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The Prince and the Pagoda Boy (Vietnamese: Khát vọng Thăng Long) is a 2010 Vietnamese historical drama film. Set around year 1000, it's the tale of Ly Cong Uan, a boy raised at a pagoda who rises up to become general of the army, as well as sole friend of the king, Long Dinh.
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* KickTheDog: Long Dinh is definitely not PragmaticEvil and seems to go out of his way to do things as evilly as possible. Ordering Uan to bring his own love interest to Dinh's bedchambers is a textbook example. It's a needlessly cruel execution of a needlessly mean act.
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* WonTheWarLostThePeace: Long Dinh knows that he would do this, so he subverts it by [[ForeverWar ensuring that Vietnam is always in a state of war]].
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* WonTheWarLostThePeace: Long Dinh knows that he would do this, so he subverts defies it by [[ForeverWar ensuring that Vietnam is always in a state of war]].
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Long Dinh's sole redeeming factor by the end of the film is that he does seem to care for his mother, sparing the life of Cong Uan rather than kill her as well.
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* GoThroughMe: At the climax of the film, [[spoiler: Long Dinh's mother puts herself between him and Uan, declaring that to kill Uan, he'll have to shoot through her. He stands down, rather than kill his mother]].
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* BloodKnight: An odd example. King Long Dinh says that war is the only reason he exists, so he seeks it out. The odd example comes from the fact he doesn't lead from the front, so it's more
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* BloodKnight: An odd example. King Long Dinh says that war is the only reason he exists, so he seeks it out. The odd example comes from the fact he doesn't lead from the front, so it's more "other peoples' Blood Knight."
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* FollowTheLeader: Owes a great deal to 2008's ''Film/RedCliff'', being a historical epic full of grand fight scenes, but this time drawing upon Vietnamese history rather than Chinese.
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* WonTheWarLostThePeace: Long Dinh knows that he would do this, so he subverts it by [[ForeverWar ensuring that Vietnam is always in a state of war]].
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* WonTheWarLostThePeace: Long Dinh knows that he would do this, so he subverts it by [[ForeverWar ensuring that Vietnam is always in a state of war]].war]].
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* BehindTheBlack: At the film's climax, Uen is [[spoiler: saved from an arrow by his love interest TakingTheBullet]]. However, Uen (and an entire army behind him) should have seen her coming as there was nothing she could have been behind at that time.
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* BehindTheBlack: At the film's climax, Uen Uan is [[spoiler: saved from an arrow by his love interest TakingTheBullet]]. However, Uen Uan (and an entire army behind him) should have seen her coming as there was nothing she could have been behind at that time.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Cong Uen knows he's too good a general and warrior for Long Dinh to kill him outright.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Cong Uen Uan knows he's too good a general and warrior for Long Dinh to kill him outright.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Ly Cong Uen cares deeply for not only his soldiers, but even the wounded of the opposing side. People are people, after all.
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* AFatherToHisMen: Ly Cong Uen Uan cares deeply for not only his soldiers, but even the wounded of the opposing side. People are people, after all.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone with a grasp of Vietnamese history would know that Ly Cong Uen eventually becomes king himself, thus he's in no danger of being killed.
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* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone with a grasp of Vietnamese history would know that Ly Cong Uen Uan eventually becomes king himself, thus he's in no danger of being killed.
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** Cong Uen was a respected ruler, but probably not a OneManArmy.
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* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Cong Uen is loyal to the crown. Thus he did not side with his friend Long Dinh when he rebelled, and after Long Dinh does become king, he serves him loyally until he reaches his breaking point.
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* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Cong Uen Uan is loyal to the crown. Thus he did not side with his friend Long Dinh when he rebelled, and after Long Dinh does become king, he serves him loyally until he reaches his breaking point.
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* TakingTheBullet: Ly Cong Uen's superpower is apparently making people do this for him:
** An officer takes a spear thrown at Uen, and before dying remarks that it does feel better to save a life than take one.
** [[spoiler: Uen's love interest [[BehindTheBlack somehow]] appears to take an arrow meant for him]] at the climax.
* TimeSkip: A few. The most notable is the first, where the audience goes from seeing the main characters as children and then watches Cong Uen age into his adult actor.
* WarIsHell: A theme of the movie, and Cong Uen's personal belief. War may be necessary at times, but that doesn't make it any less unpleasant.
** An officer takes a spear thrown at Uen, and before dying remarks that it does feel better to save a life than take one.
** [[spoiler: Uen's love interest [[BehindTheBlack somehow]] appears to take an arrow meant for him]] at the climax.
* TimeSkip: A few. The most notable is the first, where the audience goes from seeing the main characters as children and then watches Cong Uen age into his adult actor.
* WarIsHell: A theme of the movie, and Cong Uen's personal belief. War may be necessary at times, but that doesn't make it any less unpleasant.
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* TakingTheBullet: Ly Cong Uen's Uan's superpower is apparently making people do this for him:
** An officer takes a spear thrown atUen, Uan, and before dying remarks that it does feel better to save a life than take one.
** [[spoiler:Uen's Uan's love interest [[BehindTheBlack somehow]] appears to take an arrow meant for him]] at the climax.
* TimeSkip: A few. The most notable is the first, where the audience goes from seeing the main characters as children and then watches CongUen Uan age into his adult actor.
* WarIsHell: A theme of the movie, and CongUen's Uan's personal belief. War may be necessary at times, but that doesn't make it any less unpleasant.
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* TimeSkip: A few. The most notable is the first, where the audience goes from seeing the main characters as children and then watches Cong
* WarIsHell: A theme of the movie, and Cong
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The Prince and the Pagoda Boy (Vietnamese: Khát vọng Thăng Long) is a 2010 Vietnamese historical drama film. Set around year 1000, it's the tale of Ly Cong Uen, a boy raised at a pagoda who rises up to become general of the army, as well as sole friend of the king, Long Dinh.
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The Prince and the Pagoda Boy (Vietnamese: Khát vọng Thăng Long) is a 2010 Vietnamese historical drama film. Set around year 1000, it's the tale of Ly Cong Uen, Uan, a boy raised at a pagoda who rises up to become general of the army, as well as sole friend of the king, Long Dinh.
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The Prince and the Pagoda Boy (Vietnamese: Khát vọng Thăng Long) is a 2010 Vietnamese historical drama film. Set around year 1000, it's the tale of Ly Cong Uen is a boy raised at a pagoda who rises up to become general of the army, as well as sole friend of the king, Long Dinh.
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The Prince and the Pagoda Boy (Vietnamese: Khát vọng Thăng Long) is a 2010 Vietnamese historical drama film. Set around year 1000, it's the tale of Ly Cong Uen is Uen, a boy raised at a pagoda who rises up to become general of the army, as well as sole friend of the king, Long Dinh.
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* WonTheWarLostThePeace: Long Dinh knows that he would do this, so he subverts it by [[ForeverWar ensuring that Vietnam is always in a state of war]].
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* WonTheWarLostThePeace: Long Dinh knows that he would do this, so he subverts it by [[ForeverWar ensuring that Vietnam is always in a state of war]].
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** Cong Uen was a respected ruler, but probably not a OneManArmy.
** Surprisingly, Long Dinh. While he's an utter monster in the movie, the public view of him is even worse. It says a lot that starting a war for the sake of it and murdering your brothers is a borderline {{Disneyfication}}.
** Cong Uen was a respected ruler, but probably not a OneManArmy.
** Surprisingly, Long Dinh. While he's an utter monster in the movie, the public view of him is even worse. It says a lot that starting a war for the sake of it and murdering your brothers is a borderline {{Disneyfication}}.
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* FollowTheLeader: Owes a great deal to 2008's ''Film/RedCliff'', being a historical epic full of grand fight scenes, but this time drawing upon Vietnamese history rather than Chinese.
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The Prince and the Pagoda Boy (Vietnamese: Khát vọng Thăng Long) is a 2010 Vietnamese historical drama film. Set Ly Cong Uen is a boy raised at a pagoda
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The Prince and the Pagoda Boy (Vietnamese: Khát vọng Thăng Long) is a 2010 Vietnamese historical drama film. Set around year 1000, it's the tale of Ly Cong Uen is a boy raised at a pagoda
pagoda who rises up to become general of the army, as well as sole friend of the king, Long Dinh.
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* BehindTheBlack: At the film's climax, Uen's is [[spoiler: saved from an arrow by his love interest TakingTheBullet. However, Uen (and an entire army behind him) should have seen her coming as there was nothing she could have been behind at that time.
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* BehindTheBlack: At the film's climax, Uen's Uen is [[spoiler: saved from an arrow by his love interest TakingTheBullet.TakingTheBullet]]. However, Uen (and an entire army behind him) should have seen her coming as there was nothing she could have been behind at that time.
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* ForgoneConclusion: Anyone with a grasp of Vietnamese history would know that Ly Cong Uen eventually becomes king himself, thus he's in no danger of being killed.
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* ForgoneConclusion: ForegoneConclusion: Anyone with a grasp of Vietnamese history would know that Ly Cong Uen eventually becomes king himself, thus he's in no danger of being killed.
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The Prince and the Pagoda Boy (Vietnamese: Khát vọng Thăng Long) is a 2010 Vietnamese historical drama film. Set Ly Cong Uen is a boy raised at a pagoda
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!This Film Contains Examples of:
* BehindTheBlack: At the film's climax, Uen's is [[spoiler: saved from an arrow by his love interest TakingTheBullet. However, Uen (and an entire army behind him) should have seen her coming as there was nothing she could have been behind at that time.
* BloodKnight: An odd example. King Long Dinh says that war is the only reason he exists, so he seeks it out. The odd example comes from the fact he doesn't lead from the front, so it's more
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Cong Uen knows he's too good a general and warrior for Long Dinh to kill him outright.
* CainAndAbel: Long Dinh rises to power by assassinating one brother, and maintains it by strangling another to death with his bare hands.
* TheCaligula: Long Dinh after he rises to power. Decadent, war-obsessed, and [[spoiler: he forces himself on his best friend's love interest]].
* AFatherToHisMen: Ly Cong Uen cares deeply for not only his soldiers, but even the wounded of the opposing side. People are people, after all.
* ForgoneConclusion: Anyone with a grasp of Vietnamese history would know that Ly Cong Uen eventually becomes king himself, thus he's in no danger of being killed.
* ForTheEvulz: Long Dinh's madness leads him to KickTheDog essentially for the sake of kicking the dog.
* IronicEcho: A visual version, but Long Dinh sitting on the throne as a small child is a repeated visual
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Cong Uen is loyal to the crown. Thus he did not side with his friend Long Dinh when he rebelled, and after Long Dinh does become king, he serves him loyally until he reaches his breaking point.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: King Le Dai Hanh. He spares a singer whose lyrics essentially call out the crown, and his greatest flaw is believing too much in his son.
* TakingTheBullet: Ly Cong Uen's superpower is apparently making people do this for him:
** An officer takes a spear thrown at Uen, and before dying remarks that it does feel better to save a life than take one.
** [[spoiler: Uen's love interest [[BehindTheBlack somehow]] appears to take an arrow meant for him]] at the climax.
* TimeSkip: A few. The most notable is the first, where the audience goes from seeing the main characters as children and then watches Cong Uen age into his adult actor.
* WarIsHell: A theme of the movie, and Cong Uen's personal belief. War may be necessary at times, but that doesn't make it any less unpleasant.
* WonTheWarLostThePeace: Long Dinh knows that he would do this, so he subverts it by [[ForeverWar ensuring that Vietnam is always in a state of war]].
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!This Film Contains Examples of:
* BehindTheBlack: At the film's climax, Uen's is [[spoiler: saved from an arrow by his love interest TakingTheBullet. However, Uen (and an entire army behind him) should have seen her coming as there was nothing she could have been behind at that time.
* BloodKnight: An odd example. King Long Dinh says that war is the only reason he exists, so he seeks it out. The odd example comes from the fact he doesn't lead from the front, so it's more
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Cong Uen knows he's too good a general and warrior for Long Dinh to kill him outright.
* CainAndAbel: Long Dinh rises to power by assassinating one brother, and maintains it by strangling another to death with his bare hands.
* TheCaligula: Long Dinh after he rises to power. Decadent, war-obsessed, and [[spoiler: he forces himself on his best friend's love interest]].
* AFatherToHisMen: Ly Cong Uen cares deeply for not only his soldiers, but even the wounded of the opposing side. People are people, after all.
* ForgoneConclusion: Anyone with a grasp of Vietnamese history would know that Ly Cong Uen eventually becomes king himself, thus he's in no danger of being killed.
* ForTheEvulz: Long Dinh's madness leads him to KickTheDog essentially for the sake of kicking the dog.
* IronicEcho: A visual version, but Long Dinh sitting on the throne as a small child is a repeated visual
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Cong Uen is loyal to the crown. Thus he did not side with his friend Long Dinh when he rebelled, and after Long Dinh does become king, he serves him loyally until he reaches his breaking point.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: King Le Dai Hanh. He spares a singer whose lyrics essentially call out the crown, and his greatest flaw is believing too much in his son.
* TakingTheBullet: Ly Cong Uen's superpower is apparently making people do this for him:
** An officer takes a spear thrown at Uen, and before dying remarks that it does feel better to save a life than take one.
** [[spoiler: Uen's love interest [[BehindTheBlack somehow]] appears to take an arrow meant for him]] at the climax.
* TimeSkip: A few. The most notable is the first, where the audience goes from seeing the main characters as children and then watches Cong Uen age into his adult actor.
* WarIsHell: A theme of the movie, and Cong Uen's personal belief. War may be necessary at times, but that doesn't make it any less unpleasant.
* WonTheWarLostThePeace: Long Dinh knows that he would do this, so he subverts it by [[ForeverWar ensuring that Vietnam is always in a state of war]].
