[Balinor]

First off, yes the film of Eragon was rubbish, but it was nothing like the book. Personally I loved the first book (the second being more dull imo)

Secondly, of course theres going to be some similarities between any fantasy books.

Garion was a farmboy when it all started. In Eragon..Eragon was a farmboy too
Most heroes start out as lowly farmers or similar
.....Druss (David Gemmell) started out as a farmer/woodcutter
....The first ohmsfords were working in the family inn (Terry Brooks)
....Richard Rahl was a woodsman (Terry Goodkind)
.......Sam Gamgee was a farmer, the list goes on
its part of what makes the story interesting, that someone who isn't so important, manages to have a great adventure.


The twins (Beltira and Belkira). In Eragon theres a twin too. They even have the same mind as Belkira and Beltira.
You can't say somethings the same just because there is a twin in both books, the twins in eragon don't share the same mind afaik (although if you can point it out i'll concede the point), they just can communicate mind to mind


The silver mark on the right hand of Garion (In Eragon...Eragon has a mark on the right hand too the same as Garion)
Ok, this is similar, but it's not even significant, many heroes have scars or marks that distinguish them from a crowd, take Harry Potter or frodo of the 9 fingers

The sword. In Belgariad we have the sword of Iron-grip. While in Eragon theres the killer sword...and would u belive theres a blue orb on the pommel of the sword too (See Eragon the movie)
That sword was, as you said, IN THE MOVIE. If you remember the books, they are nothing like the movie, in fact, the only things they really kept the same was the character names.

The sotryteller that became a very important person. In Belgariad we have Belgarath as a storyteller then turned out to be Belgarath the Sorcerrer. In Eragon we have Brom as a storyteller then turned out to be a former dragon rider.
and in Shanarra we have a "wanderer" Allanon, who turns out to be the last druid, in LotR we have a old travelling magic man who turns out to be one of the most powerful wizards in middle earth, in Terry Goodkind's books, we have a grandfather who turns out to be the first wizard,

And would you believe theres another similarity? Garion is called the Godslayer and Eragon is called the Shadeslayer.
oh big deal, he killed something thats supposed to be almost mpossible to kill so they named him an xxxslayer, in James Clemens books the main character is a Godslayer, Gotrek and Felix are xxxslayers


if you look at a book without the detail most are similar. Young normal simple lad, learns of something powerful and scary, takes a journey with the help of some skilled allies, saves the day and proceeds to the next book.

The general plot of the book is not important, it's the character details, description of the environment and the emotions you feel when you read it that makes a story worth good.