Talk:The Next Karate Kid/Archive 1

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"Based on 27 reviews at Rotten Tomatoes; the film has an approval rating of no higher than 7%." That shouldn't be notable enough to include in the article. 27 reviews isn't nearly enough to form an actual percentage sample size. It's useless trivia and serves no purpose in the article. Its IMDB score of 4.4/10 out of over 21,000 ratings is a far better measure of the film's reception, but even that's not necessarily a reliable statistic. Removing this line. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.79.59.95 (talk) 07:09, 5 May 2018 (UTC)

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This article needs to be expanded big time.

Yeah, but what needs to be expanded even more is the article for Karate Kid 3. It's extremely short.

I agree both plus KK2 all need to be expanded. Buzda 10:19, 22 October 2005 (UTC)

Goofs, Trivia and Quotes Section should go..

But I won't delete them because someone interested could integrate some info in the article. 200.23.91.242 (talk) 17:02, 23 January 2008 (UTC) ^{(Hey! Listen!)}

Section needs rewrite and sources

This section has no sources and reads like trivia -Classicfilms (talk) 02:07, 20 October 2019 (UTC)

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All the interior and exterior scenes were filmed on the Brookline High School campus, except for the scene in the gymnasium. The exterior shot is the Brookline High School gym, but the interior was Cousens Gymnasium at Tufts University. Other scenes from the movie were shot in the Boston area. For example, the scenes at Julie's house were filmed in nearby Newton.

The first three movies in the series, which featured Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso, were set in Los Angeles, California. In this movie, the setting is changed to Boston, Massachusetts.

Mr. Miyagi's approach to karate-training is different as well, although he still has Julie wash cars ("Wax on, wax off") in order to teach her how to block punches and kicks. In the original 1984 film, Daniel used to think karate came from Buddhist temples; Miyagi chides him, "You too much TV." (Shaolin Buddhist temples were actually some of the origin locations of kung fu.) In The Next Karate Kid, Miyagi actually trains Julie at a Japanese monastery.

Because Hilary Swank could learn the advanced "flashy" moves and had trouble with the beginner moves, Pat E. Johnson, the martial arts choreographer, awarded her with a "Pink" belt, a mix of the white (beginner) and red (the one just under black in that particular style).

In all the four movies, the reunion scene is the only time Miyagi actually wears his Medal of Honor. The Medal of Honor is worn on a silk ribbon around the neck, not pinned through a jacket. The only other decoration issued by the United States worn in a similar manner is the Legion of Merit.

Conforming to the title changes of the first, second and third The Karate Kid films for their releases in Japan, The Next Karate Kid was renamed Best Kid 4 (ベスト・キッド4/Besuto kiddo 4); the major and obvious change is that this movie's translated title now explicitly identifies it as the fourth in the series.

The 1994 top ten hit "You Gotta Be" by Des'ree was featured during the ending credits of the film.

Thomas Ian Griffith appeared in a deleted scene as the villain Terry Silver, reprising his role from the third installment.