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I didn't come into this documentary with a very open mind. I had heard the premise and it seemed like it was going to be an inflated story about some artist and his small but loyal fan club

Boy was I wrong. At first I could hold on to my belief because the 'fanboy' screamed at me with every person interviewed. I'd go as far as call it saccharine. But as the film progresses it becomes overwhelmingly clear that, well... "Holy Sh*t this is for real!?"

Bam! There were the adoring masses, not just a cult following, but religious worship befitting to Pharaohs.

And to top it all off it centers on the Award Winner of Most Genuinely Humble man in the Universe. Though I'm sure that if there were such an award awarded to him, he'd given it away to his downtrodden neighbor, to boost his spirit.

A dark thought crosses my mind: How many other stories like these could there be told? -- PS: IMDb's "spellcheck" is a censorship tool. "Your Review contains Prohibited Words" Says the message of Doom.

Poe's law, named after its author Nathan Poe, is an Internet adage reflecting the idea that without a clear indication of the author's intent, it is difficult or impossible to tell the difference between sincere extremism and an exaggerated parody of extremism.(Wikipedia)

Much the same way, I had trouble telling if this movie is extremely tongue in cheek or atrociously bad. Every teen movie cliché is there. from the "Hey kids, this is your culture AMIRITE?" that this entire piece screams at me, to the formulaic plot.

You'll have no trouble following the plot.

I had a terribly good time, groaning at every obvious line, every absurd piece of jargon and every obvious turn. If you don't go into this movie with your mind set on zero you might enjoy it less.

The only thing going for this series is the setting. The writing is horrible, with every line exposition, absolute moral values posited as motive; "We must help this obviously evil man who was about to kidnap or kill us, because good people don't kill." spouts the protagonist at her uncle. I think this show might be targeted at children.

The plot is dreadfully dull and lacks substance. A tale of a hero that has to deliver a magical object to the tower of doom where it can rid the world of a terrible plague, though by episode three we're still busy getting to know the characters, three episodes of tireless exposition to establish essentially 1-dimensional characters.

My favourite character is the uncle of the protagonist, whose actor is trying hard to channel Macgyver, his character could have been interesting. Some of the better actors seem amused at times, as if embarrassed to be in this picture, or maybe I'm just embarrassed for them.