Movie posters from the 80s are so iconic and then I get in there and start to look at it and I'm like “these are a compositional mess”. Anyhoo. It’s exactly as I remember.
Amy & Paul high-kick into John G. Avildsen’s 1984 martial-arts megahit The Karate Kid! They learn about the movie’s semi-autobiographical origins, discuss the post-Karate careers of stars Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita, and ask whether this is even better than Avildsen’s older, more acclaimed fight-centric film. Plus: is that supposed to be The Beach Boys?