If you haven’t
been blessed to see Sky High, I beg you to do so. The movie isn’t
spectacular, nor is it some groundbreaking masterpiece, but the idea of
superheroes having a superhero school? Great. Then you have heroes getting
married, having super kids, and those kids going to superhero school? Ah!!! You
have to see it.
It reminds me of
something we all love: The
Incredibles (2004) and Incredibles
2 (2018). Sky High came out after The
Incredibles (2004), and both are from the Mouse House (Disney).
The movie plays with many dynamics and flaunts girl power way back in 2005. We
have a character named Layla, who is all about girl power, vegetarianism, and
pacifism.
Then there’s
Will, the son of the superhero duo The Commander and Jetstream. Will is
something of a regular guy who’s lying to his parents about having powers so
they can be proud of him. The only person who knows the truth about Will’s lack
of powers is his best friend, Layla.
Will also has
eyes for a girl at school, Gwen. Without spoiling the whole movie, things don’t
go as Will planned for his high school life as a sidekick. When he’s attacked
by an arch-enemy he didn’t even know he had, Will has to develop quickly to
protect himself. Along the way, he makes friends with the sidekicks, but as the
movie progresses, we see him mess things up and put his relationship with Layla
on the line. We also get to see Daddy’s demons come back to haunt him.
Sky High is
a cool film, and it’s a huge surprise that it didn’t spawn a sequel. It seems
like there were so many threads the writers could’ve pulled to make tons of
movies and spinoffs. Well, we know Disney—they’ll probably remember this gem in
their archive one day and turn it into an animation or a TV series. Until
then, Sky High is always a joy to watch.
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