Thai Movie: Hanuman: The White Monkey Warrior
Tue Aug 12, 2008 | Category: Thai Movies | Movie Reviews: 6 feedbacks »
Title: Hanuman: The White Monkey Warrior (hanuman klook phun)
Release Date in Thailand: 12th August 2008
Director: Sakchai Sriboonnak
In the ancient time before Land of Siam was born, there was the time when armies of invaders came to colonize the land and were mercilessly massacring population. One priest secretly gathered drawings of many animals from all over the world. He bonded the drawings in to a book with great supernatural powers. Then he gave the book to two headman of one Thai tribe to use these drawings to tattoo on his people and fight the invaders. When the land is rid of vandals and peace returns, the sacred book must be divided into many segments and passed on to the most trusted disciples to guard and preserve it. All segments of the sacred book must never fall in to hands of those who seek absolute power.
The time passed and ages went by, the sacred book once again emerged into the hands of rivals. All stories confirm that they were invincible because they were protected by tattoos with supernatural powers. When the segments of the sacred book once again collide, the blood battle of the supernatural animals begins.
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This movie had a lot of potential in dealing with the subject of tattoos that come alive to protect the wearer. There are festivals at temples where these are recharged. Tiger tattoos turn the humans into tigers. Monkey tattoos turn them into monkeys etc.
"Hanuman: The White Monkey Warrior" has to be the most boring Thai movie of the year. Bad acting, script writing and direction let this movie down a lot. In addition, the foreigners they found to act in this movie couldn't act at all. They just spent the whole time swearing in English and Thai. All they can do is fight. This is what happens when you use stunt man as actors.
This movie seems to reflect the growing spread of foreign gangsters in Thailand. It seems to be more common now to have farang gangsters (or gringos as they are called in the subtitles) instead of Thai gangsters. This means that they can do more damage which is shocking. Like desecrate shrines, burning orphan children alive and kidnapping a crippled girl. Like Asian gangsters in Hollywood movies, we now have farangs depicted as monsters in Thai movies.
Thai children are now being taught to be good or the farang will come and eat them. I am not kidding. A Thai mother told her kid sitting across from me in a songtaew that if he didn't stop crying then she would give him to the farang. Movies like this will just help continue this trend of racial division in the country.
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Thai-Movie-hanuman-Virulently-R-t206659.html&p=2148169#entry2148169
Has nothing to do with the ACTUAL Hanuman, yet they steal the name, I will never watch anything made by these directors/producers ever again.
Hanuman has NOTHING to do with Buddhists/Thai people, this is just plain wrong.
They are discredited
Has nothing to do with the ACTUAL Hanuman, yet they steal the name, I will never watch anything made by these directors/producers ever again.
Hanuman has NOTHING to do with Buddhists/Thai people, this is just plain wrong.
They are discredited
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