Rewatching after 15 years - One complaint
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Sonic_whovian — 9 years ago(August 04, 2016 10:32 AM)
Yeah because a teenager who lives with his mum and goes to school is going to be as tough as a professional boxer who works as a loan shark who grew up on the streets and has already had years of training and fight experience by th first movie whereas Daniel had done a couple months of karate.
You could say rocky turns into a wimp in rocky 2 and 3 as well because in the second movie he barely trains and doesn't want it for most of the movie until the last bit and in rocky 3 he gets knocked out in 2 rounds then can't be bothered to train and tells Adrian how scared he is -
nycboy94117 — 9 years ago(February 05, 2017 06:04 PM)
I have to disagree. The continuity of this movie was within 1 year. Part 2 picked up right wear Part 1 left off. Maturity and experience takes time; years actually, so I guess that is why Daniel acted that way he did because he is just learning and the discipline of being a Karate Master takes years and years of physical and mental experience.
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MsStarchild — 9 years ago(February 08, 2017 08:02 PM)
As someone who studied karate for more than a decade, what nycboy says is true. I made it to 3rd degree Black Belt in Shin Nagare Karate and 1St Degree Black Belt in Ju Jitsu. It takes time to even get a certain degree of confidence, experience(both mental and physical) and strength even sparring in classlet alone tournament fighting.
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ZolotoyRetriever — 4 years ago(November 30, 2021 06:37 PM)
After every point he got in the tournament he had this look on his face as if to say "Holy cow! I did that? Wow!" And he wins the tournament with a gimmick.
I noticed that too. It was off-putting. I got that same vibe in Karate Kid II, especially in the scene where he managed to break the 6 sheets of ice with one hand chop. His reaction was so childish, it was like he was saying, "Wow, I actually did it! Mr. Miyagi and his bag of karate tricks really work!" -
preachcaleb — 1 year ago(March 18, 2025 04:44 PM)
I like that it wasn't the same as Rocky.
Daniel is just a 17 year old kid. Rocky was older and bit more bitter. He worked as muscle for loan sharks. He had more experience in the real world and that showed in his character. Rocky was angry. Daniel was scared. He'd had only about six weeks of actual training. Miyagi agrees to teach him after his assault on Halloween and the tournament is in mid December.
Heck, Rocky had had many professional fights. He knew how they went. Daniel was competing in his very first tournament against seasoned competitors.
So many stories, so little time.