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Question about The Karate Kid
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:06 am
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:06 am
The entire movie Johnny bullies and beats up on Daniel with no mercy. Seems he doesn't give a shite about hurting him at all. Then in the tournament when his sensei says "Sweep the leg" he acts horrified. Why was it such a big deal to "sweep the leg" on someone that he hated?
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Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:08 am to Henry Jones Jr
Johnny in fact did not want to put Daniel in a body bag therefore ruining his chances of a Karate scholarship to Cal St. Fullerton.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:10 am to Henry Jones Jr
He was insulted at the idea he had to cheat to beat Daniel.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:11 am to Henry Jones Jr
he wanted to prove he could beat him fairly. Johnny was a competitor.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:21 am to Henry Jones Jr
In the semifinal he had one of his guys purposely DQ to hurt him so he wouldn't go to the final. Johnny seen that for the dick move it was.
Also being a douche to Daniel in private is one thing but sweeping the leg in a public place made him look bad.
Also being a douche to Daniel in private is one thing but sweeping the leg in a public place made him look bad.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:22 am to Henry Jones Jr
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The entire movie Johnny bullies and beats up on Daniel with no mercy.
Does he?
Daniel shows up as the new kid trying to "White Knight" for a girl who had caught his eye and sucker punches Johnny in the beak. Beat down ensues.
Then he gets Johnny with his little water prank at the dance and beat down ensues.
Johnny even told him:
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"you couldn't leave well enough alone could you, you little twerp. You had to push it. Now you're going to pay."
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:30 am to Master of Sinanju
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He was insulted at the idea he had to cheat to beat Daniel.
This is the way I saw it. He wanted to beat him fair and square in the tournament.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:31 am to Green Chili Tiger
Solid post. I've often felt I was the only one that thought Daniel was kind of a dick.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:32 am to Green Chili Tiger
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Daniel shows up as the new kid trying to "White Knight" for a girl who had caught his eye and sucker punches Johnny in the beak. Beat down ensues.
Oh I agree. Daniel was a douche who brought it all on himself.
This post was edited on 7/24/14 at 11:32 am
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:33 am to Green Chili Tiger
Yea Daniel was a douche as well
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:34 am to TK421
Wait... Daniel was "The Karate Kid"?
I thought Johnny was the hero...
I thought Johnny was the hero...
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:36 am to TK421
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I've often felt I was the only one that thought Daniel was kind of a dick.
I know how you feel.
I wonder what Myagi's response would have been if Daniel had told him the whole story the night Myagi "saved" him?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:38 am to Henry Jones Jr
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Oh I agree. Daniel was a douche who brought it all on himself.
This. Johnny was a bad arse and wasn't The Crane kick illegal?
This post was edited on 7/24/14 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:51 am to Henry Jones Jr
I'm sorry about this being from HIMYM, but it's appropriate.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:51 am to Green Chili Tiger
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I wonder what Myagi's response would have been if Daniel had told him the whole story the night Myagi "saved" him?
You got no balance in life kid. Better learn balance. Balance is key. Balance good, karate good. Everything good. Balance bad, better pack up, go home. Understand?
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:52 am to LasVegasTiger
I feel like this needs to be bumped. Daniel deserved every single thing that happened to him in that movie, except for the trophy. John should have been the actual winner of the tournament. It was bullshite:
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John Lawrence should actually be the champion. Speaking of the above point…did anyone at the tournament actually bother to check Daniel’s background? Clearly he isn’t really a black belt, so clearly he was not qualified to fight in the tournament, thus negating his wins and the trophy should then go to the runner up, which was John.
A punch to the face is illegal but a kick isn’t? What kind of bullshite rule is that? In the final fight, Daniel scores the first two points. Then Johnny scores the next two. Then, John gets a clean punch to the face of Daniel, but that's not a point. Keep in mind that a punch to the back of the head is a point, as evidenced by Daniel's Second point scored...so punches to the head ARE allowed. Also, immediately after John scores his second point, we see Daniel attempting to punch John in the face...here it is from multiple angles:
So either Daniel was intentionally trying to punch him to be a dick (if it is against the rules), or John was fricked by not getting a point for punching Daniel in the face. It can't be both.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:53 am to LSUDAN1
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You got no balance in life kid. Better learn balance. Balance is key. Balance good, karate good. Everything good. Balance bad, better pack up, go home. Understand?
If he told him the truth, I figured it would have been: "What hell wrong with you? You stupid? Stop poking bear and bear not eat you."
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:55 am to Henry Jones Jr
He even says "no. I can beat him" or something like that. Daniel did push it, but Johnny et al constantly harassed him. I think the apology from the kid who injured him and Johnny's shock were due to the fact that they were basically clean cut kids who were dicks, but they still had enough class to realize how dirty that was.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 11:55 am to Green Chili Tiger
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Does he?
Daniel shows up as the new kid trying to "White Knight" for a girl who had caught his eye and sucker punches Johnny in the beak. Beat down ensues.
Then he gets Johnny with his little water prank at the dance and beat down ensues.
Let's just pretend that Johnny and his group of thugs didn't cause Daniel to get into a horrific bike accident, that was brought on by nothing.
And Johnny was drugging at the dance. He got off easy. Daniel could have told on him, and ruined his life forever.
Posted on 7/24/14 at 12:02 pm to CocomoLSU
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Daniel deserved every single thing that happened to him in that movie
bullshite
So, Daniel played a little prank, and Johnny got a little wet..... BFD
Johnny got off easy. He was drugging on school grounds. He should have been expelled, and sent to prison.
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John should have been the actual winner of the tournament.
I've always felt that they did frick up the scoring, but frick the "he wasn't a black belt" nonsense.
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