Girl’s OL: I love Jackie Chan, his movies, his stunts and even his stuntmen, but I think Mr. Smith Jr. over there should run from his parents and film and never look back.
Guy’s Review
I grew up in the 80’s so the original “Karate Kid” was one of the movies that everybody had to watch. I love that movie and always stop and watch if it’s on when I’m zapping through the channels. Now the time has come for this classic to be remade and ruined as many others before it.
So this time it’s about a boy (Jayden Smith) who has to movie to China because his mother has found herself a new job there. Once there he finds a girl, gets beaten up by some kung fu kids and then finds his sensei (Jackie Chan). Jackie teaches the boy the secrets of Kung Fu. The boy, who also is called ShaiDre grows as a person and as a fighter. In teaching the little boy Jackie also grows and comes to terms with the death of his family.
All this sounds great but it isn’t. The reason that the old movies worked is because Daniel-san was an awkward teenager. There was a lot of angst there that a ten year old kid has no idea how to comprehend. Also the training in the old films with the “wax on, wax off” seemed somewhat organic and plausible. Here Jackie has developed something similar but with a jacket that just comes off as lame and boring. We all know that Jackie is a great fighter and stuntman as well. Mr Miyagi just looked like a old man that couldn’t harm a fly if he tried.
I could probably go on and on about why the original worked better but I won’t. I guess this movie makes this story more accessible for todays youth but I doubt that it will. It’s just annoying to see two ten year old date. Also it boring to see kids fight for that matter. There wasn’t even anything close to that epic crane-kick to talk about here either. I mean the last kick in this movie just looked ridiculous. Some weird over the head spin around hanging in wires special kick that no kid can try to mimic. Yes! I tried the crane-kick and so did all of my friends. It might not have looked cool but I felt pretty awesome.
Guy Rating: You gotta stick with the original here.
No comments:
Post a Comment