One of the movie's greatest assets is its ability to put you in the shoes of a ten-year-old kid moving from America to China, wary and unknowing, besieged by his mother to accept the opportunity with open arms while feeling insecure and out-of-place.ĭre is picked on by schoolyard bullies and eventually befriends the maintenance man in their building, Mr. Henson, stealing every scene she's in), from the mean streets of Detroit to Beijing. 'The Karate Kid,' directed by Norwegian commercial director Harald Zwart, begins with Dre (Smith), moving in with his mother Sherry (Taraji P. It's rousing in all the right ways, will have you on your feet at the end, and has a surprisingly solid emotional core, rooted in heartache, that gives the movie a nice twinge of melancholy. So it pleases me to report that 'The Karate Kid' remake rebuffs my previous indifference: it's a solid little sports movie - well shot, well acted, and well directed. So when the news came that Sony would be doing a big budget remake of the original, transposing the original American location to China, turning the young New Jersey boy into an African American youth (Will Smith's son, Jaden Smith), and making the central martial arts form not karate, as the title suggests, but kung fu, I didn't bat an eye. (Was that the third one?) Still, I knew enough to chuckle at the 'Karate Kid' reference in 'The Social Network.' In fact, my most vivid recollections come from the one where they're protecting that tiny tree. And I have only passing memories of the franchise as a whole. My limited experience with fighting has left me with the feeling that flashy sounds great, but using the greatest force and speed is usually not conducive to flashiness.Personally, I had no strong emotional connection to the original ' Karate Kid.' I've seen it, but it wasn't something I watched a lot when I was younger. Obviously a good thing since it was the end, but it also ruined the movie for me, looking back. I was completely out of the movie at that point. Most of what Daniel does, I really can imagine a newer student picking it up pretty well.īut the new one with the hurricanrana takedown and incredibly flashy backflip kick from a kid who is still quite new to learning kung fu? When I was watching, I actually asked the person next to me ("no one"), "what the hell was that?" And it doesn't seem crazy that someone new-yet still dedicated to learning it-to the sport could make that work in the right conditions. For the average movie goer, it initially looks out of place, but when it is executed successfully, it looks great.
I can do that for the original movie easy enough. I know movies require the suspension of disbelief. I've been in fist fights as an adult, but certainly it was a case of just making sure you're not the guy who can't get back up. Please note, I am a twenty-nine year old who knows nothing about martial arts. I'm going to do the stupid thing and attack the final fighting technique. It was still entertaining despite all the elements that could have brought it down. I can see Hollywood writers and producers eye's glazing over already - "Years? Why that's craziness!" Him starting instructions, and the events that force him into the tournament don't HAVE to take place within days. I guess the kid could actually have trained for a couple of years.
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They're wrong of course, but I'm not sure how to show it differently. I mean how long did Luke train with Yoda? I guess they feel if you're good it'll just come out with a short intro, because of course you're good. Few movies that show a learned skill ever show it being earned over a long time. However that's Hollywood for you, and is one of my long time peeves. I also agree that the kid becoming not just skilled, but super skilled in martial arts in what - two weeks - is a bit much. I agree with some posters that this should have been titled something else than Karate Kid. Was expecting not to, then I kept hearing it wasn't so bad and watched.
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