And, a few minutes later, it turns out to be the hatching place of a baby dragon whose name is Saphira and who was waiting to hatch when around someone other than a bald, scurvy, pervy king ...

The best dragon movie remains, by a long shot, 1981's "Dragonslayer." Eragon (104 minutes, at area theaters) is rated PG-13 for ample but bloodless battle violence.

The new dragons thing is a second go at an adaptation of Christopher Paolini’s Eragon, which was previously adapted into a crummy movie in 2006 with Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons, Rachel Weiz ...

said "Eragon" fan Anna Halleen, 14, as she counted the days till she could pick up her preordered copy of "Eldest." The Mukilteo homeschooler is a Harry Potter devotee as well.