WTF.... Anyone else checked this out? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155076/ Maybe they didn't know this, but karate is from JAPAN. Not China. Mr. Miagi was JAPANESE. Not Chinese. Normally this wouldn't matter, but the name of the fucking movie is THE KARATE KID. Fucking Hollywood. Why couldn't they find a young, ugly, Italian kid and some unknown Japanese old man? Is it really that hard? I guess I forgot that they are on a binge, taking all the things from my childhood and slowly but surely destroying all of it.
I heard early on that it'd be called The Kung Fu Kid, but that title must not have tested well or something. THE KARATE KID just has too high a brand recognition not to be used. I wish I could know how much more money they'll make by using it even though it's lames as shit to do so.
Because "Jackie Chan does cool ass Jackie Chan stuff with Will Smith's kid for two hours" isn't that great of a title.
Chinese are racist as fuck against blacks. Most asians are. Wonder if this will play into the movie at all. Probably not.
Actually I think it might, trailer here - [video=youtube;zMsZM-MNI1A]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMsZM-MNI1A[/video] This shows the "racism" better [video=youtube;bxBQS_Qn5m8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxBQS_Qn5m8[/video] Best part of the whole preview is it looks like they replaced the "Wax on, Wax off" in the original with "Jack(et) off, Jack(on) on".
holy fuck, this looks gay as fuck. the kid is like 5 years old. wtf. this is going to be cult-ironic-hipster bad.
I'd like to see a reverse version called "the ghetto kid" where a nerdy chinese kid moves to compton and gets bullied by gang-bangers. an ex-hustla brings him under his wing and turns him in straight HOOD.
That would be GOLD! I can't believe they are remaking Karate Kid. Why not just call it something completely different?
Its a total vanity project for Will Smith and his kid. Probably for him doing "Seven Pounds"...yup....Columbia.
I've already seen early screenings of the Karate Kid and it is just awful. The first one, while not very good itself, was a cult classic. Probably because the cheesiness rating is through the roof which makes it lovable.
I would imagine that most of the audience would want the "new" Karate Kid to have his ass handed to him.
The key to the original was Mr. Miagi. Dude was a pimp. He was the best part of that movie, and the fact that they are replacing him with Jackie Chan says it all. Fucking terrible.
it looks like that movie could have potential. But then they started filming it. One thing I don't get, why would someone purposely move to China? Not saying it's like New Jersey or something, but that's kind of a stretch.
This one looks awesome: [video=youtube;RI7xiV9ARdc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI7xiV9ARdc[/video]
