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The Karate Kid Part III

The Karate Kid Part III

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Rating: 1 stars
Summary: This Movie Stinks!
Review: A word of warning to those who have not seen this movie or the second one: DON'T!!! This has to be the stupidest movie I have ever seen. I love the original Karate Kid, but it seems that with each movie Ralph Macchio's charactar, Danny LaRusso, degenerates. As with the second movie, Mr. Miyagi talks too much and Danny has yet again lost his girlfriend from the previous movie.

This time the girl is Jessica, who already has a boyfriend so she and Danny decide to "go dutch". How stupid is that? I think Elizabeth Shue should have come back for the sequels if they really had to make them. By giving Danny new girlfriends in every movie they totally void the original idea that he and Alli were in love. The sequels totally ruined that.

The worst part of the plot, however, was the psycho-guy who is obsessed with maiming Danny. He is doing this for the sake of the guy who owned the now-closed Cobra-Kai school. This obsessive psycho says he is doing this because the Cobra-Kai guy saved him many times in the Vietnam war, but he is so determined I personally think he must be sweet on him. He ends up drawing up this complicated conspiracy to hurt Danny. The Danny from the first movie would never have left his training with Mr. Miyagi.

Besides that, I never want to hear Mr. Miyagi say the words "college education" again! Do not see this movie, it might ruin the magic of the original for you.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: haaaa
Review: LOL, that last review was so clever. How's that working out for you? I hear ya man, those stupid idealists. You lose points however, for failing to quote Holden Caulfield and not criticizing FDNY. The part where you were being funny was good though.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Kind of a dissapointment
Review: This definetly wasn't as exciting and fun as Part 1 and 2. Too many times in this one did I want to turn the tape off and finish it the next day. There was a lot of unpleasant anxiety and scariness wondering was going to happen to Daniel. The only enjoyable moments were the the times he spent with Jessica and the very end fight. Even though this one still very visibly had the same director as the first two, I still didn't like where this one's plot went. The plot was just not exciting, enjoyable, or pleasant for the most part. Part 2 was more of a fun and exciting action movie, Part 1 was more of a fun and exciting story movie. Part 3 was a sad and pathetic ending to the trilogy. Plus, Ralph's put on a few pounds for this one.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Wasting my stars here
Review: The only reason I'm reviewing this miserable excuse for a movie is to balance the glowing tributes that have been littered all through the site--here is the perfect example of a film that had no reason for existing except that Paramount decided some more money was to be made by sticking a 'III' on the end of a famous title and throwing it into a few theatres.

The script is atrocious and none of the actors have any 'spirituality' on their minds with the exception of when their next paycheck will arrive--the first film was inspired, somewhat believeable, and fun. The first sequel was sappy, but had the beautiful cinematography and background of Japan to compensate, not to mention logical character development. This has nothing but greed written all over it.

By this point, there was no way we would believe Ralph Macchio looks remotely like a late teenager. Cynically, the plot allows us to skip to the final because the tournament rules state that the defending champion 'only has to fight in the finals.'

If there was one redeeming moment in the film, it would have been to extend the training sequences, and ditch the lousy, third-rate attempt at romance. As it is, the kata sessions seem almost perfunctory and superfluous.

I still haven't seen the 4th installment in the series, but this film doesn't make me want to.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Legend Lives On
Review: amazing.i have loved the previous 2 movies.this one is as good as the others.especially watch the kata which daniel and miyagi doing on top of a hill carefully.it is terrific.i am doing Karate too.i started doing Karate just for these Karate Kid series.excellent movie to be inspired:))) long live Daniel san.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A Redemption From Part 2
Review: After being disappointed by KKII, I didn't know what to expect from KKIII. In fact, KKIII has a plot. At first, I thought that Thomas Ian Griffith was Steven Seagal because of the pony tail. And I didn't think that his character needed to be a toxic dump tycoon. Just being an evil rich guy would have been enough.

The fight scenes could have been more realistic. The Cobra Kais looked good when they were practicing or beating up Daniel, but disappointing when they went up against Miyagi. Although Martin Kove is not a real martial artist, he could have been choreographed to look better. Instead, he totally wimped out vs. Miyagi.

I wished that the tournament was not structured so that Daniel had to fight only one round. A full tournament was one of the great things about the original KK. Here, we get only one boring semifinal match, and an unconvincing final match in which Daniel looks like a white belt except for his last move.

Nevertheless, you do see some human element in the movie, and that's what matters. KKIII was not as good as the original, but better than KKII.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Action and thrills
Review: This third film in one of the best series ever rocks! This movie has Daniel on edge and brings him to the brink. We are shown what Daniel is made of and who he really is. He must make a choice that is very tough. This choice may even separate the relationship with Miyagi. What I like is the fact that the old Cobra teacher is back as a menace. It all ends up with an excellant finale!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Terry Silver (B-TRU)
Review: The Greatest Movie ever made. Terry Silver is a legend; "Dump that chloride slugde in Bornio", "Karate has given so much to me so now I'm going to give back". I love Terry, in fact after watching this movie I grew out my hair, greased it back in a pony-tail, and am going to grad school so I can be a millionaire. I also drive a light-blue, convertible pickup.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: A midnight screening would be amazing...It's ripe
Review: I've seen this film about 20 times. I bet you're thinking..."He saw it 20 times and gave it 1 star.." The answer.....Yep. This movie's definately a heap. But I'd personally watch a train wreck over and over than watch some of the recent heaps... like "Twister" and "Independence Day". This movie's so bad that it would make an amazing midnight feature. It has cult potential. One evening my brother was seeing a stranger at the other end of a bar doing what seemed to be a scene from KKIII with friends. Upon closer inspection, he was correct. There is definately an cult audience for this movie, but more for its awfulness than its greatness.

So bad....it's great!!

WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: It's horrible!
Review: I remember when I saw this movie in the theater in 1989. I liked it back then but now I think it's stupid. What were they thinking? I think I like 1 and 2 the best. The acting for Karate Kid 3 was bad and the plot was kind of dumb. In Karate Kid 2 I like that song "Glory of Love" it's a great song to listen too. I wonder if they have a soundtrack out available for 2? I guess they probably won't release it till a couple of years. Well, anyways do me a favor and stick with one and two. Don't waste your time on 3 it's depressing and it's much like the first one...


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