thought ! karate kid

thumbs down.. way down.. i already know and you know what? i haven't even seen it. (yet)

i only bitch and complain because a huge oversight in the title ruined the gem it truly could have been. well a kid appealing gem.

lets walk through this.. and find what the directors or produces were thinking or not thinking. i of course opt for the latter.. allow me to elaborate.

Karate Kid (1984)


Plot:
A handyman/martial arts master agrees to teach a bullied boy karate and shows him that there is more to the martial art than fighting

~simple clean 80's style triumph over evil.. Japanese guy teaching a Japanese art.. called karate..no brainer...




the karate kid (2010)



Plot:
Work causes a single mother to move to China with her young son; in his new home, the boy embraces kung fu, taught to him by a master.

~looks like they head to china in this one.. and get taught kung fu... ?wtf? hmm so you mean to tell me the movie isnt going to be about karate??.. its about a chinese guy teaching kung fu? hmm so why call it karate kid?? sorry.. this is sad. the movie should be called KUNG FU KID. no argument. and it still would of appealed to the same audience. this frustrates me as a consumer, if the director or community behind this movie, even JACKIE CHAN himself.. can stand by and see this painful mistake go unchanged.. i question the integrity of the movie to be worth watching. i hear all the karate and kung fu masters who have dedicated their whole beings in mastering each art separately and honoring the culture behind each style, are rolling in their graves and slamming the dojo floors around the world in bewilderment. well thats what im doing at least..

sheesh..

just a rant, ill probably see it with my newphew anyhow.. but you best believe ill educate the lil' guy and set him straight.

~denn