{"id":8305,"date":"2006-09-10T20:30:33","date_gmt":"2006-09-11T00:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=8305"},"modified":"2006-09-10T20:30:33","modified_gmt":"2006-09-11T00:30:33","slug":"sky-high-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/10\/sky-high-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky High (2005)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tEHvtdGUKiWtELUNYF9aHJ1p6kT\"<\/a>I\u2019m a sucker for a good tale about superheroes and the learning of their abilities and so on. I admit that. I love a good superhero tale, and that\u2019s why I didn\u2019t completely dislike \u201cSky High,\u201d because beneath its Disney muck, it\u2019s actually a pretty fun tale about living up to your parents and the pressures of it. Michael Angarano is Will, the only son of a suburban couple who happen to be the world\u2019s strongest superheroes. Ahem\u2014they met during a battle and fell in love, and now are a team. \u201cThe Incredibles,\u201d you say? Well, yes, but I just plain enjoyed Kurt Russell as a somewhat demented working class father who encourages his son to take up the family business. \u201cSky High\u201d is busy, it\u2019s colorful, and it will keep its target audience watching with a smile.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a sucker for comic book movies, and \u201cSky High\u201d won me over not only by the way it never took itself too seriously, but at how it managed to turn tired devices and make it crow pleasing. The superhero tests, the typical villains, and the inevitable showdown between heroes and villains just make it worth your time. And the director seems to be having a great time casting Lynda Carter, who appears as an in-joke as the school\u2019s head mistress and\u2014by the way–still looks damn good. And then there\u2019s an appearance by Bruce Campbell as the school\u2019s coach who tests which children will be given the hero title or be relegated to sidekick. And on the flipside, there are some very creative characters to root for. Warren Peace is a great character, and holds up the tension with his cast keeping the audience guessing. People like Magenta and Gwen Grayson give \u201cSky High\u201d a bit of distinction and originality, and the performances here are just off the wall.<\/p>\n

But, deny it all you may, in the end, \u201cSky High\u201d is nothing but a remake of \u201cThe Incredibles,\u201d mixed with a Caucasian variation of \u201cUp, Up, and Away,\u201d and themes ripped from \u201cHarry Potter,\u201d and \u201cX-Men.\u201d And that\u2019s what keeps \u201cSky High\u201d consistently embarrassing to watch. Disney whites out their original film \u201cUp, Up and Away\u201d which featured a pre-dominantly black cast, and had the same basic story of a young boy whose parents are superheroes. He\u2019s trying to become one and follow in their footsteps except he never earns any powers. But it\u2019s not as if the aforementioned was a masterpiece, however it\u2019s a prime example of Disney\u2019s practices. \u201cSky High\u201d is basic Disney fodder with the sugary plot, a massive villain with a pretty odd grand scheme, and an ending that defeats the purpose of investing in the characters. Turning the heroes into babies? That\u2019s it? And like every Disney outing, this deals with basic obligatory teen issues that you\u2019ll find in any Disney movie in their library.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s run down the list: acceptance, pride, friendship, elitism, bonding, popularity, yadda yadda. And the writer is never afraid to get predictable and hokey with some cheesy one-liners about friendship and team work, and an utterly predictable plot twist that any viewer with common sense could see coming from miles away. Gee, I wonder who the secret villain is; I wonder if the sidekicks will get a chance to prove themselves in the end, and I wonder if they\u2019ll all learn about teamwork and hard work. Gag me. Paired with the fantastic \u201cThe Incredibles,\u201d this imitation just doesn\u2019t hold up. It\u2019s a flawed and regurgitated cash-in, but it\u2019s a lot of fun, features some very good direction, and I\u2019m a sucker for movies dealing with comic book lore. I\u2019d recommend it, even if you are sick of the superhero craze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I\u2019m a sucker for a good tale about superheroes and the learning of their abilities and so on. I admit that. I love a good superhero tale, and that\u2019s why I didn\u2019t completely dislike \u201cSky High,\u201d because beneath its Disney muck, it\u2019s actually a pretty fun tale about living up to your parents and the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[58,71,219,290,340,349,580,874,885,906,1005],"class_list":["post-8305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-movie-reviews","tag-action","tag-adventure","tag-comedy","tag-disney","tag-family","tag-fantasy","tag-kids","tag-romance","tag-s","tag-science-fiction","tag-superheroes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8305\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}