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Jackie Chan To Play Miyagi Role In The Next KARATE KID??
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Jackie Chan will play the Mr. Miyagi equivilant in the Asia-set remake of “The Karate Kid,” the one with Will Smith’s son Jaden in the title role.
I have at least two thoughts.
1) My Jackie Chan fanatacism, once pegged to about a 10 around the time I saw “Armor of God II,” now nestles at about a two. I can barely sit though any of his English-language films, and I hold in particular disdain Brett Ratner, who managed to irreparably diminish Chan's comedic credibility with the feculent “Rush Hour” movies.
2) I suspect Jackie Chan might make for a rather more authentic martial arts master than the guy who played Arnold on “Happy Days.” So in this regard I consider the casting something of a masterstroke.
Harold Zwart ("One Night at McCools," "The Pink Panther 2") directs from a screenplay by somebody named Chris Murphy. I believe I'd feel better about the project if Sony had selected Stephen Chow (Shaolin Soccer," "Kung Fu Hustle," "CJ7") to write and direct. But that's me.
Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here.
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I officially want to see this now!
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Masterstroke, indeed!
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Oh well. Jackie Gotta Eat. More.
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I love it.
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But damn Herc you nailed it on my feelings of present day JC. There was a time when I could pick up any Jackie flick and it least know I was going to be mildly entertained. That was a baker's dozen worth of flicks ago, at least.
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... all the movies I watched as a kid in the late 70's and all of the 80's will have been remade.
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Why not... Ken Watanabe or Yun-Fat Chow... or so many others to choose from.
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All Asian people are all the same, right?!!
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Sadly, probably not. But here's hoping! Tick tock...
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true, he does know karate but he can't act for shit! apparently this doesn't matter to anyone...
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This foray does not help. I'd love to see him and Chow hook up.
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who thinks that the original karate kid was actually a very well written film and should be considered an unremakable classic of the 80s??? Are they going to remake Back to the Future next with Nick Cannon and Chris Tucker???
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I don't care how shitty the movie is, once he starts doing his thing the movie jumps up in enjoyment by 100% and I think this would be pretty damn badass...cause I'm always down for Jackie Chan.
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a better choice? He's a least Japanese.
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Jan 14, 2009 1:05:24 AM CST
The first time i made out with a girl was during "Karate Kid"
by ironhelix
or was it "Throw Mama from the Train"? i forget...
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Cause all hope for it will be dead.
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I understand that in essence everything is a remake, but seriously when will this end? It's went from amusing, to annoying, to this. I know the day will come when I come to this forum to discover the godfather or jaws is being remade. Why not I suppose, there is no hope. Why not just bring ralph machio back, he still looks the same?
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...only starring a black Tum Tum.
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Yawn...
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Count me out.
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I mean, I know he must be getting up there. Unless this is yet another prequel revamp type thing...?
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Is this a joke? Will Bananarama sing the new song? Will they get some tennis player/ actor to play the baddie? Who cares?
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Fuck this. Where is your fucking pride Jackie! Working opposite Will "I Ain't no scientologist..but I like them alot" Smiths brat with his Stage mom looking over your shoulder? Jackie...where are your balls? Is that wallet that damned empty? You were the KING of the HK Action/Comedy...Dude you were the Drunken motherfucking Master for Jesus Fucking Christs sake! Now reduced to this? God damned sad...
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if dude is so broke he has to be second banana to Will Smiths kid...well, that is just one step above panhandling on the freeway exit...sad. I'll throw in $5 bucks to help save Jackie from this fate...
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How many scripts do you think that guy is getting where he plays Obama?
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COULD THIS MEAN....CHRIS TUCKER WILL BE CAST AS DANIEL-SAN'S RECENTLY WIDOWED MOTHER?!!!??!
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thought he was being cast in when he signed up for Dragonball.... I wonder if either Jackie or Chow will be able to retain any dignity from their respective choices.
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It's a turd.
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I for one loved "Forbidden Kingdom", in which he also played a master/teacher.
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While no-one can replace Pat Morita, Jackie Chan does actually seem like he could make for an interesting Miyagi. I don't see why they don't make this a sequel, just make Jackie's character Miyagi's long lost brother who decides he wants to do what his brother has done and takes on a student of his own. That way you're not disrespecting Morita's contributions.
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I just wished they leave the classics alone. It just sounds like they're using "The Karate Kid" name for recognition. Its not necessary. Give the new generation their own classics and stop fucking with OURS !!!!!!!
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Jan 14, 2009 3:12:31 AM CST
as an aussie, next time an american thinks you're english
by ironic_name
just say "thats ok, you swedish are so insular."
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get her to show tits. tits or gtfo
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and all of the idiots are "yeah" because a big name is attached. Fucking lame. I give up on Hollywood. Done.
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weak-sauce Miyagi-do to a teenage Okinawan boy. Now that would be amusing.
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As from China. And Karate, that's japanese. But then again, the screenwriters and producers don't seem to know the difference between both countries. Pat Morita was not a martial artist indeed, but he owned the role, he did a credible job as a Karate master who has his strenght under control. This? This will be fucking shit. Just as long Will Smith's son don't convert Jackie to scientology, we can all just ignore this piece of crap and wait for a Golden Harvest produced Drunker Master 3.
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Why?
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The kid from Two & A Half Men is the new Billy Zabka!
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and something happened to the screen ratio and everyone was smushed down and wide and the scene came where the Kid was watching his crush cheerleading and because of the ratio she was just about a wide as she was tall and she did that backflip and it was like watching Jake Blues seeing the light, the whole theatre cracked up. That is a classic movie really, but what the heck remake that bitch it's not like it's high art, like making a film called Rosebud starring Lisa Kudrow. Jackie is a decent choice but have you noticed that no matter how many shitty American flicks he makes his enunciation still is annoying as hell? He just never gets any better. Oh and Kung Fu Hustle sucked ASS, I HATE that fucking movie.
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I asume you're not dumb enough to think Jackie Chan was in Kung Fu Hustler and not fucking dumb enough to mix up Stephen Chow with Jackie Chan. Please tell me you were just mentioning it randomly.
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Didn't the article mention Kung Fu Hustle? I was merely covering all the points.
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...went up a little when i saw Foot Fist Way.
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It used to be cool to watch his scramble around rooms popping in and out of chairs, skidding across tables, it was kind of believable in it's own way that some guy could monkey-shine his way through a fight. Now the moves are so stiff, slow and obviously pre-planned and wooden that it just pisses me off.
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wake me up when this shit comes to an end...
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..do you understand the words that are comin' outta my mouth? C'mon dude, all proper respect to Jackie but even Elvis got fat and old.
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Lets call it King Fu Kid then. This whole thing smells.
I agree I was hoping for Ken Watanabe or maybe Hiroyuki Sanada. I find it interesting that so many folks I know from China, Korea and japan are so vocal about their DISTINCT ethnicity and yet it gets ignored by Hollywood. Memoirs of a Geisha was a perfect example.
Jackie doesnt do karate. He does wushu. They are VERY different. he is Chinese not Japanese. And Jaden Smith...this kid wouldnt have work if it wasnt for daddy....talk about 'legacy'.
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The right way to do this is in the US with Sonny Chiba. This is a terrible idea for a remake.
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That crazy fuckin' bastard look and grin, and he'd have to break Miyagi's back to give Daniel san something to fight for.
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How dare you besmirch Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita. You monster.
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Casting Jackie Chan doesn't make any sense - in The Karate Kid (if memory serves) the point is that you don't have to fit a profile to be good at Karate. You had two guys in Myagi and Daniel who didn't look particularly tough, but succeeded because they both respected the art of Karate. Casting Jackie Chan for this is like casting Ahnuld in Phone Booth.
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HELLLLLLL NO. The Karate Kid series is good through a happy accident of chemistry... there's no way it should have worked, but it did. You can't recapture that.
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1. Jackie Chan has never looked tough, so I see no reason why he can't, at his current age, play Mr Miyagi. He's never been the grizzled muscle man type - he's cute! - so he seems like a perfectly good choice to me.2. So what if Jackie Chan is Chinese? This over-sensitivity to casting Asian roles is ludicrous. If Mel Gibson can play a Scot and Russell Crowe can play a Spanish Roman with an English accent, I see no reason why a Chinese actor can't play a Japanese character.I don't want to see this film, though. Why the hell would you remake The Karate Kid?
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Rene Zellwegger - not actually English.Armin Mueller-Stahl - not actually from whatever European country directors want him to be from.Leonardo Di Caprio - not actually retarded.Wesley Snipes - not actually a daywalker.Sylvester Stallone - not actually a heavyweight.Paris Hilton - not actually a human being.Etc. and so on and whatnot.
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Damn You Michael Bay
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the same ethnicity as Japanese.
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Funny.
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It's not that he looks tough, it's that he's already proved he's an efficient action man. So they'll 'sex' the Myagi scenes up. And we won't get any of the excellent role-reversal from the first one, where Myagi was taking down people half his age simply by thinking smarter than them. Jackie will probably have some ridiculous 'I do not fight' logic... and then in the end, kick ass.
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Well, yeah, Mel Gibson and Rusty Crowe should not have been cast in those roles either - both rubbish. As for the rest:
Rene - Passable accent, though.
Armin - Who? His accent(s) is/are good too, maybe?
Leo - Yes he is.
Wes - Yes he is.
Sly - HEAVIER THAN YOUR SHIT
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But Sylvester Stallone is 5ft 7ins tall, a full 4 1/2 inches shorter than Mike Tyson, who was always considered an unusually short heavyweight. On a good day (ie; his most steroid-infused day), Stallone is a cruiserweight at best, probably even a light-heavy.My point is, actors are paid to pretend to be people they are not, including people of other nationalities. People need to let go of this daffy idea that it is somehow offensive to cast a Chinese actor in a Japanese role.
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...of course Sylvester Stallone is heavier than my shit. What kind of asinine insult is that?Verne Troyer is heavier than my shit.
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When will the remake train crash & burn?
And seriously, is anyone else fed up to fuck of Will Smith getting his kid movies?
I don't give a shit what crap he spouts about the kid "going it alone" or whatever for parts - HE'S WILL SMITHS SON!!!
Like anyone would say no.
By the way, Will, hanging out with Tom Cruise ain't doing you any favours, now go do Bad Boys 3!
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And you're 'fed up to fuck' already?Man, you must hate Kate Hudson with a fiery passion!
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And, in THIS sense, Your Stuff would be YOU. And it wasn't an insult, just a statement of FACT.
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He's just a concerned parent.
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...I take umbrage at kiddae's statement.Sylvester Stallone is certainly not heavier than my stuff. If you put it all together, it weighs way more than an ageing 5ft 7ins action star. Way more. My telly alone is heavy as fuck, plus there's all sorts of funiture and whatnot.I'm also not sure if he weighs more than me. I work out a lot, but I'll concede I'm not as muscular as Stallone was in Rocky Balboa. But then I'm 5ft 10ins, so I have a height advantage. All in all, I reckon there's a pretty good chance I weigh more than him, especially if he's off the steroids these days.If only Stallone's producer could magically turn up in the talkback (like that Chaos producer guy) and arrange some kind of weigh-off for charity. That's the only way to properly solve this thorny issue kiddae has raised.
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Who the fuck cares?If you had a kid who wanted to follow in your footsteps and you could help him/her/it out, wouldn't you do it?I know I would. If little Frank Jnr came to me one day said, "Dad, what I want is to do mediocre office work and spend half the day talking about crap on the internets - just like you!" you can bet your ass I would damn well help him acheive his dream.Because that's what dad's do!
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So Hancock Jr. moves with his mommy to Asia. He get's his ass handed to him by chop-socky thugs until Miyagi In Name Only (MINO) teaches him that because he is American, he has to triumph at the end of the movie. Everyone learns something important today, and MINO gives the camera thumbs up. Job done, now we don't have to go see this shit.
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We never know. Daniel San could be a white boy after all.
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Fucking Your Eyeballs In Name. All remakes should be in 3d Frdiay the 13th dropped the ball. They go boy, mom, sack, and then hockey mask, and no fucking 3D! MBV is the winner! Epic Fail Friday the 13 Take 2. Epic Fail! PDsuksdaphaty. What did AICN post about f13 and then pull? I remember cranky TB'ers asing why the post on it was scrubbed, but I never read it. What was in there???????????????
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Jan 14, 2009 6:55:05 AM CST
Out of all the recent remakes, this has to be the...
by unionjackass.webs.com
... most pointless. Why? Why? Why? THE NEXT KARATE KID was kind of a reboot - and we all know how that turned out, eh?
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Jackie is a comedic martial artist first, serous actor... I'm not even sure second is quite right, but I'm at a loss for what is between first and possibly even fourth. Has Jackie done dramatic before? Yeah, but anything considerably serious is not very recent and certainly not in English. I too liked hist role in Forbidden Kingdom actually, but at the end of the day I can't visualize him doing the drunken war memory scenes. Miyagi is a dramatic role first, martial artist second... which brings me to my second concern: Jackie Chan does Kung Fu, NOT KARATE. They are tremendously different styles, especially the Okinawa based style Miyagi taught. I agree with there is an element of hypocrisy in accepting Australians playing every white nationality under the sun and then freaking out every time a Chinese actor plays a Japanese character, but there's so often this sense that the studio thinks we won't notice. That all Asians are alike so who cares, and this feels like one of those cases. Beyond that, it's almost always a little disappointing when a character whose ethnic identity is significant to the story is played by another ethnicity. Take Valkyrie for example, while it probably was better that the actors didn't try to fake German accents, isn't their something painfully ironic about story that looks at good Nazis, good Germans who stood up to Hitler, that are all played by people who are clearly not German? It's the difference between telling a story about a people and that people telling THEIR story. So yeah, huge fan of Jackie, but not seeing this news as inherently something to make me feel better about this film being remade.
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Jan 14, 2009 7:08:33 AM CST
Jackie Chan international star 2nd fiddle to Will Smith's son.
by damien chowder
F*ck you Chan playing 2nd fiddle since coming to hollywod, shame on you you dickless feck.
Stephen Chow please stay in Asia hollywood will destroy your rep.
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It should've stopped at number 2.
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I felt was incredibly annoying in the day the earth stood still. If he was supposed to be annoying, then he's a masterful actor. if you need a black id playing the role. use the kid from heroes. let's stop with the obvious Hollywood nepotism shall we
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It's going to be Memoirs Of A Geisha all over again. A Chinese trying to speak English in a Japanese accent and not sounding like any of them.
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I'm fairly certain the real issue here isn't the casting of Jackie Chan, but rather the inlcusion of a flavour-of-week movie kid and the guys who directed The Pink Panther 2
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I suspect what the studios are actually thinking is: "People like Jackie Chan! How much money will that make us at the box office!? And where the hell is that kid with my latte!?"Also, I think 2nd and 3rd are between 1st and 4th.
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Incredible old and able to kick ass Yoda VS. Dooku style. Voiced by Dustin Hoffman.
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is Jackie Chan old enogh to play Miyagi? I mean, he totally kicked ass, but not in a way that you would need a stunt double.
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Please god let that guy stay well away from Hollywood. Hollywood is death for Asian actors. And directors. And probably grips, too.How many successful Asian grips are there in Hollywood? I can't think of any.
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ANd Jaden Smith was the WORST thing about The Day the Earth STood Still, which pretty much sucked all the way around. This movie sounds soooo bad. Jackie's presence insures that it will be "comedic" ... GROAN.
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I love him to death but Jackie Chan hasn't demonstrated that he can play the cool mentor type.
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Just wait, it'll happen.
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Really. I just want to hang my head, sometimes.
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Coming next Xmas. Won't momma and poppa be proud.
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I suppose the Cobra Kai will be played by the surviving members of New Edition. I suppose Daniel Caruso will now be named Tyrone Taylor and instead of "sweep the leg"..the leader of the dojo will say "take that motherfucker out!".
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Jan 14, 2009 8:04:13 AM CST
A more authentic martial arts master than the guy who played Arn
by ingeld
I think Pat Morita did a great job in the first movie. I beleived him to be the character he was portraying. He didn't need to be a martial arts master--no more than Mark Hamill needed to really be a Jedi Knight. It is called acting.
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Stupid "enter" key...
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You people are crazy. It's the fucking Karate Kid! Who the hell cares if they remake it?And are you seriously concerned about the acting skill required to play Mr Miyagi?Jesus Harold Christ, get a grip. This film is a cash in. More than that, it's a remake of a cash in. Of course they've cast Jackie Chan and Will Smith's son. They'll probably squeeze in a rapper and somone out of High School Musical, too.
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Jan 14, 2009 8:06:37 AM CST
Can't they skip the first one and remake Part II instead?
by robertkent.net
Also, I hope their will be plenty of long discussions revolving around bonzai trees.
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It could have been a "passing of the torch" kind of thing.
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The Karate Kid worked because it made it seem possible that skinny white kids could learn karate by doing simple household chores. It also appealed to the world's almost universal desire to kick William Zabka's ass. Aside from both of those, it worked because it was actually a (fairly well executed) story of friendship between two people from entirely different worlds - and it just so happened that Morita/Macchio had great chemistry. If you throw JC into the mix, the emphasis will be more on the karate itself, and unless Jaden Smith is a karate expert, it will just be another, "Never Back Down," or "Best of the Best." If there's no wax on, wax off, what's the point? The ridiculousness of remake mania is fun to watch, but the end results have been less than compelling – and this is just going to be more of the same. And in closing, I really don't get this site's obsession with taking shots at Brett Ratner, really, get over it guys.
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he should be the mentor - pass the torch
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Seriously, can Hollywood make anything remotely original anymore? I would understand if a remake was needed for the original, but I for one can still watch it and enjoy the hell out of it. This one smells like a 2 week old shit stain fermenting in an Alabama summer.
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He HAS only done 2 films!
Must just have been the overkill with the trailers for them over here that has me pulling my hair out.
That and the fact that he's so annoying (or a damn good actor, who knows!)
Still say Will Smith should do Bad Boys 3 though.
As for Karate Kid? Please no.
Like someone else said, it'll have HSM people turn up and the theme will prob be Hannah Montana as well.
And while I'm being a bitchy, whiney talkbacker, MATT SMITH IS A CUNT - You, Sir, are no 12th Doctor.
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The third one... not so much. This is bizarre, though.
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So instead of learning the crane kick on a beach, he will take him to a bar and give him a few shots and teach him the drunken master style. Awesome!
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Hey, Fat One. I gotta dump that could choke a monkey.
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Xenu on, Xenu off. The only way I'd have any respect for Will Smith's son is if he's in a Boondocks flick.
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I can almost see Hollywood remaking some very old movies simply to let a younger audience experience a more relevant movie to their day and age. I still really don't think remakes are necessary though, but that is the only excuse for one in my opinion. The Karate Kid, for what it was, is an excellent movie, and a remake is totally unnecessary. And bringing in Will Smith's son to be the karate kid is just ridiculous. I've seen his work and frankly, I have not been impressed. I guess they are going to ride that gravy train to the end though. Hollywood has become a lazy beast. Everything is a remake or uses a concept from another film it seems. What's worse is they expect us to pay $9 or more to see these crapfests. Give me a break, what's next? A remake of Halloween??? Oh, wait...
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With Nick Jonas as Ali, directed by Peyton Reed with script by Diablo Cody.
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With one of Mickey Rourke's chiuauas as the Fresh Prince.
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Make it a little bit more creative this time around.
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Please, enough with the remakes. The original movie was okay, but does it really deserve to done over?
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and I regurgitate my shit a on a constant basis. Good shit, old shit, bad shit, everything, sometimes even within in the same generation. How about that! I feel bad for all the young, creative and talented writers who can never get their original work through to a studio because dumbasses that keep rehashing and remaking every damn movie. Fuck this shit
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The original still holds up and despite the fact it's 20 plus years old it only feels like yesterday. It's that wanka Will Smith and his annoying long haired son to blame. The kid looks like that annoying black kid from Heroes god dammit. If your gonna make another make it Daniel in the Miyagi role who teaches his son for fucks sake
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Rush Hour 1 wasn't that bad.
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Because it's a name/forumla that is known and the Hollywood hacks can put out any quality movie and a least a couple of goobers will show up to watch it based on name alone.
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That was a pretty damned funny post. Kudos to you.
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Jan 14, 2009 10:01:47 AM CST
Must be nice to have your daddy get you into the big leagues.
by mike_d
I mean wtf...his son?!
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In a fecking hell for leather kicking each other to shit film.
1hr30mins of pure martial arts.
Minimal story like in the old days.
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the Wesley Snipes role and some snivelling honk fucker in the Woody Harrelson role. Bite me. Fuck me so hard, I'm about to come and then BOOM! SHAKE SHAKE SHAKE THE ROOM! TICK TICK TICK TICK BOOOOOM!! comes on the radio and my cock goes flacid. Use the word 'fuck' in your rhymes, Will, otherwise get out the fucking kitchen motherfucker. It's 2009, it's 2009, we're gonna have a good time, coz it's two thousand nine! Head.
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"You're the Best!Arouuund! Nothin's gonna stop this film from sucking Ass!"
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Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Leave Karate Kid alone!
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Make the original look and sound like NEW...and transfer the absolute BEST picture and sound that is possible, today, onto Blu-ray. How about THAT idea?
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i thought that little moppet was Will Smith's DAUGHTER....
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Jan 14, 2009 10:27:08 AM CST
Gotta love the Chan still - but still will never warm to this re
by jedibobster
Firstly for those who are claiming that Jackie Chan is too young, well if they started filming it this year than that would make Chan 2 years older than Noriyuki Pat Morita was when HE played Mr Miyagi.
Secondly, there is only ONE Mr Miyagi - and despite all my love for Jackie Chan - Pat Morita was he.
Thirdly, Elizabeth Shue was, as someone has already stated, just so scrumptiously adorable in the movie - and just a little plump on her. Here's hoping they don't hire a skinny overly made-up blonde to play that part.
Fourthly, yeah sure so Jackie Chan's recent output is questionable - but both the Shanghai films were extremely enjoyable, the Rush Hour films are to be enjoyed as a bag of sickly candy is. And last year's Forbidden Kingdom was although slightly less than it should have been, still a very entertaining family film - a shame that far more people went to see Kung Fu Panda in a way.
And finally, this is still a stinky idea from the get-go. As others have said just call it something else. Loads have film have similar mentor/student plots anyhow. Is the phrase wax on/wax off really THAT crucial? The Karate Kid WAS an 80s film through and through, it should noe be enjoyed by newer generations as both the charming film it was and as a period piece. -
I know it is the blanket statement that people always throw around, but has anyone here watched the original recently? It moves slow (as many 80's movies do) and is extremely awkward these days. It is full of unintentional comedy, and there is a weird relationship vibe between Miyagi and Daniel-san.
I think the movie can easily be updated. Imagine if the Cobra Kai weren't just skinny idiots in skeleton costumes pushing Daniel-san in the mud, but Jaden Smith is faced with racism, gangs and guns? Miyagi has to instruct him not to resort to violence because it only escalates, and the tournament is the alternative to settling it on the streets? -
For those very reasons - slow moving, comedy (I'm not sure there's a whole lot that was unintentional mind you) and most definitely the relationship between Daniel LaRusso and Miyagi - this should not be remade. However, if they want to make a film SIMILAR - parhaps with some of those issues you've mentioned then go ahead. Sure cast Jackie Chan, but given that he IS Chinese, call it THE KUNG FU KID. That way it'll be more a sort of homage/remake.
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Jan 14, 2009 11:00:37 AM CST
GREAT-STUPID IDEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by illuminate
It is a great idea to have Jackie Chan play a master and he does have the right personality for the role. IT'S TO BAD HE IS CHINESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What are the producers, Director and Studio stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!
Do they really want to piss the Japanese off.
That would be like having a German blonde hair guy play a Jew. It's fucking insulting to any Asian race. And yes, All asians do NOT look alike. I'm aware that some white people are blind and stupid as shit but, this is ridiculous.
The Chinese has a slightly different shade of skin tone, there is height difference and slight differences in facial features.
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...a fucking stupid idea. Gimme Ralph Macchio or gimme death.
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How can you not? But he's getting dangerously close to Eddie Murphy territory re: kid's movies. They both need to do someting with teeth for me to get excited anymore.
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Just kicky-kicky Jacky Chan!! Like Depp's version of Willy Wonka, Chan's Miyagi will suck compared to the Morita's.
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Number one super guy, assholes.http://tinyurl.com/9xcoj8This guy actually knows Kung Fu. God damn happy days! Freaking Chachi in Charge! ASSHOLES!
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Jackasses.
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A simply commercial effort empty of the heart, charm and warmth that defined the Macchio/Morita films. I like Jackie Chan, but he lacks Morita's acting depth. And Will Smith's kid? What an utter joke of an idea. Of course, this is probably the terrible idea of his father. I guarantee the combination of Chan and Smith will not possess an ounce of the chemistry Macchio/and Morita shared. This film will be a cheap soulless rip-off. Bank on it.
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before you open your mouth. That actor who played Arnold on "Happy Days" was nominated for an Academy Award for his performance as Mr. Miyagi and should have won. So try not to belittle his contribution.
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I have no problem with Chinese playing Japanese or Korean as long as the race is correct. What I do mind is calling it "Karate Kid" and setting it in China. That's a HUGE mistake. That's like me making a movie about baseball and setting it in Germany.
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I'm dismayed by your lack of awareness. Morita was actually Japanese and possessed the acting talent to become Mr. Miyagi spiritually and intellectually. And he also picked up Karate pretty well for the role. Chan on the other hand, though good, lacks the acting ability and IS NOT...FREAKING...JAPANESE!!! Yeah, very authentic. Try thinking through the layers of the matter before commenting.
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I am Asian and I understand fellow Asians who hate being lumped together as one nation, but Chinese playing Japanese or Korean is not uncommon with Caucasians. Brits play Americans and French and so forth. But like I said with my previous post, just don't have Caucasians playing us or mistake on culture with another within the context of the story, like setting this in China and calling it the "Karate Kid".
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If someone already brought this up I apologize, but isn't Will Smith's kid too young for this. Isn't the "kid" suppose to be a high school student?
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Jan 14, 2009 12:26:26 PM CST
point is Jaden Smitts is 3 yrs old= this movie ain't 4 us.
by damien chowder
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do it.
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Jan 14, 2009 1:05:43 PM CST
John Scalzi hired as Creative Consultant for Universe!!!!!
by dioxholster
!!!!!!!!!!John Scalzi hired as Creative Consultant for Universe
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First off, I think you meant to say "that guy from Happy Days" but aside from that tremendous blunder, grats on being the one guy on planet earth right now who doesn't think his turn as Miagi in the Karate Kid movies was anything less than perfect casting.
He WASNT a master. He WASNT a professional instructor. He was just an old, tired war vet who had seen how easily his old ways and traditions had been channeled into evil during WWII, and wanted nothing more to do with it. The character was a quiet little man who held a very loud anger and bitterness deep inside himself, and rekindled his love of himself, his culture, and his life through the eyes of Daniel - the son he would never have.
Pat Morita played the role perfectly, and I could not imagine anyone else even making an ATTEMPT to recapture that in a bottle.
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to be more precise, they are the outcast criminal rabble from Britian's Empire.
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The guy probably still gets carded.
As for Jackie, I propose a subplot where his character gets busted for trying to teach drunken boxing to a minor. -
Karate is a Japanese martial art.
Miyagi is a Japanese surname.
So, here's what needs to happen. They need to change the surname, and the martial art. Which means they need to change the title. Which means I will have a chance at giving this movie a fair shake.
However, Hollywood has an irritating tendency of casting Chinese to play Japanese, as if no one will be able to tell the difference, so it'll probably change nothing. -
I would stand up and cheer if I get to see Ralph Macchio tell his student to, "Sweep the leg."
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and not a japanese dude.. He will goof off the whole movie as usual.
Fuck him and bring on The D Yen. -
australian accent in gladiator.
not english. its ok, you swedish ofter get accents mixed up. -
nefto
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it worked
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say it to you girlfriend when she gives head.
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Forbidden Kingdom's Jackie vs Jet fight was really awesome, Jackie is still a masterful asskicking entertainter. No time for haters.
Bring it On!
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...and reprise his role from Gran Turino. It will have to be a prequel, because he gets blasted to fucking hell at the end of Turino. -
"THEIR story". It's Karate Kid. It's Southern California's story. I fucking love the Karate Kid, but don't care if it gets remade. Certainly considering it seems to be taking place in china with a kung fu guy. I guess they figured there would be no point in remaking it faithfully after Never Back Down already ripped it off. None of it sounds remotely close anyway...Jaden Smith? Isn't he a little (or a lot) too young for the role anyway? This smells more like Side Kicks or something.
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Are you sure you're not a retard working for a major studio? With ideas like those, you definately should be.
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I haven't caught Torino yet.
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and stop making him say 'Madison Square Garden.' As for Jaden Smith ... I *WANT* him to get beaten up. He's a cocky punk bitch and has no endearing traits like his father.
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Put a spoiler alert man!!!! *Goes into crane stance*
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...Make it an old white war veteran neighbour, and have the boy be a young asian kid being bullied. I think Clint Eastwood would be perfect casting.
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There is only shrill whining in this dojo.
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Which isn't saying much. I think I'm one of the few people who hate the original.
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I haven't seen the movie yet, but couldn't you figure out that Eastwood dies just from the plot synopsis? Elderly racist defends minority neighbor? That's got redemption-via-violent-death written all over it.
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So he can defend himself from Japanese Neo Nazists. Lots of frontal nudity. THIS IS MOVIE MAKING, PEOPLE!
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First off, Karate Kid was a Family Drama with some action and romance thrown in. Secondly, Robert Mark Kamen wrote a script based on a story suggestion by Mr. Jackie Chan himself(Yep, back in his PROTECTOR and BATTLE CREEK BRAWL days, Mr. Chan was ripped off much like Bruce Lee was with THE WARRIOR aka KUNG FU, and subsequently left Hollywood dreams and made more hit films in Hong Kong). Thirdly, if it's Asian-based a kid like Jaden wouldn't stand a chance with the whoopin' he'd get from the locals for not being one of them. Not even if Chan instructed him or not.
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They would never do that, oh wait, what about Memoirs of a Geisha?
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While to us in the West it doesn't seem like such a big deal, over in Asia it is a huge matter. They are very proud of their heritage and ethnicity (or to be more blunt, very fucking racist). The thought of a Chinese person playing a Japanese man, or a Japanese person playing a Korean, or a Vietnamese playing any of them is enough to cause a riot.
Although they do have some points. I mean, to the lay person they Eastern Asians look very much alike, but if you have hanged around enough you can see the differences. I guess it would be like having a Mediterranean type like a Greek play a Nordic type. -
Jan 14, 2009 8:49:16 PM CST
man...that fool JADEN SMITH owes me some ma'fuckin money!
by dannyglovers_dickblood
THIS MA'FUCKA THINK HE FUNNY!
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I would fuck the shit out of her TINY URL.
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Mercy is for the weak ass muthafucka.
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You're a pathetic, attention craving creep. It's fine that you come on here and say absolutely absurd things to garner attention and strong reactions, but don't spoil films for us, don't strip the suspense from our favorite pastime.
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His name isn't that offensive, nor that creative. Why don't I register some really offensive handles so we can get over his?
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It's harAld, not harOld, you sonsofbitches!!!
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You come up with the most stupid shit. So Americans are British too then, just the outcast uptight conservative rabble instead? Or all the world is African, since that's where we all started? Moron.
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White people play all sorts of white people. Hell, back in the day they also used to play black people. Er...wait...ignore that.
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Can't wait! Could this be a prequel to the original trilogy?
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while that is true, and I don't mind Chinese playing Japanese and so forth, they never mistake cricket for baseball, or soccer for American Football. If they don't change the title and set it in china, that would be a mistake, unless Jackie is gonna play a japanese dude in China teaching Karate.
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How do hispanics and arabs feel about Cliff Curtis (a fucking maori) playing them in major productions? How many a-rabs got up in arms over Banderas playing one? What about Mark Strong, a white englishmen playing arab in every second film? I guess Pacino should be branded a racist for his disgusting portrayal of a cuban in Scarface. What about that scum bag Deniro playing jewish? Fucking shut the fuck up about asians playing asian. Anyone offended by this needs an offensive punch to mouth. Fucking retards. Jesus christ.
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How many of you cried foul on Slumdog for casting a fucking African as the lead in a movie about Indian slum dwellers?
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I loved that guy and loved his movies even more. But as with ALL Asian superstars and supertalents, they went downhill after going to fucking Hollywood.
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Just got off the phone with the guy from Pink Panther 2. Jada P. Smith will play Jadens' mom, the black guy from High School Musical will be his brother. Fisher Stevens has decided he's done nothing worth while since Short Circuit and will 'yellow himself up' to play the bad sensai, while Shia will be his illegitimate white son who kicks Jadens ass at the start of the movie but learns the true meaning of Karate during the course of the story. Miyagi is now married to Elizabeth Shue, who he started boinking after Daniel (played by Scot Baio in flashback, they couldn't get Macchio)died. Sounds pretty good to me.
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Please tell me you are being ironic? Since when was Dev Patel fucking African?
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Mercy is for the weak, and brick not hit back.
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I'm the #1 stunna....
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So why am I reading?
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Not fanatacism! Its a good role for Jackie. I loved Jackie's earlier movies. I also really enjoyed Drunken Master 2.
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Have Seagal teaching Smith Jr the ancient flurry of forearms technique. He'd have that fence painted in no time.
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"Aw, heck, no." I will go to the box office and demand my money back.
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So I guess you don't want any TBers to enjoy the movie?!Miyagi just called and said that you lose your movie viewing enjoyment privileges. *(As he gets into Karate eyeball poke stance)*
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'Fear does not exist in this dojo, does it?' NO SENSEI! 'Pain does not exist in this dojo, does it?' NO SENSEI! 'Defeat does not exist in this dojo, does it?' NO SENSEI! -pls don't remake this movie, it already exists and you're not going to improve on it-
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...to ruin his kid's chances of actually having an acting career, this was the way to do it. 'Hey Jaden, m'lad, we're gonna remake a beloved movie around you and your daddy's gonna produce. People will love you.' Think there'll be backlash? Way to fuck up, Will.
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That IS why.
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go eat a cock.
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