Sometimes, the film you thought would be naff turns out to be pretty good. We watched Karate Kid tonight. It was on sale for "no pounds much" in Tesco and we thought it would be silly and kitsch and fun. It was actually very good. Did you know that it starred Elizabeth Shue - a 20 year old version of her good self indeed - playing a teenager, against a Ralph Macchio, who was actually about 22/23 when the film was made. He looked about 9!

There's some wit to the script and the 80's soundtrack only slightly grates... occasionally it grates a lot... but it's fine. It's a simple story of good vs evil or something like that.

I enjoyed it.

Wax off.