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The Karate Kid (2010)
Great Family Movie
Well acted! Exciting! Inspiring! The audience reaction was very telling. I can't remember such a loud applause at the end of a movie. After the movie, seeing boys on the sidewalk outside the theater jumping around yelling and trying out their new Kung Fu moves, reminded me of when I saw the original. The location scenes were stunning and the atmosphere was just right for the telling of the story. My 16 year old daughter (never saw the original) and my 12 year old son, (saw the original), both loved it. My son (Tae Kwon Do black belt) thought the fighting scenes were more authentic than the original. He plans on seeing it again with his mother right away.
Justified (2010)
Almost Justified
Needs work. The lead character "Timothy Olyphant" is charismatic, but he's not believable. When entering a dangerous situation, he acts like "I'm the star of the show so I know I'm not going to die". There's no sense of a threat to his life. It's like the writers believe this must be how cool people act. I don't seem to care to much about the supporting cast. The bad guy needs to be killed off. I couldn't believe he survived the gunshot to the chest from 8 feet away! I thought, "Oh no. Not another show were we get an ongoing, up and down, life experience of a criminal". I'll probably give it one more episode. Then go back to going to sleep early.
Southland (2009)
Mesmerizing!
I think I can solve a lot of the police - community relations problems in LA. From looking at this show, I see LAPD has very few African-American male police officers. The ones that are shown all seem to be sitting at a desk in the background. They are never at a developing crime scene and never seem to have anything to say. Now we do see female officers, a couple of Hispanic detectives, a gay cop, and plenty of Black criminals, but no Asian or Black officers ever responding to the latest emergency. LAPD needs to diversify!
Despite all that, I can't wait to see the next episode. I sure hope TNT keeps this series going.