesses.

3. Arya was BLOND, and she had ROUND ears.

4. Eragon was not injured at the end when he defeated Durza, which plays a huge part in Eldest.

5. ORIK WAS NON-EXISTENT!!!

the movie was so far off from the book and it sucked

Im with you lama...I like the movie, even though some of the dialogue was corny. It doesn't matter to me how much unlike the book it is. Also,I doubt this movie had the incredible monetary backing that Lord of the Rings had in which they actually could afford to put every page of the book into a very LOOOOONG movie...And yet people unfairly compare everything to Lord of the Rings. I think this movie had it where it counts, a good story, character, and even heart. I really want to see this series continue on the big screen.

Because it sucks compared to the books. The movie has a completely different stroy line to the books because they changed it soooooo much!!!!!!

Most of the people who hate the movie are the ones who have read the book. I think the reason why is because they see what an amazing book Eragon is (although it's a copy of Lord of the Rings) and then they see how crappy the movie is compared to the book and they hate it because if it had just followed the book more it could have been amazing.

I saw the movie before I read the book and I liked it. Then I read the book a couple years later and loved it but when I watched the movie again I realized how much better the book was. The movie could have been amazing like the Lord of the Rings but instead they completely changed it and messed it up so that it skipped more than half of the book.
So I think that's why a lot of people hate the movie but correct me if I'm wrong.

i dont hate it i lovee it its so goooooooooood

wow,lamadragon, how in the hell ru an eragon fan if u LOVE the movie???? it was HORRIBLE. the worst. nothing was right. not evn going to go into the details. did u read the book at all? i guess not, cuz that movie really p-oed me. read the book, then watch the movie. thats all im gonna say.

Saphira looked great, but that's pretty much it. Angela was a short curled haird women in the book, but in the film she was (meant to be) pretty with jewls like an ordinary fortune teller.

Because the movie was almost nothing compared to the book and it wrapped up the entire series even though the 4th book isnt even out yet