The Karate Kid (brought to you by Mr. Will Smith)

**Sycophant** · 12-10-2007, 04:19 PM

Apparently, Will Smith wants Stephen Chow to direct, produce, and be in his Karate Kid remake.

**number8** · 12-10-2007, 04:42 PM

Will Smith has seen CJ7? That asshole!

**Kurosawa Fan** · 01-08-2010, 04:26 PM

I know we've talked about this movie more recently than two years ago, but this was the only thread I could find. Anyway, here's the trailer. Definitely not a remake. Definitely not good. And can I express how much I hate the song in that trailer? Man it's awful, and soooooo overused.

**Dukefrukem** · 01-08-2010, 04:45 PM

It doesn't look THAT bad. It looks like a kids movie.

**MadMan** · 01-10-2010, 06:39 AM

Jackie Chan is a giant plus. Will this remake actually be decent? Maybe. Its not like the original was a great film, anyways, although I like it a lot.

**megladon8** · 03-08-2010, 09:30 PM

Just watched the trailer out of pure boredom.

Will Smith's kid is an awful actor.

**soitgoes...** · 03-09-2010, 11:51 AM

I think it's amusing that the Karate Kid does kung fu not karate.

**Skitch** · 03-09-2010, 12:06 PM

Quoting soitgoes... (view post)

I think it's amusing that the Karate Kid does kung fu not karate.

And isn't Karate of Japanese origin? And they're in China, being taught by a Chinese guy?

**number8** · 03-09-2010, 02:20 PM

The movie is titled The Kung Fu Kid outside of the US.

**Raiders** · 03-09-2010, 03:23 PM

The title is both legitimate and idiotic. It gets away with it because apparently the story is that the kid already knows karate and when he moves to China he is made fun of for doing that instead of kung fu, so he learns kung fu from Jackie Chan. It is idiotic because it is nothing but a transparent attempt to cash in on the US-ingrained nostalgia for the original.

And yeah, it looks terrible, but then again I don't even like the original very much.

**Skitch** · 03-09-2010, 03:44 PM

Ah, well that makes more sense.

I don't think I would be so fiercely opposed to this if it wasn't that terrible Smith kid. He is just awful.

**bac0n** · 03-10-2010, 03:51 AM

Quoting Raiders (view post)

The title is both legitimate and idiotic. It gets away with it because apparently the story is that the kid already knows karate and when he moves to China he is made fun of for doing that instead of kung fu, so he learns kung fu from Jackie Chan. It is idiotic because it is nothing but a transparent attempt to cash in on the US-ingrained nostalgia for the original.

And yeah, it looks terrible, but then again I don't even like the original very much.

Sounds in a way like Fist of Legend for kids.

**Spun Lepton** · 03-10-2010, 04:08 AM

Quoting Raiders (view post)

The title is both legitimate and idiotic. It gets away with it because apparently the story is that the kid already knows karate and when he moves to China he is made fun of for --

BAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA! I've heard enough. Suck x10.

**bac0n** · 03-10-2010, 02:36 PM

What would be ~~funny~~ awesome is, kid who knows karate goes to China and is made fun of by all the Kung Fu kids. A group of them surround karate kid to beat him up. Now, we know that, according to the Law of Bruce, that when a group of evil kung fu masters attacks someone en masse, only one of them can engage the victim at a time. The rest must be shuffling back and forth doing katas and dodging at random.

So this is what happens first day of school. Karate Kid is attacked by a dozen kung fu bullies, who surround him, and one-by-one, he shoryukens the ever loving shit out of them. He then finds Chun-Li on the jungle gym and totally makes out with her. Roll credits.

**number8** · 03-10-2010, 05:00 PM

Or he can just pull out a gun and shit gets real.

**bac0n** · 03-10-2010, 08:16 PM

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Or he can just pull out a gun and shit gets real.

HELL YES.

**number8** · 03-18-2010, 05:43 PM

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**number8** · 06-08-2010, 04:54 AM

Yeah. Saw this tonight.

There is zero explanation for the title. He does not know karate.

**Ezee E** · 06-08-2010, 04:59 AM

Which one bombs? This or A-Team?

**D_Davis** · 06-08-2010, 05:49 AM

Quoting number8 (view post)

Yeah. Saw this tonight.

There is zero explanation for the title. He does not know karate.

That's what I was wondering. Doesn't he learn some kind of Kung Fu?

**D_Davis** · 06-08-2010, 05:51 AM

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[youtube]JdrFwikfJNk[/youtube]

"Drop Him."

LOL!11!1

**Watashi** · 06-08-2010, 07:34 AM

Is there any reason for this movie to be 140 minutes?

**Derek** · 06-08-2010, 08:16 AM

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Is there any reason for this movie to be 140 minutes?

To present the audience with an overload of Will Smith's annoying little kid, so that when you see him in 90-minute film later on, he's suddenly not as annoying.

**Dead & Messed Up** · 06-08-2010, 08:27 AM

I can't wait for every single review to insult the movie's complete lack of karate. It's so goddamn stupid.

**number8** · 06-08-2010, 12:32 PM

Quoting Watashi (view post)

Is there any reason for this movie to be 140 minutes?

I wondered this too. To its credit, I didn't realize it was that long until I walked out and checked the time.

The story is practically identical to the original. All the same plot points. But they really took their time with setting up his "fish out of water"-ness in China, then his budding relationship with Jackie Chan, and his training, the romance with the Chinese girl is actually given a lot of time to develop, and then I think there's a good 30 minutes set aside at the end just for the tournament.

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