Week 3(07/10/2013)
1. This was the third meeting held at Serumpun Food Court.
2. We looked through the guide questions again to understand them better.
3. We discussed about our feelings, the main idea of the movie and which character we like.
4. We discussed on the movie Karate Kid.
Guide Questions
During the movie:
1. Who are the 5 most important characters in the film? List out the names of the actors playing them.
Jaden Smith as Dre Parker
Jackie Chan as Mr. Han
Wenwen Han as Meiying
Taraji P. Henson as Sherry Parker
Zhenwei Wang as Cheng
2. What is the story about?
A 12-year-old boy who called Dre Parker move from Detroit to Beijing with his mother Sherry after his mother getting a job transfer. Dre managed to get closer to a young violinist, Mei Ying, who attracts his attention. On the other hand, Cheng, a rebellious kung fu prodigy whose family is close to Mei Ying's, attempts to keep them apart by beating Dre, and later bullies him at school. During the attack, Mr. Han comes to save Dre out of danger, revealing himself as a kung fu master.
After Han heals Dre's injuries using fire cupping, Dre asks whether Mr. Han could teach him kung fu. Han refuses, but meets Cheng's teacher, Master Li, to make peace. Li, who teaches his students to show no mercy to their enemies, challenges Dre to a fight with Cheng.
Later then, Han promises to teach Dre "real" kung fu. Han begins training Dre, Han emphasises that the movements Dre is learning apply to life in general, and that serenity and maturity, not punches and power, are the true keys to mastering the martial arts.
One day, Dre goes to Han at night and finds a drunk Han, smashing a car he was working on. Han tells Dre that he has been crashed the same car every year. His wife and ten-year old son was with him and died in the car crash. Han fixes the car every year but smashes it to remind himself of what happened. Dre shows Han the kung fu techniques he learned while his mother arrives and watches him.
As Dre's getting closer to Mei Ying, Dre persuades Mei Ying to cut school for a day of fun, but when she is nearly late for her violin audition which was brought forward a day without their knowledge, her parents deem him a bad influence and forbid her from spending more time with him. Han assists Dre in writing a note of apology to Mei Ying's father in Chinese. Mei Ying's father accepts and promises that Mei Ying is allowed to attend the tournament to support Dre.
At the tournament, the under-confident Dre is slow to achieve parity with his opponents, but soon begins beating them and managed to get into the semi-final, so does Cheng, who brutally finishes off his opponents. Dre comes up against Liang, badly injured.
Despite Han's insistence that he has earned respect for his performance, Dre convinces Han to aid his leg by using fire cupping in order to continue. Dre returns to the arena, facing Cheng. Dre delivers impressive blows, but Cheng counters with a strike to Dre's injured leg. Dre struggles to get up, and attempts the reflection technique to manipulate Cheng into changing his attack stance. Cheng charges Dre, but Dre flips and catches Cheng with a kick to his head, winning the tournament along with the respect of Cheng and his classmates. Cheng instead of the presenter awards Dre the trophy, and the Fighting Dragon students bow to Mr. Han...
3. What group of people would like to watch this film?
Teenagers and kids would love to watch this film since the main character is a young boy.
After the movie:
1. Do you like this movie? Why or why not?
Yes, I like it. This is because I love the part when Dre trains Kung Fu at Mr. Han's house. He was very passionate to train well not because of to beat Cheng but to learn the "real" Kung Fu.
2. What rating would you give for this movie?
4 out of 5 stars.
3. What spoilers would ruin this movie if you told your readers about it?
Dre persuaded MeiYing to cut school for a day of fun. Besides that, this movie shows that racism exists in every country.
4. All movies teach a lesson (theme or moral). What did you learn from this movie?
Hardworking is the correct way in learning new thing. There is no shortcut to the success.
5. What title would you give for your review?
The True Attitude For The True Kung Fu.
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