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Eragon (2006)
1/10
Huge disappointment!
15 December 2006
I've just returned from the cinema, and I'm glad I'm out of that room. If you have read the book before watching the movie, like myself, you are in for a HUGE disappointment! The only thing, and then I mean the ONLY thing, thats similar to the book, is the characters' names. The rest is just made up as they saw fit. Not even the storyline is the same.

Apart from not being true to the book, the film was of poor entertainment and with bad acting. Most of the characters are taken right out of a 'Xena - The Warrior Princess' episode. The "heroes" look like cheap soap opera actors, and the villains like brainless cartoon idiots.

The only ones who will find this film entertaining are the children, all mature audience should stay clear, or rent the DVD when it comes out. But the best thing is to borrow it from someone else so you don't have to spend any money on it.
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Villmark (2003)
7/10
A movie worth watching
14 February 2006
I have just finished watching Villmark (Dark Woods) on DVD. A friend of mine has had the movie for quite a long time, and even though Norwegian media gave the movie a very good rating, I've always been reluctant to watch Norwegian movies. They tend to get overrated in the media since Norway don't produce that many movies.

But this movie was well worth the time, and it surprised me in a good way. The location for the movie is great, it's an average looking Norwegian forest, and that just bring more to the "horror" part, since most Norwegians are familiar with hiking in the wilderness. You will have this movie in the back of your head the next time you're in the forests.

You are also kept in suspense throughout the whole movie, always expecting something to jump out from the shadows, which happens a few times, and scares you good. As for the acting, these are all more or less top actors in Norway, some more seasoned that others. And overall they do a very good job at it. It's not Oscar material but it's very satisfactory.
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