Let me start this off by pointing out that I did not read the book.  Before people tell me I should read the book, or that the movie does not properly reflect the book, I need to point out myself that this is first and foremost a movie.  I’ll be discussing the movie, as if it were independent from any source material, because that is what movies are meant to be.  Seperate from the source material.  

True movies will try to keep as close to the original story as possible, or sometimes they’ll turn your blond middle aged antihero into Keanu fucking Reeves, but the people who make these movies are selling the movies to the mass public.  While you don’t want to alienate the readers, the actual target is anyone that fits a demographic, and likes a genre of film.  

So I’ll be the first to admit that I have not read Eragon, nor can I testify to the books quality.  With regards to the movie Eragon, I’ll paraphrase one of my favorite Critics (Jay Sherman) if was a mixture of Fantasy and Crap.

Eragon is Fantocrap.

Can you find a poutier cast than that of Eragons? Even the fucking dragon's pouty!

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So I may need to rethink this whole moviestupidity thing.

The problem is I’ve kinda dug myself into a hole. Assuming a 50/50 ratio of all movies being either stupid or not, I’ve already cut my options in half (I know 50/50 is unrealistic but there’s no way for me to get at a ratio that is completely opinion based.)

If that weren’t bad enough I feel I have to limit myself further.

For instance I feel with a certain degree of comfort, that any movie released by a Waynes Brother after the early 90′s, will be a horrible piece of stupid shit. But “my thing” seems to be that i’m not arguing against whether I like a movie, but if the actions of events or people make logical sense.

Another limiter is that I feel like I can’t really point out stupidity in movies that are blatently stupid. That rules out anything done in the 80′s, by uwe boll, or tyler perry. Hell it even rules out Comedy as a genre.

Finally, I don’t get out to the movies nearly as often as I’d like, and when I do I’m now in the predicament of do I watch the movie that will most likely be good, or the movie that will contain a certain degree of stupidity. While its true I can always tap movies that are out on DVD, it does erode a bit of my relevance.

So that is where I’m at now. Hunting for ideas of how I can reformat, without going too far away from what I’ve been doing.