Why does Einon become evil?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — DragonHeart
Daniela-Marie — 19 years ago(June 16, 2006 03:28 AM)
I've watched this movie a few times over the years, but I have never understood exactly why King Einon becomes evil right after getting half of Draco's heart. Is it ever explained? Can anybody help me?
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cammonro — 19 years ago(June 22, 2006 12:15 PM)
The scene in which Einon callously yanks the crown from his dying father's clutch before he ever received the heart from Draco reveals his true nature to the audience (although not to Bowen since he wasn't there to witness the act).
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alabaster815 — 19 years ago(June 24, 2006 08:59 PM)
I always thought it was because he was innately evil. Later, Draco says, "I thought my heart could change him. My God, I was so naive."
So that not even his evil heart (which he presumably inherited from his father) could be changed by the consideration of a dragon's heart. -
DarthBotto — 19 years ago(September 15, 2006 03:46 PM)
Although people might have already stated everything, the reason Einon didn't seem evil for the first 5 minutes is because he needed to apeal to Bowen who's a totally awesome fighter and trainer. When he became king, he knew nothing could interfere with him any longer.
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ms_grumpy_gills — 19 years ago(October 01, 2006 07:44 PM)
I haven't seen this movie in forever, so I might be wrong, but I think, if I remember right, a dragons heart intensifies a persons true nature to beyond human praportions. I think thats right. I need to watch the movie again and find out if I'm right or not. Einons true nature was evil. I think Draco was hoping that his heart might have intensified the little bit of good that he hoped was in Einon.
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cougar18 — 19 years ago(October 28, 2006 05:53 PM)
I haven't seen this movie in forever, so I might be wrong, but I think, if I remember right, a dragons heart intensifies a persons true nature to beyond human praportions. I think thats right. I need to watch the movie again and find out if I'm right or not. Einons true nature was evil. I think Draco was hoping that his heart might have intensified the little bit of good that he hoped was in Einon.
Nah. The guy was plain evil. Even his mother later discovered this, probably only after he got the heart, but more than likely she had an inkling before that, and commented on the fact that she tried to "Save a creature who didn't deserve to be saved". He was manipulative and spoiled, and, as can be seen in the movie, unwilling to help his family, followers and friends in order to further his own needs. -
barbayat — 17 years ago(March 24, 2009 03:51 PM)
As others said he was evil to begin with, you even see that before the scene when he takes the crown from his father. In the scene with Bowen, there is this look when Bowen touches him in a familiar fatherly way - he is so disgusted, because he is not used to this familiar touch. His father is a brutal and cruel king and his mother loathes him
Maybe he was a psychopath to begin with, but considering how he grew up no love (okay Bowen loved Einon, but at this point his approach to him was not successful), lots of privileges, that much power in his hands
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thereaperentity — 16 years ago(March 20, 2010 01:37 PM)
Everyones alrady said everything lol, but yea you can see him resenting Bowen while they watch the battle, and he snatched the crown He just never had the power to show his true colours before, plus he was almost immortal
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evil_uther — 13 years ago(April 09, 2012 04:34 PM)
I'm pretty sure someone already stated this in some form or another, but it's explained in the movie.
He didn't become evil, he was evil from the begining. Bowen confronts him at one point, after blaiming himself for making him evil, and obviously blaming the Dragons. And the King says something like "You don't get it. I was always the same. I just pretended to be someone else in front of you because that's what you wanted to hear and I needed your help"
What I don't know is if there's more than a version of the movie and that scene was cut. But I've seen the flick in a lot of diferent channels and that line of dialog was always in it. If they did indeed cut it from the movie, then whoever did it is a moron, because that's the revealing point of the story. It's like cutting off Henry Ducard and Bruce Wayne's conversation in Batman Begins.