Karate Kid was a good movie. It involved everything I would have expected from a kid who moves to a distant land. Love, social issues and finding one's inner self. I loved the movie and I'm willing to go again if I were given the chance.
Despite many people having some controversy about it being about Kung Fu and not Karate, I honestly don't see any problem with it. Kung Fu fit this movie and setting a lot better, because it fits with everything Dray was trying to learn.
Just as a starting off statement, for those that have read the book, like myself, don't go into the movie with too many expectations. As the movie went on I noticed that there were many little changes from the book. Now I know that not all movies can reflect perfectly on the book that it was made from, but really they couldn't even match the colors of the bikes in the movie to the ones in the book?
Anyways aside from that, the movie itself was excellent. Definitely worth watching even if you aren't a fan of the Twilight Saga. The only differences I saw from the first movie and this one was that the lighting and camera angles were a bit improved.
Robert, Kristen and Taylor all did an amazing job of portraying their characters.