Thailand's (NOT) First Kaiju Inspired Movie

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Thailand's (NOT) First Kaiju Inspired Movie | Garuda

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Today I look at Thailand's Godzilla inspired film Garuda released in 2004.
UPDATE
It has come to my attention that apparently the movie is NOT the first Thai Kaiju inspired movie (Not even close). As there have been many others that have come before it. Thailand is not a country that is on my radar when it comes to Monster films so I had no idea there were so many more. I had only thought Garuda was the first as that's what it says on the back of the DVD case, as well as what the Director/Producer mentions in the Making of Documentary. Even Google says its the first Thai Kaiju movie. I'm not perfect and do make mistakes like any other person. Going forward on these videos i'll defiantly try to look more into things like this before making assumptions. My apologies about the video everyone mistakes happen.
Sources for information
Garuda: Making of Documentary
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@PaperFinz Жыл бұрын

What's your thoughts on the film? Does it seem like something you'd want to see, or if you have seen it what are your thoughts on it?

@DinoboyProductions865 Жыл бұрын

i think its a good idea

@Emmanuel-ms8pr Жыл бұрын

Bruh the Cgi in this movie is cringe just like dragon wars or yongary 1998 their cgi and the acting is also cringe

@ryangreen6255 Жыл бұрын

You think that's a mess, Paper Finz. You should watch #Reigo . I just got done watching it. My own thoughts sounded like @Kenny Lauderdale talking about bad anime.

@lloydmckay3241 Жыл бұрын

Turning the noble legend into a stupid kaiju is offensive. He is after all the carrier of Lord Vishnu and not some dumb animal. If they want to do Garuda do it from the authentic stories and not some Gojira mash.

@Maswartz226 Жыл бұрын

Just watching this video you could get an idea for a better movie. The Garuda is hunting the Naga and both can disguise as people causing people to mistake the Garuda as the typical "kill all people" monster when it just wants to find and stop the Naga. With the final battle being them both fighting.

@virovac885 Жыл бұрын

Eh, snakes being evil is overdone and both creatures have really rich mythologies as intelligent beings to draw on. I'd think it interesting if both trying to communicate in Human form that the other is "the evil one", but neither is in the right.

@Maswartz226 Жыл бұрын

@@virovac885 That'd be neat.

@yourtimetraveleralara Жыл бұрын

Yeah

@mcpeguru4060 Жыл бұрын

@@virovac885 actually in hinduism nagas are not bad some of them are nut not all nagas are bad

@itszeronizer597 4 ай бұрын

@@virovac885That sounds like a pretty good idea!

@travelingjazzman117 Жыл бұрын

As much as I love *Japanese* kaiju movies, I really wish that other countries would give audiences a nice, big budget kaiju film. I understand that it's expensive to have good CGI, so that's one reason why *Thailand* probably can't produce such a film. However, I'd love *South Korea* to remake *Yongarry.* The *South Korean* film industry is pretty good and pumps out solid films each year. And they've already made a great classic called *The Host.* I hope a serious filmmaker comes along and tries. And even if it's not *Yongarry,* they could make a completely new kaiju.

@callmeishmael5742 19 күн бұрын

They tried remaking yonggary and I think they have good reason to not try again. Also they made d wars so there's that.

@Enshohma Жыл бұрын

There's been some of Thai giant monster movies however most were fantasy films based on mythology with kaiju on the side, Japanese co-production and / or, copyright infringements, and generic giant crocodiles. Garuda may have been the first attempt to do something unique beyond the aforementioned but, like you stated, the results are lacking. Tah Tien (1973) Giant and Jumbo Ace / Mars Men (1974) Hanuman and the Five Riders (1975) The 6 Ultra Brothers vs The Monster Army (1979) Crocodile (1980 or 1979) Space Warriors 2000 (1985) Garuda (2004) The Lake (2022) Leio: The Terrible Giant (2022) Nagoraira (comic book series, honorable mention)

@tanut.t_ Жыл бұрын

There was also "Out of the Darkness" (1971) and "Mah" (1991) There was also a giant octopus in a Thai action film "KID BLACKJACK" (1969)

@nickdriscoll6131 Жыл бұрын

It’s already been mentioned, but other Kaiju films were made in Thailand long before this one. Not just the Tsuburaya rip-offs either. I believe there were some giant animal films (giant crocodiles) and some based on Thai myths that were quite crazy. I remember reading about them on blogs. Also, when you go to a movie in Thailand, they play like their beloved king’s theme song and make you stand up in the theater. As for Garuda, I’ll always remember “Oh yeah, what’s up, cool man” more than anything else

@thecoolmiregoji784 Жыл бұрын

Yeah those are some OG Sompote Sands work which are quite batshit crazy.

@KasumiKenshirou Жыл бұрын

I was wondering about that, as I was aware of all the unauthorized Tsuburaya movies, and wondering why those didn't count.

@TkGame_Edits Жыл бұрын

As someone who was born in Thailand this comment is accurate

@mgkiryuu Жыл бұрын

I will give this to the movie, it has a really cool song that plays over the end credits. Don't have a clue what is being sung, but I like the beat and chorus parts lol. There was a lot of effort put into this flick, but the filmmakers were probably a bit too ambitious for it. Still, it's not all bad. I have certainly seen far worse. Most of your Thai monster flicks at this time were just giant crocodile stuff. Maybe the occasional snake. So it's cool they tried to step out and dive a little bit into the countries spiritual beliefs. Glad to see someone give a pretty good take on this movie and not just completely trash it for it's very dated SPFX and what not. Honestly I hold this movie like I do the current Chinese giant monster flicks that have been coming out as of late. Curse of the Kraken, Monster Boa, Land Shark, and etc. etc. The SPFX and and stuff in those flicks are about the same as what was used in this movie. A movie that was 15 years earlier o_0

@yourtimetraveleralara Жыл бұрын

Yeah me too the ending song slaps

@Grudgebearer47 Жыл бұрын

I’m half Thai and I’ve never been a victim of racism or ridicule by Thai people. Some people said slang words at me, but it was mostly for fun.

@Gappasaurus Жыл бұрын

Great work Finz! 🙂👍 Yeah, i wasn’t expecting much going into _Garuda_ beyond a mediocre-effort bandwagon jump-on, so i wasn’t tremendously disappointed 😅 That said, considering how it took S.Korea a few “meh” movies before getting it right with “The Host” i guess i can give Garuda a pass 😄 Looking forward to what “The Lake” has in store though!

@drawinaminutewithdr.rajasa8861 Жыл бұрын

Garuda is actually a good guy, An accurate depiction would be like Godzilla vs King Ghidorah, where Garuda actually fights a Hydra like creature named Kaliya or something ...

@RodoChaska Жыл бұрын

Your channel has rapidly become one of my favorite Kaiju related channels, keep the good work

@Emmanuel-ms8pr Жыл бұрын

Keep up the good work paper finz on your reviews,posters and kaiju differences

@thecoolmiregoji784 Жыл бұрын

This was one of my childhood movies, I remember quite kind fondly that I watched this with my classmates in school, and some of us enjoyed it.

@bunkerzero Жыл бұрын

They could've make it as a Kaiju superhero movie having the Garuda fighting nagas across Thailand (but I'm sure their were budget constraint s that and there's a Hindi superhero movie called Garuda already)

@kuitaranheatmorus9932 Жыл бұрын

Garuda definitely is a Thailand, kajiu monster equivalent of Batman Also this video was sure pretty good and I wish you're having a good day

@mcpeguru4060 Жыл бұрын

Garuda is actually indian in reality

@ShinGoji1987Official Жыл бұрын

I remember reading about this film on the Scifi Japan website when it was just about to come out. I thought it looked promising until I watched the trailer of it plus some extended clips and then never looked back at it again until now haha. It's a shame because the kaiju does have a decent design

@hasnaintinwala6920 Жыл бұрын

I remember watching this movie as a kid on those pirated DVDs you would find someone with a stall full of them at a railway stations. In India, it was released as Eagle Man in 2007 with hindi dubbing. The dubbing was hilarious. Although I've watched it in the original dub.

@ivane5110 Жыл бұрын

To redeem it they now just need to have a Thai version on the Avengers take it on (after it's reanimated and given cyborg parts by an evil alien, of course).

@alankohn6709 Жыл бұрын

It is a movie made by a fan who just needed someone to curb his enthusiasm. It also had the unfortune problem of falling in the era of CGI when the tools just weren't quite there to make it easier to achieve what you want but hey points for effort

@brandonaughtman9091 Жыл бұрын

I got this on dvd because I was big fan of giant monster movies. The intro was just the tone setter I needed, this kaiju is taking up the role of a Blood Knight. It wants to fight until itself is killed. It's been almost 20 years now, they should remake it and do more with it. Heck if they want to do race issues then do it right.

@animezilla4486 Жыл бұрын

I agree there really messed up with the race stuff not to mention the bad cgi

@brandonaughtman9091 Жыл бұрын

@@animezilla4486 The backstory of the Garuda itself and the Hunters was great though.

@richarddavis8863 Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see a movie about a tank a train and a steal bomber that fuse together to fight a Kaiju haha. That old school 70s robot vibe but with a good budget. And set it in Qatar or Indonesia or somewhere that's not Japan or the US

@sammywatokohom172 Жыл бұрын

I remembered watching this movie during the first week of its run. It was okay, and I was also 10 at that time.

@khaymenbrock645 Жыл бұрын

It's kinda sad, I've seen this movie pop up on Amazon and other places a few times, but I never got around to it. It's sad that it isn't as good as it looks.

@BottomBunkArt Жыл бұрын

I saw some weird kaiju movie I’d never heard of for sale at a retro game store at a mall. I can’t remember exactly what it was, but I feel like it might have been Garuda. I did not buy it

@Breviparopus Жыл бұрын

Can you please show us good films... Your reviews of the bad films are funny though. Your channel is underrated and deserves more

@tanman7568 Жыл бұрын

This feels a lot like the 2004 Devilman film.

@GIGALADZ91101 Жыл бұрын

I think the social commentary could’ve tied right into Garuda’s actual motivations. Maybe Garuda could disguise itself as a human to hide from the Naga that hunted down its species in ancient times. People could discriminate against its human form as it still has somewhat animalistic behavior. This leads it to revert back into its kaiju form and reek havoc across Thailand.

@jarkkaizer15 Жыл бұрын

As Thai people, thank you for this clip. It makes the film to be known in larger scope. In Thailand, this film is not successful due to poor plot mentioning the racism and conflict between Thai and foreigners on their belief about Garuda since for Thai people, Garuda is the sacred creature respected by Thai people. The first recorded Thai kaiju movies is about the Thai marine attacking the communist island. The island is protected by giant octopus. I feel sorry that I can't find the exact name of the movies.

@DanTheMan2150AD Жыл бұрын

Thailand’s first Kaiju movie? I’m getting Reptilicus flashbacks now.

@danielthom4417 Жыл бұрын

I think if they made a remake of the movie Garuda and have a better script and go more into mythology of the monster it can turn out to be a better movie

@Hound-Arts Жыл бұрын

Thailand has Hanuman! doesn't anyone remember that legal battle with sans and tsuburaya!

@Dr.Qux3 Жыл бұрын

Keep up the great work 👍👍

@TangmoMopet Жыл бұрын

Also there's a videogame tie in too

@ATMNS Жыл бұрын

this movie scared the shit out of me when i was a kid edit: it was the monster that scared me

@shadowoflight1436 Жыл бұрын

Yeah he's cool tbh

@LuisRivera-jk1vo Жыл бұрын

I have that Movie Garuda (2004)

@davidbradley6040 Жыл бұрын

Saw this years ago.It also gave the impression that it was a sequel.

@Emmanuel-ms8pr Жыл бұрын

Garuda kinda looks like a angel combined with eagle head lol

@atmaramsawant517 Жыл бұрын

India has a monster film too named “creature 3d” but it’s not a giant monster film

@noah9172 Жыл бұрын

It's a kaiju flick but not really a tokusatsu flick. Thailand's honor goes to the infamous Hanuman if anything.

@cl-vision5029 Жыл бұрын

Garuda vs. rodan make it happen

@cl-vision5029 Жыл бұрын

Wow that was my FIRST game sonic pin ball lol came with the Sega 😂😂

@cole2901 Жыл бұрын

All Thailand Kaiju Films?

@grapeshot Жыл бұрын

I guess he was chewing up that scenery. It explains why his mouth kept gaping open.

@kimjongoof5000 Жыл бұрын

Where’s the footage of the animatronic from?

@PaperFinz Жыл бұрын

Its from the Making of Documentary found on the DVD.

@kimjongoof5000 Жыл бұрын

@@PaperFinz Thanks. Man that thing looked so cool. Why not make a kaiju movie with a half stripped version of that prop

@kimjongoof5000 Жыл бұрын

@@PaperFinz Say, can you send more footage of it?

@PaperFinz Жыл бұрын

Believe it or not that’s really all they showed of it in the documentary. There wasn’t really much about the practical effects in general.

@kimjongoof5000 Жыл бұрын

@@PaperFinz Nooooo! I really wanted to see more of the mech

@Emmanuel-ms8pr Жыл бұрын

The poster kinda looks like if asylum returned to make nonsense kaiju movies that we don’t care or to trick us lolol

@Bobzilla67 Жыл бұрын

Yongary wasn't Japanese, he was Korean. So was "Reptilian" (the even worse than Garuda 'Remake' of Yongary Monster of the Deep). Garuda at least has some Style...

@Deephouse_Gent66 Жыл бұрын

Wow, this looks bad. Exactly how big is this creature? It looks 10ft or so in some images and maybe 30-40 in others. Does it grow? And what awful dubbing.

@G0ji_B0y_54 Жыл бұрын

Fun Fact: This actually ISN’T THE FIRST THAILAND KAIJU FILM! 7 Ultraman vs Hanuman (aka The 6 Ultra Brothers vs. The Monster Army) is!

@Dreadhead669 Жыл бұрын

I wouldn't even call it a kaiju movie. It's simply to small to be a kaiju and is just a monster on a killing spree. Reminds me on the B-Movie monster movies from the 90s and early 2000s. They should make Garuda the size of Godzilla and fight the other monster.

@ToraIsDead Жыл бұрын

I am from thailand :)

@Sierlea Жыл бұрын

I can't really call it a kaiju movie- Garuda is way too small. It's a creature feature monster movie, but more akin to Q the Winged Serpent than a kaiju.