Daniel's freind
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Karate Kid
jackiefoxybrown — 9 years ago(September 12, 2016 07:35 PM)
I've seen this movie countless times but forgot if Daniel's friendship with that boy he met in his building ever flourished. I don't remember seing him after his freinds scoffed at him for being freinds with Daniel after he got beat up by the karate gang.
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digitalboy72 — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 09:13 AM)
Sadly it never did, he was never mentioned or seen again after the beach scene.
He buckled under the pressure from his friends about being friends with someone who was perceived as weak or uncool.
What I never got was how they could think that? Daniel didn't take any of Johnny's crap and even landed a punch so in any other social situation he would have gotten major points from his friends for not backing down. It just never rang true to me that he would be scoffed at. -
jackiefoxybrown — 9 years ago(September 13, 2016 10:39 AM)
Exactly! That's why I always change the channel when that scene comes on. It wasn't like Daniel antagonized the situation. The bullies started it, and on top of that, from what I rememberhe got jumped and they kicked him while he was down literally.
I can tell that the freind felt remorse for Daniel and wanted to help him but like you mentioned, he succumbed to the peer pressure.
But you mention some good points, Daniel took a heck of a beating and did not back down until he physically unable to.so I don't think that was realistic that the other guys did not want anything to do with him. -
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Kotter7579 — 9 years ago(September 16, 2016 12:54 PM)
Great call as he and the others were in the crowd cheering him on.
An additional scene with Freddie at any point in the middle of the film would have made for a nice bridge from all we know in his opening scenes to him being at the tournament and cheering on Daniel. Since they did live in the same area, it makes sense that they would have seen each other (or school) and still interacted at any point prior to the December tournament. That was a good 3-4 months of time! They had to have hung out, talked, etc.
Seems like Freddie being at the tournament is motivated by he and his friends wanting to see a good fight and for Johnny to go down. And Freddie remembers the beach confrontation as well since he was there.
"what's this? A doorknob? Good show!" the easily impressed Dr. Bartley