Comments on: What if Mr. Miyagi from The Karate Kid didn’t have a Japanese Accent?

By: Chas

Chas — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:01:14 +0000

Just though about it. The problem with the dubbed clip is that Mr. Miyagi’s voice is too young, and it clashes with the image of the gray-haired guy. That’s where the not-wise-enough comment probably comes from.

By: Chas

Chas — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:01:00 +0000

By: Chas

Chas — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:59:05 +0000

I’m commenting first only having heard the overdubbed version. (I saw the original film years ago.) It sounds fine to me, although the editor in me would have turned “Apply the wax, remove the wax” to “Wax on, wax off” for the repetitions, just to be less wordy. And I’m not familiar with Mr. Lee’s acting ability; perhaps another actor could get the more wise, or perhaps Mr. Lee could if he specifically went for that. Anyway, I’d be fine with an accent-less Mr. Miyagi.

Now I went back and listened to the original. It was so painful to listen to I cut it off after the squish exchange.

By: Chas

Chas — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 20:59:00 +0000

Now I went back and listened to the original. It was so painful to listen to I cut it off after the squish exchange.

By: James

James — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:28:35 +0000

His accent never annoyed me, and the first movie did briefly touch upon the injustice of fighting for a country that puts you and your family in a concentration camp.

But what I did find freakin annoying was that he would always refer to himself in the third person: “Miyagi do this.” “Miyagi do that.”

Nobody talks like that except for mentally ill people.

By: James

James — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 04:28:00 +0000

His accent never annoyed me, and the first movie did briefly touch upon the injustice of fighting for a country that puts you and your family in a concentration camp.

But what I did find freakin annoying was that he would always refer to himself in the third person: “Miyagi do this.” “Miyagi do that.”

Nobody talks like that except for mentally ill people.