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A film adaptation of ''[[Literature/InheritanceCycle Eragon]]'' was made in 2006, starring Creator/JeremyIrons, Ed Speelers, and John Malkovitch. Like ''TheGoldenCompass'', it was based loosely on the book. Currently there are no plans for sequels, although several petitions to remake the film have since been created.

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!!The movie uses the following tropes:

* ActorAllusion: This isn't the only time Creator/JeremyIrons played [[Disney/TheLionKing a character]] who killed one of the main character's fathers. However, given what [[AbusiveParents that father was like]], not to mention what he did to his dragon, Brom pretty much had a very good reason for doing so.
* AdaptationalBadass: In the book, [[spoiler: Eragon only kills Durza with a distraction from Arya and Saphira giving him the opening to stab Durza's heart]]. Here, it's pretty much all him.
* AlternateDVDCommentary: Inspired a {{Podcast/Rifftrax}} [[http://www.rifftrax.com/rifftrax/eragon]].
* AndThisIsFor: Eragon, [[spoiler:after impaling Durza in the heart,]] shouts "That's for Brom."
* BaldOfEvil: Galbatorix.
* BigBad: Durza.
* BiggerBad: Galbatorix, to Durza's BigBad
* DarkIsEvil: As if we needed more clues, Galbatorix's [[spoiler: dragon]] is jet-black.
* EarlyBirdCameo: This film was the first time Galbatorix had ever physically appeared in the ''entire franchise''. [[spoiler: The same goes for his dragon]]
* EnforcedMethodActing: Eragon's surprise when Brom comes up behind him when Eragon is looking through Brom's books for information about dragons.
* HeroicSacrifice / TakingTheBullet / ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Brom ends up being impaled by a spear sent by Durza that was meant for Eragon and dies from the wounds]].
* InNameOnly: Where do we start?!
** The Ra'zac are ''very'' different to their book counterparts. In the book they are described as tall, cloaked, pale and skeletal vulture-like creatures. In the film they look like ninjas with a maggot problem.
** Dragons always had the "leather wings" descriptor somewhere near them in the books. Why does Saphira have ''feathered wings''?
* IronicEcho: Durza mentioned that he expected more when he first encounters Eragon. [[spoiler:Eragon shot that phrase back at Durza shortly after impaling him midair in the heart]].
* LargeHam: Galbatorix.
--> [[{{Narm}} I suffer without my stone.]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Do not. Prolong. My suffering.]]
** Also RobertCarlyle as Durza. Every line is delivered with a carefree demeanor, as if he knew it was all bad but had fun anyway.
* MythologyGag: The map of Alagaesia in Galbatorix's throne room is the exact same one included in the books.
** The {{Invocation}} for Durza's giant shadow-monster at the climax sounded suspiciously like 'Lethrblaka'. In the books, Lethrblaka are [[spoiler: the adult forms of the Ra'zac]].
* PlotRelevantAgeUp: Inexplicably, [[spoiler:Saphira]]
* PursuedProtagonist: How Eragon gets the egg.
* OhCrap: When Sloan learns that Eragon got the "stone" (actually a Dragon Egg), he briefly expresses a shocked expression and hurriedly gives back the stone to Eragon, denies its sale, and states he shouldn't have brought it here. It's implied that he's well aware of the stone's true origin, as well as the potential consequences of it arriving in the village.
** Alternatively, he knows that hunting in the Spine is strictly forbidden and doesn't want to be implicated.
* OrcusOnHisThrone: It says a lot about Galbatorix that his appearance in this film is actually an addition to his appearances in the books.
* ShoutOut: Brom's "I've seen things you can't image" line is a shout-out to ''Film/BladeRunner'', according to the director.
* StillbornFranchise: The movie was a critical failure and a financial disappointment. It also made it '''[[DeusExMachina impossible]]''' to create a film of the second book due to discontinuity created by the first film, not to mention the number of ignored characters that would need to be introduced.
* TheStoolPigeon: Like in the book, Sloan the butchershop owner ends up squealing to the Razac about Eragon's possession of the egg. Unlike the book, however, the reason he did so was heavily implied to be under the Lacerated Larry type (ie, he was tortured into giving the information).
* ThirdPersonPerson: Angela.
* VertigoEffect: Used in a shot right before Brom examines Saphira and Saphira agrees "he does know a bit about dragons". The director refers to it as "an homage to the shot in ''Film/{{Jaws}}''".