The karate kid (2010)

Rating: 6/6

I don’t really know if this one counts as an Asian movie, but much of the lines are in mandarin so I guess it’s ok^^

I was just really impressed by this movie. Here’s the plot, in case you didn’t know:

“The plot concerns a 12-year-old boy from Detroit who moves to China with his mother and runs afoul of the neighborhood bully. He makes an unlikely ally in the form of his aging maintenance man, Mr. Han, a kung fu master who teaches him the secrets to self-defense.” – Wikipedia

Though I’m not that into the old karate kid movie(s), even I could see the plot was quite similar. Except that it’s in China this time, and instead of karate, they use kung fu. And enough other differences to not give you the feeling of watching the same movie over again. For example, they didn't use the words "wax on":O

In one way using kung fu is kind of silly, as the movie’s called karatekid and not kung fu kid, but I guess it’s a reference to the old movie. Kung fu is more popular on film though, and Chinese, so I understand why they changed that part. I heard in Asia, it'll be called kung fu kid XD

On the part about the plot being in China, I absolutely love how they use Chinese people for Chinese parts, instead of the usual movie-mistake of using Chinese-looking actors who don’t speak the language. Though I might not know Chinese, I’ve watched enough to say that at least this time it sounded right.

The funny thing is how hard it was to see Jackie Chan as Chinese. Sure, when I saw him in Little big soldier I had no such problem, but when he was talking to that kid, he seemed so American for some reasonXD He did a great job however, and I’m so glad he’s gone over to more serious roles. As he’s getting older, he’s not only playing “the silly Chinese man in America” anymore. Though he is good at the comedy-style roles and fighting, I think he’s also so good at playing the wise martial-arts master like he’s done here. It sort of has a different aura in his newest films, even when he uses comedy.
Jackie Chan is aaawesome^^

On the other starring actor, Jaden Smith, I must say he’s quite a promising one. The acting was good. Not just for a kid, but as an actor. The fighting tricks were good as well. If he takes his looks after his parents, and don’t start with drugs and stuff, he could go pretty far.

The display of kung fu and China in this movie is sure to bring some more tourists and motivate some martial artists. They have these powerful scenes with Dres training, professionals training, and beautiful surroundings. The whole atmosphere of the movie is so well made.

Of course you have the movie-fact of how anyone can become better in weeks than people who’s been training almost their whole lives. But one must realize it makes more interesting movies than “we shall meet in ten years to prove who’s the greatest”XD At least not in Hollywood I guess.

Wow, this became really long:S But it’s really a good movie, and highly recommended. Maybe I even liked it better than the original:P

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