YMMV for the Eragon movie:
- Cliché Storm: This film is a great example of the downsides of using the The Hero's Journey template so strictly. Nothing makes it stand out.
- Crowning Music of Awesome: The score by Patrick Doyle may only feature one main tune, but it's a great tune.
- Ham and Cheese: This is the only explanation for Galbatorix's hamminess.
- Narm:
- King Galbatorix's wooden delivery of the line "I suffer without my stone. DO NOT. PROLONG. MY SUFFERING."
- Saphira's dialogue mostly consists of over-explaining things that were usually already explained or don't need to be, often disrupting the pacing of the scenes. Rachel Weisz' emotionless delivery doesn't help matters.
- King Galbatorix's wooden delivery of the line "I suffer without my stone. DO NOT. PROLONG. MY SUFFERING."
- So Okay, It's Average: Those who haven't read the books can at least see this movie as a fun but flawed fantasy adventure movie, with great effects and dragons.
- Tear Jerker: The scene where Saphira lets a dying Brom fly with her so that he can truly be a Dragon Rider one last time is, despite the film's mixed reception, genuinely moving.
- They Changed It, Now It Sucks: Largely the reason it's disliked by many fans.
- Took the Bad Film Seriously:
- Ed Speelers in the title role. You can tell that he wants to act so badly, but his delivery combined with an atrocious script makes for Narm heaven.
- Jeremy Irons plays Brom in a genuinely convincing way despite the scriptwriters’ best efforts to the contrary (and there are also indications that he seems to have taken Ed Speelers under his wing). Tragically, all he really accomplishes is making everyone else look even worse in comparison.
- Visual Effects of Awesome: The only saving grace of the film. Though justified because of Industrial Light and Magic and WETA.
- WTH, Costuming Department?: A few characters are clearly wearing off-the-shelf blue jeans.
YMMV for the Eragon video game
- Badass Decay: Brom sucks in this. He gets beaten up and dragged off by a wolf.
- Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: When Brom is owned by a wolf.
- Bizarro Episode: Hadarac Desert. You never go back and there is no explanation for destroying the Urgal camps. On the other hand, you do meet Murtagh there.
- Crowning Moment of Awesome: Fighting giant Urgals, riding Saphira, and using the final weapon.
- Crowning Moment of Funny: Brom Vs. Wolf. The wolf wins.
- Crowning Music of Awesome: The theme while riding Saphira.
- Game-Breaker: Bone Break.
- Narm: Quite a bit.
- The Problem with Licensed Games: Inverted with the DS version. Averted with all the other platforms. The aversion isn't saying much due to the Inheritance Cycle being Snark Bait.
- That One Boss: The first Kull and the second Ra'zac.
- That One Sidequest: The Second Dragon tower.
