Sky High (2005 film)

Sky High - The High School takes off! is a film by Walt Disney Pictures. Directed by Mike Mitchell, the screenplay was written by Paul Hernandez, Robert Schooley and Mark McCorkle.

Action

The 14 -year-old Will Stronghold is the son of Commander and Jetstream - the most popular superheroes in the world. No one knows that Will itself, but has no super powers. Therefore, it is assumed in Sky High, a flying high school for superheroes. There, each student after his forces either a hero or a hero helper - also called Loser - trained. Like his friends is Will put in the class of heroes helpers, feels there but initially very well, even if he does not dare to tell his parents. Only after a fight with his classmate Warren Peace Will developed super strength like his father, and come into the Hero class. There is the lovely Gwen Grayson noticed him and invites him after a short time as their escort to the ball.

Wills parents, especially his father, are now very proud of him, because of his power and his beautiful new girlfriend, but forget about Will his old friends. Especially Layla is very upset. When he puts them due to Gwen, she gets to know each other better and Warren decides to make Will jealous with him.

Gwen causes Will during which to host a party at his house, to which his friends are not invited. She uses the opportunity from the secret headquarters of Wills parents to steal a weapon that once belonged to the rogue Royal Pain. As Layla shows up at the party and Will see how bad it is treated by Gwen, he separates himself from her and decides not to go to the ball with her.

At the ball, which also includes Will's parents are invited Gwen turns out to be Royal Pain. Your weapon has the power to turn people into babies. The same thing happened to her even in the fight with the Commander. Now she seeks revenge and turns all present teachers and students in babies. The school wants to crash. Will has come to realize that Gwen has stolen the gun and flies with the help of the bus driver Ron Willson to school. The only ones who still stand against Royal Pain and her helpers, are Will's friends from the hero helper class. They manage to defeat Gwen's friends and prevent the crash of the school. Will arises Royal Pain and discovered during the fight, he can fly, like his mother.

The " Loser" save the school, all of which can be converted back. Will befriends with his former foe Warren and comes along with Layla.

Remarkable

  • At the end of the film director Powers ( Lynda Carter ) says she is not Wonder Woman. With this role, Carter was known in the 1970s.
  • During an hour Mr. Boy writes " grammar for hero helpers" on the board with the Cloze "Holy ___, ___ man". This is a tribute to the old Batman series, in which Robin ( Batman's heroes helpers ) often phrases like used " Holy XY, Batman " (Holy XY, Batman ).

Criticism

" The little innovative film declined by the standards of the genre and surprised most by the satirical radicalism with which he exposes the two-tier system of high schools. "

" Toward the end, a little too preachy, the good getrickste Disney movie yet sprayed with ideas. "

"Sweet Colourful, but trivial entertainment, the ideas from " The Incredibles "and similar films badly copied. "

Synchronization

2005 in film Film score Shelly Johnson (cinematographer) Nicholas Braun Kevin Heffernan (actor) Batman (TV series) Robin (comics) Giuliana Jakobeit Oliver Rohrbeck Federal Ministry of Education, Arts and Culture
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