Talk:The Karate Kid (2010 film)

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this page really needs work--134.224.220.1 (talk) 14:45, 10 July 2009 (UTC)

Edit Request Box Office update
As of 27/6, gross revenue is $150,574,579

I question the prudence of locking this page since the box office needs to be updated on a regular basis. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Healerl (talk • contribs) 05:39, 28 June 2010 (UTC)


 * The gross doesn't need to be updated everyday. BOVINEBOY 2008 ) 11:37, 28 June 2010 (UTC)

Well maybe not every single day but surely the objective is for information displayed here to be as current as possible. Isn't this the essense of Wikipedia? You could have updated it with the time it took you to type the above. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Healerl (talk • contribs) 02:00, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Okay. Sorry. Just realised I could edit it as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Healerl (talk • contribs) 14:35, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Kung-Fu kid?
I heard from one of the entertainment tabloids (i think it was Entertainment Tonight) that this movie is actually going to be called "The Kung-Fu Kid". Somebody should check up on this and change it.Infoadder2010 (talk) 14:44, 17 January 2010 (UTC)
 * This movie should have been titled "The Kung Fu Kid" considering Karate is of Japanese origin, yet the movie takes place in China and involves Kung Fu instead. Spiderkeg (talk) 14:50, 14 June 2010 (UTC)

The information of the "Kung-Fu kid" title came from Taraji P. Henson's interview on the Mo'Nique show back in 2009 Linkage:http://www.bet.com/video/655072 @ 18:24 she starts speaking on the subject of the movie(I HIGHLY SUGGEST SKIPPING TO IT)-76.21.106.232 (talk) 09:17, 22 January 2010 (UTC)


 * In South Korea, it's called "Best Kid." --Bentonia School (talk) 15:52, 26 May 2010 (UTC) That's right in South Korea it's called "Best Kid".

Ok I'm just saying i saw the movie the word karate is said less than five times, and thats only from Dre's mom's misidentification.and might i add WTF!!! why couldent they just call it best kid in america or at least kung fu kid! OMG!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.234.3.188 (talk) 23:27, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Originally, it's supposed to be called "Kung Fu Kid" as explained in Jackie's blog on June 2009, however as of January 2010, Jackie wrote, due to potential copyright conflict with Dreamworks' "Kung Fu Panda", they cannot use the title "Kung Fu Kid", instead they have to use the original title. It has nothing to do with disrespect to differences between karate and kung fu, it's simply copyright law talking. 114.57.157.191 (talk) —Preceding undated comment added 15:18, 20 June 2010 (UTC).
 * That's sounds like balderdash to me. Kung Fu Panda doesn't have the rights to the word 'kung fu'.--Bentonia School (talk) 12:32, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Hate to break it to you but thats how copyright law tends to work. If your talking about a movie with a similar theme then you have to be very careful what you call it. If the name is similar you are open to a lawsuit. Now if the theme is different you could use the same name (provided its been a few years since the other was released) and have no problem with it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.29.103.42 (talk) 05:18, 9 August 2010 (UTC)

Karate is certainly Japanese. The film does rather imply that it is Chinese. So why wasn't the film set in Japan?203.184.41.226 (talk) 05:07, 8 April 2013 (UTC)

Can anyone confirm something
Can anyone confirm what Jaden Smith has learned? is it karate,kung-fu? both? neither?-76.21.106.232 (talk) 09:17, 22 January 2010 (UTC)
 * From the trailor, it looks like Kung Fu. Thedarxide (talk) 18:25, 22 January 2010 (UTC)

Trailer is not exactly credible since it's only glimpse and even then they could have incorporated Karate-76.21.106.232 (talk) 08:24, 15 March 2010 (UTC)

Just saw a commercial for the movie. Jackie Chan said he would teach him Kung-Fu.

It's actually wushu.--Justin L. (talk) 06:09, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

"wushu" is a term used to encompass Chinese martial arts in general. Han said Kung-Fu, and so, for the sake of the movie, it is such. 71.231.89.63 (talk) 09:17, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Sidekicks
I thought this was a remake of Sidekicks (the one with Chuck Norris), when I first saw the trailer.24.56.227.108 (talk) 01:41, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Plot summary
Should be a summary, not a blow-by-blow account of the movie, in order to fit with WP:PLOT. Someone wrote a good one yesterday but it's been reverted. Etrigan (talk) 16:41, 12 June 2010 (UTC)


 * The one currently posted is not disgustingly long or covers every scene. I agree that it could probably be cut down by a tiny bit, but I don't see the harm in letting it stand more or less as it is.  -- CW Sensation t 17:16, 13 June 2010 (UTC)


 * It should be between 400 and 700 words. see WP:FILMPLOT Thanks.  Mike   Allen  21:45, 13 June 2010 (UTC)

Description of debilitating strike is wrong
In the articles it claims the damage to jaden's leg compounded was by continuous punches, which in the film, they were clearly elbow strikes, particularly noticeable in the action replay shown on the big screen in the tournament. I know it a minor thing but this should probably be changed, I would do it myself but the article is protected. 124.169.25.225 (talk) 17:03, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
 * Then sign up if you have good information to add.-- BollyJeff ||  talk  17:10, 23 June 2010 (UTC)

Edit request from Voodooskaman, 24 June 2010
editsemiprotected

Please change the following sentence in section "4.2 Box Office" from "As of June 21, 2010 teh movie has grossed $110,571,782 domestically and $14,933,579 in other countries bringing its worldwide total to $125,505,361." to read as follows "As of June 21, 2010 the movie has grossed $110,571,782 domestically and $14,933,579 in other countries bringing its worldwide total to $125,505,361." The word "the" is misspelled as "teh" after the date.

Thank you.

Voodooskaman (talk) 19:28, 24 June 2010 (UTC)
 * ✅ C T J F 8 3  pride 19:38, 24 June 2010 (UTC)

Classical Music
The piece played by Meiyun during her violin performances is Chopin's nocturne in c#minor, published posthumously.

Meiyun is also called Wen Wen Han in Chinese and is an extremely cute actress. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.93.187.134 (talk) 04:13, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Name in Chinese
The name of the movie in Chinese (mainland China) is literally Kung Fu Dream most likely. So I don't know if 'Kung Fu Kid' is a little misleading.--74.64.117.213 (talk) 23:54, 26 June 2010 (UTC)

Gross revenue needs to be updated
As of 28-Jun, the gross revenue is 139,874,579  according to the box office link (3). Those who can edit this page please be advised that this film is still be screened in some countries and just about to be screened in others. Thanks. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Healerl (talk • contribs) 14:42, 27 June 2010 (UTC)

Cast Error
The 'Cobra Lady' is NOT Michelle Yeoh. The reference is wrong. Someone should update it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Artemis348 (talk • contribs) 18:24, 8 August 2010 (UTC)
 * Do you have a source for this per WP:RS? Nightscream (talk) 18:48, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Apart from the fact that by (visual) recognition, that it is not Michelle Yeoh, it is also stated in the July 5th entry in the following web page: http://michelleyeoh.info/news2010b.html. There is no official Michelle Yeoh website that can be found, so I don't know how her people can be contacted to verify it. Comparing pictures of Michelle with the alleged actress should be sufficient to clarify this issue as well. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Artemis348 (talk • contribs) 18:34, 14 August 2010 (UTC)


 * Well, I would say, unless somebody finds a reliable source that Yeoh is in fact the Cobra fighter, we should remove the entry. I could not find any source that it is her and the aforementioned link clearly says she is not. So unless proven otherwise we should delete her name from the article. Robinandroid (talk) 12:13, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

It appears it is done. Thank you. The aforementioned website (http://michelleyeoh.info/news2010b.html) has an update identifying the Cobra lady as Zhou Xiaofei in its November 22 entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Artemis348 (talk • contribs) 17:21, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

Minor Plot Error
In the 2nd to last paragraph of the plot, it is stated: "Dre eventually comes up against Liang, another of Master Li's students, who is instructed by Master Li to break Dre's leg." However it is not Liang who was told to break Dre's leg. It was Cheng. A good place to put this would be in the last paragraph, in front of: "Dre returns to the arena, where he confronts Cheng. Dre delivers impressive blows, but Cheng counters with a debilitating strike to Dre's already injured leg." Spaceguy5 (talk) 03:21, 8 October 2010 (UTC)

Chinese release vs. International release
Can anyone make a summary of the differences between the Chinese release and the International release? ~20 minutes difference.
 * You can do it yourself if you can find a reliable source that discusses the differences. Otherwise this would be original research and inappropriate for inclusion. Also, please note that new topics should be placed at the bottom of the page. Doniago (talk) 15:26, 15 December 2010 (UTC)

Remake?
Calling this film a "remake" is a gross over exaggeration. The only similarities to this and the original is the premise. The characters names (Dre Parker, Mr Han), location (China), martial arts style (Kung Fu) are all different. Calling it loosely-based would be far more accurate. As stated earlier in several posts, the original title of the movie was to be "Kung Fu Kid", not the "Karate Kid". Is it possible to change the description of the film to "loosely-based" instead of "remake"? 67.166.155.113 (talk) 01:50, 21 August 2011 (UTC)

VARIETY says it's a remake. And as far as I know, Variety's a reliable source.--69.248.1.200 (talk) 00:03, 16 October 2011 (UTC)


 * Regardless of what Variety says, this film is not a remake; it doesn't fit the definition of a remake. It doesn't have the same characters, the plot is different, it was originally going to have a different title.--Jcvamp (talk) 20:58, 26 October 2012 (UTC)

No electric scooters
The film seems to play in the present time. 2009 hat been about 100 million electric scooters in China. Street scenes show modern cars, much car traffic and bicyles. I noticed many times, that film makers try to hide the electric scooter revolution in China. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Pege.founder (talk • contribs) 19:18, 15 July 2012 (UTC)

Taraji Henderson interview
I'm not sure how useful this will be, but I found a PR.com interview with Taraji Henderson: WhisperToMe (talk) 23:46, 2 September 2012 (UTC)
 * Kugel, Allison. "Taraji P. Henson Interview: The Karate Kid, Beijing Culture and Working for Will Smith." PR.com. June 9, 2010.

Chinese names in tournament scene
In the tournament scene one sees some Chinese names on the board. Here are the ones the film displays: WhisperToMe (talk) 01:26, 10 September 2012 (UTC)
 * 德瑞帕克 Dé​ruì​ Pà​kè = Dre Parker​
 * 陆伟程 Lù Wěichéng = Cheng
 * 吴 平 Wú​ Píng​ = Wu Ping

Lu Weicheng's nickname
In the English dialog he is called "Cheng". In a subtitled version I see on Youku the Subtitles call him "小程" (Xiao Cheng). I wonder if this is "official" in the Chinese language? WhisperToMe (talk) 11:46, 5 April 2014 (UTC)

Switching allegiances in final scene?
Is it a certain fact that Li's students truly accept Han as their new teacher? I would say without a doubt that they bow to Han in respect, but I am not convinced that the loss was quite enough to switch allegiances. ZappoTheGentleman (talk) 22:23, 5 August 2018 (UTC)

Drunken Master 3
According to Variety: While talking about the possibility of “Drunken Master 3,” which he said he basically already shot with 2010’s rebooted “The Karate Kid,”

Uh, okay. That's an interesting thought and I wouldn't have guessed it. I'd probably wait until we can get more than once source saying something similar before adding it to this article. -- 109.79.176.69 (talk) 13:43, 20 August 2019 (UTC)


 * Variety article seems to be based on longer comments from an interview in London Jackie Chan Downplays Talk of Rush Hour 4 and Drunken Master 3 which makes his comments less ambiguous. I guess he considers The Karate Kid a spiritual successor or informal sequel to Drunken Master. -- 109.79.176.69 (talk) 13:49, 20 August 2019 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 18 July 2022
Add paragraphs to the "alternative ending" section so it's easier to read. I suggest separating "Thinking they had already finished ... as not to be in the middle of this crossfire." from everything else, resulting in a total of three paragraphs in the section (§1 = "In this alternate ending ... gives them a menacing glare"; §3 = "In a final blow ... for his students’ actions against Dre").

Also, it'd be great if the section with the main plot in it (or maybe the trivia section? IDK) specified that the piece Meiying plays during her audition is Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne No. 20. A long time ago, I'd spent some time trying to look for the song and failed; tried again, managed to find it. I'm sure someone else somewhere would appreciate this tidbit. 186.212.0.136 (talk) 00:56, 18 July 2022 (UTC)
 * added paragraph breaks as requested. The Chopin fact is already included in the music section. Alduin2000 (talk) 23:24, 18 July 2022 (UTC)