Wax on wax off?
Yeah unfortunately the wax is definitely off on this one guys and girls.
When I heard they were remaking the Karate Kid franchise I was a little surprised. I mean how do you take a movie that is so well loved and respected and then suddenly make it better. Why remake it at all?
Obviously money and @sshole5 in suits are to blame as usual…but another culprit is Will Smith.
Yep thats right the new Karate Kid is being produced by Will Smith….the main character, his son Jaden Smith….SERIOUSLY! Nepotism at its finest Mr. Smith!
I am seriously appalled that the amazing Karate Kid is being rehashed and destroyed in order to act as a “star vehicle” for his son Jaden. I can only hope that it does as much for Jadens career as it did for Ralph Macchio….oh wait now he plays in Ugly Betty, ouch!
Anyway besides the obvious crapola of having his own son play the main star, it seems that the story itself borrows bits and pieces from the original, but should actually be looked upon as a totally different story. They use the name of the original Karate Kid as a “vehicle” to pump the hype…nice one Hollywood losers.
While the original movie was shot in the States, the new movie is centred around Jaden’s character who is living in China. Another key stuff up is that the boy is learning kung-fu, dude, that has nothing to do with Karate. Seriously is there no depth these buggers are willing to sink to?
Jackie Chan, who has become such a commercial hype building actor in the US, will once again step in to try and bring some form of star power to Karate Kid. After his performance in Dragonball, I have no doubt that he will stuff this one up too. Look I love Jackie’s work…but this American thing? Man it really blows chunks.
I honestly can’t see this movie doing well at all. It tries to be something it’s not by pinching the energy and basic premise of a nostalgic classic. What were they thinking?
While there are already a few tools who are being sucked into the before mentioned hype, I beg you to reconsider actually shelling out cash for this blatant pee in the face of the original.
Pat is turning in his grave as we speak!
**Movie boycott activated**
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