New Karate Kid

This movie took place in China, whereas the original took place in America. The family moved from Detroit to China. The kid was getting beat up constantly. The maintenance man at their apartment trained him to fight for the Karate tournament he entered him in, so the boys that were beating him up would stop. He fell in love with a girl, who played the violin. He made a promise to her that if he came to her recital, she would go to the Karate tournament. He won the tournament.

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What Animated Movies Can Teach Us About Hope, Courage, and Love

By Paul Asay

Before we told stories through novels or sitcoms, we sketched our lives on stone columns and cave walls. For centuries, it was how society taught its truths and delivered its lessons. The pictures we made were extensions of us in an almost magical way.

For over 70 years—-most recently with the release of "Shrek Forever After"—we've experienced a bit of that magic through full-length animated films. Whether they're drawn by hand, crafted by computer, or shaped through stop-action, these movies charm us, inspire us, and teach us lessons in ways that live-action films—-limited by the pesky shackles of reality—-sometimes struggle to do. From Disney's beautiful classics of yesteryear to today's CGI masterpieces, animation in many ways represents cinematic storytelling at its best: Few other art forms can bridge generational differences and inspire young and old with timeless lessons of hope, courage, and love.

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