Movies! Movies! Movies! (Non-Japanese)

bmwracer wrote:Taking this Friday off to watch Knight and Day. :victory:

Time to see how those scenes that were filmed here turned out, especially that plane explosion one. That one caused a minor ruckus because they didn't inform people in the area that there was filming going on, so there were lots of 911 calls about a plane crashing.

Jav_sol wrote:Time to see how those scenes that were filmed here turned out, especially that plane explosion one. That one caused a minor ruckus because they didn't inform people in the area that there was filming going on, so there were lots of 911 calls about a plane crashing.

Yikes. :sweat:

Just got back from the movie... I liked it.

It wasn't great, but the action sequences were quite good, as were the performances from Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz... The climactic ending was rather predictable unfortunately.

In some ways, I liked it more than Iron Man 2.

Overall, I'd give Knight and Day a 7.5/10.

Yatta! I've made plans to watch The Karate Kid tomorrow. :woot: :dancing:

Wynter wrote:Yatta! I've made plans to watch The Karate Kid tomorrow. :woot: :dancing:

Heh, I'm wondering if they will make a sequel with how well the movie has done so far. At least Jaden Smith's love interest is too young to be dating a UCLA football player :beaten:

Wynter wrote:Yatta! I've made plans to watch The Karate Kid tomorrow. :woot: :dancing:

I was old enough to have seen the original which didn't impress me all that much, so this one didn't look all that much different.

Also, if he's in China, isn't he learning Kung Fu, not Karate??? :headscratch:

bmwracer wrote:
Also, if he's in China, isn't he learning Kung Fu, not Karate??? :headscratch:

haha, you've got a point :hehe:

lilly_pad wrote:haha, you've got a point :hehe:

False advertising... I'd demand a refund. :P

bmwracer wrote:
False advertising... I'd demand a refund. :P

It should have been titled "Kung Fu Kid" ..... but you know they just had to capitalize on the "The Karate Kid" movies. :bleh:

Sengo wrote:It should have been titled "Kung Fu Kid" ..... but you know they just had to capitalize on the "The Karate Kid" movies. :bleh:

Oh, of course.

But there should've been an asterisk on the title (*-not really Karate, folks). :mrgreen:

Rev wrote:


Heh, I'm wondering if they will make a sequel with how well the movie has done so far. At least Jaden Smith's love interest is too young to be dating a UCLA football player :beaten:

LOL! Yea, I wonder if they will. I really liked the original sequel to the original The Karate Kid. Better than the first.

bmwracer wrote:
I was old enough to have seen the original which didn't impress me all that much, so this one didn't look all that much different.

Also, if he's in China, isn't he learning Kung Fu, not Karate??? :headscratch:

Yes, and they point that out in the movie too, which was funny and dumb at the same time. Jackie Chan teaches him Kung Fe in the movie.

I thought the movie was a lot of fun. The Smith kid really impressed me. Mainly because I had low expectations for him. But as he gets older, I think he'll develop his talent. The potential is there. He was really convincing in the sadder scenes.

The one negative thing was the length. It was a little too long, and although everything was nicely developed, I still found it lingered longer than necessary on some things.

What I really like is that Jackie Chan didn't steal and destroy the character Miyagi. He was called Mr. Han throughout the whole thing and I think it was a conscious, and smart, choice of the crew to distance him from the Miyagi character.

All-in-all, I enjoyed it. And if they make the sequel, I'll definitely go watch it.

Wynter wrote:I really liked the original sequel to the original The Karate Kid.

The one main reason the sequel was better than the original: Tamlyn Tomita. :bonk:

bmwracer wrote:
The one main reason the sequel was better than the original: Tamlyn Tomita. :bonk:

LOL! She was cute, yes. She's originally from Okinawa, right? I remember reading that somewhere. No wonder her dance in the Karate Kid looked so natural for her.

Wynter wrote:LOL! She was cute, yes. She's originally from Okinawa, right? I remember reading that somewhere. No wonder her dance in the Karate Kid looked so natural for her.

Yup, she's Okinawan... And a doll. :smitten:

bmwracer wrote:
Yup, she's Okinawan... And a doll. :smitten:

A crying shame that her career never moved beyond secondary characters.

Kijinnmaru wrote:A crying shame that her career never moved beyond secondary characters.

That's almost a given for most Asian actors in Hollywood, huh?

I remember seeing her as the Grand Marshall in one of the Nisei Week parades... Wow. :bonk:

My friend and I didn't even notice Mayor Bradley when he said hi to us. :beaten: :rofl:

Kijinnmaru wrote:
A crying shame that her career never moved beyond secondary characters.

She had the lead along with Dennis Quaid in Come See the Paradise:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099291/

Pretty good little movie, the only one I can recall offhand that dealt with the internment camps.

gaijinmark wrote:She had the lead along with Dennis Quaid in Come See the Paradise:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099291/

Pretty good little movie, the only one I can recall offhand that dealt with the internment camps.

There was also Farewell to Manzanar, but that was a TV-movie.

gaijinmark wrote:

She had the lead along with Dennis Quaid in Come See the Paradise:http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099291/

Pretty good little movie, the only one I can recall offhand that dealt with the internment camps.

I remember that one. She was also one of the leads in The Joy Luck Club. But ulitmately she never became a high profile actress that studios chased after with roles. A shame because she was very versatile and capable. And still a beauty in her 40's.

Kijinnmaru wrote:She was also one of the leads in The Joy Luck Club.

Man, I hated that movie: It propagated the thought that Asian, er, Chinese men are lousy, eccentric, and evil boyfriends/husbands... What a bunch of biased dreck. :grumble: