The Karate Kid.
Classic 80s cinema at its finest, right?
Except now it's being remade.
At best I would have mixed feelings about doing such a thing with a movie from my childhood.
(Well... okay, I just being born the year it came out.
But still, I saw it when I was a kid.
And it was new to me, so...)
But this... this is being remade with Jackie Chan.
And set in China.
And I'm all for Jackie Chan / movies set in China.
Only neither of them have much of anything to do with karate.
So I'm kind of bothered and upset by this right now.
Damn you Hollywood.

Oh, and that Tenacious D song "Karate"?
Also terribly inaccurate.
"With karate I'll kick your ass"?
Okay, I can see that.
"Here to Tiananmen Square"?
Um, no.

Together we... will forever be... high fidelity, definitely, switching the melody

Just got through watching High Fidelity. This is where I was going to jabber on for a bit about mixtapes, as the whole reason I decided to watch it is I'll be participating in an impending mixtape swap. Wanted to be fully prepared this time 'round. But hell, how can a fella even remember what he was going to say? My mind is blown after watching this thing. This movie has so much that I want, so much that I need, so much that I want to be. Sure, it's nice that it's got John Cusack, still lookin' all fresh. And yeah, it's nice when a flick has a feel-good ending. That's not what gets to me, though. As someone who likes to think of himself as an appreciator of and whose world revolves around music, the depth of knowledge, the breadth of selections and the passion bamboozles my brain. Somebody get me Nick Hornby's address so I can mail him a thank you and a giant gold star for writing the book. This one has earned a place near and dear in my heart. Now excuse me while I go watch it a dozen more times. But before I go I'd like to pose a question to the universe (or anyone out there who reads this thing):

What are your all time top five favorite movies about music?

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