Comments on: Movie Notes: The Karate Kid http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/ Entertainment and Tech Digest Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:18:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: iPhone App: Blastination » Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-31551 iPhone App: Blastination » Webomatica - Entertainment and Tech Digest Tue, 03 Nov 2009 04:42:28 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/#comment-31551 [...] Simple gameplay: use the iPhone’s touch screen to draw lines. A ball bounces around on screen, bouncing off of your drawn lines and various walls scattered about the playing field. Your lines disappear after a few seconds, and the ball can disappear off one edge and wrap around to the other side. Controlling the ball is easier said than done, and the fun comes from the rather helpless feeling of getting something done with limited tools; think catching a fly with chopsticks. [...] […] Simple gameplay: use the iPhone’s touch screen to draw lines. A ball bounces around on screen, bouncing off of your drawn lines and various walls scattered about the playing field. Your lines disappear after a few seconds, and the ball can disappear off one edge and wrap around to the other side. Controlling the ball is easier said than done, and the fun comes from the rather helpless feeling of getting something done with limited tools; think catching a fly with chopsticks. […]

]]> By: okinawa http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-30400 okinawa Thu, 21 May 2009 00:38:12 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/#comment-30400 Ok, who doesn't like the Karate Kid? (Probably many) But, I would tend to disagree with the haters, this film is a classic and a great family movie...and their is a reason everyone knows what "wax on, wax off" means. Ok, who doesn’t like the Karate Kid? (Probably many) But, I would tend to disagree with the haters, this film is a classic and a great family movie…and their is a reason everyone knows what “wax on, wax off” means.

]]> By: Movie Notes: Weird Science » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-22944 Movie Notes: Weird Science » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:34:45 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/#comment-22944 [...] that I found hilarious as a teenager is a guilty pleasure (obviously, since I’ve done it repeatedly). 1985’s Weird Science has many of the charms and excesses of that period, more so as [...] […] that I found hilarious as a teenager is a guilty pleasure (obviously, since I’ve done it repeatedly). 1985’s Weird Science has many of the charms and excesses of that period, more so as […]

]]> By: Movie Notes: Bulletproof Monk » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-21871 Movie Notes: Bulletproof Monk » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest Sat, 03 May 2008 14:11:43 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/#comment-21871 [...] A Guy Thing: don’t waste your time. For martial arts comedy, may I whole-heartedly recommend The Karate Kid. I barely got through Bulletproof Monk and enjoyed the act of deleting the iTunes movie file more [...] […] A Guy Thing: don’t waste your time. For martial arts comedy, may I whole-heartedly recommend The Karate Kid. I barely got through Bulletproof Monk and enjoyed the act of deleting the iTunes movie file more […]

]]> By: Movie Notes: The Next Karate Kid » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-11366 Movie Notes: The Next Karate Kid » Webomatica - Technology and Entertainment Digest Tue, 25 Sep 2007 04:52:01 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/#comment-11366 [...] same time, this sort of film requires an emotional connection between the teacher and student. In the original Karate Kid, Ralph Macchio, totally enraptured by Mr. Miyagi nods his head as he tries to comprehend the [...] […] same time, this sort of film requires an emotional connection between the teacher and student. In the original Karate Kid, Ralph Macchio, totally enraptured by Mr. Miyagi nods his head as he tries to comprehend the […]

]]> By: Dave http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-10469 Dave Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:19:56 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/#comment-10469 Oh sorry, the winner was Haing S. Ngor for the Killing Fields Oh sorry, the winner was Haing S. Ngor for the Killing Fields

]]> By: webomatica http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-10467 webomatica Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:15:47 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/#comment-10467 Good to point out that Pat Morita got the nomination - I wonder if he won, could his film career moved higher so he wouldn't have stooped to Do Or Die... ah well. One of the extras on the DVD mentions the drunk Miyagi scene nearly got cut - some suits thought it distracted from the main story. Good to point out that Pat Morita got the nomination — I wonder if he won, could his film career moved higher so he wouldn’t have stooped to Do Or Die… ah well.

One of the extras on the DVD mentions the drunk Miyagi scene nearly got cut — some suits thought it distracted from the main story.

]]> By: Dave http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-10466 Dave Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:10:33 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/#comment-10466 [my message got cut off for some reason] Ralph Richardson -- Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes {"The Sixth Earl of Greystoke"} Fortunately, this is the Pat Morita performance most know and remember and thankfully not that *other* performance (Do or Die) that you recently reviewed ;-) [my message got cut off for some reason]

Ralph Richardson — Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes {“The Sixth Earl of Greystoke”}

Fortunately, this is the Pat Morita performance most know and remember and thankfully not that *other* performance (Do or Die) that you recently reviewed ;-)

]]> By: Dave http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-10465 Dave Fri, 21 Sep 2007 18:09:39 +0000 http://www.webomatica.com/wordpress/2007/09/21/movie-notes-the-karate-kid/#comment-10465 This movie is hilarious. It looks dated, but I'll still sit in rapt attention if I'm even channel surfing late at night and come across this movie. I seem to remember that Pat Morita received an Oscar nomination for best-supporting actor. I wanted to confirm, so I checked the Academy Awards database, and sure enough, here's who was up for the 1985 awards in this category: ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Adolph Caesar -- A Soldier's Story {"Sgt. Waters"} John Malkovich -- Places in the Heart {"Mr. Will"} Noriyuki 'Pat' Morita -- The Karate Kid {"Miyagi"} Haing S. Ngor -- The Killing Fields {"Dith Pran"} This movie is hilarious. It looks dated, but I’ll still sit in rapt attention if I’m even channel surfing late at night and come across this movie.

I seem to remember that Pat Morita received an Oscar nomination for best-supporting actor. I wanted to confirm, so I checked the Academy Awards database, and sure enough, here’s who was up for the 1985 awards in this category:

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Adolph Caesar — A Soldier’s Story {“Sgt. Waters”}
John Malkovich — Places in the Heart {“Mr. Will”}
Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita — The Karate Kid {“Miyagi”}
Haing S. Ngor — The Killing Fields {“Dith Pran”}

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