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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Brand: MACCHIO,RALPH EAN: 9781404973800 Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 140497380X Label: Sony Pictures Languages: Manufacturer: Sony Pictures MPN: 043396101302 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Sony Pictures Region Code: 99 Release Date: June 07, 2005 Running Time: 127 minutes Studio: Sony Pictures Theatrical Release Date: June 22, 1984 Editorial Review: Product Description: A fatherless teenage boy arrives in California from the east and finds a hard time with a gang of karate fighters until he takes up karate himself and fights his way into their respect. Genre: Feature Film Family Rating: PG Release Date: 7-FEB-2006 Media Type: DVD Amazon.com: John G. Avildsen not only directed Rocky, he tried remaking it over the years in a dozen different ways. One of them was this popular 1984 drama about a new kid (Ralph Macchio) in town targeted by karate-wielding bullies until he gets a new mentor: the handyman (Pat Morita) from his apartment building, who teaches him self-confidence and fighting skills. The screen partnership of Macchio's motor-mouth character and Morita's reserved father figure works well, and the script allows for the younger man to develop sympathy for the painful memories of his teacher. But the film's real engine, as with Rocky, is the fighting, and there's plenty of that. Elisabeth Shue is on board as the girl the klutzy Macchio dreams of winning. --Tom Keogh Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great movie: don't listen to the commentary!This is one of the definitive movies of the 80's and is a source of great memories for many people, don't ruin them by listening to the commentary track. This is a review of the commentary track: Like most DVD collectors, I am usually swayed by the insight of the director's commentary, but this one left me feeling sad. Involved in the commentary is the director, a producer, Ralph Macchio, Pat Morita and the screenwriter. The director provides very calm insightful ... Read More Rating:  - It's A WeaknessI'm not proud of it, but I will confess: I've seen THE KARATE KID more than once. And because of this film's adolescent annoyance, I really have no explanation. I truly believe Ralph Macchio has yet to shave; Pat Morita ("Wax on, wax off,") should have stayed on the set of "Happy Days"; blond William Zabka is about as menacing a bully as a yapping chihuahua; and Elisabeth Shue appeared in this film long before she hit her glorious sensuous stride. The haircuts are a riot, the music relentlessly myopic, ... Read More Rating:  - A BLIND BLESSINGTHIS WAS AN AWSOME MOVIE. I NAMED THE TITLE OF MY REVIEW "A BLIND BLESSING" JUST BECAUSE DANIEL DID NOT SEE THE MEANING OF WHY HIS TRAINER HAD HIM TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, SUCH AS WASHING AND WAXING, PAINTING, AND ETC., BUT HE FINALLY SEEN WHY HE HAD TO DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS, AND IN THE END IT PAID OFF FOR HIM. WHEN WE GO THROUGH THINGS WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHY WE ARE GOING THROUGH THEM, BUT IN THE END GOD WORKS EVERYTHING OUT, THEN WE WILL FINALLY SEE WHY WE HAD TO GO THROUGH WHAT WE DID. MY SAYING IS, ... Read More Rating:  - Transfer qualityPlease note...this review is for the quality of the transfer of the original film to DVD. It is awful! It almost seems they used a low resolution camcorder and recorded it from a movie theater screen. The thousands of black specks in the blue sky at the very beginning of the movie were very obtrusive. If you have a high resolution television it will only make the inferior quality of this DVD more noticeable. Rating: - [4.5] More than just karateI have loved this movie ever since I began watching it as a kid. After seeing all four Karate Kid films, the original is still the very best. This should not be viewed as an action movie for martial arts excitement. While the film contains that, its is quite mild and limited, focusing mostly as a drama with a terrific story. A film for all ages and families, though cheesy at times, there are elements of the film that will remind us of the difficulties of growing up through school. Daniel Laruso ... Read More |
