"SO in the end, my Best Friend became my girlfriend, My Girlfriend became my worst enemy, and my worst enemy became my Best Friend." Critically underrated line.
Sky High was never forgotten. All the real ones still remember this banger of a classic to this day. Back when Disney was still focused on putting out quality content
Playing superheroes runs in the family :) Danielle Panabaker (Layla) ended up on the Arrowverse Flash as Caitlin, and her sister Kay Panabaker played the daughter in No Ordinary Family (think live-action Incredibles x better Fantastic Four).
Royal Pain having her own weapon turned against her, becoming a child again, and then using it all in her revenge plot was honestly an amazing concept. So much better than most of the bs villain backstories we get nowadays
I absolutely love that the parents are simultaneously "saving the world" all the time, and excited about the idea of winning a trip to Hawaii via real estate sales.
this movie was honestly better than it had any right being. i love that line in the end "my girlfriend became my arch enemy, my arch enemy became my best friend, and my best friend became my girlfriend". it just makes everything feel full circle and it puts a nice bow on the movie.
This is one of the most under appreciated superhero movies ever. The representation of the underdogs by giving them “lame” powers is clever, the camera angles make the movie look like a comic book, and the plot and setting feel like they’re from a superhero cartoon.
Not to mention there are some pretty clever uses of powers at certain points, such as the training scene with Warren, and there are a few very well written characters.
@@paulkanja To be fair, the movie acknowledges her powers are awesome from the get go, she just doesn't wanna buy into the school's kool-aid because, as she puts it, it sounds fascist. She realy just sits there in the power test. I feel there was an idea to make this movie much heavier, or maybe it WAS heavier in the earlier versions of the screenplay, but it just got a lighthearted tone because disney thought the premise would sell better to little kids.
One of my favorite moments from this movie is in the end credit scene (because yes, it has one of those) where all the villains are put into the detention room (because it nullifies all powers) and as the principal leaves she says "I'm not Wonder Woman, you know." Which is an easter egg joke because she is, in fact, the actress who played the original Wonder Woman.
Rewatching this movie and realizing that the girl that can duplicate herself might have some issues. She's literally laughing at her own jokes through the movie 😆
@@silencedmaxim5889 I"m going to say narcissist and feels a need for attention. And self love/self-affirmations can be a healthy thing, but with the cloning thing.....
Actually I’m glad it hasn’t lived on. Could you imagine it getting infected with the gender politics? It died a hero so it didn’t live long enough to become the villain
A minor detail I appreciated is that Layla ends up in sidekick class due to her protesting the assessment rather than Coach Boomer somehow not comprehending how powerful plant manipulation is.
She literally calls it fascist. I first saw this movie I was like 25 and I was in AWE by that line. It's really sad how the writers clearly wanted to tell a much deeper tale but they seemingly had to drop it, but some of it still wound up in the final product, and it makes you think "god... What if?"
“In the end, my girlfriend became my arch enemy, my arch enemy became my best friend, and my best friend became my girlfriend. But hey, that’s high school.” *cue “I’ll stop the world and melt with you” cover and Will and Layla making out in the air that I thought was the most romantic scene ever* I love this movie.
Those were the most memorable lines for me along with: "I made out with an old lady!?!?" & "I can control technology with my mind" (I still want that power to this day.)
What's really funny about the lemon joke where she couldn't make lemons is that limes and oranges make lemons humans crossbreed the different fruits to get them. Meaning she's got control over the natural plants not man-made ones
Fun fact: The actor who played Warren Peace auditioned for the role of Jacob in Twilight, but ultimately lost to Taylor Lautner. I wish I could watch the alternative reality version of the movie where he got the part, tbh.
One of the main points with Layla was that she was super powerful. The movie acknowledges it, Layla just refused to 'show off' during gym so she got placed in sidekick class. Honestly, her refusing to show her powers to the coach was kinda silly but also 100% a hill that a fourteen-year-old girl would die on so it tracks.
She had principles that she stuck to, I don’t agree with how much of a stickler she was about it. But honestly super respectable, and when she threw hands….woooof 😮
@@hilmilosnowball7740 Will and Layla are actually together though. So, if your opinion is support of a Layla and Warren ship, it's just genuinely false.
That phone joke with Will's dad is still great even to this day. Funny to think how something simple as super strength could cause you worry about things like breaking a phone constantly.
I feel this movie wanted to really lean into the boring things we never see about heroes... The creators of Kim Possible were involved, I believe. Could it be they pitched a show and Disney just greenlit a movie?
My mom used to laugh a lot at this part because it reminds her of herself, always snapping her pens in half when she's angry and needing to pull out a new one.
@@ARealPerson21 no they just get angry like any other person.. regular people clench their fist or like to punch a pillow.. super strength heroes are the same just if they had a phone in their hand and got angry it just so happens to break the phone🤷🏻♂️
I love how in the end the principal goes "I'm not Wonder Woman, you know," when she was, quite literally, Wonder Woman (she was played by Lynda carter).
I will remember the “My girlfriend became my worst enemy, my worst enemy became my best friend, and my best friend became my girlfriend-but hey, that’s high school” line from the end of the movie till the day I die. 😝
1. Why is Warren Peace a sidekick? 2. Why are the bullies helping the super villain when they're going to school to be heroes? 3. Will the bullies stand trial for treason against humanity?
1. He was not a sidekick, he just hung around with them. All the heroes were wary of him because of his parents, the sidekicks were like, "yeah, they suck, you can hang with us." 2. The bullies hung around with a bigger bully, and remember, this is her SECOND time attending Sky High and she is STILL a villain. It is implied that the school is more to train the students on how to use their powers, not tell them what to be. Remember, in Save the Citizen, one group plays as the villains letting the citizen die, while the heroes try to save them, and the bullies always played as the villains. 3. Royal Pain might, as she is both of age, and has a previous history of criminal activity she may need to answer for, but that's never clarified. The others haven't really done anything other than some basic assault, kidnapping, and property damage, so they wouldn't be up for any crimes against humanity...yet.
@@tmac8396 They were accomplices to a major crime. They definitely did much. Doesn't matter what part they played. A get away driver for a bank heist is just as guilty
@@TraceguyRune Please note that I did NOT say they did NOTHING, I said they didn't do much compared to Royal Pain and her Jester. They will be held accountable, but they won't be held at the same standard as their boss and her crimes that go back decades and threatened more than just a small group of people.
After watching Scott Pilgrim for the first time a couple years ago and growing up with sky high when I first saw Ramona in sky high I was like what the hell is she doing here?
Sky High is genuinely one of the most fun DCOMS and deserves so much more love (and a sequel, if not two!) Fun fact: Two of the writers from Kim Possible worked on it, which probably explains why it holds up as well as it does today. Plus if I remember correctly, not only were they planning for a sequel, but they also were thinking about getting Layla and Warren together at the end (as we deserved!) I'm very much blanking on where this is from, but I know there was a lot buzz about it a few years ago. I just wish we got to learn more about this world and these kids - there were rumors of a sequel back in 2016, but obviously that didn't happen. Maybe one day...
It's not a DCOM. But there *was* a DCOM made in the early 2000s that had a similar premise about a teen with no powers and a superhero family. It was called Up, Up and Away.
As a kid Sky High was actually really good to me. I used to watch it so much thinking it was Disney's version of the Avengers or JLA. What I would give to have such a pure unfiltered outlook on life again.
They made Layla extremely pacifist. That's why she didn't do jacksht with her powers up until near the end. Out of everyone in the cast, her and Warren had the strongest powers.
Plant powers have insane possibilities and on one hand its kind of sad she doesn't tap into their full potential, but on the other hand I think thats the difference between someone whos peaceful and somoene whos harmless and giving her insanely powerful abilities drive home that she chooses not to fight
The fact that Wonder Woman herself is the principal of a superhero high school makes me really happy. Also Sky High walked so Boku No Hero Academia could fly. Oh and RIP to Kelly Preston who played Mrs. Stronghold in this.
Nope. I disagree, I think the X-men franchise was a much bigger and more likely influence, I don’t think Sky High ever had that reach outside of the 2000s generation.
@@theperson8539 What's wrong with just saying "second-to last line"? We ain't writing essays. And. You do realize that Almight's costume LITERALLY looks like the dad's suit, right? And, MHA is really for the 2000s generation. And, X-Men is not a parody/commentary on the superhero genre. Both Sky High and MHA are. And more specifically, they're both parodying X-Men specifically, so while sure, X-Men contributed, Sky High came before MHA with the same premise.
I like to imagine after dating Will she realizes how emotionally immature he is for the kind of relationship she wants and calls it quits while still remaining friends cause they do have a close bond but not a romantic one. And as the years go by Waren and Layla have a slow burn but ultimately end up together!
@@Bingiisyaboi29 that's my thought, as much as I'd like sequels the original had a perfect ending and I'm worried the sequels wouldn't live up to expectations
An aspect I always love about this film is that, despite the fact it's live action, I feel this film is a great example/lesson in character design and how you should design them. all the character's outfits and designs reflect themselves and also hint at what their abilities are (I personally think great character design can tells you about the character/hint at what they can do). The glow kid wears mostly white, yellow and neon green which all reflect the idea of glowing/light (plus his fashion is meant to be flashy, key word "flashy) the melting kid wears all orange throughout the film which makes him look like a giant dreamsicle/popsicle which hints at his melting powers, the goth shapeshifter has a tie-die look to her clothes which style has a morphing quality to it, and will is dressed in red, white, and blue which makes him come off as the "all-american boy"/make him look similar to superman which he kind of is in terms of powers and role. Additionally, I love the humor when it comes to superheroes/tropes. the film's humor doesn't come off as just mocking the idea of superheros, it doesn't feel like them going "hah hah aren't these comic tropes just stupid and ridiculous" It honestly feel like the creators have a massive love of superheros and were just asking "hey what would daily life for a superhero be". The film really does explore that concept really well, aswell as the concept of a superhero school greatly & in cool ways. Like how will's dad just has dozens of phones in case he breaks one, how they made changing into their gym uniforms into an actual test (superheroes would need to learn to quickly change into their outfits) or how the gym class just has a car to drop on anyone with superstrength because one of the most famous comic cover's of all time is superman (one of the first superheroes) lifting a car.
One thing I did appreciate about this movie is that, while it becomes a moot point, once Will’s parents know that he doesn’t have powers the two of them talk to each other over it. Will’s Dad realizes that, although disappointed, he doesn’t love his son any less. And as for the family business “He can always go into real-estate!”
The hilarious thing is that this movie came out in 2005 and the real estate bubble would have burst around the time he graduated meaning that he probably wouldn’t have been able to go into real estate either 😂.
Of course, he Did muse about his son falling into a vat of radioactive waste on the one in a million chance it might give him superpowers. (Or kill him.)
@@stickman019 actually. a real estate market crash is an ideal time to buy real estate. Buy low sell high. A lot of people are very wealthy now because they bought houses on the cheap during the financial crisis. But if they started buying before the dip then well yeah... that would have sucked
@@MelvinJoseFilmsSkyhigh was filmed at California State University. California was one of the states hit the hardest by the 2008 housing crash seeing a 50% decline in property values. This was good for new buyers but not for someone who holds a lot of real estate already. When the housing bubble burst home values plummeted and the agencies that were hit the hardest were the one that held vast amount of real estate as the amount of foreclosures made it difficult to capitalize on those investments. It is said in the movie that his parents are the most successful real estate agents in Maxville so, we can assume they hold a large amount of these properties which would sharply eat into their profits. Finally, the tumbling price of real estate would also mean lower barriers to entry would also increase competition as less capital would be required to enter the market. I was oversimplifying my first comment as it was meant to be taken as a joke but, there is a possibility that they were able to capitalize on the collapse. Since he would have graduated when the the initial shock happened, they might not know how widespread the effects would be and he could have been disillusioned from entering such a volatile market. It's just interesting that an off-handed comment in the movie was so impacted by a future event that shook the basis of our economy. It would be akin to someone in a late 90s movie saying “We’ll meet back here in the world trade center in 10 years.”
No one ever talks about the camera angles/ frames all being sideways to give this film a darker tone. This film was nothing like anything I have ever seem and am so thankful it exists. This was Disney at their best!
I love the way Will and his friends redefine the meaning of "hero". It's not only about strength, powers and abilities, but also courage, kindness and wisdom.
Layla having nature powers in this movie, and then seeing Danielle Panabaker in the last season of The Flash having nature powers brought back precious childhood memories of mine.
I've always wanted a sky high sequel where the sidekicks learn how to focus and super charge their powers. Maybe the glowing boy learns how to shine blindingly bright and focus light into hot lasers. The melting kid could trick a villain into drinking him then the melting boy controls the villains body from the inside.
The drinking one sounds like Aqua Necklace from Jojo's Bizzare Adventure; it almost kills the protagonist and his really overpowered friend before the adventure even started.
I never actually forgot about this movie. It's one of the few that stuck out to me because of how enjoyable it was and the characters didn't suck. The bus driver is legit the best character ever but... Lol so weird why the hell did he just wanna give his contact info to a kid?!?!
He gave his contact info to a kid because he was trying to get connections to heroes. And that kid is basically Superman's son. So it's like "hey uh...give my business card to your dad? You know, if he ever needs any help or anything." That's why. Or, considering the premise is that the kids will get powers, he was maybe banking on the kid becoming a hero later.
Layla being a sidekick always made me so upset growing up. That girl, as you said, is a god. She’s practically Mother Nature. Her ability is like.. amazing.
Yeah. Her ability is kind of treated like a gag. But like... as long as the energy cost to her ability isn't that high. Wouldn't she be able to solve world hunger, or even terraform planets using enclosed habitats.
I distinctly remember being really scared of the scene where people were being turned into babies, when I was a little kid. But other than that, watching it then and watching it now, it’s still such a great superhero movie. It’s really underrated if you ask me.
@11:35 if I’m not mistaken wills dad hugs him here and if you think about it it’s the first time wills dad could hug his son without restraint which is pretty touching
Definitely not a b class film. And it was better than 80% off the stuff back then too. Or do u forget catwoman. Ben affleck daredevil. Electra. Judge dress etc
it called the tv/movie maker become baby i mean look at what they did to teen titan and just try watching tv now day it all too dumb like they say kid show is now 18 and up and baby show ia 13+ then it sure be kid show 8 and up baby show 1 and up and adult 18+ it like they forgot what make a kid show a a kid show now they make baby show as have nothing better on tv show they can make money and trash that sure never been make.... why they kill teen titan
I have to wonder, how did Will’s parents not know that he didn’t have super powers? Considering he was 14 years old, you’d think that by the time he became a teenager, they’d realize it.
@@StevenCenname Might be misremembering, but I think he also unscrewed the hinges of a door to make it look like he ripped it off. So basically, the kid was setting up stunts to trick the parents into thinking he had powers. And the parent's just never questioned or got suspicious because of COURSE their son was super, duh.
I feel compelled to point out the insane cast of legendary actors in this movie: Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Lynda Carter, Bruce Campbell, Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Cloris Leachman, Kevin Heffernan, Jim Rash, Tom Kenny and Jill Talley!
The way I got mad that you skipped over the scene with Warren and Plant girl at the restaurant. Yup. I still love this movie after all these many years. Thanks for another fun video, Alex.
I agree with ninja here, this movie is good enough by itself. Everyone wants a sequel until it isn’t as good as the original then everyone can’t stop complaining.
@@GuyAndMask Yeah that too, honestly being able to grow plants is insanely overpowered. She could even make a living in the lumber department, since she could grow infinite trees for wood to build houses and stuff. XD
I really liked Sky High when it came out and I watched it enough to remember parts of it now. I specifically remember something about a class where they learned to quick change into their super outfits. Love it! I also remember immediately thinking "oh so this girl is poison ivy, she even has the hair for it - in a natural and not animated way." She refused to take the test and be ranked so at the end fight no one evil knew what her power was and as a kid I thought that was cool and wished she had a bigger part in it. After watching Alex talk about how Will didn't have to learn to accept himself at all it would have cool if Will had gotten a power that seemed hero level but was actually pretty useless in the end fight. Instead have poison ivy take the lead even though she was in the sidekick class the entire time - shock! - bc leading is something you can do without having an outwardly showing strength. Or it could have been one of the other sidekick kids that she had befriended and knew her power - that'd probably be better for the point but idk if Sky High had a character that would make sense in the roll. I don't remember, of the sidekick friends I remember the one dude glowed in the dark and that's about it. Anyway enjoyed as always. Did Warren and the girl who froze those guys at the beginning sort of get together at the end?
If I remember the movie correctly, Layla does end up being the driving force as she is the planner and tells everyone what to do. But yes they should have given such a better ending for Layla. Yes Warren and Ice Girl end up together at the end.
@@carn9507 They are still there to this day. 18 years later, they are still used as an example as to why you do not assault another classmate without knowing their powers.
Unironically one of my favourite movies. Desperately needed a sequel. The guy that played Zach was hilarious and he and Warren needed to do a lot more in my opinion (I've seen the other things they've been in). The entire cast really was fire.
I know you say the plot could be better if the MC accepted himself for being a powerless sidekick, but I think the route they went also works. Someone goes from being an outsider to an insider and they're forced to accept that they're no better than those they left behind on the outside. Will left his old friends for a while (this was mostly because his classes changed), and needed to realize that they were there for him when back before he was socially accepted while his new friends only like him because he changed..
I just realized something about Gwen/Susan, she became a villain because of how mistreated she was in high school, and becoming a baby she gets a second chance and seemingly just by getting contacts she’s able to become the most popular person in school. Do you really need to turn everyone into babies?
It has been forever since I have seen it but didn't they also say that being a technopath is now seen much more favorably while it was the thing of loser sidekicks in the past (I assume this is probably because there is a lot more tech stuff now than in the past).
@@mavortius8768 IIRC, she actually said that _they didn't even know what technopathy was,_ which would have labeled her as a no-power sidekick. Which is especially weird since the type of technopathy shown in the movie isn't the "telepathically connect to and control computers" kind that you can't see, it's the very visible "telekinetically assemble superscience gadgets" kind that should be very obvious in both when it's actively being used and the applications of its use.
@@AYVYN Bruv she makes plants spawn meaning she can solve a crisis just watch the video before commenting becuase god this is dumb on a video about superheroes
This is one of those movies from my childhood that surprisingly still holds up, I watched it the other day and I found myself laughing quite a bit, even has a decent story. Definitely deserved a sequel.
It was an extremely effective execution of “dumb on purpose” They wanted the plot to be comic book/ cartoon style goofy So they did, but they did it as effectively as a comic book would. They really characterized everyone well, made us care about all the relevant characters 🙂💜
I still wonder how their powers work with clothes. The stretchy guy's clothes grow with him, the cheerleader clones not just herself but her outfits as well, the guy who melts, also melts his clothes, and the shapeshifters can shapeshift their clothes as well 😆
My favorite thing about this movie that doesn’t get addressed in this video is the running gag about getting superpowers by falling into a vat of toxic waste and then that exact thing happens to Ron at the end Also I’m so impressed by how much the animation on this channel has evolved since I started following!
I really liked the last line in the movie "in the end my girlfriend became my enemy and my best friend became my girlfriend and my enemy became my best friend " I still laugh when I remember that
10:38 The kid who plays Warren Peace in this movie later in life plays a lead in the movie The Covenant. It's a movie set on these four young adolescent males that are all the most recent generations of their families, and the people in each of their families possess innate magical abilities. These abilities grow in strength as they age, and their "True potential" is awakened on the eve of their eighteenth birthday. It's honestly a great watch, I think you should do a vid on it if it interests you.
This premise reminds me of Encanto with superheroes. Also, it's great seeing Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the baddie, she should really play more villainous roles in her career.
Pfffffff......had this on DVD as a father at 18, me and my son would sit in my recliner and watch sky high EVERY DAY. he loved it and it's all I had. 😂 good memories.
I was in college when this movie came out and my dad rented it to watch when I came home. I remember being like “Dad this is a teen movie!” Then I watched it and laughed more than my sister who was still in high school. Glad you liked it.
"SO in the end, my Best Friend became my girlfriend, My Girlfriend became my worst enemy, and my worst enemy became my Best Friend." Critically underrated line.
"But hey, that's highschool"
Word my guy
My girlfriend became my arch enemy, my arch enemy became my best friend, and my best friend became my girlfriend.
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I thought that was genius as a kid😂
Sky High was never forgotten. All the real ones still remember this banger of a classic to this day. Back when Disney was still focused on putting out quality content
Literally was looking for someone else before I commented the same. I have thought back to this movie so many times. It hits and still does.
It’s quite literally the only Disney movie I really remember
Yo I saw this as a kid on Disney channel randomly and I loved it.
As an adult, I still watch this movie. I loved this movie as a kid, actually watched it fairly recently too
exactlyyyy
Layla was literally the best part of this movie. That ending scene with her and the cheerleaders will always be iconic.
Agreed, Layla always stole the show for me, as did Warren.
agreed.
Her and save the citizen can’t be topped
Playing superheroes runs in the family :) Danielle Panabaker (Layla) ended up on the Arrowverse Flash as Caitlin, and her sister Kay Panabaker played the daughter in No Ordinary Family (think live-action Incredibles x better Fantastic Four).
"BIG MISTAKE"
Royal Pain having her own weapon turned against her, becoming a child again, and then using it all in her revenge plot was honestly an amazing concept. So much better than most of the bs villain backstories we get nowadays
I absolutely love that the parents are simultaneously "saving the world" all the time, and excited about the idea of winning a trip to Hawaii via real estate sales.
I also love the scene where they're discussing will not having powers the dad gets excited that "he can still always go into real estate!"
@@christopherauzenne5023 they are solid parents in general, very fun, and they do learn to accept him.
Maybe Buffy should have gone into real estate
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It's even funnier when you remember Kelly Preston was Hawaiian lol
this movie was honestly better than it had any right being. i love that line in the end "my girlfriend became my arch enemy, my arch enemy became my best friend, and my best friend became my girlfriend". it just makes everything feel full circle and it puts a nice bow on the movie.
right! i love that line
*chef’s kiss*
Yes! This movie has so many amazing lines. The name Warren Peace? come on!
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It kind of had the feeling that it was the first thing written, like the plot bunny, and the rest of the plot followed from there, you know?
Sky High deserved a sequel so badly and no one can tell me otherwise.
There is one called ‘Save U’ or something like that
agreed, this is such a great movie.
@@RobProb-Xit was cancelled I believe
Yeah it did
But not with this current ruined culture of ours.
Warren Peace walked so Winter Soldier could run 😂😂😂
😂😅
He does look like Bucky
The most coolest name ever.
@@amoralejo-ig7bc Just realized his name is “war and peace” basically. Yeah that is a sick name for a hero!
Facts 😂😂😂😂
I feel like we never forgot sky high… we just never had a reason to complain about it.
Sky high is literally one of my favorite movies of all time
Totally right, it certainly isn’t a “forgotten” movie as he is claiming. At least from my experiences and observations
for me its that when i saw it i remember it existing, but i couldn't of told you anything about before finishing the video
Amen! Gonna watch it now . . .
I genuinely thought it only came out like 2 years ago because Disney started playing it again
Sad, but true. Should have been celebrated
This is one of the most under appreciated superhero movies ever. The representation of the underdogs by giving them “lame” powers is clever, the camera angles make the movie look like a comic book, and the plot and setting feel like they’re from a superhero cartoon.
*UNCLE. UNCLE. UNCLE.*
Lame powers:: also a random goddess cause why not lol
Not to mention there are some pretty clever uses of powers at certain points, such as the training scene with Warren, and there are a few very well written characters.
@@paulkanja To be fair, the movie acknowledges her powers are awesome from the get go, she just doesn't wanna buy into the school's kool-aid because, as she puts it, it sounds fascist. She realy just sits there in the power test.
I feel there was an idea to make this movie much heavier, or maybe it WAS heavier in the earlier versions of the screenplay, but it just got a lighthearted tone because disney thought the premise would sell better to little kids.
@@13AndreFalcao666 Ah was a bit too good I forgot Disney made it,, all makes sense now
This is one of those movies where it feels like everyone involved had a blast. That kind of thing really carries through the screen.
Are you from the ninjago wiki
Are you that guy on the ninjago wiki
Yeah
One of my favorite moments from this movie is in the end credit scene (because yes, it has one of those) where all the villains are put into the detention room (because it nullifies all powers) and as the principal leaves she says "I'm not Wonder Woman, you know." Which is an easter egg joke because she is, in fact, the actress who played the original Wonder Woman.
Ooo I didn’t know this! Thank you 🥰
Rewatching this movie and realizing that the girl that can duplicate herself might have some issues. She's literally laughing at her own jokes through the movie 😆
I'm pretty sure she had multiple personality disorder or something like that
@@izabizsmith333 Or she's a mild narcissist
@@silencedmaxim5889 I"m going to say narcissist and feels a need for attention.
And self love/self-affirmations can be a healthy thing, but with the cloning thing.....
Y'all don't laugh at your own jokes?
I laugh at my own jokes bc I'm funny
"I went through puberty twice.... for this. "Suprised Alex didn't mention this line that resonates so differently as an adult than as a teenager.
I feel he missed some good scenes. Like Layla showing her power and being almost god like. But I get it. The vid was already 18 minutes long.
As a trans person this Is a literal thing
@@eeveegirl009 how? And also that kinda sounds like a nightmare
@@samkelo27 hormone therapy pretty much sends you through puberty a second time
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They say Ron Wilson doesn’t have powers, yet he’s strong enough to carry this entire movie? Seems legit.
Layla would 100% solve world hunger and write it off as 'another tuesday'
It saddens me to know that this Disney film didn’t become a franchise.
With all the legacy bullshit going on, they should revive this as an animated series.
Actually I’m glad it hasn’t lived on. Could you imagine it getting infected with the gender politics?
It died a hero so it didn’t live long enough to become the villain
@@TheKpa11 Oof
@@TheKpa11Dumb question, what are the gender politics?
@@lemonshobbies do you really wanna know?
A minor detail I appreciated is that Layla ends up in sidekick class due to her protesting the assessment rather than Coach Boomer somehow not comprehending how powerful plant manipulation is.
Yeah she was a conscience objector to the whole thing
She literally calls it fascist.
I first saw this movie I was like 25 and I was in AWE by that line.
It's really sad how the writers clearly wanted to tell a much deeper tale but they seemingly had to drop it, but some of it still wound up in the final product, and it makes you think "god... What if?"
What gets me is some of the kids that got into hero class, I mean shape shifting how’s that gonna be useful against supervillains?
@@joshholland8564 It really depends on the array of changes you can get
@@joshholland8564 a spy
“In the end, my girlfriend became my arch enemy, my arch enemy became my best friend, and my best friend became my girlfriend. But hey, that’s high school.”
*cue “I’ll stop the world and melt with you” cover and Will and Layla making out in the air that I thought was the most romantic scene ever*
I love this movie.
Fucking iconic haha
Now I have to go find the ending just for this
Neat anime title
Those were the most memorable lines for me along with:
"I made out with an old lady!?!?" & "I can control technology with my mind" (I still want that power to this day.)
I still love that song 🤣💙💚💙💚 I’ll stop the world and melt 4 you
What's really funny about the lemon joke where she couldn't make lemons is that limes and oranges make lemons humans crossbreed the different fruits to get them. Meaning she's got control over the natural plants not man-made ones
Fun fact: The actor who played Warren Peace auditioned for the role of Jacob in Twilight, but ultimately lost to Taylor Lautner. I wish I could watch the alternative reality version of the movie where he got the part, tbh.
you can still see him as James Holden in The Expanse though😘
@@irfansyahril8511 love him in that
@@irfansyahril8511 I'll take a look, thank you!
He kind of look like him though.
@@irfansyahril8511 holy shit I never made that connection!
One of the main points with Layla was that she was super powerful. The movie acknowledges it, Layla just refused to 'show off' during gym so she got placed in sidekick class. Honestly, her refusing to show her powers to the coach was kinda silly but also 100% a hill that a fourteen-year-old girl would die on so it tracks.
From what I remember layla didnt want to fight crime in the traditional sense either. She wanted to give food away and stuff
@@mashur4880 Layla becomes Killer frost in the flash.
She could use it to grow some mushrooms or leafs
She had principles that she stuck to, I don’t agree with how much of a stickler she was about it. But honestly super respectable, and when she threw hands….woooof 😮
@@mashur4880 like atom eve
This was a fun movie. I especially liked Warren and Layla... the moment when she actually unleashes her full plant power is epic!
As friends sure, as a couple hell no.
Will didnt deserve her🙄
@@javierlopez9789 that is your opinion.
@@hilmilosnowball7740 Will and Layla are actually together though. So, if your opinion is support of a Layla and Warren ship, it's just genuinely false.
"Instead of having to accept himself for who he is, let's just give him all the superpowers!"
Boy, do I have an anime for you...
what is it
@@generallentz1072 My Hero Academia.
We all secretly like sky high tho 😭😭😭
True, I think is due to nostalgia though
Yeah
It's a secret?
Ye0
Secretly? I never denied it! 😂
alex finally getting to the best movies
Facts
@Unknown Account who are yoy
YES
That phone joke with Will's dad is still great even to this day. Funny to think how something simple as super strength could cause you worry about things like breaking a phone constantly.
I feel this movie wanted to really lean into the boring things we never see about heroes... The creators of Kim Possible were involved, I believe. Could it be they pitched a show and Disney just greenlit a movie?
My mom used to laugh a lot at this part because it reminds her of herself, always snapping her pens in half when she's angry and needing to pull out a new one.
Or how almost every character that has super strength seems like have a minor anger issue for some reason
@@ARealPerson21 no they just get angry like any other person.. regular people clench their fist or like to punch a pillow.. super strength heroes are the same just if they had a phone in their hand and got angry it just so happens to break the phone🤷🏻♂️
at least he prepared by buying many backup phones just in case
literally everyone remembers it and loved it growing up lol
I love how in the end the principal goes "I'm not Wonder Woman, you know," when she was, quite literally, Wonder Woman (she was played by Lynda carter).
When she first appeared in the movie I was all “yes, this makes sense” but then the self awareness was revealed at the end and I squealed 😂
Is that fujimoto's profile pic?
Also puts them in the Wonder Woman universe meaning will stronghold could go up against superman
Yes, was going to say that. Lynda Carter is still best Wonder Woman
i will never be ashamed to admit this is unironically one of my favorite movies of all time
Same. It’s an excellent film
It’s like a Disney version my hero academia
@@volcan968 You mean BETTER version of mha?
same, saw it like 4 times a year
With you there
I will remember the “My girlfriend became my worst enemy, my worst enemy became my best friend, and my best friend became my girlfriend-but hey, that’s high school” line from the end of the movie till the day I die. 😝
Yeah this movie really is so well done.
"And Mr. Peace...regretably, I made boom boom" lives rent free in my head to this DAY
I've found my people
1. Why is Warren Peace a sidekick?
2. Why are the bullies helping the super villain when they're going to school to be heroes?
3. Will the bullies stand trial for treason against humanity?
1. He was not a sidekick, he just hung around with them. All the heroes were wary of him because of his parents, the sidekicks were like, "yeah, they suck, you can hang with us."
2. The bullies hung around with a bigger bully, and remember, this is her SECOND time attending Sky High and she is STILL a villain. It is implied that the school is more to train the students on how to use their powers, not tell them what to be. Remember, in Save the Citizen, one group plays as the villains letting the citizen die, while the heroes try to save them, and the bullies always played as the villains.
3. Royal Pain might, as she is both of age, and has a previous history of criminal activity she may need to answer for, but that's never clarified. The others haven't really done anything other than some basic assault, kidnapping, and property damage, so they wouldn't be up for any crimes against humanity...yet.
@@tmac8396 They were accomplices to a major crime. They definitely did much. Doesn't matter what part they played. A get away driver for a bank heist is just as guilty
@@TraceguyRune Please note that I did NOT say they did NOTHING, I said they didn't do much compared to Royal Pain and her Jester. They will be held accountable, but they won't be held at the same standard as their boss and her crimes that go back decades and threatened more than just a small group of people.
Love this movie, it deserves a sequel.
Also proves Ramona Flowers is the true Evil Ex.
but she is now married to obi wan tho
@@duelieur9692 he made her go to the light side lol
After watching Scott Pilgrim for the first time a couple years ago and growing up with sky high when I first saw Ramona in sky high I was like what the hell is she doing here?
@@LukeSky2207 Damn she made him break the jedi code haha. Also Daniele Panabaker is still hot
Surprised alex didn't mention the best line
"I went through puberty twice, for this!"
What a line! 😂😂
Lmao
He wouldn’t cus he messed up her origins about why she would say that in the first place. Go to 14:41
I think that was post credit?
@@junjunjamore7735 it wasn’t
Sky High is genuinely one of the most fun DCOMS and deserves so much more love (and a sequel, if not two!) Fun fact: Two of the writers from Kim Possible worked on it, which probably explains why it holds up as well as it does today.
Plus if I remember correctly, not only were they planning for a sequel, but they also were thinking about getting Layla and Warren together at the end (as we deserved!) I'm very much blanking on where this is from, but I know there was a lot buzz about it a few years ago. I just wish we got to learn more about this world and these kids - there were rumors of a sequel back in 2016, but obviously that didn't happen. Maybe one day...
It actually wasn't a DCOM; it had a theatrical release and wasn't made for the channel.
It's not a DCOM. But there *was* a DCOM made in the early 2000s that had a similar premise about a teen with no powers and a superhero family. It was called Up, Up and Away.
It's literally My Hero Academia
and then the fascism hits lmao
@@sunspotmill1291 up up and away was a much better story.
As a kid Sky High was actually really good to me. I used to watch it so much thinking it was Disney's version of the Avengers or JLA. What I would give to have such a pure unfiltered outlook on life again.
Sky high is remembered very fondly by any kid born in the early 2000s
One of the best superhero films, period
Yuppp you got it that movie was everything younger kids don’t understand and how good that movie was
I was born in 89 and I fondly remember it 😂
as a 2003 baby I concur. my sister and I watched this so many times :)
I graduated in '05 and I also fondly remember it
@@dramamole '91 one here and same. Not a total favourite of mine, but something I'd defo stay on when flicking channels.
They made Layla extremely pacifist. That's why she didn't do jacksht with her powers up until near the end. Out of everyone in the cast, her and Warren had the strongest powers.
Plant powers have insane possibilities and on one hand its kind of sad she doesn't tap into their full potential, but on the other hand I think thats the difference between someone whos peaceful and somoene whos harmless and giving her insanely powerful abilities drive home that she chooses not to fight
She was supposed to be laid back hippy type so of course she was a pacifist
@@RealTalkAlexV My point exactly??
@@ProjectLethargic
Still, it's a problem often seen though. The OP characters are hella nerfed for the plot 😅
Perfuma, from She-Ra 😂
Sky High was filmed at my university and people there make it well known ALL THE TIME 😂 could never forget this masterpiece
What university was it?
@@urluckyimapotato it’s CSUN, California state university, northridge
Hello fellow Matador.
@@teclego007 omg a Matador! Super cool
CSUN
This film is like MHA if the fanbase had girlfriends that weren't a quarter of their age.
The fact that Wonder Woman herself is the principal of a superhero high school makes me really happy. Also Sky High walked so Boku No Hero Academia could fly. Oh and RIP to Kelly Preston who played Mrs. Stronghold in this.
Nope. I disagree, I think the X-men franchise was a much bigger and more likely influence, I don’t think Sky High ever had that reach outside of the 2000s generation.
I didn’t know she passed away. 😔 I loved watching this movie as a kid.
@@theperson8539 …what does your comment have *anything* to do with what OP said?
@@slsthewriter1299 The penultimate line?
@@theperson8539 What's wrong with just saying "second-to last line"? We ain't writing essays. And. You do realize that Almight's costume LITERALLY looks like the dad's suit, right? And, MHA is really for the 2000s generation. And, X-Men is not a parody/commentary on the superhero genre. Both Sky High and MHA are. And more specifically, they're both parodying X-Men specifically, so while sure, X-Men contributed, Sky High came before MHA with the same premise.
dude, seriously, for many of us, this was like half our childhood right here; so many fond memories
the casting in this movie is frankly insane, seriously
Dude, for real. Totally stacked cast.
That's what forgot Bruce Campbell was in the movie
@@HornedSerpent86 Bruce Campbell makes every movie better 😤
This movie had some good actors in it. Plus i liked this movie back then.
The weirdest and most infuriating part of that movie was Layla letting that "hot-fire god-snack" go because of... Will..
ugh i know. that scene of them in the chinese restaurant had more chemistry than every scene of layla and will combined
@@mandyyyy1255 Gurl, exactly. They were burning and we were rooting for them... Layla had more chemistry with Will's dad than with him. Iugh
But Layla had to get with Will because they're pRoTAgOnisTS.
edit: Note the sarcasm
I like to imagine after dating Will she realizes how emotionally immature he is for the kind of relationship she wants and calls it quits while still remaining friends cause they do have a close bond but not a romantic one. And as the years go by Waren and Layla have a slow burn but ultimately end up together!
the movie ended in tragedy
I wish they made more Sky High into a trilogy like they had originally planned.
Nah I think it’s perfect as it is ngl
@@Bingiisyaboi29same
@@Bingiisyaboi29 that's my thought, as much as I'd like sequels the original had a perfect ending and I'm worried the sequels wouldn't live up to expectations
The mom died in real life, so probably never going to happen.
oh well... that's rough buddy may she rest in peace@@anncokafor
An aspect I always love about this film is that, despite the fact it's live action, I feel this film is a great example/lesson in character design and how you should design them. all the character's outfits and designs reflect themselves and also hint at what their abilities are (I personally think great character design can tells you about the character/hint at what they can do). The glow kid wears mostly white, yellow and neon green which all reflect the idea of glowing/light (plus his fashion is meant to be flashy, key word "flashy) the melting kid wears all orange throughout the film which makes him look like a giant dreamsicle/popsicle which hints at his melting powers, the goth shapeshifter has a tie-die look to her clothes which style has a morphing quality to it, and will is dressed in red, white, and blue which makes him come off as the "all-american boy"/make him look similar to superman which he kind of is in terms of powers and role.
Additionally, I love the humor when it comes to superheroes/tropes. the film's humor doesn't come off as just mocking the idea of superheros, it doesn't feel like them going "hah hah aren't these comic tropes just stupid and ridiculous" It honestly feel like the creators have a massive love of superheros and were just asking "hey what would daily life for a superhero be". The film really does explore that concept really well, aswell as the concept of a superhero school greatly & in cool ways. Like how will's dad just has dozens of phones in case he breaks one, how they made changing into their gym uniforms into an actual test (superheroes would need to learn to quickly change into their outfits) or how the gym class just has a car to drop on anyone with superstrength because one of the most famous comic cover's of all time is superman (one of the first superheroes) lifting a car.
This comment is so long
Dude! Sky High is blood awesome!
@@taytonlove7872 eh there’s been longer. It’s fine
@@taytonlove7872 Doesn't really matter, though...
Stop hating on me
There's nothing that screams 2005 more than discovering this movie existed from an in-page ad in your Sonic the Hedgehog comic
One thing I did appreciate about this movie is that, while it becomes a moot point, once Will’s parents know that he doesn’t have powers the two of them talk to each other over it. Will’s Dad realizes that, although disappointed, he doesn’t love his son any less. And as for the family business “He can always go into real-estate!”
The way he delivers that real estate line is both so cute and hilarious I swear 😂 he's so excited about it lol
The hilarious thing is that this movie came out in 2005 and the real estate bubble would have burst around the time he graduated meaning that he probably wouldn’t have been able to go into real estate either 😂.
Of course, he Did muse about his son falling into a vat of radioactive waste on the one in a million chance it might give him superpowers. (Or kill him.)
@@stickman019 actually. a real estate market crash is an ideal time to buy real estate. Buy low sell high. A lot of people are very wealthy now because they bought houses on the cheap during the financial crisis. But if they started buying before the dip then well yeah... that would have sucked
@@MelvinJoseFilmsSkyhigh was filmed at California State University. California was one of the states hit the hardest by the 2008 housing crash seeing a 50% decline in property values. This was good for new buyers but not for someone who holds a lot of real estate already. When the housing bubble burst home values plummeted and the agencies that were hit the hardest were the one that held vast amount of real estate as the amount of foreclosures made it difficult to capitalize on those investments. It is said in the movie that his parents are the most successful real estate agents in Maxville so, we can assume they hold a large amount of these properties which would sharply eat into their profits. Finally, the tumbling price of real estate would also mean lower barriers to entry would also increase competition as less capital would be required to enter the market. I was oversimplifying my first comment as it was meant to be taken as a joke but, there is a possibility that they were able to capitalize on the collapse. Since he would have graduated when the the initial shock happened, they might not know how widespread the effects would be and he could have been disillusioned from entering such a volatile market. It's just interesting that an off-handed comment in the movie was so impacted by a future event that shook the basis of our economy. It would be akin to someone in a late 90s movie saying “We’ll meet back here in the world trade center in 10 years.”
No one ever talks about the camera angles/ frames all being sideways to give this film a darker tone. This film was nothing like anything I have ever seem and am so thankful it exists. This was Disney at their best!
Also a comic like feeling
Alex commented on the Dutch angles
I love the way Will and his friends redefine the meaning of "hero". It's not only about strength, powers and abilities, but also courage, kindness and wisdom.
Great symbolism.
Layla having nature powers in this movie, and then seeing Danielle Panabaker in the last season of The Flash having nature powers brought back precious childhood memories of mine.
I've always wanted a sky high sequel where the sidekicks learn how to focus and super charge their powers. Maybe the glowing boy learns how to shine blindingly bright and focus light into hot lasers. The melting kid could trick a villain into drinking him then the melting boy controls the villains body from the inside.
Flubber effect.
The drinking one sounds like Aqua Necklace from Jojo's Bizzare Adventure; it almost kills the protagonist and his really overpowered friend before the adventure even started.
And Layla just becomes Poison Ivy 🤣
How does one make the guinea pig girl more powerful?
I always thought there’d be a sequel too. Or a spin off tv show
I never actually forgot about this movie. It's one of the few that stuck out to me because of how enjoyable it was and the characters didn't suck.
The bus driver is legit the best character ever but... Lol so weird why the hell did he just wanna give his contact info to a kid?!?!
I did. Because it never grew on me and I was outgrowing these kind of films by that point.
He gave his contact info to a kid because he was trying to get connections to heroes. And that kid is basically Superman's son. So it's like "hey uh...give my business card to your dad? You know, if he ever needs any help or anything." That's why. Or, considering the premise is that the kids will get powers, he was maybe banking on the kid becoming a hero later.
Networking. Bus driver is deep into hustle culture
Kid's dad is basically the Superman of that movie minus the flying and laser part, an A-list superhero
This is one of those movies that you can watch more than once and each time you do you always end up smiling. It still hits.
Layla being a sidekick always made me so upset growing up. That girl, as you said, is a god. She’s practically Mother Nature. Her ability is like.. amazing.
Yeah. Her ability is kind of treated like a gag. But like... as long as the energy cost to her ability isn't that high. Wouldn't she be able to solve world hunger, or even terraform planets using enclosed habitats.
I distinctly remember being really scared of the scene where people were being turned into babies, when I was a little kid. But other than that, watching it then and watching it now, it’s still such a great superhero movie. It’s really underrated if you ask me.
LOL SAME WHAT
ME TOO
@@cathavingfun too true
omg i remember being afraid of that as a young person too !! ahaha
I literally had to leave the theater
@11:35 if I’m not mistaken wills dad hugs him here and if you think about it it’s the first time wills dad could hug his son without restraint which is pretty touching
Weird how a B class film from the 00s is better than 80% of whats on nowadays
Definitely not a b class film. And it was better than 80% off the stuff back then too. Or do u forget catwoman. Ben affleck daredevil. Electra. Judge dress etc
@@userasdf
*Judge Dread
@@userasdfyeah that's the nostalgia talking
it called the tv/movie maker become baby i mean look at what they did to teen titan and just try watching tv now day it all too dumb like they say kid show is now 18 and up and baby show ia 13+ then it sure be kid show 8 and up baby show 1 and up and adult 18+ it like they forgot what make a kid show a a kid show now they make baby show as have nothing better on tv show they can make money and trash that sure never been make.... why they kill teen titan
@@dylansharp8471Dredd, if you are gonna correct someone at least get it right
Awesome vid, thanks for the laughs. I needed it tonight! Pictionary dance!
I have to wonder, how did Will’s parents not know that he didn’t have super powers? Considering he was 14 years old, you’d think that by the time he became a teenager, they’d realize it.
Plot
In the movie, he put more weight on the bar in his room after he was done using it.
@@StevenCenname Might be misremembering, but I think he also unscrewed the hinges of a door to make it look like he ripped it off. So basically, the kid was setting up stunts to trick the parents into thinking he had powers. And the parent's just never questioned or got suspicious because of COURSE their son was super, duh.
@@DCreed013 these are the type of parents who raise either Karens or under confident people.
My cousin didn't know her 14 yo daughter was pregnant until the 8th month. Sometimes people just don't notice day-to-day things
So no one is going to talk about how he completely left out Warren Peace. He is literally one of the best character in the movie😊
Yea it sounds like this guy barely heard about it lmao
Ikr 💯
Warren Peace is one of the best names given to a character.
10:37 ?????
Really? Completely left out? Did u watch?
Sky High was unironically a great movie but Warren Peace as a second male lead was the true tragedy of our generation. He deserved his own movie 😤
Bro Warren peace was so hot my guy. Watched this movie at school one time and I developed a MASSIVE crush on him.
I think he's the guy in 10,000 BC
He ended up playing James Holden in The Expanse!
"This movie has no business being this good." The truest statement ever.😂
I feel compelled to point out the insane cast of legendary actors in this movie: Kurt Russell, Kelly Preston, Lynda Carter, Bruce Campbell, Dave Foley, Kevin McDonald, Cloris Leachman, Kevin Heffernan, Jim Rash, Tom Kenny and Jill Talley!
It has an amazing cast because it was a theatrical release, not a DCom
And had rising stars like Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Danielle Panabaker. :) A pretty great cast overall. :)
AND Nicholas Braun, aka Cousin Greg from Succession!
The way I got mad that you skipped over the scene with Warren and Plant girl at the restaurant. Yup. I still love this movie after all these many years. Thanks for another fun video, Alex.
15:12 I know right? I can’t count how many times a girl started dating me only to steal one of my gadgets from my secret lair.
Damn gadgetdiggers!
The villian lady just looks like my fricking angry English teacher
The fact that we never got a sequel is the most depressing thing of adulthood yet😢
Yeah I read somewhere it was supposed to have a TV show but it got canceled
It's not depressing at all, this never needed a sequel
I agree with ninja here, this movie is good enough by itself. Everyone wants a sequel until it isn’t as good as the original then everyone can’t stop complaining.
@@dariusdafiggait's surprising that Disney didn't really made one since it has like a potential to be a franchise
Has the superpower to grow infinite plant life and end world hunger: "She's obviously just a hippy."
She also can stop global warming.
@@GuyAndMask Yeah that too, honestly being able to grow plants is insanely overpowered. She could even make a living in the lumber department, since she could grow infinite trees for wood to build houses and stuff. XD
She did mention how her mother can speak to animals, so maybe she became more of a hippie from knowing how animals felt about things?
@@GuyAndMask We are actually in a mini ice-age
@@VladTepes-SaviorofEurope-mw4uyno we aren't
I really liked Sky High when it came out and I watched it enough to remember parts of it now. I specifically remember something about a class where they learned to quick change into their super outfits. Love it!
I also remember immediately thinking "oh so this girl is poison ivy, she even has the hair for it - in a natural and not animated way." She refused to take the test and be ranked so at the end fight no one evil knew what her power was and as a kid I thought that was cool and wished she had a bigger part in it. After watching Alex talk about how Will didn't have to learn to accept himself at all it would have cool if Will had gotten a power that seemed hero level but was actually pretty useless in the end fight. Instead have poison ivy take the lead even though she was in the sidekick class the entire time - shock! - bc leading is something you can do without having an outwardly showing strength. Or it could have been one of the other sidekick kids that she had befriended and knew her power - that'd probably be better for the point but idk if Sky High had a character that would make sense in the roll. I don't remember, of the sidekick friends I remember the one dude glowed in the dark and that's about it.
Anyway enjoyed as always.
Did Warren and the girl who froze those guys at the beginning sort of get together at the end?
If I remember the movie correctly, Layla does end up being the driving force as she is the planner and tells everyone what to do. But yes they should have given such a better ending for Layla.
Yes Warren and Ice Girl end up together at the end.
@@Dkgow Did the two guys Ice Girl froze live or did she actually murder them? :O
@@carn9507 I think I remember that they're in the background at the end
@@tini_ceh Ah ok, so not Killer Frost then... which is who Layla's actress Danielle Panabaker went on to portray. :O
@@carn9507 They are still there to this day. 18 years later, they are still used as an example as to why you do not assault another classmate without knowing their powers.
Burh you're commentary hits hard, especially about all the middle and highshchool stuff like bruh, I appreciate you airing all my baggage on air lol
Unironically one of my favourite movies. Desperately needed a sequel. The guy that played Zach was hilarious and he and Warren needed to do a lot more in my opinion (I've seen the other things they've been in). The entire cast really was fire.
I agree. He's in Succession now tho
I wanted a sequel
I remember sky high. I still have the soundtrack TO THIS DAY. We need a sequel. It's BEEN ALMOST 20 YEARS 😭
I'm now having a crisis over this kjandkjcnadkjcnfkj
Might get a Disney+ show!
No thanks. It would probably be made for “modern audiences”
EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD 🔥🔥🔥
naur if we get a sequel rn, it'd be pretty bad like that sharkboy and lava girl sequel 🤢
This was Disney's My Hero Academia before My Hero Academia was even a thing.
Always thought there'd be a TV series after it
After reading your comment, I’m trying to remember the name of the anime where a strong guy has to blend in a wizards school
@@christianweibrecht6555 MASHLE
THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING!
AGREED!!!!!
This movie slapped and nobody can tell me otherwise.
I know you say the plot could be better if the MC accepted himself for being a powerless sidekick, but I think the route they went also works. Someone goes from being an outsider to an insider and they're forced to accept that they're no better than those they left behind on the outside. Will left his old friends for a while (this was mostly because his classes changed), and needed to realize that they were there for him when back before he was socially accepted while his new friends only like him because he changed..
Everyone remembers Sky High, we don’t talk about it cause there is nothing to say, it’s perfect
The nostalgia from this movie feels like a punch in the face and somehow also a warm hug
The fact that it has the person that played Wonder Women from the old live show, and at the end she says 'Who do you think I am, Wonder Women?'.
Did anyone else notice that Layla was basically poison ivy if she was good and not evil?
Red hair and everything
Yes I immediately thought of that
Layla became killer frost in the flash
@@BrotherMag um ackhyually it was Caitlyn Snow
@@Goodstitching She's both. And she's now Khione in Flash Season 9. :)
@@carn9507 "Khione" goofy ahh name
I just realized something about Gwen/Susan, she became a villain because of how mistreated she was in high school, and becoming a baby she gets a second chance and seemingly just by getting contacts she’s able to become the most popular person in school.
Do you really need to turn everyone into babies?
She's a supervillain. They've got to have evil supervillain plans.
Being popular with a bunch of kids when you're mentally a 40 year old woman isn't satisfying and won't take away the trauma she had already endured.
It has been forever since I have seen it but didn't they also say that being a technopath is now seen much more favorably while it was the thing of loser sidekicks in the past (I assume this is probably because there is a lot more tech stuff now than in the past).
@@mavortius8768 yes they did say that.
@@mavortius8768 IIRC, she actually said that _they didn't even know what technopathy was,_ which would have labeled her as a no-power sidekick.
Which is especially weird since the type of technopathy shown in the movie isn't the "telepathically connect to and control computers" kind that you can't see, it's the very visible "telekinetically assemble superscience gadgets" kind that should be very obvious in both when it's actively being used and the applications of its use.
This woman has the ability to grow plants meaning the issue with lack of trees would be solved she’s literally Gaia!
Technically, we all have the ability to grow plants.
@@AYVYN Bruv she makes plants spawn meaning she can solve a crisis just watch the video before commenting becuase god this is dumb on a video about superheroes
@@spookieboogi6161 I’ve seen the movie you neanderthal.
@@AYVYN ya sure? Bruv ya a hundo? Because I’m not the guy who made a Neanderthal level comment.
@@AYVYN because yes bruh we all have a super power that makes plants spawn wherever we want!
I remember this being one of my favorite movies as a kid. Thanks for reminding me, I'll be giving it a rewatch soon!!
This is one of those movies from my childhood that surprisingly still holds up, I watched it the other day and I found myself laughing quite a bit, even has a decent story. Definitely deserved a sequel.
I second this. Underrated for sure.
I remember this movie very fondly, but it was a really dumb movie. It was self aware so it worked. But there were some really dumb moments.
the dumb moments made it even better tbh.
It was an extremely effective execution of “dumb on purpose”
They wanted the plot to be comic book/ cartoon style goofy
So they did, but they did it as effectively as a comic book would. They really characterized everyone well, made us care about all the relevant characters 🙂💜
Welcome to the point, jackass.
It’s parody so it was on purpose
NEVER FORGET. Warren Peace was my sexual awakening lmaoooo 😂
I still wonder how their powers work with clothes. The stretchy guy's clothes grow with him, the cheerleader clones not just herself but her outfits as well, the guy who melts, also melts his clothes, and the shapeshifters can shapeshift their clothes as well 😆
Same explanation meta wise. You can’t be showing them naked, it’s not rated *sky high* enough to get away with that……….also you need to be an anime
Uhm
Magic ✨
But mostly bc the world of Sky High runs on comic book, road runner style logic and physics
Naruto is able to clone his clothes as well
I interpret it like Animorphs does. If you wear skintight clothing, it changes with you
@@The_Uncommon_Cole
ANIMORPHS WHOOO
My favorite thing about this movie that doesn’t get addressed in this video is the running gag about getting superpowers by falling into a vat of toxic waste and then that exact thing happens to Ron at the end
Also I’m so impressed by how much the animation on this channel has evolved since I started following!
Yeah his animator needs a cookie
I really liked the last line in the movie "in the end my girlfriend became my enemy and my best friend became my girlfriend and my enemy became my best friend " I still laugh when I remember that
10:38 The kid who plays Warren Peace in this movie later in life plays a lead in the movie The Covenant. It's a movie set on these four young adolescent males that are all the most recent generations of their families, and the people in each of their families possess innate magical abilities. These abilities grow in strength as they age, and their "True potential" is awakened on the eve of their eighteenth birthday. It's honestly a great watch, I think you should do a vid on it if it interests you.
why did i never think of the fact layla, she could literally control all plant life on earth…that’s scary but awesome 😂
If they don’t question it in marvel or DC they wouldn’t here
AND now she controls ice
She’s literally poison Ivy. Put some respect on her name
This premise reminds me of Encanto with superheroes. Also, it's great seeing Mary Elizabeth Winstead as the baddie, she should really play more villainous roles in her career.
Don't they have powers in encanto? Idk never watched it
@@notoriouslysky they do but they arent superheroes
Pfffffff......had this on DVD as a father at 18, me and my son would sit in my recliner and watch sky high EVERY DAY. he loved it and it's all I had. 😂 good memories.
Bruh
Can't imagine being a parent at that age but it sounds like you tried and that's what really counts! I hope you and your kid have led a blessed life
just found ur channel and i fell in love with ur content and ur humour, greetings from Chile!
I was in college when this movie came out and my dad rented it to watch when I came home. I remember being like “Dad this is a teen movie!” Then I watched it and laughed more than my sister who was still in high school. Glad you liked it.
I LOVED the extras and bloopers in Sky High. And Bowling for Soup's song is still a fave of mine to this day.
That song was actually a cover of an older song with the same name
This movie is such a guilty pleasure- visuals actually hold up decently well, and the movie's just so campy I love it
I read the title and silently went…”….i do 😢” 😂😂
I also love that the bullies are also opposite tropes, the fat one is fast and the skinny one has the rubber powers. I think it's neat.