Karate Kid * FIRST TIME WATCHING * reaction & commentary * Millennial Movie Monday
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- Some movies you watch and it just... remains a classic. All around great movie. ❤️
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Fun story:
When Pat Morita was a young comedian he was working on Sanford & Son and his wife was pregnant. They were living in a tiny place and didn't have room for a new baby. He went to Redd Foxx to ask him for a raise to be able to afford a down payment on a house. Redd brought out his checkbook and signed off a check so Pat could buy the house outright. He told Redd he'd gladly pay him back and was told he didn't owe him any money, but that when his life is going well he was to do the same thing for others. Pat Morita did just that for dozens of people. He was truly the person we should all aspire to be like
Mr Miyagi should've made a visit to Mr Roger's neighborhood. I can only imagine the epic-level kindness a team of Mr Morita and Mr Rogers could've provided to the world.
@@okami36 world peace
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R.I.P. Redd Foxx & Pat Morita :(
I remember this story. I'm sure Redd messed with him a little bit first.
Mr. Miyagi secretly training up Daniel in defensive moves, mental discipline and endurance without Daniel realizing it, is still my favorite depiction of master/pupil on film. It's brilliantly written and executed.
The training sequence extended scene is probably one of the top ten in movie history.
Muscle memory.
And the pacing in this part of the movie is so slow and deliberate. You're exhausted with him.
@YT Don't bring that up unless you want to acknowledge that the Cobra Kai should have been disqualified before they even fought Daniel due to their own illegal moves and behavior....
Check out Cobra Kai which is a modern take on KK! It’s on Netflix!
"He looks like he is 13" Ralph Macchio is 60 now and STILL looks half his age!! You've seen him in 2 movies prior to this one, he was the cousin in My Cousin Vinny and Johnny in The Outsiders. Ralph still has that yellow car as well! He kept it, the headband and he has the trophy from the tournament.
And he was in his 20s when this was filmed. Like 21, but still about twice what he looked like in the movie! So 1/2 is age is pretty accurate.
IIRC, he and his wife have been together since he was 15 and married for over 35 years. Impressive!
I read that he kept that yellow car, and that William Zabka kept Johnny's red jacket, and that both buys still have them to this day
He really does look far younger than he is. When I met him I asked him how old he was...he sighed and said 55! LOL We both laughed when I told him he was only five years older than me. What a sweet guy he is.
It's insane. He's even older than the actor that plays Terry Silver.
Pat Morita (Mr Miyagi), had a difficult childhood which included spinal surgery. He was told he would never walk. His parents were Japanese immigrants to America, and during WWII the family were interned in a camp. He would go on to get involved in acting in his thirties and forties, starring in various tv series such as MASH and Happy Days. He was 52 when this film came along. He auditioned five times before being chosen for the part and received an Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He would then go on to star in another 3 sequels to The Karate Kid.
As a kid of the 80's, this film was such a huge part of my childhood and I've lost count of the number of times I've seen it. SO pleased that you enjoyed it as much as we did back then.
He had a lot of dramatic roles. War movies, and movies where the parts called for an Asian typecast.
He was also a good standup comedian…
Ashleigh: "I did not realize Karate was this prominent in the 80's"
Me, to my confused cat: "Everybody was Kung Fu fighting
. Those cats were fast as lightning. In fact it was a little bit frightening. But they fought with expert timing"
Kung Fu has absolutely nothing to do, with Karate. One has Japanese origin, the other has Chinese origin
Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Enter the Dragon, Big Trouble in Little China, Karate Kid, Bloodsport, you either new Karate or you got yo' ass beat
The medal in the box was a Congressional Medal of Honor. The highest medal given in the United States. His unit (442nd Infantry Regiment) was an actual unit made of almost all second generation Japanese immigrants. They are the highest decorated regiment in the history of the U.S.
@A S Actually it's the Medal of Honor as awarded by Congress. The President may, be the presenter, but not always. In Europe the presenter was the commander of the division or army.
@@Caseytify Actually, not necessarily. There are two ways to be awarded the Medal of Honor, one is when A commander recommends someone for the Medal. The recommendation must be approved through the military chain of command ending with the President. A member of Congress can nominate someone for the Medal of Honor, but this does not happen often. You have 3 years for the valorous act to be submitted for consideration, but Congress can waive this legal limit. You are kinda right as a member of Congress can nominate someone, but as I said, that does not happen often. The Medal of Honor is generally presented by the President in the name of Congress.
When that scene came on my wife said “You HAVE to her page and explain that that was the Medal of Honor and Mr. Miyagi was in the 442nd. (First of all let me just say how AWESOME it is that my wife knows about the 442nd! I couldn’t be more proud of her!) But I told her, “Don’t worry, I PROMISE you somebody’s got this!
@@davidpietarila699 Pat Morita's last movie was a movie about the 442nd, "Only the Brave" made in 2006, it's a hard movie to find, it only got a limited release, don't get it confused with another movie called by the same name from 2017.
Not surprised she didn't recognize Ralph Macchio from the outsiders, but I'm more surprised she didn't recognize him from My Cousin Vinnie
My thoughts exactly. LoL.
Ralph Macchio has some of the best genetics I've ever seen...he ages like a vampire 😁
She doesn't recognise anyone. She doesn't know about 70% of A-listers.
@@evilervcowart6234 So does Rob Lowe.
It's because the kid never ages! Like the little boy from the first Jurassic Park...he is in The Pacific series and still looks like a teenager
Mr. Miyagi is one of the single greatest original movie characters ever written. He was so influential to my childhood.
Hey I watch your channel lol.
@@chadwickvon8019 hi!!!!!!
Best movie he did was , Collision Course 1989 , police comedy with Jay Leno as co star , so you know it amazing :-)
He also was in another cop comedy , Detective Extralarge , 12 episode series , With Bud Spencer , Pat had a role in 1 episode , Italian production in Miami
Pat Morita , as Japanese he and his family was locked in Gila River (Arizona) and Tule Lake (California) concentration camps under WW 2.
@@pete_lind I attended the Tule Lake Pilgrimage in 2018. It was AMAZING. So many notable Japanese people came out of that particular camp. George Takei being one of the biggest pop-culture names. It was the most "prison camps" in the system of American concentration camp system. What an education!
@@pete_lind he was best on MASH haha
Not only did Mr. Miyagi's wife and child die in childbirth, but it happened while he was serving this country in WWII whilst being incarcerated at an Interment Camp in Hawaii. Just the most awful scenario to be written into a film's exposition of a character's backstory. He lost everything AND had his freedom taken away and his loyalty to this country questioned just because he was of Japanese (Okinawan) descent.
His wife and child died in the Manzanar Interment Camp in California. I'm pretty sure I remembered that from the movie.
No camps in Hawaii. 👍
@@kennethmiyasaki Honouliuli Internment Camp existed. I may be wrong about where Miyagi's interment took place, but I didn't make up that camp. There is a NATIONAL monument there.
@@kyraspikes7542 I stand corrected! You're 100% correct.
Yep 😢
The training montage didn't just teach him the defensive moves and mental discipline, it also toned his muscles.
When Ashleigh said I don't know how pushing a car would help start it, I died laughing. Made me feel old. My first vehicle I had to park on hills just so I could push start it myself.
Ahh yes, the dying skill of popping the clutch when your battery or starter died.
I've pushed or help push SO MANY cars in my life.
For those who don't know, you could push start manual transmission cars if the starter motor quit. It's basically doing the same thing as the normal way of starting. When you release the clutch the car's motion will cause the internal parts of the engine to move allowing it to start, instead of the starter motor turning the engine's internals. Was a fairly common thing with older cars.
@@chrisdobbs9155 Also automatics?
@@Masterfighterx you could, but the problem was that you had to get the car moving fast enough to start. With an automatic, you don't have the option of depressing the clutch to make the car move easier. You could push it in neutral and dump it into drive. A bit more complicated and much harder on the driveline.
I saw this in the theaters, eight years old, EVERY PERSON in that showing was on their feet in anticipation of that crane kick at the end!! My dad past away that April in 1984, so I think my sisters lifted me up so I could see the end over people's heads. The sound of the cheer from the audience when Daniel won the trophy was incredible!! Will never forget that.
You lost your dad at eight years old? 🥺 That's so sad.
I was born in April of 82, and lost both parents in April of '07 two days before my 25th birthday, so your comment hit me in a very deep way.
@@alfreddaniel1994 I was very fortunate to have my mom til she passed on August 29th, 2018. Her birthday was the day before, where she turned 73. She was my best friend. I'm a total momma's boy.
My dad passed on April 24, 1984. Easter Sunday that year. Found out after church he passed that morning around 6am. The one thing I missed out on was that deep in your bones knowledge of who my dad was, what really made him tick. I've heard stories from family, and I have a few deep seeded memories of him, but it's not enough. I guess that is why I've been the kind of dad I've been with my daughter, who's about to graduate 🎓 High School. I know who that kid is. Good and bad, how she thinks, what she loves, and help prepare her to stand on her own two feet to walk through this world and build HER life. And God help her, she's me made over, and her sweetness is something I wish I kept a better hold on in myself.
@@Siansonea my mom became my best friend. I'm a total momma's boy, and was fortunate to have her til she passed on August 29, 2018. She turned 73 the day before. Not having my dad has influenced how I've been as a dad. I know my daughter, whose about to graduate 🎓 High school soon. So proud of her and love her so much!
@@lukemaier182 congratulation to your daughter, you should be proud. 😊
“Cobra Kai” is a great series with drama, nostalgia, and comedy. Highly recommended. It's best to watch "Karate Kid" 1,2, & 3 first. You can get by with just seeing "Karate Kid" as the nostalgia bits are well explained in "Cobra Kai" IMO.
I would recommend a couple of episodes of Happy Gays, too ;)
Yes, Happy Gays. A real eye-opener but tough to find. Worth it, though.
Nah, no getting by the sequels.... Too many references and reoccurring characters. All of the Karate Kid movies would be a requirement as we don't know how much more they are going to tie in as well. Better to just watch all of the films and then start the series. And yes Ashleigh, it's all well worth it. It's probably one of the best TV spinoffs of a film franchise ever done.
I heard a rumor that Hilary Swank might be in the next season so “The Next Karate Kid” too maybe/
I earned my first degree black belt in karate when I was a tween and I would say, personally, that karate is a lot more about self-discipline and respect for others as well as yourself than it is fighting. In fact, my instructor always told us that fighting was the _last_ option if we absolutely couldn't get out of or run away from a situation.
The only time I've had to legitimately use anything I learned was in high school (I'm 37 now) at a pool party. I had my hair wrapped up in a towel after getting out of the pool, and one of the guys thought he was going to be an asshat by grabbing the towel, bending me over, and leading me around by the hair. Which he did. For all of two seconds after I verbally told him to stop and he didn't.
Before he knew what hit him he was on his back with my fist about a half inch from his nose followed by _"I TOLD you to STOP."_ Bending me over towards himself put me in a perfect position to rush him and then trip/throw him.
Needless to say, it felt good.
Mr. Miyagi gave Daniel a car because he sees Daniel as the son he never had. What makes the karate kid so good is it has all the feels.
“Oh so everybody in here knows karate??”
Welcome to the Karate Kid universe where everyone knows karate and it’s the coolest thing in the entire world. Also, the 80s never died.
The fact this movie is as good as it is is a testament to the power of the two leads’ chemistry. They had it from the moment they did their first screen test. One of the best relationships in movie history.
Well, kicks get chicks, yanno?
Push starting a vehicle is done when the electric starter doesn't work. You push the car to get some momentum and then put it in gear, which turns over the engine (what the starter normally does) so that it can start. Only works on manual transmissions though.
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Ya can't do it with an automatic transmission
Lol, my husband (while a teen in the 80s) saw a mom have her child "pop the clutch" while she pushed, but he didn't know what to do once it started and drove right into a building!
I was driving a VW Beetle that I had on lend, stopped to fill petrol, got back in, turned the key and...nothing. No reaction whatsoever. Thankfully, I was parked on just the slightest of down hills. Got in, put the car in 2nd gear, turned on the ignition, kept the door open, used my left leg to kick the car rolling, slammed the door shut after quickly getting both feet inside the car, released the clutch and voila! Back in action.
First time I ever drove a vehicle was popping the clutch for my dad on our dune buggy. I was probably 7. Good times.
Pat Morita started out as a standup comedian and called himself “The Hip Nip” back in the late 60s. That lead him to playing Arnold on Happy Days. This was his first real dramatic role. And of course he blew it out of the water.
I totally forgot he was on Happy Days!!!
Pat was good friends with Redd Foxx (Fred Sanford in "Sandford & Son"). Redd, also a stand up comedian, was key in getting Pat into acting.
Comedy actors and stand-ups keep showing they can be amazing dramatic actors.
He was also in the M*A*S*H* tv series
He was in several episodes of Sanford and Son playing ah Chu
Ralph Macchio is one of those actors who never ages. He was about 23 years old in this movie, not 14. Lol.
Google said 22 but you're still spot on about his looks.
Looks old in cobra kai
he was actually 21
Filmed end of October thru mid December 1983. Macchio's birthday is Nov 4. So he was 21 at the start and 22 when it finished. Said "about" because the point was just he wasn't a teen, wasn't aiming for an exact number but if we're doing that... 21 and 22.
@@thomholbrook7286 i remember that rumor that went around that he was 30 or 24 lol depsite he was only 22...corey haim and corey feldman were actually teens when they played teens...heather graham (roller girl in boogie nights and the stripper in hangover) was 17 when her and the coreys were in "license to drive"
"I was not aware Karate was this prominent in the 80's"
Yeah, it was a whole thing. From my perspective, it started with the catch-all term of "Judo" in the 60's, a large explosion of Kung Fu popularity in the 70's (in no small part due to Bruce Lee), leading to all sorts of dojos, McDojos, blaxploitation martial arts films, etc, in the 70's, and it kept going all the way into the 80's and 90's with Jackie Chan and Jet Li, and really only started fizzling out in the early 2000's.
3:08 In manual transmissions, you can get a car started by popping the clutch while the car is in motion. So someone has to push the car to get it moving and another while having the clutch engaged, releases it and the car will start. We had to do this sometimes when the car battery was dead on our manual transmission (due to leaving the lights on).
There is a great scene in THE DETOUR where the father has his son "pop the clutch" to get the car started, but the boy ends up driving into a ditch. LOL
Came here looking for someone to point this out. I've owned manual transmission cars my whole life. I've even owned two hybrids that were manual. All of them I have push started/roll started at least once. The hybrids were weird to roll start because they required the 12v battery to be working to close the contactors on hybrid pack and when you roll started them with a mostly toast battery, then the hybrid drive system remained off and was basically dead weight. You could still drive, just down on power and half the instrument panel remained out. Not sure if their was an aux alternator or if you were basically firing the plugs on what little remained in the 12v battery, because normally the 12v was charged off the high voltage pack via a DC to DC converter, which was off when the hybrid drive system was not functioning.
@@WrathOfTheGoth Oh wow--interesting. I have never owned a hybrid so never got that experience.
Poping the clutch is one of the many joys of a manual transmission. Other than lights at the top of hills a manual is fun.
Came here to make sure someone told her lol
I've roll or push started my share of manual transmissions
I'm going to add another vote for Adventures in Babysitting with Elisabeth Shue. It was a fun film.
Yes, so fun! And, Thor is in it! 🤣
More Ashleigh's speed.
Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues
This. This, so much.
Leaving Las Vegas
I saw a few saying you need to watch “Adventures in Babysitting” (which I totally agree with), but you also need to watch “Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead.”
The dishes are done, man!
2 movies that I haven't seen in AGES!
Will she watch it? “I’m right on top of that Rose!”
YES! Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead is really a lot of fun.
Both horrible movies
I thoroughly recommend watching the second film at some point. It goes deeper in Miyagi's backstory and it feels like a natural progression of Daniel's story too. Indeed, there's a beautiful scene where Daniel's life experience allows him to help Miyagi in a difficult time.
I actually prefer the second movie to the first. It elevates all of the lessons from the first.
Yes. The first movie is about Daniel. The second is about Mr. Miyagi and the third is about their friendship being tested.
I was in the USNavy when this came out and became an instant classic. I share an exact birthday with Ralph Macchio. Same month, day, and year. I’m glad you enjoyed it, because we from the 80s always enjoy this movie. I’m sure someone has mentioned it, but Pat Morita was nominated for an Academy Award for Supporting Actor for this performance…totally deserved.
This is a feel good movie and obviously, lots of it has become elements of our culture so it's good to see where that came from! Pat Morita was also a favorite on the Happy Days TV series. Here, his character previously served as a soldier in the 442nd Combat Team, which became the 442nd Infantry Regiment. It was composed of all Japanese-Americans and fought against the Germans in WWII. It is the most highly decorated unit in the US Army. The medal that Daniel lifted out of the locker was the Medal of Honor, the highest military decoration in the US. Usually bestowed posthumously because your deed was so heroic, you didn't survive.
Also, there are two words that are easy to confuse. Bonsai is the art of growing and shaping miniature trees in a tray or a pot. Banzai, is the shortened version of a WWII Japanese battle cry that means Long Live His Majesty The Emperor.
I love learning new things!
@@kickingnscreaming9120 that there is the spirit of this channel
I didn't know thats what Banzai meant, ty!
In real life he and his family was locked in concentration camps first in Arizona and later in California ... would that been too harsh for audience ?
@@AoRArchAngel During WWII, the Japanese Americans of the 442 RCT did a banzai charge to save the Texas lost battalion. The 442nd rescued 211 men and had over 800 casualties doing it. When Japanese Americans say banzai, they are not wishing long life to the Emperor of Japan. In Japanese American communities, banzai is wishing long life and happiness to the people you're speaking of, in Hawaii almost every wedding you will have two banzai toast. One for the bride and groom and the other to thank the guests.
Even though Ralph is now older than Pat was when he played Miyagi, he still looks 13 like Ash said. Also, I do believe it is time for an Ashleigh led trip through Adventures in Babysitting to continue the Elisabeth Shue hair journey.
And then the Amazon series "The Boys" where things get REALLY weird!
@@Thom1212 yesss
He was 22 and Elizabeth Shue was like 17 I think.
@@chrisdobbs9155Elizabeth was 20 years old
Ok I had just read an article about, I was sure I read 22 for Ralph but wasn't 100% sure what it said for Elizabeth, but the the article was about age differences between the actors of romantic couples in movies and most of the actresses in it were 17 while thier male co-stars were mid to late 20's.
Pat Morita who played Mr. Miyagi was nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar for this film. People will also know him from the tv series Happy Days as well as the voice of the Emperor in Mulan. Also the song “Best Around” was originally written for Rocky III, but they turned it down and went with “Eye of the Tiger”.
Pat also guest starred in some early episodes of “MASH,” as a character known as ‘Captain Pak.’
"I hope he had green lights for the rest of his life" is such a sweet sentiment that it made me cry. Ashleigh-between that comment and the fact you think Mrs. Brisby is pretty you're officially on the top ten best redheads list. Right up there with Reba :3
Ashliegh says, "He looks like he's 13." Ralph Macchio (Daniel) was like 23 in when this came out. Elisabeth Shue (Allie) was like 21. Pat Morita (Mr. Miyagi) was like 52. He probably looks familiar to you from either MASH or most likely from Happy Days where he played the Arnald from Arnolds Diner that the Fonz and Richie Cunninghams crew hung out at. Oh yeah, the ability to push a car to start was done by the older "manual" cars from before automatic transmissions were in pretty much every car coming off the lines. It helped SO many youngsters sneak out for doing sneaky dates or parties in country areas due to the ability to push car away from home (aka sleeping parents) then using either pure hushpuppy power (shoes) to build up enough speed or better yet go down a slight hill and pop the clutch. A few whiplash-causing jerks and brrrruuumm car is going.
Back in '99 I was in L.A. for a while. Sometimes I would get tickets to go watch sitcoms being made. One day I went to see 'Caroline in the City' with Lea Thompson (Back to the Future). As one scene started an un-announced guest star walked on to the set, Pat Morita. The cheers and applause that erupted went on for so long they had to start the scene again. He was greatly loved and I'm proud to share a birthday with him.
That's a wonderful story. I hope Pat had a huge smile from that! Thanks for sharing that.
Elisabeth Shue also was in Back to the Future (part 2 and 3). Replaced the actress who played Marty's girlfriend
Funny, last two movies you had actors from "My Cousin Vinny" that you have noticed. Karate kid was Gambini accused of murder and aunt May from "Civil war" was Mona Lisa Vito.
She also missed that RM played Johnny from her reaction of The Outsiders.
it would be great if she watched Goodfellas next.
That's the point-- Daniel's still a little kid when this story opens, a little kid who's had to rely on himself so much it's hard for him to accept instruction, even from people who have more expertise. In sport terms, he has to learn how to be coached.
She's giving him a bit too hard of a time for his demeanor or having such a "meh"-mood especially in the beginning^^ if you take his age and what you wrote into account
As a teenager growing up in Scotland in the eighties, Daniel and Mr Miyagi were something completely different to what you normally saw in Hollywood films. Daniel just seemed like a normal kid, he wasn't a nerd, or a jock, he had bad and good moods, but he wasn't a rebel, plus he didn't have a lot of money or possessions. He was just this quirky but believable kid. As for Mr Miyagi, it was just so nice to see a man in films who wasn't ultra-violent and had some humility. I loved KKII as well, Daniel grew up a lot, and Mr Miyagi's back story was fleshed out. There's a really touching scene where Mr Miyagi is grieving for his father, and Daniel comforts him by sharing his experience of bereavement. Of course it helps that Daniel was, and still is😍😍😍😄
"I don't know how pushing a car would help start it."...push starting (poping the clutch) on an older stick shift, when the starter wasn't working or, the battery was to low and, you couldn't jumpstart it, was a right of passage when I grew up. lmao
"This reminds me of _Rocky_ …"
Funny you should say that. This movie was directed by John G. Avildsen who also directed _Rocky_ . That's why it has a similar vibe.
"You're The Best" was even originally written for Rocky III, which is why it includes the line "history repeats itself."
@@doctor-aesthetic Yeah it was turned down in favor of Eye of the Tiger by Survivor. Survivor would still contribute to the KK soundtrack at the end credits. Interestingly Your'e the Best was also turned down for the Flashdance soundtrack in favor of Maniac by Michael Sembello
Same director
@@doctor-aesthetic It’s been a long time since 1984.
Karate, along with most any other physical activities, develops something called muscle memory through repetitive actions. After time your muscles "remember" how to behave in order to achieve a desired result, so the person no longer has to concentrate on that consciously anymore. As a drummer, I've utilized this technique for decades; it's much more enjoyable when you're not having to focus on counting and such lol
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You put remember in quotes but it IS actually memory. Muscle cells are almost the same as braincells, both are neurons. Both strengthen their function with repeated use. Using the same string of neurons means the process gets faster and easier to initiate, as the pathways become optimised for a specific action. I know someone who had a muscle graft from another donor and the muscle memory was massively mismatched until he trained to use them together because the donor used their muscles differently to do different things.
In 1985, when I saw this in the theater, everyone in the theater stood up, shouted, and cheered when Daniel landed the crane kick at the end of the movie. Never seen that reaction in a theater since.
You'll love Elizabeth Shue when you see "Adventures in Babysitting" - a total must see. Also Back to the Future.
Also see Leaving Las Vegas
That's the thing I appreciate the most-we get more than a single training montage. We get days of muscle-memory training work. We get practice and time passing and practice and new motivation.. it makes the payoff much more meaningful.
The 80's were some harsh years, Ashleigh. Lawless karate gangs were everwhere; you couldn't even hit up the 7-11 for a Slurpee without packing nunchuks and a handful of shuriken.
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Not to mention we kids had to battle our way through deadly booby traps, giant octopi, and mother-and-sons criminal gangs every time we went to do something so simple as finding a long-lost hoard of pirate treasure. I'm so glad those days are over!
@@gspendlove Don't get me started about finding a kind-hearted alien with healing abilities and then having to face down the whole U.S. military with nothing but our dirt bikes and a winning attitude. Shit, the 80's were harsh. Kids these days have it so much easier. Even their damn skateboards are bourgeois!
I was lucky, as I knew an old nuclear physicist, who happened to invent a time machine out of a Delorean. After some accidental time travel, multi-generational bullying, and a crazy science experiment with a train, I made it back to the 80's. Then skipped ahead to the 90's where the only dangerous things were dinosaurs, but they were limited to just one island.
I laughed when Ashleigh said Macchio looks 13, because he was actually 22.
Fun trivia, in Cobra Kai, Daniel is now the same age Mr Miyagi was when he met Daniel.
23, according to imdb trivia.
I saw this as a young boy in the theatres long ago. The audience gave a huge cheer when the credits rolled. The dramatic ending leaves you feeling pumped up. I can remember doing karate moves in the parking lot as everyone walked back to their cars==I looked over my shoulder and I saw two or three other boys doing the same thing and even some of the adults- like the whole parking lot was doing Karate moves. The film was a dynamite sensation and made tons of money. Pat Morita was known for being a comedy actor. He surprised the world with this stunning performance. The Karate Kid will be remembered for a very long time as one of the greats.
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Are you sure everyone wasn't Kung-Fu fighting?
Nevermind, I'll throw myself out....
One of the scariest places to be is in the movie parking lot when a Fast and furious movie lets out! Everyone is hot shot drivers!
You aint lying - that was a hype movie back in the day - everyone was truly Kung Fu fighting - LoL
@@mattp6089 Well, he didn't say it was a little bit frightening, so probably not 🙂.
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In the special features on the 25th Anniversary Edition DVD/Blu-ray, there's an interview with Ralph Macchio, who played Daniel, and he said that he still has that yellow car.
Typically, knocking an opponent out of the "ring" gains partial point. Contact in some ways counts as a point, deliberate damage can (in some cases) count against you or cause you to get disqualified. I have seen serious unintentional injury where arms/legs get tangled and people fall. I was trained in a dojo where there were only two color belts (as was traditional in Okinawa) - white for student and black for teacher.
The director from Rocky 1 directed all 3 Karate Kid Movies and all 3 movies had the same composer as the Rocky movies. That’s why there’s such a “Rocky” feel to this movie.
The tournament montage song ("You're the Best") was originally written for a Rocky movie, but another song was chosen.
I think that was a good choice, it fits better here with the young kid than with Rocky
@@SuprousOxide it was written for Rocky 3 and got replaced by “Eye of the Tiger”
DC Comics has a character named Karate Kid. Even though the movie has nothing to do with the comic book character, DC is thanked in the credits of the movie, as they gave special permission to Columbia to use the name.
"He looks 13"...believe it or not, he was 22 during filming. Apparently none of his co-stars believed he was that old lol
Tbh this is one of my all-time favourite movies ever in the history of movies and I still get a little choked up over most of Miyagi's scenes, ans especially that ending
He STILL looks way younger than his age!
@@raputathebuta He is SIXTY to be exact, and still looks about 2/3 his age.
I also find it hilarious that in the third Karate Kid, Ralph Macchio is the same age as Thomas Ian Griffith who plays Terry Silver the villain, when he's supposed to be like 30 years older than him lol.
The golf place is actually a real life location and it still looks the same. a little bit more modernized but still has most of the same outside look. It's made several appearances on the Cobra Kai tv show, which is a continuation of all 4 Karate Kid movies.
True. As a kid my family and I would travel alot. As we headed to LAX International Airport , we would drive through Norwalk going south on the 605 fwy and I would always see that Golf N Stuff. I always tell my sister that looks exactly like the Karate Kid Golf N Stuff. As it turns out years later I found out it was the same one. It was confirmed on a Karate Kid fan site I browsed years back .
Ashleigh, your cultural understanding from watching these older films is growing and growing! You are truly doing yourself a great favor and it will help you for the rest of your life.
20:40 “Knock-off David Hasselhoff” is Martin Kove, whose IMDB listing is about twice as long as the Hoff’s. He’s a veteran character actor, sometimes plays a good guy but usually a heavy.
And he was a detective on one of my favorite shows Cagney and Lacey.
And now I will never unsee the comparison.
Mr. Miyagi's wife and son died in Interment Camp, like my Aunt. I know that people talk about actors are "professional pretenders" and they are supposed to be someone else, but Pat Morita's own background and experiences gave him an insight the producers did not. For Example, Manzanar was where the "community organizers" went. Any Japanese Artists, Singers, Buddhist Priests, even "secret societies". My Uncle was a member of the Black Dragon Society, which was like the Loyal Order of the Moose. Japanese Americans were only allowed in the 442, and Morita provided the Unit patch.
No mot your Aunt hugs
@@rebeccakimble5512 ???
Pat Morita passed several years ago. I was seven when this movie came out, and it is right up at the top of the list for my all time favorites.
I have been playing a lot of ELDEN RING lately and I created a Samuri character named Morita Miyagi.
Badass!
I was also seven when this came out. I remember seeing it in the theater with a bunch of my neighborhood friends on the first row. It was my first memorable movie going experience. I loved the pajamas that looked like Daniels karate gi with the bonsai on the back.
Epic homage.
Aww! I love it!
This movie was HUGE!!! Every boy from grade school to high school was into this movie. It was the perfect boy's movie with real life lessons from the perfect teacher. Karate was popular in the 70s with Bruce Lee movies and a few TV shows but, it went mega after this movie. Karate class studios popped up everywhere.
I had my daughter watch this one and the 2nd before watching Kobra Kai so she could get the backstory and understand the show better. She loved this movie and kobra kai has been an awesome show for us to watch as a family.
thats awesome, and as someone who had cousins who defended johnny , they sure loved how he was handled in kobra kai :D
My grandmother was from Okinawa (like Mr. Miyagi), and I got to go visit there in 2019 before the pandemic. It was so amazing to meet a ton of family I had never seen before. I was just glad there was a translator there! There was even a Miyagi castle place we went to that had a beautiful butterfly garden.
And funny thing with the catching a fly with chopsticks. I have actually done it twice. Once when I was a kid, and again just a couple of years ago. The second time it was at least witnessed by someone else. We were sitting at lunch at a sushi restaurant, and a fly was buzzing around. It landed on my plate, and I snapped it up as it flew off. Then I asked the waiter for a new set of chopsticks while my friend was like, "Dude... you just caught a fly with chopsticks and didn't even say anything!" I was like yeah, not my first time lol.
I guess you are invincible then 😄.
Fun fact : those cars were really Pat Morita's cars... and he really gave one to the actor as a gift after the movie.
They were not his, the studio gave Ralph the yellow car after he was done with the movies.
I saw an interview recently.
Ralph Maccio still has the yellow convertible.
@@helloweener2007 yes he said it was in storage and it was refurbished for the new series
Pat Morita was known as a comedian before this film. In fact, he was so well known for being wacky - and not speaking with a Japanese accent - the director and the studio refused to allow him to even audition. The producer of the film fought for Pat and kinda tricked the studio and director into giving him a chance. The rest is history.
He started his stand-up career not long after WWII, when people were still sore about Pearl Harbor and it wasn't a great time to be Japanese-American. He faced some potentially hostile audiences and managed to bring them over to his side using self-deprecating jokes that let the tension out of the room. He earned the nickname "the hip Nip" (back during a time when that was seen more as a term of endearment than offensive). It's amazing how humor can bring people together, when done right.
You have it reversed. The producer Jerry Weintraub didn't want Morita because he was a comedian, but the director John G. Avildsen was willing to give him a chance. As Morita says in this interview: ruclips.net/video/MoBeHY1Rvs0/видео.html
@@Mokkari77 thanks for the correction.
@@jculver1674 That could be an interesting biopic!
@@dsillsevans clap clap clap. Great display of civil behavior! I salute you.
If a car has a manual transmission and the starter or battery died, you can give it a push-start. You turn on the ignition key, push in the clutch, put her in 1st gear, then roll it down a slope or get a small push to 3-5 MPH, pop the clutch and the car will start.
as mentioned on IMDB, ( I read this ages ago) The station wagon, a 1969 Chevelle Concours Wagon that Daniel and his Mom are driving is actually an Automatic and not a "stick". and would not have a clutch
@@tony--james Maybe so, but the filmmaker made a point of suggesting that the car needed a push to start, and when she pulls away from the girl's house, you can see the sudden jolt of acceleration as the engine supposedly starts, but I'm sure they did this on purpose despite the car being an automatic.
19:15 Lol, all mouth kisses were shown this way in '80s films, tv shows, tv soap operas, etc. People did it in public places too in plain daylight, in parks or in malls. Sometimes couples were so distracted that commuters stop around them, made a crowd, then wait in silence to explode then in a loud crowd applause after the couple stop with the kissing. 😂
This is one of my all time favorite movies. As a kid, I watched this on VHS all the time until the VHS finally bit the dust
"Is he teaching hand movements? Is that what is going on?"
Did you hear that phone? Because she called it!
As others have suggested on here, I highly recommend Adventures in Babysitting. It is a fun and wild ride from beginning to end.
Yesssssss
Definitely recommend it too!
"Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues"
@@foxdvd One of the most memorable lines in the movie, by a character with less than 10 minutes of total screen time.
Now you really need to put The Karate Kid Part II on your "to watch" list. There are many who think it is even better than the first one. Thanks again for a great reaction and I look forward to seeing more.
I'd like to see reactions to The Karate Kid part 2 and 3. Then the Cobra Kai series.
Ashley, this is one of the rare exceptions to the no sequels rule. The sequel is as good if not better than the original.
Ralph Macchio did actually catch a fly with his chopsticks.
Actor Martin Kove, who plays psycho karate instructor John Kreese in this film, has made his entire career playing bad guys, but everyone he's ever worked with says that he's one of the most good-natured, friendly people they've ever met. Kove himself says that he and Pat Morita and Ralph Macchio became pretty good friends in the year after the Karate Kid movies, and tells some fantastic "behind the scenes" stories about making it.
Also, something people sometimes forget about William Zabka is that he's an Oscar nominee.
I've heard that William Zabka is a pretty chill dude too, despite playing many a-hole characters in many 80's movies.
The two do a really good job with their characters in Cobra Kai. I really like seeing more of the Karate Kid movie events thru Johnny's eyes, and getting some back story for Kreese.
But he also played a cop on Cagney and Lacey for years.
Yes, but I’m sorry ‘a Great Value David Hasselhoff’ had me ROLLING!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣.
The story of Mr Miyagi's wife and kid dying in a US Japanese internment camp was inspired by Pat Morita's own life. When he was a kid, at the age of 11, he was sent to a clinic to repair his damaged legs. While still in recovery, he was yanked out of bed by two federal agents and marched off to an outdoor prison for the crime of being of Japanese descent. He was too young to serve in the military but he often watched people step out of their prison huts, don US army uniforms and go off to fight in WWII.
@Gerald H I commented above about Tule Lake. They didn't "amount" to concentration camps, they WERE concentration camps. Yet another black mark on the history of the great nation.
America has accomplished great things... but we have to acknowledge the terrible things in our history, as well.
You put me in an internment camp for no reason,then think I'm gonna go fight over seas!!! I would've told america to go KICK-ROCKS !!!! LOL.
@@powerbad696 100%! But they did!
A questionnaire went around and asked US Citizens if they'd renounce any loyalty to the Emperor of Japan. Being US Citizens, they HAD no loyalty, so they marked "No." They were also asked if they'd take up arms in defense of the US, and many, as you said, marked "No." These became known as the "No-No Boys" and were deemed "Disloyal," and sent to Tule Lake, Ca, which became a prison camp among prison camps.
What a nightmare, eh?
Here in Canada we also interned Japanese, German & Italian (til 43) civilians. Several other Countries in the Western Hemisphere like Brazil did too. America wasn't unique. Germans were interned in WW1 too.
@@chairmanmeow2413 I did not know that! Thank you for giving me more to research!
How did the Canadians deal with it after the war? DM me if it's a long convo.
Fun Fact: The original ending of this movie was the beginning of part 2. They filmed that ending but didn't use it, probably feeling it wasn't needed to end the story. When they decided to make Part 2, they used that footage rightly so to not only pick up where this movie left off but help start the story of Part 2.
FUN FACT... Ralph Macchio (Daniel) was 21 when he played Daniel in Karate Kid... he has ALWAYS looked young!
"Oh lord if he would have inhaled her lungs would have came RIGHT out of her body!"
Oh my god. I had to stop it for a second after that to catch my breath!
as someone who grew up without a father, this movie thought me alot. I learned how to paint, wax cars, taking care of Plants & great life philosophy from this movie.
brings back so many memories as a kid coming out of theater after this
The Karate kid is so good. The actor who plays Daniel is Ralph Macchio he was in the Outsiders and my cousin vinnie
When a car with a manual transmission wouldn't start you could get it rolling down a hill, rapidly release the clutch and the motor would (sometimes) turn over and start running. It's called "popping the clutch". Although I used to drive standard, it's not a skill I ever learned.
That little blue car of Mr. Miyagi's that you liked was a Nash Metropolitan. Adorable little cars and I wanted one too when I was a teenager.
Noriyuki (Pat) Morita was a famous and respected actor. He had roles in a ton of movies and was "Arnold" on Happy Days for years. I've never heard a single unpleasant thing about him and I still miss seeing him.
Have a great week!
I had a stick where the starter went bad. I popped the clutch to start it for like 3 months.
Yep, my first truck had a bad starter and it was a manual transmission. So I had to “pop the clutch” a few times.
I was a cocktail server around 2016 and served “Johnny” and “Daniel” in the bar I worked at. I was secretly freaking out and tried to listen in on their conversation. It seemed like they were reconnecting or something but I often wonder if those were the first few steps to their Netflix show Cobra Kai.
The most relatable and iconic movie of it’s generation.
I LOOOVED this review! Also, the Cobra Kai show is a present day sequel to the Karate Kid movies, and features many of the same actors. Sadly, Pat Morita, who played Mr. Miyagi, did pass away several years ago. He was an amazing actor. Some of the producers were skeptical about casting him, because all his previous acting had been in comedic roles, but he proved without a doubt that he was even better as a dramatic actor with this film. On another note, if you haven't already reviewed it, I highly recommend "Adventures in Babysitting". It's a comedy, and features the same actress who played "Ali with an I" in Karate Kid (Elisabeth Shue) as the babysitter.
Love this movie!! I can't tell you how many times I watched it growing up. And I 100% agree with you, Mr Miyagi is the BEST! It's also funny how you keep saying that Daniel looks like 13-14 in this movie, because of the three main character teens (Daniel, Ali and Johnny) Ralph Macchio is the oldest, at 23 years old. Ali (Elisabeth Shue) is 21 and Johnny (William Zabka) is the youngest and only actual teenager at 19. Ralph always had a baby face and was cast in a lot of younger roles because of it. Also, surprised you didn't recognize him from The Outsiders or My Cousin Vinny!
For a fun Elisabeth Shue film check out Adventures in Babysitting (1987).
Pat Morita died in 2005 and Ralph Macchio delivered the eulogy. Morita had problems with alcoholism and had a rough life even since his childhood. There is a documentary on his life that was produced last year.
Ralph also referred to Pat as "my sensei" in the eulogy too, which I love
I was so obsessed with this movie back then. I had that headband and wore it all the time.
The little blue car you think is so cute is called a *NASH*
Fun fact: Pat Morita didn’t know karate so he learned the moves for the movie. This movie and Karate Kid 2 are both great. In my opinion, the third one is so-so. The Japanese actress in KK2 is very beautiful. Pat Morita also played a side part in one of the greatest films about WWII in the pacific, Tora! Tora! Tora!. It is about the attack on Pearl Harbor and is a join American-Japanese production. It is a long movie but it is riveting and highly realistic. Check it out!
I think you could be mistaking his role in the film Midway rather than Tora! Tora! Tora! But I completely agree that film is great and is definitely worth watching.
He also played one of the more hilarious characters in the early seasons of MASH. There you hear his real voice, no accent.
The Japanese actress in KK2 is Tamlyn Tomita, who was actually born in Okinawa but grew up in LA. She was in 2 episodes of Cobra Kai (Season 3) reprising her role of Kumiko.
Karate Kid 2, the only Karate Kid sequel.
Yep.
@@ED-jy1de She was also the first Lt. Commander of Babylon 5 in the pilot movie.
Something tells me that whether she likes the movie or hates it, Ashleigh's review of This Is Spın̈al Tap is going to be one of the best on her channel.
The most millennial thing ever spoken: "I didn't realize karate was a thing in the 80s." 😀 This movie played a role, but it was already a thing when it came out. Martial Arts were *huge* in the 80s.
No doubt, napoleon dynamite cements that.
"I'm not sure how pushing you car will help start it" gives that some strong competition, too.
@@marblemunkey Yeah. Someone may have never used a clutch either. 😀
The TV show Kung Fu was on 1973-75. The song "Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting" came out in 1974. Not the 80s, but probably had a part in the martial arts growth later.
I was in a karate class when this came out, and we were impressed that Miyagi started the kid with eight-point blocking which is super important as a first skill.
I think "Daniel-san" played the beginning *perfectly* with his initial attitude. I attended 10 different schools before I graduated and it is HARD to start over in a new school knowing no one - *especially* if you are in high school when you should be experiencing that time with your long time friends. Have some empathy for him.
Ashleigh - Pat Morita is a long time actor and Actual WWII veterern , he was on MASH and did 1986 Babes in Toyland .
"Banzai" is pronounced "bahn-zeye" and is a war cry that literally means "ten thousand years". "Bonsai" is the tiny tree and is pronounced "bone-sigh".
Was actually going to say the same thing. :D
Thanks now I know
Huh! And here I thought it was the same all this time. Thanks!
I would fully recommend Karate Kid II and III despite how you feel about sequels. It's really worth it, it really is. You get seriously invested in Daniel's story. It also makes the Cobra Kai series (which is also great) make so much more sense.
Agreed! Plus, despite the cheesiness of the third movie, I think it teaches one of the greatest lessons to be learned and has one of best, if not THE best, line from Miyagi in the series during that final fight about facing your fears. That and the antagonists are peak 80's crazy and brilliantly acted 😜
Might as well throw Next KK in there, if she's going to watch Cobra Kai - however, I hated 3. And if it hadn't of been for Cobra Kai, I wouldn't have rewatched it (because I couldn't remember what happened). It was torture.
This was a very well executed Father figure / Son , coming of age movie. Stand up for yourself, take responsibility, learn the lessons of being a respected and independent man. Great performance by Pat Morita!
I'm glad that you finally had your opportunity. It was worth the wait, as you can see.
I think you would like this story. I wish I could remember it better. There was a TV show that played pranks on celebrities. On one episode, they sent someone to Pat Morita's modest home and the person said that they were walking by his house and realized they had to go to the bathroom. The person asked to come in and use their bathroom and Pat didn't hesitate. He impressed everyone with his kindness.
I always thought they should make a prequel centered around Miyagi and his life before he met Daniel. From growing up in Okinawa, to migrating to the US, to being put in the WW2 interment camps, to enlisting in the Army and winning the Medal of Honor, and sadly, losing his wife and unborn child, he really had an eventful life. I think it would make a great movie if done in Forrest Gump style. I would simply call it “Miyagi”.
Unfortunately, today's Hollywood would probably screw it up.
@@johnw8578 Not if it's a show!
@@sexysadie2901 give it to Netflix as a connection to Cobra Kai... I think it could be awesome... Or complete garbage.
I think there was a movie exactly like that in pre-production a while back, but it got lost in Development Hell.
If you have a manual transmission in your car you just turn the key to the run position,, push the clutch in, push the car to get it rolling, put it in gear and pop the clutch. This turns over the engine and starts the car. As a teen my older brother had an old Datsun and the starter went out. He couldn't afford to have it replaced so he tried to always park on a hill so he could just roll start it. The school parking lot was flat so he would give anyone a ride home who helped push start the car. We did this for over a year! LOL
Daniel (Ralph Macchio) is also known for The Outsiders, My Cousin Vinny & Crossroads.
The Karate Kids sequels aren't as good as the original but are worth a watch, the Cobra Kai Netflix series is really good.
Great movie, and the start of an Elizabeth Shue crush that I still have to this day. And like others said, I’m pleasantly surprised at how well done Cobra Kai is
Adventures in Babysitting is where my crush on her came from. I could totally relate to Brad in that movie.
@@doughbafett DON'T F*** WITH THE BABYSITTER!
I love the unwritten subtext of the scene of Mr. Miyagi being intoxicated. It starts off as amusing, but ends up leaving a lot of heartbreaking exposition, where the viewer learns that his family was imprisoned in an Japanese internment camp, and that his wife dies while in labor.
The patch on Miyagi’s uniform is from the 442nd Infantry Regiment, which was almost entirely made up of second generation Japanese-Americans, which was known as The Purple Heart Battalion, and were one of the most decorated outfits in the European Theater. At the end of the scene, Daniel pulls out a Medal of Honor, which is the highest award for valor in the military.
Don't know about now, but having driven a stick shift or two back in the day (yes I'm old), if you get the car rolling and pop the clutch, ignition! Great for sneaking out the house at night and your folks not hearing your engine start. Cruise down the street a bit before slamming the door shut. Yup, old and bad medicine (Bon Jovi, 1988) >D LOVE your channel!
The catching flies with chopsticks is a reference to one of the greatest movies ever, "Yojimbo" with the great Japanese actor Tishira Mifuni, who scares off a gang when the see him be so fast he catches flies with his chopsticks.
Toshiro Mifune was the star of Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai which was the inspiration for The Magnificent Seven (1960) staring Yul Brynner. He also played Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto in Midway and Lord Toranaga Shōgun.
Oh please Toshiro mifune. rest all ok.
@@erickdraven5936 Thank you. Corrected...
You know, the only reason I watched this in the 80’s as a kid (besides having tons of brothers), was because Daniel was from Newark, NJ, so it was hometeam. All these years later, after 4 Karate Kid movies, i am the BIGGEST Cobra Kai fan there is, & super TeamJohnny… i hope u follow thru on these, if only so u can see Cobra Kai.. its a wonderful show.. and even deceased all these years later, Miyagi is crucial still to the ongoing story…. Would love for u to see that & catch up!
Ashleigh: "Yes! I am going to love this movie."
Me; yes....yes you are!
Hello Ashleigh
To start, Pat Morita was first introduced to American audiences as 1 of the Al's of Al's Dinner in "happy Days" where the main characters used to go hang out and eat.
Second, manual (gearshift) cars can be restarted by pushing the car to a a lite speed while pushing down the clutch (3rd pedal) while in 1st gear. Once it is going at a good speed, you lift the foot of the clutch and the car should restart. Sometimes it might take a few attempts to get it started. Only reasons it would not start would be lack of gas or oil, mechanical problems (engine, transmission, radiator, carburetor), or serious electrical problems.
The scene with the chopsticks and fly actually happened for real. Pat Morita's reaction was actually genuine. Up to this moment, he himself had never been able to do what Ralph Macchio did in the scene.
Ali's parents do not see Johnny is a "douchebag" because he is a child of wealth same social status, and privilege just like them. So they permit his behavior.
As for the "Alli" character, you have to remember that she comes from a prominent wealthy family of privilege. Hence, she will have some 'no-so-nice' views and attitudes to people not of her status'. But because of going to public school (strange that she is not in a private school) and Daniel, she starts to be more fair and accepting of other people with different backgrounds and social levels than her.
Unfortunately we lost Mr. Morita in late 2005 of kidney failure. For those of us that enjoyed his work, it was a sad ending to that year. He was a well beloved actor.
Glad that you enjoyed and can see why it is so popular. And why there is a current continuation to the sorry almost 40 years later with the series "Cobra Kai" starring both the original "Daniel" and "Johnny" and the 'low-grade' Hasselhoff actor.
The 80s were a great time to grow up. Wouldn’t trade places with the kids today for a million bucks.