Assignment with Ms.Lina
Name : Heniarti Sri Agusta
Class : K4/2010
Reg. number :18239
Assignment : watching English movies
I would like to tell you about a movie that I have watched several weeks ago. This movie is really nice. The title is The Karate Kid (2010) and it is directed by Harald Zwart.
The Cast are:
Jaden Smith as Dre Parker
Jackie Chan as Mr. Han
Taraji P. Henson as Sherry Parker, Dre’s mother
Wenwen Han as Mei Ying
Zhenwey Wang as Cheng
Rongguang Yu as Mr.Lin
Synopsis:
This movie is about Dre Parker, a twelve-year-old kid. He had to move to China because his mother got a new job there. He met Mei Ying in the park on his first day in China. He wanted to have new friend but Cheng, a kung fu prodigy whose family is close to Mei Ying's, attempts to keep them apart by beating Dre, and later intimidates him in and around school. After a field trip to the Forbidden City, Dre see Cheng and his friends are on the way to his apartment. Dre tries to pass by without them seeing him. When he finds a bucket of dirty water, Dre gets revenge by splashing the water around Cheng and his friends. Cheng and the others chase and catch Dre, and then beating him. Mr.Han comes to help Dre. Dre was injured after the fight and Mr. Han cured him.
Dre asks if Mr. Han could teach him Kung-Fu. Han refuses, but decides to meet Cheng's teacher, Master Li, to make peace. Li, who teaches his students to show no mercy to their enemies, challenges Dre to fight with Cheng. When Han refuse, Li says they will not be allowed to leave his school unless Dre or Han fights. Han told that the fight would take place at an upcoming tournament, and that Li's students are not allowed to disturb Dre until the tournament. Li agrees, but tells Han that if Dre does not show up during the tournament he will personally hurt Han and Dre.
Han promises to teach Dre real kung fu, not like kung fu that is taught by Mr. Li. Han begins training Dre, but Dre is frustrated because Han just asked Dre to spend hours taking off his jacket, hanging it up, dropping it, and then putting it back on again. After days of this, Dre refuses to continue until Han shows the reason of that exercise. Dre feel the advantage of his exercise when he can endure Han’s attacks. Han said that the movements learned by Dre is applied to life in general.Serenity and maturity, not punches and power, are the true keys to mastering in kung fu.
As Dre's friendship with Mei Ying continues, Dre persuade Mei Ying to absent from school for a day of fun.It makes she is nearly late for her violin recital,and her parents think that Dre gives a bad influence and forbid her from spending more time with him. Then, Dre comes to Mei Yin’s house and ask apologize to her father.
At the tournament, Dre goes to semifinal, and had to face Liang, another of Li's students, who is instructed by Li to break Dre's leg. Liang is disqualified for his illegal strikes. So that Cheng almost win the tournament without fight in final. However, Dre asks Han to cure his leg in order to continue the tournament. 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 do the reflection technique. Dre flips and catches Cheng with a kick to his head. Dre win the tournament with the respect of Cheng and his classmates
Moral value that I get from this movie is hard work brings us to success, as Dre who try his best to be able doing kungfu well. All that he has done make him becoming a winner. I also get another lesson from this movie. If we afraid of something, we have to face and defeat it. If we do not, we will not make progress in our life. We just stuck because of our fear.
