Old vs New

Being a 2nd degree black belt and placing winning several karate tournaments i really enjoyed watching the Karate Kid movies. I was such a huge fan of the old ones. I recently watched the new one, and i figured for my blog i would compare the two. So to compare a movie i figure ill start off by comparing the two main characters. In the original movie Daniel is a high school kid who had to move because of his mother. He has a tough time fitting in at his new school and get picked on by a group of karate students called Cobra Ki. He does a great job portraying what it would be like to be in a new school and not know anyone. Hes not a wimp and doesn't back down from a fight, but he knows when he should be focused. Now when we talk about Dre the main character of the new Karate Kid he has to move from one country to an new country. Yes, Dre probably had the harder time fitting in then Daniel did. Dre gets beat up by a group of kids but he also never backs down and always focuses when he needs to focus. Even though no one wants to see a little kid like Dre get beat up i would have to say Daniel wins this battle for the better main character. He shows us what its like to be a new high school student and how much harder it is for him to fit in. Dre gets beat up quite a bit, but hes only like 10 years old so its not as big of a deal. Next we would have to compare the teachers in the movie, Mr. Miyagi vs Mr. Han. This one wasnt that hard for me to judge actually. Mr. Han played by Jackie Chan wins hands down. Besides actually knowing kung fu his character was much better developed. Mr. Miyagi didnt have his character developed until at least the second movie. I do agree that Mr. Miyagi was awesome and did some pretty cool teaching and everything he did was to teach discipline, Mr. Han was just a better character and a better teacher. Now we can compare the villains of the movie.  In the first one Johnny Lawrence was a huge jerk and just beat him up because he wanted to. His character was developed much better and he had a reason to beat up Daniel. Then we look at the new villain who beat up Dre on a regular basis. I felt like the guy who taught him was more evil than he was. Cheng was crazy, and at times i felt like he was going to kill Dre. Though i felt like the teachers had more of a hatred than then two students did.  In the end id have to give the win to the old movie. For the main reason being Daniel was taught Karate, while Dre was taught Kung Fu. Two completely different styles of martial arts, with the same name. It just didnt work for me. Also The old one had a better support cast and better villains. The only good thing to me for the new one was Mr. Han.

If you want someone elses opinion on the subject check out that guy with the glasses review.

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/nostalgia-critic/30107-old-vs-new-karate-kid


This gives a good side by side comparison.
http://www.cinema.com.my/news/features.aspx?search=2010.F_new_vs_old_karate_kid_4024