1. Eragon (2006)
Based on the novel of the same name by author Christopher Paolini, The film stars Edward Speleers in the title role, also starring; Jeremy Irons, Garrett Hedlund, Djimon Hounsou, Sienna Guillory, Robert Carlyle, John Malkovich, Joss Stone, Alun Armstrong, and the voice of Rachel Weisz as Saphira the dragon. Quite the impressive cast for a film as unimpressive and easily forgotten as this. Eragon (Ed Speleers) is a 17 -year-old farm boy, in the small village of Carvahall in the fictional country of Alagaësia, who very much wants to be left alone but his nation is controlled by an evil king, Galbatorix (Malkovich) who, Vietnam style, drafts young men into his army. Everything is falling apart in his life when he comes across the MacGuffin of the story, a magical egg, which wont hatch until the right person finds it, Eragon of course is the right person and he discovers a dragon inside. What follows, is a story that is dramatically undeveloped. All the characters of the film aren't even characters, they are simply roles, such as; Hero, Dragon, Love Interest, Sidekick, Father Figure, Evil King, Mentor (sadly played by Jeremy Irons). Its guaranteed that you will not care one bit about any of them. John Malkovich in his role as the king is nothing more than Malkovich being Malkovich. Overall, if you want to see a movie about a kid training a dragon, go watch How to Train Your Dragon 2 instead.