Comments on: Sky High

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[...] if familiar: The idea of a school for young potential superheroes is well-done in stories like Sky High and PS238. This version puts a manga-influenced spin on the idea, in both characters and [...]

By: kira

kira — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:49:34 +0000

This movie had nothing interesting, but i think kids might like it! yay!

By: Evan Waters

Evan Waters — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:15:42 +0000

I saw this on a whim during its run and was pleasantly surprised. It helps that almost every adult in the cast is someone awesome like Russell or Preston or Dave Foley or Bruce Campbell or Lynda Carter. And the kids hold their own, too.

By: Chad Grayson

Chad Grayson — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:19:50 +0000

Zoom was, possibly, the worst super-hero movie ever made. It had some fun concepts, but the writing was atrocious. My whole family enjoyed Sky High. My daughter still gets it out once in a while to watch. I appreciate, for her sake, that the teen girl characters are attractive without being cheesecake.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:09:41 +0000

Jim, I found myself wondering the same thing, whether Zoom was as enjoyable. The reviews suggest not.

By: Jim Kosmicki

Jim Kosmicki — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:59:40 +0000

My kids really liked this movie, and I found it enjoyable as well. yes, the plot was predictable, but it IS a superhero movie. It feels like a good, goofy 70′s comic. Once you’ve read enough comics, you pretty much know what’s going to happen as soon as you read the solicitation copy or even see the cover. the experience is in HOW they use those tropes. and the film-makers used them effectively. it’s not high art, but it is solid entertainment. and growing up in the 70′s seeing Kurt Russell as the aging superhero who wants to have a legacy had some resonance — after all, he was Dexter Reilly in all those Disney films, not to mention Snake Plissken.

the similar movie that I haven’t seen yet is Zoom — I have some hopes for it simply based on it looking similar to GalaxyQuest in the previews. When Tim Allen is on, he can be an effective type.

By: Dan Coyle

Dan Coyle — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:54:49 +0000

I enjoyed this far, far more than I thought I would- there were nice comic touches- IIRC, Keiron Dwyer drew the comic pages used during the credits.

I also thought while the villain wore a huge flashing neon sign over their head, the motivations and the situation the villain went through were fascinating, and if I were to do a series based on the show, that would be the character I’d focus on (a creative lawyer would be able to get the villain out of jail pretty easily, given the circumstances).

By: Willow

Willow — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:39:56 +0000

Huh, I was so unimpressed after waiting so long to watch it – I think I got sick or something the weekend I was supposed to see it in theaters – that I put in back in its Netflix envelope and mailed it off the next day without even looking at the extras. And I’m an extras girl. The best thing about DVDs to me is getting to see ‘the making of’ and anything else interesting they have to share; from costume design and set pieces to bloopers.

It felt too predictable. I knew who everyone was and what was going to happen the moment I met each character. I even knew what was going to happen to the bus driver. I ended up feeling it was something I might reccomend to my little brothers and sister (Ages 12-6) but it wasn’t anything else I’d want to see again.

Maybe after reading Invincible and Runaways it just seemed like a poor cousin. The only impressive thing I walked away with was ‘Realtors, it is the perfect job’.