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Originally Posted by Pandox  The first two are critical opinions.
Anyone can accuse anybody of plagiarism.
...and the third one is based on the movie.
If you had read the book and watched the movie,
you would have realized that the movie does not follow the book at all.
Even I hated the movie.
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It's not opinion that half of the names in Eragon are IDENTICAL to those in LotR. It's not opinion that half of the plot in Eragon is IDENTICAL to Starwars. It's not opinion--it's observation. It would be incredibly hard to deny that Paolini didn't "borrow" these ideas, given he has ADMITTED to being a fan of George Lucas, McAffrey, Rowling, Tolkien, among other authors he has taken key elements from. I would say, "Oh, sure, that's just what I think," if he didn't right out admit it. :/ It is too hard to defend these books, they
weren't going to be published until his parents got into the business JUST for that reason, and the only reason he got popular because he was a cute little boy who thought he could write in your typical purple prose style for a budding teenager.
Regardless of the last link representing the movie, it still reviews the storyline. Which, I would hope, is remotely the same as the book, less we see it more similar to Star Wars than it was in written word.
Anyway, just for lols:
Rocket Number 09: 'Eragon' is an epic ... RIP-OFF A Wandering Eyre Star Wars by George Lucas v. The Inheritance Trilogy by Christopher Paolini Amazon.com: Aleydis' review of Eldest (Inheritance, Book 2) Comparisons between the plot of Eragon and Star Wars@Everything2.com
Obviously more than a few people find the similarities disturbing.
