Jaden Smith ruined The Day The Earth Stood Still for me.
terrible little actor.
The original is still a classic,I dont understand this remake at all.

Oh gawd, WHY?! Hollywood is the most unproductive and unoriginal machine out there. It's a grab bag of old TV shows and movies that they're "remaking". WHY? How is the original Karate Kid from 25 years ago NOT good enough to still enjoy today? Because the kid isn't ethnic, from a bad neighborhood, getting bully texts, or harassed on Facebook? Not current enough for 'em?

Why not stick Will Ferrell in it and REALLY fuck it up like he did Bewitched, and Land of the Lost (the latter of which was prime for a fucking spectacular CGI dinosaur movie - the Jurassic film of the 00's, yet became a parody of itself.)

It's either sequels, or remakes, from Hollywood. SO few new and original movies. Yes, there are always going to be common themes of love, war, sex, relationships, friendships, monsters, aliens, etc, but they need to rise above that.

I think one of the more overlooked movies this year was District 9. I was very surprised by the movie, in that it wasn't another E.T. or V or Alien Nation type movie (which it easily could have been). It was very political, and real life issues were put into a science fiction film (a lot like Star Trek and Star Wars did to some extent). Even terminology was similar. But it also had a very interesting twist, and film technique, throughout. I encourage people to read up on the Wiki page about it, to get some background. I use District 9 as an example of a more original idea than the laziness of remaking an old film. Even Fame flopped. When will they learn?

Hollywood is just lazy these days.

And it appears the name of this movie should be "The Kung Fu Kid".

Will Smith and Kid .

his method of defense is 'jacket off, jacket on'.

read that out loud to yourself.

Adisa said:

Exactly, sence they're in China rather than Japan, where the originals were.

I prefer the original Karate Kid. Not this rehashed crap.

Yeah, I would so totally go see this, but I'll probably go see Marmaduke instead.


Actually, on second thought, both movies are 'must misses'.

there's one thing that could save this film...if lil Jaden shows up to a dance dressed as a shower...

I don't see why people are upset that they re-made this movie.. It's The Karate Kid not Gone With The Wind..

banks said:

It's unoriginal. And another in a long line of remakes that just aren't needed.

banks said:

okay? its not that serious.

Christopher said:

No, it's not that serious. The original was a great movie. But the point is that Hollywood, with a healthy dose of nepotism, is creating more and more mindless "entertainment". I keep waiting on the Jon & Kate movie.

ernestsewell said:

For us... but the audience that's gonna run see this probally have not seen or heard of the original..

banks said:

I call bullshit on that one, because it'll totally be hyped as a remake. People will talk about it. People that are 20 will hear from their 40 year old parents, who went to the original in the theater. It's like kids thinking Mary J. Blige's version of "Sweet Baby" is awesome.....until you pull out the original. THEN it's all in perspective.

another remake
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ernestsewell said:

ok... see i'm thinking the audience will be younger than 20 yr olds.. And those kids could careless that it's a remake.. They just wanna see the cute black kid who happens to be Will and Jada's son

ernestsewell said:

hollywood has been remaking movies forever, nothing new.

Adisa said:

Thank you! I'm no martial arts expert, but some of those forms didn't look much like Karate to me.

And, yeah, this looks pretty darned bad.

ehuffnsd said:

Not as much as this last decade saw.

ehuffnsd said:

Well duh, but the point is that in the last 10 years, they've really begun a desperate attempt to crank out something they feel is "new and a fresh approach", when in fact, the majority of remakes are total flops. This one will be too.

ugh

The original sucked big musty balls as well,,,so this remake ain't exactly a consolation.

what is the excuse they are using that this kid has to live in China????

kpowers said:

It looks like the mother moved there for some reason.

From Wikipedia:
The Karate Kid is an upcoming 2010 martial arts film remake of the 1984 film of the same name. Directed by Harald Zwart, the remake stars Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith. Principal photography for the film took place in Beijing, China; filming began around July 2009 and ended on October 16, 2009. The Karate Kid will be released theatrically in the United States on June 11, 2010.

On November 10, 2008, Variety reported that work on a Karate Kid remake had begun. Variety states that the new film, to be produced by Will Smith, "has been refashioned as a star vehicle for Jaden Smith" and that it "will borrow elements of the original plot, wherein a bullied youth learns to stand up for himself with the help of an eccentric mentor." On June 22, 2009, Jackie Chan told a Los Angeles Chinatown concert crowd that he is leaving for Beijing to film the remake as Jaden Smith's teacher.
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NEPOTISM! That kid's gonna be fucked up.