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Andy K (10821 KP) rated The Karate Kid (1984) in Movies

Dec 1, 2018  
The Karate Kid (1984)
The Karate Kid (1984)
1984 | Adventure, Drama, Family
9
8.4 (87 Ratings)
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I wish I had a friend like Mr. Miyagi!
When high schooler Daniel moves to California with his mother, he soon discovers life on the West Coast is more intense then what he is used to back home and starts getting bullied by the local hooligans.

Enter Mr. Miyagi.

Daniel meets a quiet, Japanese man who gives Daniel odd jobs to do when he is supposed to be teaching Daniel to defend himself.

What does it all mean?

I could use so many phrases to describe the perfect elements of this film like coming-of-age, heroes, mentoring, positive role models, underdog story and none of them would do this movie justice.

I'm sure the younger generation would find some of this cheesy now (like the standard 80s montages), but the message is what's important and that has not changed.

It really is one of those films that just makes you feel good while watching and you always get swept up in the drama and want Daniel to succeed.

A triumph!
  
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OneStarReads (141 KP) rated The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events #2) in Books

Aug 13, 2018  
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events #2)
The Reptile Room (A Series of Unfortunate Events #2)
Lemony Snicket | 1999 | Children
6
8.5 (24 Ratings)
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I created a video explaining my slow decent into hating this series, book by book, for your viewing pleasure:




My written review is as follows:
Sometimes, you simply have to remember this book is a kids story. But there's only so much that can make up for; after a while things just get tiring. The whole 'defining words we think the Baudelaire's can't understand, even in somewhat dire situations' became annoying quite fast in the first book, and it's still here in this one. Not only that, but it's always incredibly jarring. Speaking of jarring, the author constantly interrupts by way of Lemmony Snicket to over describe how terrible the Baudelaire's are feeling at one moment to the next, and also constantly remind us how terrible their lives are and forever will be. In some parts it's well done, and in others, not so much. It becomes overused to the point that the story doesn't become enticing anymore, I just get annoyed at the narrator.

However, even with these minor quibbles I did want to keep reading. It's a good book for it's intended audience, as long as they don't mind the slight condescension the author brings to the reader. In my view, it wasn't bad, but it wasn't good, so three stars. If I wanted to over-analyze, I'd bring Mr. Poe into this (heaven help the children; no wonder the events are unfortunate)
  
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