Ralph's Movie Reviews: SKY HIGH

Monday, September 5, 2005

SKY HIGH

Comedy

PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Kurt Russell: Steve Stronghold, aka The Commander
Kelly Preston: his wife Josie, aka Jetstream
Michael Angarano: Will their only son
Lynda Carter: the principal of Sky High
Danielle Panabaker: Will’s best friend Layla
Mary Elizabeth Winstead: Student-body President Gwen Grayson

REVIEW
Unlike most “coming of age” movies, this one has a slightly different twist: virtually all of the students going to this high school up in the sky have special powers. Those who don’t are consigned to "sidekick" status.

Certainly there are a few chuckles amidst all the problems of being a high school student but these laughs are best appreciated if you are of the age when you have yet to go to high school. Kids will get a kick out of these antics more than their parents will.

CLASSIFICATION

for action violence and some mild language.

FOR NITPICKERS ONLY
When Will gets flattened by the falling car, he is knocked on his back. When the car is lifted off him, he gets up from lying on his stomach.

While sitting on the couch, Will’s mother has her arm around Layla’s shoulder clasping her upper arm. When the camera switches to a wider-angle shot, her hand is now pointed straight down and no longer squeezing Layla’s arm.

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my ratings system

I've always thought that telling too much about a movie or warning someone about a "twist" at the end deprives the person the pleasure of seeing it as it unfolds, so I don’t do it. You may not always agree with my rating of course, but at least it is an unbiased opinion unlike some of the full time professional reviewers who are on the studio’s payroll.

A few movies you won’t see any review from me:

Scary movies: I’m the world’s biggest chicken and just hate getting the crap scared out of me. I can handle an unexpected door slam, that kind of thing, but a movie that keeps you on the edge of your seat…not for me. Sorry.
Movies geared to the young teen and pre-teen crowd with dialog comprising mostly of crude remarks, awful jokes and lots of rude, socially unacceptable body noises. "The Spy that Shagged Me" comes to mind. (I wonder if the kids know what the British verb to shag someone really means? They probably do; I bet you it’s the parents who haven’t a clue).
Sometimes Hollywood gets on a roll and they produce a series of movies that are all very much alike. For example movies about the CIA were very popular and so we had The Bourne Identity and Bad Company and The Sum of All Fears. They all had the same basic theme and it becomes repetitive. I will see some, but not all of them.

FYI this is my rating system:

0 stars = Terrible: so bad it’s not worth talking about; in fact, I’d pay you not to go
= Lousy: I actually got up and walked out before the end it was just that bad (no kidding)
= Not so good: thought about walking out but hung in just in case it got better (but it didn’t)
= A so-so good movie: I enjoyed it somewhat but wasn’t all that crazy about it
= A really good movie: I recommend seeing it
= An excellent movie you just got to see! I suggest you put it on your "To Do List" it’s that good.

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For those into it, Nitpickers at

has more movie mistakes than you could ever imagine. My contributions can be seen if you check out the Nitpickers Registry and click on the link Nitpickers Listed by Nitpicker Number, select the group 45,401 - 45,500 and drill down to number 45411. Although I have 56 nitpicks to my credit, some have almost 2,000. You wonder sometimes where they find the time to do it.