He won because of three things.
Barnes failed to follow Silvers plan at the end (get the point, get the point).
The 'rules' of the competition always gave a person (however much of a beating they may have taken) the possibility of winning even when scoring no points.
Finally, and this is the most important reason, the script called for it.
As Threadkiller (post below) states, the whole movie makes little sense when you consider what has happened in the previous movie.
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cruisin109 (2004)
5 years ago
What do you think would have happened if the match had gone on for 1 additional round after Whinielle flipped Barnes?
If you notice Whinielle DID flip Barnes in Miyagay's garden earlier in the film. However Barnes quickly recovered and Whinielle was on his back with Barn's foot on his throat just moments later.
I suspect the same thing would have happened if the match went on for another round.
Whinielle relied on a Hail Mary fake-out shot and the clock running out saved his (flaccid) ass.
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wearsalan (5554)
5 years ago
I think if Barnes had wanted to he could have finished the fight in thirty seconds without even going to sudden death in the first place never mind an extra round.
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cruisin109 (2004)
5 years ago
I guess the 2 main takeaways from the fight was this:
1.) Whinielle's Karate really was shit because he got utterly dominated by Barnes.
2.) Whinielle's teacher Miyagay really was a phony and a fake setting Whinielle up for failure by doing warm up tai-chi instead of real karate.
Here is a good example of a Whinielle v Barnes type of fight basically a phony champion against a real fighter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UnXCDASwUQ
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[deleted]
5 years ago
Did you lose money on the Barnes/LaRusso fight? You seem to be taking Barnes' loss pretty personally lol. But Mr. Miyagi (do you seriously think calling him Miyagay is clever?) was not a phony considering he single-handedly beat Barnes, Kreese, and Silver in a fight.
Hollywood has long perpetuated martial arts myths and the Karate Kid films are no exception. I'm a fan of these movies because I don't allow myself to take them too seriously.
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cruisin109 (2004)
5 years ago
If Miyagay was such a great martial arts master how come he's dead?
And why was Whinielle curb-stomped by Barnes after he had had personal training from this ostensible master?
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[deleted]
5 years ago
Ummm because everyone dies...did anything in the Karate Kid movies indicate Miyagi was going to live forever? A central element of part 2 was him dealing with his father's death. And it's Miyagi....grow up dude.
The final fight in part 3 was handled incredibly poorly and as pointed out earlier in this thread made little sense considering what took place in parts 1 and 2. But it doesn't change the fact that in these movies Miyagi was able to take down anyone who comes at him, so not a phony.
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cruisin109 (2004)
5 years ago
The point is that Miyagay was not invincible... he was just a frail old man who got his rocks off beating up children (Johnny et. al) and giving alcohol to children before having them tuck him into bed.
Miyagay also got whacked HARD on the back in KK2 his slow ass didn't see that coming did it? And Silver & Kreese spared him at 1/2 pace in KK3... would YOU go full stop against an old senile perverted little man like Miyagay?
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[deleted]
5 years ago
Sorry man, I don't deal with homophobes. Later.
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cruisin109 (2004)
5 years ago
And I don't deal with 50 year old men who give alcohol to children.
Or who steals someone's hard earned black belt.
Or who smuggles foreign plants into the United States potentially causing an ecological disaster of biblical proportions.
Or who drives without a license which is also highly illegal.
Later.
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wearsalan (5554)
5 years ago
The main takeaway from the whole movie was don't tick off the writer or he will dish up a pile of shite like KK3.
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