Musing from watching The Karate Kid (remake)

[nebula]

Botz - what did you think of the scene I was talking about?

[Botz]

Botz - what did you think of the scene I was talking about?

I agree with you Neb...it was very moving...almost a switching of roles...and showed that the master can also learn from the student without any loss of standing...in fact it makes the role of Mentor vulnerable and human rather than god-like and remote. (if it is the scene with the car) I watched the kids faces quite alot through the film...and they were totally absorbed, and never bored...even though it was not a non-stop action film, they got caught up in the human interaction and the struggle to win over difficult circumstances, and being kids about the same age as the Karate Kid...they could easily identify with everything...it was a blast.

[nebula]

Yes, Botz, it was the car scene.

That's one factor about this movie that was improved from the original. In the original, the crane maneuver was just an inspiration. The replacement in this movie was more of a running theme. What the kid did here was a part of that.

But for me, I didn't think of it as switching roles. In trying to comfort the mentor, the kid made the connection the mentor was trying to get through to him. Through suffering, the walls were torn down, and they "danced" together.

[nebula]

Hollywood couldn't come up with an original idea if you paid'em.

Yeah. I'm getting annoyed with being able to relatively predict what will happen next or where the plot is going for having seen a similar scenario so many times.

Can you imagine The Wizard of Oz with different actors playing either the Scarecrow, the Tinman, or the Lion?

I take it you've never seen "The Wiz".

I have, but I was referring to the movie. The play is a completely different ball of wax.

Perhaps that was one of the genius's of Ocean's 11 - they gave it a different ending (at least from what I've heard; I

had not seen either movie).

The remake doesn't hold a candle to the original. You can't duplicate the rat pack.

From what I've heard, the original ending was hysterical. But someone (a younger person) told me she thought the remake ending was better. But in any event, the general populace seemed to like it enough that it was a box office hit and at least one sequel was made.

[nebula]

Can you imagine The Wizard of Oz with different actors playing......the Tinman

Yes, actually I can, Neb....Buddy Ebsen!

Do you have footage of him playing the role for comparison - or are you just speculating what could have been?

[RGR]

Can you imagine The Wizard of Oz with different actors playing......the Tinman

Yes, actually I can, Neb....Buddy Ebsen!

Do you have footage of him playing the role for comparison - or are you just speculating what could have been?

I've seen footage of him playing it. He was the original Tin Man until the aluminum dust they coated him with caused him to almost die after he inhaled it in. The footage is probably on YouTube. Of course, I suppose I'm a bit prejudice as I think Buddy was a great actor (and not just because of The Hillbillies).

[sheya joie]

The 1970's remake of "Miracle On 34th Street" with David Hartman and Sebastian Cabot was pretty good. I watched it when I was a kid and then happened to see it last year on Fox Movie Channel and recorded it. It doesn't hold quite the same charm as the original but it's not bad at all.

The movie version of The Beverly Hillbillies was hilarious even if it didn't come close to being as good as the series. The scriptwriters bringing in Buddy Ebsen to reprise his role as Buddy Ebsen (the role he had after Hillbillies was cancelled) was absolute genius.

I think you mean Buddy Ebsen reprised his role as Barnaby Jones?

[RGR]

The 1970's remake of "Miracle On 34th Street" with David Hartman and Sebastian Cabot was pretty good. I watched it when I was a kid and then happened to see it last year on Fox Movie Channel and recorded it. It doesn't hold quite the same charm as the original but it's not bad at all.

The movie version of The Beverly Hillbillies was hilarious even if it didn't come close to being as good as the series. The scriptwriters bringing in Buddy Ebsen to reprise his role as Buddy Ebsen (the role he had after Hillbillies was cancelled) was absolute genius.

I think you mean Buddy Ebsen reprised his role as Barnaby Jones?

Pardon my now oft-frequent typos!!!!

[nebula]

I've seen footage of him playing it. He was the original Tin Man until the aluminum dust they coated him with caused him to almost die after he inhaled it in. The footage is probably on YouTube. Of course, I suppose I'm a bit prejudice as I think Buddy was a great actor (and not just because of The Hillbillies).

I couldn't find it there. I just saw the why-he-lost-the-role and what made the replacement so good for the role.

[RGR]

I've seen footage of him playing it. He was the original Tin Man until the aluminum dust they coated him with caused him to almost die after he inhaled it in. The footage is probably on YouTube. Of course, I suppose I'm a bit prejudice as I think Buddy was a great actor (and not just because of The Hillbillies).

I couldn't find it there. I just saw the why-he-lost-the-role and what made the replacement so good for the role.

Odd!!! I've saw it on TV before so I assumed it would be all over YouTube.