Comments on: ‘Karate kid’ remake plot details

By: Darrin Kemp

Darrin Kemp — Sun, 10 May 2009 14:22:15 +0000

Here is a fact that makes the plot appear somewhat implausable. The Chinese government is very protective of foreigners in China. Any sifu who allowed his students to bully of assault foreigners would have his kwoon shut down and he and all his students would end up in a reeducation camp if not just shot dead.

By: leeroygreene85

leeroygreene85 — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:40:36 +0000

Most people agree this shouldn’t be remade…

This is clearly a potential project for Jayden and nothing more. Will Smith took the opportunity to get his son a vehicle to star in. As far as the details are concerned….this is going to miss the mark of the original film.

Karate kid was the ‘Rocky’ of the 80s. It was the surprise hit of 1984, and with it’s success came out 3 sequels, and countless imitations including last year’s ‘Never back down.’

Hey I love Jackie Chan….his HK films are great….and he hasn’t hit a home run in the states yet. He’s had some decent attempts and that’s mostly the director/producers fault for not letting Jackie do his thing.

Forbidden Kingdom was ok…it was a wet dream by a fan and it gave Jackie a little freedom to do some of his work….but as I told a friend why didn’t just let Yuen Woo Ping just direct the film???????? I t hink that would’ve better it’s his territory he could’ve make the best out of it.

What’s the insult to call it the Karate kid when it’s set in China…this isn’t the 80s anymore where Hollywood thought we were ignorant and said Chinese/Japanese culture..same thing. The fans here are smart and know the difference don’t insult our intelligence or the Chinese culture. Jackie should just say ‘hey let’s name it something else….or better yet let’s just scratch the whole ‘karate kid’ idea and lets make something else more modern take advantage of the scenery and fight choreography of hong kong and use it to our advantage for once. When the matrix came out it gave us the fans here hope that Hollywood is finally catching on that hong kong style action is the way to go.

Let’s just hope they don’t step on the original and atleast ask Macchio and others especially Robert M. Kamen for their advice and consent…

By: GoldenPigsy

GoldenPigsy — Thu, 07 May 2009 18:04:47 +0000

Yeah, this is going to suck.

The original Karate Kid has been so imitated (and milked to death by its mediocre sequels) that a remake doesn’t make sense. Moving it to a new setting is not likely to add anything new to the story or its themes, and given Hollywood’s misunderstanding of martial arts films, and especially Chinese style martial arts films (Forbidden Kingdom, for example, misses the point completely), it will probably draw the ire of identity politics pushers and fans alike.

That, and it will probably suck.

By: STDthaGreat

STDthaGreat — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:38:39 +0000

Will Smith’s son looks to young to me. This movie already sounds like a disaster. The original trilogy is such a classic that it shouldn’t be hampered with.

By: dollarwhore

dollarwhore — Thu, 07 May 2009 17:37:59 +0000

i hope they laugh all the way to the bank…..only to find themselves trapped in BMOVIE GROUNDHOG DAY that never ends. thatll teach them ALL to whore for dollar.

By: GrandMaster T

GrandMaster T — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:54:15 +0000

When the remake inevitably ends up embodying the cinematic equivalent of gay badger anal sex I’m not likely to shed many tears. After my horrifying encounter with Dragon Ball Z I have almost nothing left. My hatred for that film cannot be articulated withing the limits of the enlish language. And if they can morph something as out of control kick arse as the DragonBall Z anime into something as just plain wrong as that c*nt-f**k homesick abortion of a film, then just imagine what they can achieve with a film of lesser pedigree. Raaaaaaa!

By: kev

kev — Thu, 07 May 2009 04:33:18 +0000

First of all will smith cannot act so what makes you think his son could do any better but anyway i am a die hard martial artist and as well as a film collector and this remake is a bad idea us martial artist know what we want to see in a film. Jaden Smith doesn’t know martial arts,I think the original karate kid was okay but not that good danielson was not that great. I have deep respect for Pat Morita and Jackie Chan but remakes remakes remakes is all the US talks about like “enter the dragon” remaking to be “awaken the dragon” HOW in the world can anyone top Bruce Lee’s performance somehow they are replacing him with Tony Jaa who i also have deep respect for but he does great at HIS OWN MOVIES. Come on can the US not think for themselves or maybe not look at
“never back down” and “fighting” what a JOKE MMA doesn’t work well in movies.I conclude saying the ORIGINALS should be left alone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 07 May 2009 03:17:47 +0000

Sounds sort of like a “trash China” movie in the same way studios went after Japan when they also had us by the economic nuts.

By: remo

remo — Thu, 07 May 2009 00:40:19 +0000

“Sequels are always worse than the original”

Like Drunken Master 2?

By: arqua

arqua — Wed, 06 May 2009 22:40:03 +0000

Jacky Chan as Mr. Miyagi? wash on wash off, drunken style? oh please Jacky. dont do it… just make films in Asia, Hollywood is not good for you…