http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/remake-of-karate-kid-stars-jaden-smith/ So much in love with movies, it's Awesome! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:53:49 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/remake-of-karate-kid-stars-jaden-smith/comment-page-1/#comment-36655 Kenna Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:03:43 +0000 http://www.screenhead.com/?p=8338#comment-36655 Yes, "mentor-student" is a very common theme -- take something complete off the mainstream of today -- The Miracle Worker. Yes, “mentor-student” is a very common theme — take something complete off the mainstream of today — The Miracle Worker.

]]> http://www.screenhead.com/reviews/remake-of-karate-kid-stars-jaden-smith/comment-page-1/#comment-36618 vertigo Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:46:23 +0000 http://www.screenhead.com/?p=8338#comment-36618 sometimes i feel like the classics of my generation are being violated by recycling them to a new audience. couldn't they simply make a new version without referring to the old one. it's like making pre-quels to the original star wars and planning a new indiana jones franchise. the new star wars was ok but the original was superb by having darth vader, the prequels did not have such an evil persona to loom over the galaxy. the current generation already has the lord of the rings. i like clint eastwood's gran torino, which gives an american mentor to a young asian kid- now, this is not exactly the karate kid remake and would not have a similar cult status but it has no reference to the karate kid at all. are there not enough creative minds finding new ways of re-telling old stories the way its always done? mentor-student is a classic theme, why not just make a new story and find new characters? is that too difficult? sometimes i feel like the classics of my generation are being violated by recycling them to a new audience. couldn’t they simply make a new version without referring to the old one. it’s like making pre-quels to the original star wars and planning a new indiana jones franchise. the new star wars was ok but the original was superb by having darth vader, the prequels did not have such an evil persona to loom over the galaxy. the current generation already has the lord of the rings. i like clint eastwood’s gran torino, which gives an american mentor to a young asian kid- now, this is not exactly the karate kid remake and would not have a similar cult status but it has no reference to the karate kid at all. are there not enough creative minds finding new ways of re-telling old stories the way its always done? mentor-student is a classic theme, why not just make a new story and find new characters? is that too difficult?

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