Reviews for Sky High
Review - Sky High
Why I saw it: It’s about super heroes and I used to read a lot of comic books.
Brief Synopsis: Steve Stronghold is The Commander, the strongest man on earth. His wife Josie is Jetstream. She can fly and is a master of unarmed combat. Together they are the greatest superhero team ever. Their son Will is off to his first day of high school, but he’s not going to just any high school — he’s going to Sky High, a special school for super hero teens.
There’s just one problem. Will doesn’t have his powers yet. He gets put into the sidekick class, to the total embarrassment of his parents. But at least he’s with his friends, and in particularly Layla, who has a crush on him. Warren Peace, the son of The Commander also goes to the school and declares war on Will. During one of their battles, Will suddenly develops super strength. Will becomes very popular and is soon hanging around with Gwen, the prettiest girl in school.
But it’s all a trap. Gwen uses Will to steal the super-pacifier from The Commander’s secret lair. When Will figures out that he’s just being used, and that he’s lost the friendship of Layla, he dumps Gwen and stays home from the homecoming dance. At the dance, Gwen reveals that she’s really the super villain Royal Pain. She uses the pacifier to turn all the teens — and The Commander and Jetstream — into infants that she plans on raising to form an army to do her nefarious deeds. But Will shows up in time, and along with his misfit friends, saves the day.
What I liked about it: Although it was a fairly typical Disney teen film, there were a lot of inside jokes that only comic book fans would get, some of which were pretty funny. The plot and characters were amusing.
What I didn’t like about it: It was a fairly typical Disney teen film, and therefore totally predictable.
Quotes: I don’t remember the exact quote, but there was this one part where Will’s parents were trying to come to grips with the fact that he didn’t have super powers. They counted the ways people get powers — heredity, radio-active insects, or dipping in toxic waste. The Commander started wondering out loud where they could find some toxic waste. OK, if you didn’t read a lot of comic books, that’s not at all funny, I guess.
Bottom line: I gave it a 7. If you watch it with a junior higher, you won’t feel so silly about it.
Brief Synopsis: Steve Stronghold is The Commander, the strongest man on earth. His wife Josie is Jetstream. She can fly and is a master of unarmed combat. Together they are the greatest superhero team ever. Their son Will is off to his first day of high school, but he’s not going to just any high school — he’s going to Sky High, a special school for super hero teens.
There’s just one problem. Will doesn’t have his powers yet. He gets put into the sidekick class, to the total embarrassment of his parents. But at least he’s with his friends, and in particularly Layla, who has a crush on him. Warren Peace, the son of The Commander also goes to the school and declares war on Will. During one of their battles, Will suddenly develops super strength. Will becomes very popular and is soon hanging around with Gwen, the prettiest girl in school.
But it’s all a trap. Gwen uses Will to steal the super-pacifier from The Commander’s secret lair. When Will figures out that he’s just being used, and that he’s lost the friendship of Layla, he dumps Gwen and stays home from the homecoming dance. At the dance, Gwen reveals that she’s really the super villain Royal Pain. She uses the pacifier to turn all the teens — and The Commander and Jetstream — into infants that she plans on raising to form an army to do her nefarious deeds. But Will shows up in time, and along with his misfit friends, saves the day.
What I liked about it: Although it was a fairly typical Disney teen film, there were a lot of inside jokes that only comic book fans would get, some of which were pretty funny. The plot and characters were amusing.
What I didn’t like about it: It was a fairly typical Disney teen film, and therefore totally predictable.
Quotes: I don’t remember the exact quote, but there was this one part where Will’s parents were trying to come to grips with the fact that he didn’t have super powers. They counted the ways people get powers — heredity, radio-active insects, or dipping in toxic waste. The Commander started wondering out loud where they could find some toxic waste. OK, if you didn’t read a lot of comic books, that’s not at all funny, I guess.
Bottom line: I gave it a 7. If you watch it with a junior higher, you won’t feel so silly about it.
Reviewed by Roger on 2008-08-06 14:29:00