The Karate Kid (2010)

[feuervogel]

So, skogkatt was passing through on her way back north from Florida, and Ben mentioned that the Varsity was showing the new Karate Kid movie for $3 this past week, and we went to see it.

It wasn't bad! I'd heard it was pretty good, and I wasn't disappointed. The plot wasn't 100% identical to the 80s version (thankfully), but there were obvious homages to it (the fly scene, for example). The kids could actually act. (I'm leaving aside the "kung fu is not karate" thing. It's been discussed extensively elseweb.)

Yes, of course, it's unrealistic for anyone to learn kung fu well enough to win a tournament in a month. But Dre was determined and trained a lot, and hard work paid off. My main complaint was that there wasn't enough Jackie Chan kung fu action ;)

As always, watching kung fu movies makes me want to do kung fu. I get all inspired and stuff. So now, despite being sore from yesterday's Pilates class, I'm going to go get my Chen long form on and see how much I've forgotten, since I haven't practiced in a month. I miss Wednesday night Chen class, but it meets at the same time as weapons, which I also really like. True, there's a Thursday weapons class, but it's in Pittsboro (45 minutes away) and starts later. I could do both, and if I want to test for yellow in Metal Rabbit, I'm going to have to start going back to Chen class.

Comments

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

That child is just so cute. He is just SO FREAKING CUTE. 0_0

[feuervogel]

He's cute *and* he can act! A rare combination!

[tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com]

I have gushed about his cute-itude at great length (http://tsubaki-ny.livejournal.com/359009.html). (Which is why watching him get pummeled was not as, uh, entertaining as all that!! ~__^)