I will always have soft spot for Ralph Macchio because I am from that generation that saw him in the original iconic Karate Kid. And even though I have that soft spot I basically never saw any other good performance of him. Then I stumbled over Crossoards browsing on Netflix. Don't get me wrong, I don't think Macchio delivers an Oscar performance here but somehow it seems that if you pair him up with an older actor that it creates a certain power dynamic between those two.
Karate Kid is a movie about a boy mentored by an older man that is kind of a father figure that teaches him a craft but also teaches him about life. Crossroads does exactly the same just in another context. I was in awe that this movie worked from the first second even though it is from 1986 and I am 39 years and I have never seen it. Is a really a testament of how good it is. It has some wackiness about it at the end but it is just a well told story about two men and their amazing journey.
Karate Kid is a movie about a boy mentored by an older man that is kind of a father figure that teaches him a craft but also teaches him about life. Crossroads does exactly the same just in another context. I was in awe that this movie worked from the first second even though it is from 1986 and I am 39 years and I have never seen it. Is a really a testament of how good it is. It has some wackiness about it at the end but it is just a well told story about two men and their amazing journey.