Zes filmwijzen die bullshit brabbelden

RDJ134 6 maart 2010 om 18:49 uur

Je kent het wel in films als The Matrix of Lord of the Rings waarin een wijze man zulke vette woorden zegt dat de held zijn inspiratie vind om verder te gaan met wat hij moet doen. Maar wijzen mannen als oa Ghandalf, Yoda en Morpheus (The Matrix serie was een bad trip van Neo) blijken volgens de Cracked.com's lijst soms behoorlijk uit hun nek te lullen.

#4. Mr. Miyagi

It was the 1980s and American spirits were at a nadir. We were still heavily ensconced in the Cold War, and recovering from a recession. Skinny, vaguely ethnic kids across the country were getting their asses kick by blond alpha-douches. America needed something to believe in.

But we were also introduced to Mr. Miyagi, the mentor every hapless kid dreamed of. He gives you a classic car, beats up high schoolers for you and speaks in a broken English that alternately sounds hilarious and wise. Between Miyagi and Yoda, we want to know what it is about clearly spoken English that interferes with sage pontificating. Quote:

"No such thing bad student only bad teacher."

No. That's not even sort of right, Mr. Miyagi. We are not blaming bad teachers for Hitler, Timothy McVeigh and Spencer Pratt. Each of these guys had probably dozens of teachers in their life and we highly doubt they were all assholes.

Do not write off your failure to a bad teacher.

The thing is, Miyagi knows this from his own life experience. In Karate Kid 2 we meet Miyagi's nemesis, Sato, the guy who drove Miyagi out of Japan. How does Miyagi know Sato? They were both students of the same teacher, Miyagi's father! In what must be the most telling statement in the Karate Kid franchise, Miyagi essentially says that his father was a miserable prick, and apparently so is Miyagi.

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