The Karate Kid [Blu-ray]

I loved this movie! It was a great story about stand up for yourself, face your fears, be humble, honor your parents, honor your mentors, learn, and grow. It was also a great story about make friends, and really take care of your family. The actors did amazing at their roles; especially Jackie Chann, and Jaden Smith. All of the Kung Fu action scenes were super cool, and super well done. The film had a handful of funny moments. A scene I just want to make sure I highlight I loved when Dre managed to kick the bell above his head; when I was younger I said "I have to be able to do that someday", and sure enough I practiced and practiced and today now I can! Without doubt I do say this a great film and is very underrated. Have a great day, and goooo Karate Kid!

It’s a good movie

DVD works fine. Love the movie. Ok for kids to watch.

Enjoyed it. Kinda predictable.

Actually a decent movie worth watching - which is rare. But I wouldn't rate it a prize winner. Not something I'm likely to ever watch again.

A true feel good flick. Enjoyed the behind the scenes photos at the end a lot too!

Like many people, I have fond nostalgic memories of the original. However, I feel this movie is just as good and excellent family entertainment that both kids and adults will love.I'm not a big fan of cliches or being emotionally manipulated and this movie's interpretation of Mr. Han's loss of his wife was very powerful. Jackie Chan and Lil' Smith kid did a great job acting for a tough scene. Sure the end of the scene was a bot cliche, but everything leading up to it made it ok.They referenced and nodded to the original through sight gags and came up with new ways to retell this story creatively and made it very exciting. Since they took some risks, you really doubted which way the move was going - even at the end.Sadly, many of the negative reviews are calling out one of two things: 1) The "karate" kid is now black and 2) He learned Kung Fu, not Karate. I thought it was all about the story?To the first point, both the original and the new version have nothing to do with race - even though both are about different cultures finding commonality in each other (Pat Morita was Japanese, people). In fact, in many spots where a less mature director would take advantage of a black kid from Detroit to bring "street smarts" to China, the high road is taken as are some of the opportunities for Chinese stereotypes. This movie was made with great respect of Chinese culture and not over representing an "American" attitude as a fish out of water.To the second point, I doubt most negative reviews would know that it was Kung Fu if the movie hadn't said so. Karate is a Japanese art, not Chinese, so it makes sense that he didn't learn Karate in China. However, I do have to agree that they called it the "Karate Kid" just for advertising purposes. I think people would have been ok with calling it the "Kung Fu Kid" with a nod as a Karate Kid remake. Why didn't the movie take place in Japan and call it Karate? Not sure.I highly recommend this movie for family and it works just as easily for adults. It's not as kiddie as people make it out to be and the maturity of the kids as both actors and characters far exceeds that of the original movie. I know we all have nostalgia for Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita (R.I.P!), but this movie is about as good a remake as the original and doesn't skimp on the same emotional roller coaster ride and life lessons.

This was surprisingly a very fun movie.

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1) Ce film évolue à deux niveaux: l'histoire d'une part, le message d'autre part.2) Le Kung Fu n'est pas qu'un sport: il est une philosophie de vie.3) On ne peut se servir des Arts martiaux pour intimider, harceler, pratiquer la violence physique et psychologique. C'est malheureusement trop souvent le cas.4) Jaden: prendre en charge un jeune qui ne faisait même pas la "spit" et en faire un athlète de haut niveau en si peu de temps, ça en dit long sur l'expertise des entraîneurs et le talent du jeune.5) Non seulement Jaden, mais le jeune qui a joué le rôle de son adversaire à la finale est un véritable athlète également.6) Le talent d'acteur de Jaden est incontestable, à 11-12 ans.Il est malheureux que la gloire qui a rejailli sur Jaden lui ait monté à la tête. Il aurait fallu l'encadrer après la sortie du film. Son lien avec Justin Bieber lui a nui. Bieber est une autre tête enflée qui n'avait rien de recommandable pour un jeune de 13-14 ans. Jaden a absolument "scrappé" une amorce de carrière qui aurait pu s'avérer brillante. Ça n'enlève rien à son jeu dramatique exceptionnel dans the Kung Fu Kid qui n'a rien de karate.

とても良かっです。

Il y a très longtemps que j'ai vu le premier, ça devait être au début des années 80, un excellent film par ailleurs mais celui-ci qui s'adresse donc à une nouvelle génération est excellent. Tournée en Chine, le bluray vous apportera de superbes images de la Chine moderne et ancienne, stade des jeux olympiques, Cité Interdite... Jaden Smith est bluffant, les combats sont intenses et lui ont demandé des mois d'entrainement. Je l'avais vu dans After Earth où il m'avait moyennement convaincu mais là il est très bon. Jackie Chan est comme d'habitude, très bon dans les combats (en fait un seul) mais dans ce film l'humour est remplacé par la sensibilité du personnage (même si l'humour n'est pas totalement absent). Côté bonus il y a pas mal de documents sur le tournage qui sont particulièrement intéressants. Un film que je conseille donc, aux plus grands comme aux petits (à partir de 10 ans) pour lesquels il est parfaitement adapté.

Used this product for entertsinment.Good value for money.