SKY HIGH (Widescreen Edition)

Review of Sky High (Widescreen Edition)

Warning this entry is very link heavy.

Kurt Russell's return to family movies with Disney wouldn't be complete with out a far fetched campy movie with a little bit of heart. Kurt has had a long relationship with the "House that the Mouse built" started with Disney's live-action feature Follow Me Boys! (1966). His association with the studio lasted through 1975. Along with all of these films:
Mosby's Marauders aka Willie and the Yank (1967)
Guns in the Heather aka Spy Busters aka The Secret of Boyne Castle (1968)
The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band aka Family Band(1968)
The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit (1968),
The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969)
Dad, Can I Borrow the Car (1970)
The Barefoot Executive (1971)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)
Charley and the Angel (1973)
Superdad (1973)
The Strongest Man in the World (1975).

Than...
The Fox and the Hound (1981)
Miracle (2004)
...and that Brings me to Sky High (2005).

That also brings Kurt Russell back, to making movies that may not be that good, but are chock full of family goodness. But mostly they are entertaining and fun as hell.
So what happens when you cross the campiness of the Batman television series, the sappiness of a John Hughes teen melodrama (onplete with 80's music) and the visual effects of Star Wars. You get Sky High.

It's simply a fun movie where the "Sidekicks", affectionately called Losers or to be more precise "Hero Supprt" do what the "Heroes" can't. That's save the day. It has all the cliche's. The loner (who can generate fireballs), the heir (who by the end of the movie can fly and has super strength), the best friend who (who can make plants grow and control them) is in love with the main character, the nerd (who turns into a puddle), the lil freak (who can shape shift...into a guinea pig), the surfer (who glow's), the bad guy (who is a girl and has power over electronics), a speedster (who happens to carry a few extra pounds), a cheerleading squad (who happens to be one girl who can replicate herself) and of course the stretchy guy. But, we can't forget about the families and faculty. The understanding proncipal who becomes a comet, the gym teacher who's power is simply to be very very very loud, mom and dad who of course are the greatest heroes ever, the mad scientist who teaches...what else but science and lastly the sidekick teacher, who has no superpowers at all. Like most teen style movies, this one is the jocks against the nerds, they just give them a different titles. It's a fun way to spend 100 minutes of your life. I enjoyed it a lot...and having Lynda Carter, making cameo's as "Principal Powers" and easily saying one of the greatest lines in the film

Principal Powers: There is absolutely nothing more I can do for you. [as shes leaving the detention room]
Principal Powers: I'm not wonder woman you know.

It's simply a gold movie for fun. Hope y'all like it. I did.

Jose