karate Kid (5 out of 10)

In class this past week we watched the Karate Kid, made in 1984 and directed by John G. Avildsen. The movie takes place in California, where a boy and his mother move to have a better life. Soon the boy Daniel larusso, played by Ralph Macchio, has some troubles with bullies and turns to learn Karate by a karate master, who influences Ralph to overcome his challenge and become a better person. 

While watching this movie, there were things I liked and didn't liked. I liked pacifically the time period it was made in. The eighties are my favorite decade and I thought all the actors and actresses were very good looking and the clothes were my favorite accessory. I also liked how the boy and the girl in the movie fell in love and started to like each other. I thought it made it a lot more interesting and fun to watch.  

Some things that I didn't like in the movie was that it was a little but cheesy and the story was cliche, and was not very original. I didn't like how the Karate teacher fixes Daniel's leg just by touching it. I thought that was very unrealistic and a bit pointless to have.  While watching I thought that it went by really fast and it didn't do a very good job explaining more and staying on topic. For example Daniel larusso learns karate that we never saw him practice and wins a competition in one day. I thought it should have been more inspirational and longer in the process of him learning how to beat the bad guys that have been training for longer than him. 

Over all the movie was satisfactory and is a great flick for younger boys and girls.  I would recommend this to people because, it is entertaining to a certain level that I think people will enjoy very much. I am excited to see how the 2010 karate kid turns out to be, and hope it is better than this one.