I haven't read the book so I can objectively say that what I got was good special effects, an OK albeit pretty rushed story, mixed acting and nice cinematography. I especially liked the Shade's make-up, it helped me forget a bit about the shortcomings of the main character. All in all a solid effort that didn't make me feel like I have wasted my time. I'll have to give it a high rating just to counterbalance those biased low ratings. All those nerds who've rated this movie with 1 have never seen true suckage. If you want to watch a bad fantasy movie, try Dungeons&Dragons 2. And THAT has a higher rating on IMDb than this one. Just who came up with the silly name "E-ragon" for a D-ragon story - are his brothers called A-ragon and B-ragon then?
