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devilsgrin · 27th January 2008, 07:43 AM

i agree completely with you evil genius.
Paolini has most definitely taken HUGE pieces of the Belgariad to "write" his derivitive piece of drivel called Eragon. I read the book hoping for something as good as the hype... how disappointed i was.
there are large pieces of text that appear to be cut and pasted out of Pawn of Prophecy - particularly a conversation between Belgarath and Garion (even the names Eragon and Garion are blatantly similar) where they discuss the possible and the impossible. Sapphira for all shes a dragon is essentially Polgara, her whole manner is protective mother/guardian a'la Polgara.
There are other literary works that Paolini the plagiarist has taken liberties from, but aside from Lord of the Rings, and Anne McCaffrey's dragonriders of Pern, no other work has been as copied from as the Belgariad.

Just as an aside, in the books i can't recall whether Morzan's sword - Misery is its translated name - has the colour of its pommell stone mentioned, however as the blade is red and the sword was made specifically for the rider of a red dragon, i would assume that the pommell stone would have been a large ruby rather than a sapphire... the movie took too many liberties even with Paolini's book for it to be a reliable basis for argument.

Sapphira did look amazing in the movie though, and Rachel Weizs was flawless as Sapphira, she's now my favourite to play Polgara if there was ever a movie. theres a certain amount of caring in her appearance, and a look of "don't you dare mess with my child" about her in several things, the Mummy Returns most obviously.
I detested Jeremy Irons as Brom - just as I detest Jeremy Irons in any and all fantasy genre films that he's been in. Overacted, clearly under-directed, and as a result, campy and OTT.
Ed Speelers did as well as he was able to being a rookie actor, considering the clear lack of directorial and scriptorial support he received. that said, he had both the wrong hair and eye colour, and Chris Egan who played Roran for a few minutes in the film should have been chosen in his place. He's at least been acting for near to a decade - especially if they were going to skip on Eragon's plain brown hair and puppy-dog brown eyes.

27th January 2008, 07:43 AM	#16 (permalink)
devilsgrin Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 373	Re: Books that are similar to Belgariad i agree completely with you evil genius. Paolini has most definitely taken HUGE pieces of the Belgariad to "write" his derivitive piece of drivel called Eragon. I read the book hoping for something as good as the hype... how disappointed i was. there are large pieces of text that appear to be cut and pasted out of Pawn of Prophecy - particularly a conversation between Belgarath and Garion (even the names Eragon and Garion are blatantly similar) where they discuss the possible and the impossible. Sapphira for all shes a dragon is essentially Polgara, her whole manner is protective mother/guardian a'la Polgara. There are other literary works that Paolini the plagiarist has taken liberties from, but aside from Lord of the Rings, and Anne McCaffrey's dragonriders of Pern, no other work has been as copied from as the Belgariad. Just as an aside, in the books i can't recall whether Morzan's sword - Misery is its translated name - has the colour of its pommell stone mentioned, however as the blade is red and the sword was made specifically for the rider of a red dragon, i would assume that the pommell stone would have been a large ruby rather than a sapphire... the movie took too many liberties even with Paolini's book for it to be a reliable basis for argument. Sapphira did look amazing in the movie though, and Rachel Weizs was flawless as Sapphira, she's now my favourite to play Polgara if there was ever a movie. theres a certain amount of caring in her appearance, and a look of "don't you dare mess with my child" about her in several things, the Mummy Returns most obviously. I detested Jeremy Irons as Brom - just as I detest Jeremy Irons in any and all fantasy genre films that he's been in. Overacted, clearly under-directed, and as a result, campy and OTT. Ed Speelers did as well as he was able to being a rookie actor, considering the clear lack of directorial and scriptorial support he received. that said, he had both the wrong hair and eye colour, and Chris Egan who played Roran for a few minutes in the film should have been chosen in his place. He's at least been acting for near to a decade - especially if they were going to skip on Eragon's plain brown hair and puppy-dog brown eyes.