I never read the books, but the film was so awful it was hilarious.
I actually feel pretty bad for Paolini. By all accounts he's a decent writer, but no one deserves such an awful fate as to have the stuff they wrote at 15 published. Except Jane Austen; Love and Friendship is a masterpiece of satire and wit, even if the author was seventeen at the time of writing. 
But we can't all be Jane Austen; I cringe to think of anything I wrote as a teenager being published, whether it be the novels I thought were a good idea at the time or my incredibly angsty teenage poetry.
Yes! But we really need a good river otter model--Lontra canadensis preferably, but Lutra lutra would be fine too.
I wouldn't say no to a sea otter (Enhydra lutris), either.That's the impression I got from the film. Okay, Luke Skywalker, who stole Aragorn's name, is off to save Arwen, I mean Erwen, and...Yeah, there's reference and then there's straight up stealing. But as you say, he was fifteen. Sometimes when I need a good laugh, I read the six-book sci-fi series I wrote between 12 and 14. It's hilariously bad. Then the stuff I wrote between 14 and 16 was just cringe-worthy bad--waaaaay worse than the 12-14 stuff. Like I said above, his parents may have thought they were doing him a favor by publishing his teenage works, but he would have been so much better off had they waited to published the stuff he wrote in his twenties. Or thirties. I get it--I wanted to be a teenage sensation too. I thank God that didn't happen, because I know I'm so much better at writing now.
Actually, I have once--but it's not really a terribly accurate depiction of my character, since my character has a lot of tattoos and I am horrible at texturing. Really I just used it to decide whether I liked him with heterochromia or not--I decided I did. So his left eye is dark green and his right eye is brown.)
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I like mine in cheese, mustard, or white chocolate peppermint bark*--but not all at the same time. 
Interesting. I read all 3 of the Inheritance books just last year, and I kind of liked them. Granted they weren't as good as a lot of other fantasy book series I've read, but I found them enjoyable enough to keep buying the next book as I finished each one. I didn't know they had made a movie based on this series.
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oooh, chocolate covered pretzels are awesome!Now THAT'S the sort of stick I like
The Codex Alera is nothing like any of the Harry Dresden books. Where the Dresden books are more urban fantasy, IOW, fantasy characters like wizards in a normal everyday environment like the city of Chicago, the Codex Alera books take place in a fantasy world with a number of non-humanoid characters, so totally different types of writing, but yeah, I like the way he writes as well.
I love mustard--yellow mustard, black mustard, Dijon mustard...I have a lot of allergies, but unfortunately none of them are to things I dislike. I'm allergic to ginger; I love ginger. I have a mild dairy allergy, but I eat it (in moderation) anyway except for plain milk, heavy cream, or ice cream. I couldn't be allergic to something I hate like celery or pineapple or fish.
At least I'm not allergic to some of the things I really love like coffee or cardamom or mustard. Hmm, I just had Indian food for lunch today, but now I'm craving it again...
I'd kind of like to listen to the Children of Húrin audiobook simply because it was done by Sir Christopher Lee, who as far as I'm concerned could read the phone book and make it fascinating. But in general I agree; I continue to insist my books be printed on dead trees.
But reference books cost a fortune, so it's usually cheaper to buy them used.
