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[-] stink@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 1 month ago

I'm afraid to say that book slapped when I was a kid, but the hype elevated once the movies started coming out.

Imagining a world where Eragon had a good movie, it'd probably change the trajectory of a lot of things

[-] lil_tank@hexbear.net 26 points 1 month ago

Same for me friend, I was really into it as a kid because I was blissfully unaware of everything it really meant. I was fed the slop and I liked it

[-] glimmer_twin@hexbear.net 18 points 1 month ago

I was into the first 5, but had super checked out/aged out of them after that. I was like 14 when the 5th one came out. By 6 and 7 I was old enough to realise “oh these actually kinda suck”. Not in a political sense, I just thought the actual books themselves were mid a.f. once I reached my later teens

[-] lil_tank@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I was 10 when the last one was released, it really hits different when you still play with sticks

[-] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 20 points 1 month ago

The movies really got the boost from having a John Williams score. Even his work on super mid movies is incredibly memorable.

[-] BodyBySisyphus@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

We played stuff from the Harry Potter soundtrack in band one year

[-] Frogmanfromlake@hexbear.net 8 points 1 month ago

The movies aren’t that bad. Critics, academies, and even the general public at the time held them all in high esteem and they are well made.

I didn’t even like the story after Goblet of Fire but calling the movies mid is really underselling them.

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