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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The score, composed by Music/ChristopherYoung (who also composed ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'') and Lustmord, is very unsettling, not unlike the music of ''VideoGame/SilentHill''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIzENbOsWXU "Portents of Doom"]], The Empty Man's {{Leitmotif}}, is a particularly nasty standout.
* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler:[[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. In spite of decidedly poor initial reviews, [[VindicatedbyHistory the Rotten Tomatoes score had rebounded in the year following its release to a Fresh score of 76%.]]

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The score, composed by Music/ChristopherYoung (who also composed ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'') and Lustmord, is very unsettling, not unlike the music of ''VideoGame/SilentHill''.''VideoGame/SilentHill1''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIzENbOsWXU "Portents of Doom"]], The Empty Man's {{Leitmotif}}, is a particularly nasty standout.
* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s 1970s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler:[[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]].[[spoiler:{{cosmic horror|Story}}]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. In spite of decidedly poor initial reviews, [[VindicatedbyHistory the Rotten Tomatoes score had rebounded in the year following its release to a Fresh score of 76%.]]

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The score, composed by Music/ChristopherYoung (who also composed ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'') and Lustmord, is very unsettling, not unlike the music of ''VideoGame/SilentHill''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIzENbOsWXU "Portents of Doom"]], The Empty Man's {{Leitmotif}}, is a particularly [[HellIsThatNoise nasty]] standout.

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* AudienceAlienatingPremise: The film was marketed similarly to ''Film/SlenderMan'' and ''Film/TheByeByeMan'', which drove a lot of people away because of how poorly those films were received. It also confused a lot of the people that ''did'' end up seeing it, because they weren't expecting [[spoiler:a CosmicHorrorStory]].
* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The score, composed by Music/ChristopherYoung (who also composed ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'') and Lustmord, is very unsettling, not unlike the music of ''VideoGame/SilentHill''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIzENbOsWXU "Portents of Doom"]], The Empty Man's {{Leitmotif}}, is a particularly [[HellIsThatNoise nasty]] nasty standout.



* MisaimedMarketing: The film was marketed similarly to ''Film/SlenderMan'' and ''Film/TheByeByeMan'', which drove a lot of people away because of how poorly those films were received. It also confused a lot of the people that ''did'' end up seeing it, because they weren't expecting [[spoiler:a CosmicHorrorStory]].
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The score, composed by Christopher Young (who also composed ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'') and Lustmord, is very unsettling, not unlike the music of ''VideoGame/SilentHill''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIzENbOsWXU "Portents of Doom"]], The Empty Man's {{Leitmotif}}, is a particularly [[HellIsThatNoise nasty]] standout.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The score, composed by Christopher Young Music/ChristopherYoung (who also composed ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'') and Lustmord, is very unsettling, not unlike the music of ''VideoGame/SilentHill''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIzENbOsWXU "Portents of Doom"]], The Empty Man's {{Leitmotif}}, is a particularly [[HellIsThatNoise nasty]] standout.
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* OneSceneWonder: Creator/StephenRoot as Arthur Parsons, the leader of the Pontifex Institute. He plays the role well, but the sight of such a recognizable comic actor in a horror story can also let some of the tension out of the film.

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* OneSceneWonder: Creator/StephenRoot has a memorable scene as Arthur Parsons, the leader of the Pontifex Institute. He plays the role well, but the sight of such a recognizable comic actor in a horror story can also let some of the tension out of the film.Institute.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The score, composed by Christopher Young (who also composed ''Film/Hellraiser'') and Lustmord, is very unsettling, not unlike the music of ''VideoGame/SilentHill''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIzENbOsWXU "Portents of Doom"]], The Empty Man's {{Leitmotif}}, is a particularly [[HellIsThatNoise nasty]] standout.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The score, composed by Christopher Young (who also composed ''Film/Hellraiser'') ''Film/{{Hellraiser}}'') and Lustmord, is very unsettling, not unlike the music of ''VideoGame/SilentHill''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIzENbOsWXU "Portents of Doom"]], The Empty Man's {{Leitmotif}}, is a particularly [[HellIsThatNoise nasty]] standout.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The score, composed by Christopher Young and Lustmord, is very unsettling, not unlike the music of ''VideoGame/SilentHill''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIzENbOsWXU "Portents of Doom"]], The Empty Man's {{Leitmotif}}, is a particularly [[HellIsThatNoise nasty]] standout.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The score, composed by Christopher Young (who also composed ''Film/Hellraiser'') and Lustmord, is very unsettling, not unlike the music of ''VideoGame/SilentHill''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIzENbOsWXU "Portents of Doom"]], The Empty Man's {{Leitmotif}}, is a particularly [[HellIsThatNoise nasty]] standout.
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* SpiritualAdaptation: Probably a better Slender Man movie than the actual ''Film/SlenderMan'' movie.
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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler:[[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. In spite of decidedly poor initial reviews, the Rotten Tomatoes score had rebounded in the year following its release to a Fresh score of 76%

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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler:[[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. In spite of decidedly poor initial reviews, [[VindicatedbyHistory the Rotten Tomatoes score had rebounded in the year following its release to a Fresh score of 76%76%.]]
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* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing]]: [[spoiler:Amanda. After {{TheReveal}}, it turns out that she's actually one of the most overtly sadistic and malicious characters in the entire film.]]
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* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing]]: [[spoiler:Amanda. After {{TheReveal}}, it turns out that she's actually one of the most overtly sadistic and malicious characters in the entire film.]]
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* SignatureScene: In the prologue where Greg finds a large Beksiński-like skeleton embedded into the cave wall while Paul is in trance by its spirit.

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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. In spite of decidedly poor initial reviews, the Rotten Tomatoes score had rebounded in the year following its release to a Fresh score of 76%

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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: [[CosmicHorrorStory [[spoiler:[[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. In spite of decidedly poor initial reviews, the Rotten Tomatoes score had rebounded in the year following its release to a Fresh score of 76%



* MisaimedMarketing: The film was marketed similarly to ''Film/SlenderMan'' and ''Film/TheByeByeMan'', which drove a lot of people away because of how poorly those films were received. It also confused a lot of the people that ''did'' end up seeing it, because they weren't expecting [[spoiler: a CosmicHorrorStory]].

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* MisaimedMarketing: The film was marketed similarly to ''Film/SlenderMan'' and ''Film/TheByeByeMan'', which drove a lot of people away because of how poorly those films were received. It also confused a lot of the people that ''did'' end up seeing it, because they weren't expecting [[spoiler: a [[spoiler:a CosmicHorrorStory]].



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Multiple reviews, even the more positive ones, have mentioned that the ProlongedPrologue in Bhutan would have made a perfectly good film on its own.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Multiple reviews, even the more positive ones, have mentioned that the ProlongedPrologue in Bhutan would have made a perfectly good film on its own.own.
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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. To give an idea on how the film exploded, the movie had accumulated only 9 Rotten Tomatoes reviews by the end of 2020, and 5 of those reviews were negative. As of December 2021, there are 25 reviews - of the 16 new reviews, only 1 was negative, helping the film attain an overall Fresh score of 76%.

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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. To give an idea on how In spite of decidedly poor initial reviews, the film exploded, the movie had accumulated only 9 Rotten Tomatoes reviews by score had rebounded in the end of 2020, and 5 of those reviews were negative. As of December 2021, there are 25 reviews - of the 16 new reviews, only 1 was negative, helping the film attain an overall year following its release to a Fresh score of 76%.76%



* OneSceneWonder: Creator/StephenRoot as Arthur Parsons, the leader of the Pontifex Institute.

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* OneSceneWonder: Creator/StephenRoot as Arthur Parsons, the leader of the Pontifex Institute. He plays the role well, but the sight of such a recognizable comic actor in a horror story can also let some of the tension out of the film.
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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. To give an idea on how the film exploded, the movie had accumulated only 9 Rotten Tomatoes reviews by the end of 2020, and 5 of those reviews were negative. As of December 2021, there are 25 reviews - of the 15 new reviews, only 1 was negative, helping the film attain an overall Fresh score of 76%.

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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. To give an idea on how the film exploded, the movie had accumulated only 9 Rotten Tomatoes reviews by the end of 2020, and 5 of those reviews were negative. As of December 2021, there are 25 reviews - of the 15 16 new reviews, only 1 was negative, helping the film attain an overall Fresh score of 76%.
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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. To give an idea on how the film exploded, the movie had accumulated only 9 Rotten Tomatoes reviews by the end of 2020, and 5 of those reviews were negative. As of August 2021, there are 22 reviews - of the 13 new reviews, only 1 was negative, helping the film attain an overall Fresh score of 73%.

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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. To give an idea on how the film exploded, the movie had accumulated only 9 Rotten Tomatoes reviews by the end of 2020, and 5 of those reviews were negative. As of August December 2021, there are 22 25 reviews - of the 13 15 new reviews, only 1 was negative, helping the film attain an overall Fresh score of 73%.76%.

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Turns out Vindicated By History is not really applicable due to NRLEP, but I still think that this is an interesting snippet of information.


* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax.

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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax. To give an idea on how the film exploded, the movie had accumulated only 9 Rotten Tomatoes reviews by the end of 2020, and 5 of those reviews were negative. As of August 2021, there are 22 reviews - of the 13 new reviews, only 1 was negative, helping the film attain an overall Fresh score of 73%.



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Multiple reviews, even the more positive ones, have mentioned that the ProlongedPrologue in Bhutan would have made a perfectly good film on its own.
* VindicatedByHistory: When the movie came out in October 2020, it received very little attention, got a D Cinemascore, and bombed at the box office. Of the 9 Rotten Tomatoes reviews accumulated by the end of the year, 5 were negative. As of August 2021, there are 22 reviews - of the 13 new reviews to come out, only 1 was negative, helping it attain a Fresh score of 73%

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Multiple reviews, even the more positive ones, have mentioned that the ProlongedPrologue in Bhutan would have made a perfectly good film on its own.
* VindicatedByHistory: When the movie came out in October 2020, it received very little attention, got a D Cinemascore, and bombed at the box office. Of the 9 Rotten Tomatoes reviews accumulated by the end of the year, 5 were negative. As of August 2021, there are 22 reviews - of the 13 new reviews to come out, only 1 was negative, helping it attain a Fresh score of 73%
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Multiple reviews, even the more positive ones, have mentioned that the ProlongedPrologue in Bhutan would have made a perfectly good film on its own.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Multiple reviews, even the more positive ones, have mentioned that the ProlongedPrologue in Bhutan would have made a perfectly good film on its own.own.
* VindicatedByHistory: When the movie came out in October 2020, it received very little attention, got a D Cinemascore, and bombed at the box office. Of the 9 Rotten Tomatoes reviews accumulated by the end of the year, 5 were negative. As of August 2021, there are 22 reviews - of the 13 new reviews to come out, only 1 was negative, helping it attain a Fresh score of 73%
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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]].

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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: [[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]]. While effectively invisible during its theatrical release, it gained some additional attention upon its arrival on Creator/{{HBO}} and Creator/HBOMax.

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* JerkassWoobie: Lasombra is a gruff alcoholic and kind of a prick, but he's generally shown to be amiable enough and a good guy who doesn't deserve what happens to him. [[spoiler:TheReveal pushes him into being a straight-up TheWoobie.]]

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* JerkassWoobie: Lasombra is a gruff alcoholic and kind of a prick, alcoholic, but he's generally shown to be amiable enough and a good guy who doesn't deserve what happens to him. [[spoiler:TheReveal pushes him into being a straight-up TheWoobie.]]


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* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Lasombra's mental breakdown after he discovers he's merely a tulpa with no free will.]]
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* JerkassWoobie: Lasombra is a gruff alcoholic and kind of a prick, but he's generally shown to be amiable enough and a good guy who doesn't deserve what happens to him. [[spoiler:TheReveal pushes him into being a straight-up TheWoobie.]]
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* OneSceneWonder: Creator/StephenRoot as Arthur Parsons, the leader of the Pontifex Institute.
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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The score, composed by Christopher Young and Lustmord, is very unsettling, not unlike the music of ''VideoGame/SilentHill''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIzENbOsWXU "Portents of Doom"]], The Empty Man's {{Leitmotif}}, is a particularly [[HellIsThatNoise nasty]] standout.

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* MisaimedMarketing: The film was marketed similarly to ''Film/SlenderMan'' and ''Film/TheByeByeMan'', which drove a lot of people away because of how poorly those films were received. It also confused a lot of the people that ''did'' end up seeing it, because they weren't expecting it to be [[spoiler: a CosmicHorrorStory]].

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* MisaimedMarketing: The film was marketed similarly to ''Film/SlenderMan'' and ''Film/TheByeByeMan'', which drove a lot of people away because of how poorly those films were received. It also confused a lot of the people that ''did'' end up seeing it, because they weren't expecting it to be [[spoiler: a CosmicHorrorStory]].CosmicHorrorStory]].
* SpecialEffectsFailure: Some of the shots in the prologue are noticeably greenscreened.
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* MisaimedMarketing: The film was marketed similarly to ''Film/SlenderMan'' and ''Film/TheByeByeMan'', which drove a lot of people away because of how poorly those films were received. It also confused a lot of the people that ''did'' end up seeing it, because they weren't expecting it to be [[spoiler: a CosmicHorrorStory]].
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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: Lovecraftian themes]].

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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: Lovecraftian themes]].[[CosmicHorrorStory Cosmic Horror]]]].
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* CultClassic: The film has recently developed an audience amongst horror fans and Website/{{Letterboxd}} due to its unique blend of 70s horror, J-horror and [[spoiler: Lovecraftian themes]].
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Multiple reviews, even the more positive ones, have mentioned that the ProlongedPrologue in Bhutan would have made a perfectly good film on its own.

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