Cows On the Couch

So the kids and I went to see The Karate Kid with Jackie Chan in it and Jaden Smith – at first I didn’t really clued in who this kid was – till i saw the poster of him and Will Smith together.   Well, Jaden Smith was pretty good in the movie if you asked me – but i’m wondering now if people went to see the movie because of Jackie Chan or Jaden Smith? LOL!  Jaden in his own rights must be quite popular just because he is Will Smith’s kid right?   But Jackie Chan sure looked older than he is – now need he hunched the way he did in the movie?  So drama- rama right?  It’s funny to watch Jackie Chan speak in English and truth be told – i too sometimes mis-pronounced some words that can make one shy away from certain words.

Anyhow, lets come back to the movie – i had a few good hearty laugh and so did my kids.  My kids said we are so getting the movie when it comes out on DVD.  The movie was certainly interesting and showed a lot of parts of China – and China has definitely changed  tremendously.  A part of me is so proud but the other part – sad because i missed traveling.   But the show is for the entire family of any ages – i strongly recommend it because of all the good values in the show.

Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) is a 12-year-old living in Detroit when his mother Sherry (Taraji Henson) gets a job in China. Once in China, Dre misses home and wants to go back to the US. His mother tells him that China is home now, and he must learn to accept his new home. Dre begins to like China when he falls for his classmate Mei Ying (Wenwen Han). Dre’s feelings for Mei Ying are seen by Cheng (Zhenwei Wang) the class bully who is out to stop it. Cheng puts Dre to the ground with ease using his Kung Fu training. Dre doesn’t have a chance using the little karate that he knows, and Cheng proves it the next time he sees Dre. Dre is getting beaten badly when Mr. Han (Jackie Chan) the maintenance man, secretly a Kung Fu Master, stops the fight. Dre persuades Mr. Han to teach him Kung Fu. With this knowledge, Dre must now face down Cheng in a fight to win his respect in a Kung Fu tournament.