Movies

Garuda (2004) I thought a Thai monster movie might be interesting but I was wrong. The intense mediocrity of every part of the production was startling. Every shot is made unconvincing by identically formulaic horizontal lighting which has no relation to situation or circumstances - yellow light from the front quarter, blue-white backlight on the other side. No actors were involved, just one college age girl and a lot of macho poseurs who look like gay underwear models. Looks like one of the cheaper U.S. TV crime shows where they stand around a table with a light inside it looking at a bone, only for fourteen year old boys. Sixteen year old boys would have required the girl to at least get wet. Plot consisted entirely of cliches treated as if they were major emotional moments. Mid-sized CG flying monster. Half an hour was all I could watch. 1/10 for educational value only.