Our Favorite Montages: The Karate Kid
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When I kicked off the Our Favorite Montages series late last month, I originally did so with the intention of plugging this particular montage first because a) it's quite possibly my most favorite montage of all time, and b) it's tremendously awesome and makes you want to learn karate. However, for some reason that day I just couldn't find a nice, clean embeddable version of it online -- but that all changed when a new online search led me to a version of the montage on MySpace, and, well, I managed to embed it after the jump.
Most of my favorite movie montages come equipped with a memorable song, and there's no way in Reseda that one can listen to Joe Esposito's You're the Best Around without immediately thinking about this classic montage from The Karate Kid. For the entire movie we're with Daniel as he's training to take on those evil Cobra Kai morons in the All Valley Karate Championship. Unfortunately, Johnny, Bobby, Tommy and Jimmy (seriously, was it that hard to come up with some more creative names for this lot?) never knew what hit them. I love this montage because, here, Maccio mastered the art of kicking ass while still looking completely scared out of his mind. Meanwhile, it's got Elisabeth Shue in her prime when she was the go-to movie girlfriend, and who doesn't love the random people shouting "Yeah Daniel, you're the best!" from the audience? And what's up with that big, overweight Cobra Kai dude? Where was he in the Halloween
Anyway, watch the montage after the jump.
Karate Kid Montage
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9-09-2009 @ 3:59PM
Mike said...
Funny, because when I saw the first "Favorite Montages" article this is the one that came immediately to my mind. Love this montage. My favorite part is toward the end of it when Daniel takes down the cocky Dutch.
Oh, and just because the big guy was a member of the dojo doesn't mean he automatically hangs out with Johnny. Plus, the Halloween chase was on foot. They run Daniel off the road on an entirely different night.
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9-09-2009 @ 4:41PM
mdk said...
Best montage ever: Stan Marsh learning to ski on South Park, accompanied by an 80's hair metal-style song with the following lyrics:
The day is approaching to give it your best
You've got to reach your prime!
That's when you need to put yourself to the test
And show us the passage of time.
We're gonna need a montage. (Montage)
A sports-training montage! (Montage)
And just show a lot of things happenin' at once.
Remind everyone of what's goin' on. (What's goin' on?)
And with every shot, show a little improvement
To show it won't take too long.
That's called a montage. (Montage)
Even Rocky had a montage! (Montage)
In any sport, if you want to go
From just a beginner to a pro
You'll need a montage. (Montage)
A simple little montage! (Montage)
Always fade out (Montage) into a montage... (Montage)
If you fade out it seems like a long time (Montage) has passed in a montage... (Montage)
Montage... (Montage)
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9-09-2009 @ 6:35PM
Maria Stahl said...
Is that the same one they did in Team America: World Police? It was a training montage with a montage song, anyway.
One of my favorite montages is in Serenity, the Turning Serenity Into a Reaver Ship montage. Great music, too.
9-10-2009 @ 12:52PM
mdk said...
Yeah, Trey and Matt lamely reused the same song in Team America. It was snort-pepsi-up-into-your-nose FUNNY in South Park, though.
9-12-2009 @ 8:48PM
Talmanes said...
I'm a big fan of Strong Bad's "Montage of Montages", which actually has a spoof on this one.
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9-09-2009 @ 5:56PM
Amani said...
Love that montage. Great pull. The speech about balance a little later is good too.
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