Sky High

This was a fun movie--and not just for kids!!

At the beginning, the basic premise reminded me of The Incredibles (only with live actors). The main character is the son of two super-heroes, attending high school for superheroes in training. But this movie is more about the high school experience than about saving the world or fighting evil villains. The messages are good--the main character chooses loyalty to friends over what will bring him more popularity, confesses breaking the one rule given him by his dad and thereby empowering the evil villain, the scary Goth kid at school isn't the villain he looks, the beautiful popular girl isn't the goddess she appears, and the loser kids (aka the Sidekicks) save the day.

Returning this to the video store tonight, the Bantams envisioned owning this and watching it over and over someday when they are grown up and can do whatever they want. ("It'll be pretty old by then," Bantam 10 said, "but I won't care.")

The stunts were amazing, and most were done by the teen actors. Be sure and watch the extra feature about the new techniques used for the stunt work.

Kiddie alert--this could be scary for younger kids because the stunts involve lots of crashing through walls, glass, etc.; also because the Goth character's superpower involves his arms appearing to be on fire. (No bad language or sexual situations though.)