Karate Kid: Legends
Jun. 5th, 2025 08:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearLast night, we took our standard walk to the cinema and back - and, in between, watched Karate Kid: Legends.
We've been big fans of the TV show, Cobra Kai, over the last few years - though I have to admit I'm glad it's over, because the melodrama hit ridiculous heights by the end!
Anyway, that's why I was reasonably interested to see the new movie - and I mostly enjoyed it. I liked the characters (and wow - Joshua Jackson is ageing well - Pacey 4 Evah!!), it was a fun story and an easy watch.
But it was also pretty weird - though largely because the film suggested by the trailer didn't actually start until about half an hour before the end... Without having seen the trailer, it might not have felt so jarring, but it seemed like there was one film for the first 1.5 hours and then a whole different film was jammed into the last 30 minutes...
It was also rather lacking in the emotional depth department, which was a shame because there were a lot of emotional beats to plumb and they weren't utilised successfully. But I was okay with just going along for the ride and having a fun time.
Oh, and for a Cobra Kai fan, the post credits sequence was worth the admission price alone!!
We've been big fans of the TV show, Cobra Kai, over the last few years - though I have to admit I'm glad it's over, because the melodrama hit ridiculous heights by the end!
Anyway, that's why I was reasonably interested to see the new movie - and I mostly enjoyed it. I liked the characters (and wow - Joshua Jackson is ageing well - Pacey 4 Evah!!), it was a fun story and an easy watch.
But it was also pretty weird - though largely because the film suggested by the trailer didn't actually start until about half an hour before the end... Without having seen the trailer, it might not have felt so jarring, but it seemed like there was one film for the first 1.5 hours and then a whole different film was jammed into the last 30 minutes...
It was also rather lacking in the emotional depth department, which was a shame because there were a lot of emotional beats to plumb and they weren't utilised successfully. But I was okay with just going along for the ride and having a fun time.
Oh, and for a Cobra Kai fan, the post credits sequence was worth the admission price alone!!
