Official Site: www.karatekid-themovie.comDirector(s): Harald Zwart
Writer(s):Christopher Murphey,Robert Mark Kamen
Producer(s): James Lassiter, Jada Pinkett Smith, Will Smith,
Starring: Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, Taraji P. Henson, Wenwen Han,(IMDb).
Sherry Parker decided to leave Detroit to work in China, and her son Dre Parker was not enthusiastic about leaving to a country where he would have to learn a different language, and adopt a different culture which included being educated in a school system he was wholly not accustomed to. Briefly after arriving in China, Dre befriends a neighborhood kid who invited him to a nearby park. After giving the invite some thought, later, Dre walked to the park, and began playing basketball. On account of jet-lag, Dre played horribly. After playing ball, pressured by his new friend, Dre decided to talk to a girl he was starring at, and this resulted in a confrontation with a group of skillful martial students, one of which was friends with the girl's family. The outcome of the confrontation was very painful for Dre, and ultimately, with Mr. Han (Chan) as his trainer, this placed him on the path of becoming the Karate Kid.
Admittedly I was very skeptical about this remake, but Smith and Chan arrested my skepticism. Both made a satisfactory on-screen duo. However, the purest in me perceives "Danielson", as oppose to "Shao Dre", as indelible, and Mr. Miyagi still sounds far more interesting than Mr. Han. Despite these differences, this remake was a good modernization or upgrade." Cruel summer", was not the music used roughly at the beginning of the film, this was reserved for Hip-Hop. Both Dre and Mr. Han were more acrobatic in the their practice of kung-fu than Daniel and Mr. Miyagi were in their practice of Karate. In modernizing this film, I'm curious why the writers made the main character younger?
The pace of the film was satisfactory enough to repel lag. Emotionally, this film was engaging, as one cannot help but cheer for the charming, honorable, brat named Dre. Despite how good of a story Karate Kid is, one could always argue about the unlikelihood of a neophyte martial arts student, learning kung-fu in a couple of months to a skill level to win a competition. It's not realistic. It's Hollywood. According to metacritic,the film earned generally favorable reviews. Rottentomatoes granted the film 94 fresh tomatoes to 42 rotten ones. This was a touching story of friendship between generations. I'll grade it an 83. Stay tuned, movieporium.blogspot.com.
Admittedly I was very skeptical about this remake, but Smith and Chan arrested my skepticism. Both made a satisfactory on-screen duo. However, the purest in me perceives "Danielson", as oppose to "Shao Dre", as indelible, and Mr. Miyagi still sounds far more interesting than Mr. Han. Despite these differences, this remake was a good modernization or upgrade." Cruel summer", was not the music used roughly at the beginning of the film, this was reserved for Hip-Hop. Both Dre and Mr. Han were more acrobatic in the their practice of kung-fu than Daniel and Mr. Miyagi were in their practice of Karate. In modernizing this film, I'm curious why the writers made the main character younger?
The pace of the film was satisfactory enough to repel lag. Emotionally, this film was engaging, as one cannot help but cheer for the charming, honorable, brat named Dre. Despite how good of a story Karate Kid is, one could always argue about the unlikelihood of a neophyte martial arts student, learning kung-fu in a couple of months to a skill level to win a competition. It's not realistic. It's Hollywood. According to metacritic,the film earned generally favorable reviews. Rottentomatoes granted the film 94 fresh tomatoes to 42 rotten ones. This was a touching story of friendship between generations. I'll grade it an 83. Stay tuned, movieporium.blogspot.com.
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