Good start, but then it gets ruined

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

(Flash Review)Rewatched after 20+ years. This is a no nonsense root for the underdog movie. Mr. Miyagi is subtly smooth as he helps a bullied kid, Daniel, learn self-defense. Daniel catches the eye of a humble rich girl and bad blood is formed from the other envious rich boys. Mr. Miyagi begins to teach Daniel karate in highly unorthodox methods. So much so Daniel almost quits until Mr. Miyagi reveals how much he has actually learned. Of course the rich kids are really good at karate so it's a no-brainer they'll be a showdown at the karate tournament so the audience can cheer for the underdog and the obstacles he must overcome. Will he win and teach the bad boys about morals at the same time? The several memorable scenes still hold up today. In between are standard 80s movie lackluster cinematography. Fun to relive Daniel's journey.

This is a great film. As well as being pure entertainment, this film deals with single parent families and multiculturalism as well as many other themes. Plus who doesn't love Mr Miyagi?It's a great film and one of the difinitive teen movies of the 80's

'The Karate Kid (1984)' is a surprisingly philosophical film, in the way that it uses its eponymous martial art as a way of materialising the opposing mindsets of its two mentor characters. These mindsets themselves are not only indicative of the two most common uses for karate, the offensive sport versus the defensive art, but also an incredibly common opposing take on the world, wherein 'good vs evil' isn't boiled down to its most black and white of interpretations but is instead seen through the way we navigate our lives and treat those that aren't ourselves. Indeed, this central conflict is one of the most realistic and universal in all of film, a battle often seen but not often portrayed with such a clarity and, frankly, nuance, even though it is somewhat pushed to the background and has to be ever-so-slightly read from in-between the lines. The shades of grey that paint the piece aren't always so evident or 'lived up to', in the way that the 80s styling is bound to have aged and so is some of the mentality to a minor extent, but it is always present and, actually, always of a very high-quality. Even the bully, who would normally be the definite villain and does make some cruel decisions (even nearly killing our hero at one point), is drawn with a deft hand that shows him to be a human only as flawed as the hero, who is himself an arrogant and impressionable adolescent. The two provoke each other almost as much as one another, both making similar mistakes but having those filtered through their differing mindsets. The feature's philosophy of 'no bad students, only bad teachers' is especially apparent when the real villain of the piece, the Cobra Kai sensei, is shown to be the one who is corrupting the mind of all the antagonistic teens. The depth of the picture actually stretches to its depiction of its core martial art, too, because it gets a lot of its ideals and principles correct while also portraying the physical side with a lot more accuracy than normal. Though some of it can seem a little dated or just plain off - especially when the 'masters' use it or it's taught through dubious methods, it is actually evocative of the home-town taught variant that would be used by normal people, instead of the Jet Li or Jackie Chan superstars, and definitely fits with the amateur tournament at the end, while still feeling dangerous and properly weighty. The flick is downright entertaining, on top of all that. Its a fun, and at times genuinely funny, film with an important message and a well-developed screenplay that dives into philosophy in an accessible way. It's one of the best films of its decade and has ascended into pop-culture for good reason. 8/10

This is one of those movies were everything feels 80s like music clothes and the romance but this movie helps peoples confidence for If they're getting bullied in school and to stand up to them also macchio and Morita have such good chemistry and Daniel larusso acted by Ralph macchio is frustrated from getting bullied by the cobra kai gang and he wants to protect ali mills acted by Elisabeth shue but he wants to learn karate so he can defend himself and Mr miyagi acted by Pat Morita trys to teach him by basic things but Daniel gets mad because he thinks hes being a slave but is secretly learning karate and this is the best karate kid movie because in the reboot he suffered less than what Daniel went through and this is not just a movie this can help people build confidence and inspire them