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I sit there, intently watching the screen as images flash by... moaning and groaning all the while. This is what it was like for me when I watched Eragon, when I saw the previews to Bridge to Terabithia, when I watched Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe the first and second time. I found great joy in picking the movie Eragon apart, scene by scene, character flaw by character flaw. This was after I finally got over all the horrors of watching the previews, the months of thinking "I soon die then watch that movie", finally I did get over it. Only to truly be disappointed.

It ain't so bad when -a- movie is a mile off from the book. But when so many movies follow entirely different storylines, change so many simple features, and destroy the author's story by creating a new one entirely is... extraordinarily sad. I can hardly get through a movie based on a book I've read without throwing something at the T.V. or complaining.

Sure, I do enjoy movies, being able to see things on the big screen. Its just, when you're favorite character is no longer that person, when your favorite tale is a horrible disappointment, then movies have no thrill for me. Watching Eragon hurt so much for me. Characters were changed, personalities altered to the extreme, physical features not matching, battle scenes dramatically off, important characters being killed when they shouldn't be.

And yet... these movies can be most brilliant. My mom sooooo loved watching Eragon. If I'd never read the book I would have thought it quite good. Although, I am no movie critic.

In the end, a movie is never as good as a book. In the end, the tale in which we loved is changed so much, our favorite characters becoming so foreign. Two hours is just not enough for an average of 300 pages or more of imagination and epic scenes. Even the best directors and costume designers cannot capture the brilliance and imaginative features a book has.

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