Directed by: Mike Mitchell
Starring: Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lynda Carter.
I finally got some sleep last night! For about 8 days, I couldn't sleep and I finally did...until half three in the afternoon.
Anyway, today's film was Sky High a film about superheroes. The super-strong Commander Strongehold (Kurt Russell) and his wife Jetstream (Kelly Preston), the greatest superheroes in the world, decide that it's time that their son go to Sky High, a school for superheroes.
Once theere, Will (Michael Angarano) finds out that he doesn't actually have powers and is put in the sidekick class rather than the hero one (but he doesn't tell his dad this as it would break him).
All his friends are sidekicks and have slightly lame powers (glowing in the dark, melting, turning into a guinea pig etc) and they are bullied by the heroes because of this.
After fighting his dad's archenemy's son, he discovers that he has super-strength and is then put in the heroes class.
This film then turns into one of Disney's formulae; the guy gets popular and ditches his friends then realises who his friends are and seizes the day.
Put aside the crappy storyline and what you find is a good film. Obviously it not a classic and isn't that memorable but it's still worth a watch.
The special effects (especially the pyrotechnics) are quite good. Not ground-breaking stuff but still great.
At first, I approached this film thinking that it would be crap; like a straight to DVD Disney film. But I was wrong, this film is actually good and shouldn't be overlooked.
It does have some humour in there aswell, always poking fun at the superhero genre and the cliches. At one point the Principal (played by Lynda Carter, Wonderwoman) is dealing with too many problems and says "I'm not Wonderwoman, ya know!" which made me laugh.
Don't overlook this film because it looks cheesy and crap, watch it and do it as soon as you can (It might be on Sky Family sometime this week).
80%
Starring: Michael Angarano, Kurt Russell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Lynda Carter.
I finally got some sleep last night! For about 8 days, I couldn't sleep and I finally did...until half three in the afternoon.
Anyway, today's film was Sky High a film about superheroes. The super-strong Commander Strongehold (Kurt Russell) and his wife Jetstream (Kelly Preston), the greatest superheroes in the world, decide that it's time that their son go to Sky High, a school for superheroes.
Once theere, Will (Michael Angarano) finds out that he doesn't actually have powers and is put in the sidekick class rather than the hero one (but he doesn't tell his dad this as it would break him).
All his friends are sidekicks and have slightly lame powers (glowing in the dark, melting, turning into a guinea pig etc) and they are bullied by the heroes because of this.
After fighting his dad's archenemy's son, he discovers that he has super-strength and is then put in the heroes class.
This film then turns into one of Disney's formulae; the guy gets popular and ditches his friends then realises who his friends are and seizes the day.
Put aside the crappy storyline and what you find is a good film. Obviously it not a classic and isn't that memorable but it's still worth a watch.
The special effects (especially the pyrotechnics) are quite good. Not ground-breaking stuff but still great.
At first, I approached this film thinking that it would be crap; like a straight to DVD Disney film. But I was wrong, this film is actually good and shouldn't be overlooked.
It does have some humour in there aswell, always poking fun at the superhero genre and the cliches. At one point the Principal (played by Lynda Carter, Wonderwoman) is dealing with too many problems and says "I'm not Wonderwoman, ya know!" which made me laugh.
Don't overlook this film because it looks cheesy and crap, watch it and do it as soon as you can (It might be on Sky Family sometime this week).
80%
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