The Karate Kid Movie Review

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02, July 2010Movie Reviews5 Comments

karate kid 2010 The Karate Kid Movie Review
Hey guys,
I thought I would put together an entertaining video review for the movie The Karate Kid starring Jaden Smith, Jackie Chan, and Taraji P. Henson. The movie is directed by Harald Zwart who isn’t new to family comedies if you’ve seen The Pink Panther 2 and Agent Cody Banks. The new Karate Kid is a rather faithful rendition of the 1984 film of the same name except for the fact that they use Kung-Fu in this one rather than Karate, weird I know. I realize that I am a little late on this review but to find out more about this rather entertaining family comedy, check out my video review after the jump.

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  • http://www.estv.com.au ESTV

    Hey Alex, like your film reviews. I couldn’t help thinking that if Jackie Chan’s American films are so bad and the foreign ones are so much better, whose fault is that? Surely it’s the directors who are not using his talents or getting the best out of him whereas the overseas ones do. With the rise of overseas movies such as those from India do you think this may be an early symptom of the decline of the American movie industry?

    • http://www.moviebuzzers.com Alex

      i do believe the american movie industry is on the decline. A lot of it is rooted in American greed and lack of creativity. If you compare american movies made early 90s and back (excluding pixar), nothing is really original content and of the same quality. you look at films from overseas and you can tell that there is an imagination and always something deeper rooted in the film whether it is political, social, or moral issues. I’m not very familiar with bollywood films but i think this goes for european and asian films. The problem is that many Americans are lazy and don’t like to read subtitles but that is a whole other issue. As for Jackie Chan, his role in Karate kid was good, but it is both his fault and the directors fault because he doens’t care so much about his image here as he does abroad. also, he choose those parts in the end so i do blame him or the director. the forbidden kingdom had potential with both jim and Jet Li but the movie wasn’t executed correctly. that’s just the tip of my thoughts

  • http://www.estv.com.au ESTV

    Hey Alex, like your film reviews. I couldn't help thinking that if Jackie Chan's American films are so bad and the foreign ones are so much better, whose fault is that? Surely it's the directors who are not using his talents or getting the best out of him whereas the overseas ones do. With the rise of overseas movies such as those from India do you think this may be an early symptom of the decline of the American movie industry?

  • Ruggerman

    i do believe the american movie industry is on the decline. A lot of it is rooted in American greed and lack of creativity. If you compare american movies made early 90s and back (excluding pixar), nothing is really original content and of the same quality. you look at films from overseas and you can tell that there is an imagination and always something deeper rooted in the film whether it is political, social, or moral issues. I'm not very familiar with bollywood films but i think this goes for european and asian films. The problem is that many Americans are lazy and don't like to read subtitles but that is a whole other issue. As for Jackie Chan, his role in Karate kid was good, but it is both his fault and the directors fault because he doens't care so much about his image here as he does abroad. also, he choose those parts in the end so i do blame him or the director. the forbidden kingdom had potential with both jim and Jet Li but the movie wasn't executed correctly. that's just the tip of my thoughts

  • Ruggerman

    i do believe the american movie industry is on the decline. A lot of it is rooted in American greed and lack of creativity. If you compare american movies made early 90s and back (excluding pixar), nothing is really original content and of the same quality. you look at films from overseas and you can tell that there is an imagination and always something deeper rooted in the film whether it is political, social, or moral issues. I'm not very familiar with bollywood films but i think this goes for european and asian films. The problem is that many Americans are lazy and don't like to read subtitles but that is a whole other issue. As for Jackie Chan, his role in Karate kid was good, but it is both his fault and the directors fault because he doens't care so much about his image here as he does abroad. also, he choose those parts in the end so i do blame him or the director. the forbidden kingdom had potential with both jim and Jet Li but the movie wasn't executed correctly. that's just the tip of my thoughts