Karate Kid Movie Trailer!

I'm glad it's not a straight remake, I love the original. This one looks ok and with Jackie Chan it has a chance.

It looks ok but WTF Karate is Okinawan not Chinese even though some of its roots come from China.

the trailer is actually good the only thing i dont like is the name it should be called The Kung Fu Kid. i remember on Jackie Chan website he called it The Kung Fu Kid and when Will Smith was in the UK he had an interview and he called it The Kung Fu Kid. i guess its the film studio want to market the movie with the title "The Karate Kid".

@InSpace

how this ruined the original. the original always be there to watch this wont effect it at all. the only problem is the title of the movie it does not match the concept of the movie oh well it is Hollywood.

@thwhtGuardian

but Jackie Chan is well known for Kung Fu and he teaching Jaden Kung Fu. and yes Karate Kid was set in America but the teacher was japanese and he teach his student Karate. so that Boxing Kid comment is invalid to be honest thwhtGuardian.

im not saying this trailer is bad i think its good to be honest but in china is well known for Kung Fu. its be taught at school in china.

@thwhtGuardian

Jackie Chan character is a kung fu teacher. and Jaden in the movie is doing Kung Fu moves it wont make sense to call the movie Karate Kid while the whole thing is Kung Fu.

Looks better than I expected.

yeah kenny, that's true, I mean I sure as heck can't tell the difference. Karate, Kung Fu, to the average viewer it's all the same.

I don't think most people know the difference though jazzman. It's all the same to most people, kung fu, karate, jujitsu, it doesn't matter what you call it the average person is just going to assume it's the same. And most people don't know Jackie Chan is doing Kung Fu, ask a bunch a people on the street I bet they'd think it was karate because that's the more familiar word.

I am SOOOOOOOOOOOOO happy this isn't a straight remake...they would've failed HORRIBLY!!!

This actually looks great, i'll certainly be taking the nieces and nephew's!!!

They know Jackie Chan, but I bet that they couldn't tell you he practices kung fu, I'd bet they'd say karate. It's more well known, and if in the movie they say that he's doing karate nobody is going to question it. I mean look at the ninja turtles they're supposed to be masters of ninjitsu...has anybody ever questioned that in all of the mediums they have appeared in they don't fight in any recognizable style? Nobody criticizes the cartoons or the live action movies lack of martial arts skills, the movie states that they are doing martial arts so to the audience that's what they're doing no matter how wrong it is.

So if Jackie Chan's character says he's doing karate nobody is going to question it unless they are an expert...and they will make up an extreme minority of the audience.

Soooooo... the kid's is CHINA. The 'Miyagi' character is CHINESE. He's OBVIOUSLY teaching the kid KUNG FU (or GUNG-FU, depending on where you're from - LOL. Anyone notice the WING CHUNG dummy in the background?), and it's called 'KARATE Kid'... WHY? Do the studios think the public is THAT stupid?

...and Guardian, Karate is practiced in China as much as Cricket is played professionally in the USA (which is a shame 'cause it's a brilliant sport, but that's a different thread).

"Karate International China was one of the six original national members of the Karate conglomerate Karate International, along with Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the United States Of America.

The Chinese wing is by far the largest section of Karate International, sending a delegation of 156 members to the 2005 Annual International Tournament. The Chinese team took first place in 24 of the 56 divisions, with 73 places in total."


So it would seem to be a little more popular than the American Cricket league. I don't mean to sound uppity, I just like to have a little research to go along with what I say. I'm in no way an expert in martial arts, I really can't tell the difference between the styles, nor do I really care what the differences are in the movies I watch. Like I said, Splinter says his sons are trained ninja warriors and that's enough for me. I don't care if they're not standing right, or if their arms are at the right positions,, in the movies and comics it's stated that they are experts so I accept that. Like wise if Jackie Chan's character says he's a karate master and that he's going to teach lil' smith karate I'm going to accept that he's doing just that.

WTF!! A gangster karate kid. THEY'RE RAPING MY CHILDHOOD, WHY ISN'T SOMEBODY DOING SOMETHING! It's Indy 4 all over again!

Do like jacky chan though. To bad the real mister myagi is dead :(.

@Jusme6: I think you are out of your mind when it comes to Will Smith. He had a fresh look on Karate Kid and he used his son, which has been in films before, so no break in needed, "Pursuit of happiness".

I think that this Movie is a fresh look at the Karate Kid elements of the new generation to appeal to a wider audience. I think this movie will be great and especially love them using Jackie Chan.

I trained for years when I lived in Hawaii picking up a few techiques from both Karate and Kung fu. I'd have to argee by the kids hand movements in its circular type motions it's Kung fu NOT KARATE. Karate has more of a straight forward attacking type style where as Kung Fu is more defensive almost like a dance.

I didnt like any of the Karate kid movies the guy looked stiff and you could tell he had never fought a day in his life. This story line seems somewhat lame also like the first one ,but the kid actually looks like Jackie might have trained him up a bit. I'll wait to check it out before I pass judgement.

@Spilox

your a idiot cause the kid is black his a gangsta. so every black person is a gangsta now then.

also how the hell its raping your childhood. their is people who actually got raped out of their childhood using rape for a freaking movie is completely stupid.


@thwhtGuardian

the movie should be called The Kung Fu it was mention on Jackie Chan website and Will Smith even said it in the UK. plus alot of young people even now the difference between karate and kung fu.

if they did more remake of The Karate Kid with different martial art style and similar storyline and keep the same title The Karate Kid it would be stupid i.e.

1- a young kid who gets bullied and end up been trained by a old man who teach the kid Capoeira. the movie will be called "The Karate Kid"

2 - a young kid who gets bullied and end up been trained by a old man who teach the kid Ninjutsu. guess what the movie will be called "The Karate Kid"

2 - a young kid who gets bullied and end up been trained by a old man who teach the kid Muay Thai. hold what should we call that movie "The Karate Kid".

@thwhtGuardian

how the ninja turtles get into this. first of they are mutants they aint real people. the ninja turtles got a backstory about them learning Ninjutsu, also the ninja turtles uses Ninja weapons, they know how to be stealth thats whats part of been a ninja, also they called Ninja Turtles cause they Ninjas.

so you telling me this movie should be called The Karate Kid even tho they do Kung Fu. that mean the film studio saying the the general public are so dumb that we can call anything we want to sale to you guys even tho we got the culture wrong and martial art style in the movie wrong too.

looks cool and the music goes good with the trailer

@thwhtGuardian

if chan character says ill teach you Kung Fu in the movie people will be like WTF