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By: Grace

Grace — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 05:46:11 +0000

It’s definitely still called the karate kid…

By: tenzin chonden

tenzin chonden — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:45:33 +0000

karate kid was actually a great movie of its own time but to the modern audiences,it turn to a boring martial art movie because the moves in particular film was not really realistic!!! and to cast realistic moves is now the most imp. step to succesful movies.

By: freddy

freddy — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 17:18:33 +0000

-Just getting into Krav Maga myself. Can you recommend and dvd’s or videos for me to watch?

By: 790

790 — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 03:58:32 +0000

I have to admit the original “Karate Kid” was my generation’s film,,,(wax on! wax off!),,, but this remake (no matter the casting) is a film that I can get behind because it teaches kids to stand up and be independent in school. Learn kung fu, karate, jujitsu, whatever,,, stand up and protect those around you. Good message in the current state of films. (IMO)

If only a few kids learn to stand up for themselves and protect others the reboot/film is totally worth it,,,,

By: Tobor2K

Tobor2K — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:25:57 +0000

If you have followed Jackie Chan’s career from the late 70′s you well imediatly realize that doing this remake of the Karate Kid is a “Full Circle” for Jackie. In his early Kung Fu movies he always played a bullied student who then meets an elderly master whom teaches him masterful Kung Fu techniques. In reality while making these movies it was Jackie who instructed the older actor to successfully protray the elderly instructor. An early example is the “Big Brawl” which failed here as Jackies first entry to America. The teacher was well performed by the late actor “Mako”. Years later after this film was released then came the “Karate Kid” with a story line not too unsimilar to the storyline of Jackie Chan’s early movies. Finally Jackie can teach the student.

By: mykalroze

mykalroze — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 23:17:43 +0000

The more I hear, the worse this “remake” sounds. At least they changed the title to “Kung Fu Kid,” letting the original set of “Karate Kid” movies to hold claim to the title.
The original Karate Kid movies were namely for teens and young adults, but they had enough drama and substance, especially the first two, to appeal to older crowds.
The heart of the original ones always was the character of Mr. Miyagi, and his back story — a Japanese-American who fought for America during WWII as part of the 442nd, and whose wife died during childbirth, while she and millions of other Japanese-Americans were interned in American internment camps. No matter how far the stories strayed or weakened with later Karate Kid movies, it was that which really drove the movie and made us care for both Miyagi and Daniel-san.
Without that, Karate Kid really would have been yet another Rocky movie, but with a younger protagonist who does karate instead of boxing.
I sense this Kung Fu Kid movie will be a very typical movie about a young kid who’s bullied at school, who learns kung-fu from a cartoonish Jackie Chan (How often does Chan not play cartoonish characters?), and then he’ll beat up the bully.
As much as I like the Karate Kid movies, and while I can believe that Daniel-san could beat other suburban teens during a karate tournament in America, it’s much harder to believe that he could beat up Japanese martial artists who have been practicing and learning karate since they were young kids.
That will likely be my problem with Kung Fu Kid. Most likely, Jaden Smith’s character will be fighting Chinese kids who have been studying and learning kung fu since they were very young, whereas Smith will probably pick it up after being beaten up.

By: INK

INK — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:52:57 +0000

I like Jackie Chan a lot, so I’m willing to give it a chance … at least until a trailer surfaces.

By: gk

gk — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:36:42 +0000

Can it be even considered a remake anymore? I mean a remake should a least be somewhat connected to the orginal in someway and there is none of that here! Heck, it doesnt even have the same name as the original film, or even the same type of people. I say that no one will try and confuse this with the original karate kid and will see it as its own piece of crud film that just happens to share a similar pliot as karate kid (further more, the film sidekicks had a similar plot to karate kid and no one confuses that with the kid)

By: EnglishGavz

EnglishGavz — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:24:27 +0000

Check out the face on that afro!

By: LiquidSpark

LiquidSpark — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:01:33 +0000

I’m glad they changed the name. It still looks like it’s gonna be a disaster though.

By: Andy S

Andy S — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:22:36 +0000

This movie is going to suck, and it’s going to suck hard.

By: dafadge

dafadge — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:11:04 +0000

Well atleast its not the same as the original, but in my opinion to be on the safe side this film shood just be boi cotted to prevent sequels