hi((: right so um eragon review first.
I think it was a little long-winded- he spends an entire chapter 'showing' just one trait of eragon's so you don't know if that chapter is really significant to plot development or if he was just waffling. And what makes you take note is the fact that a lot of eldest is based on the book eragon, so i got lost at some of the parts- i forgot what most of the dwarfish and elvish terms meant! and that was because i waited till borders was having a sale till i went to buy the book. --" which was a long time since I read eragon. and after that, i went on to read the amber spyglass, which fleshed out on the theme of (romantic) love very well compared to the infatuation eragon had with arya. and i think this is because christopher paolini was only 21[?] when he wrote the book, he had nothing to base the eragon/arya relationship on, or rather, a lack of maturity, whereas phillip pullman had two grown-up kids when the book was published, and therefore had more experience writing the will/lyra relationship. andand in my opinion, this was the one book that had a bgr but was not trash! (amber spyglass) more about amber spyglass in another post.
back to eldest. so elissa and i were discussing the parallels between eragon and star wars, and we think that he got a lot of *ahem* inspiration from george lucas. like the part: 'eragon, i am your brother' is a lot like 'luke, I am your father' or 'leia, i am your brother'. but i think star wars is worse because it's incest! and at least with arya, it's an entire race altogether. (she's an elf) ohoh and this young, inexperienced person is mentored by an older, more experienced person= eragon and brom, anakin and obi-wan. and the mentor dies! which occurs in both instances. *sigh* and parallels with his dark materials! eragon has saphira whom he can communicate with <=> lyra has pan, who she can communicate with too! i dont see any evident parallels with harry potter though, so thats good. grr. christopher paolini is such a ripoff.
butbut i am still waiting for the movie! and inheritance. and the OotP movie is said to be released july 17, 2007 in the US. jorowling says that her estimate for the seventh book is then too, and that would be the best early birthday present ever! but then i wouldnt have anything too look forward to after the movie, or which one comes earlier. ): and i would like to watch take the lead and aquamarine (for emma roberts and jojo) and the producers! and i would love to watch grease. or any musical. ahh im concert-deprived. except maybe for classified.