Cultural Literacy 101: Sky High

[idiosyncreant]

"He is so hot!"


Hee. You gotta love it when baddies say that about another guy.
Right?

Okay, since I am eternally behind the ball (this is an odd phrase, isn't it--in my softball days that was where I was supposed to be, but whatever)
I just watched Sky High for the first time.

The other movies I've watched this year are:
Wall-E
Twilight
The Princess Diaries 2: The Royal Engagement

Oh, and Star Wars. Again.


Sky High I ordered from the library to watch in better quality than YouTube. So I could appreciate this face more, especially during the fights:


My mom: Looks like the next generation's Johnny Depp
Me:            Oh, let it be so...

I like how he's got a lot of fantasy stuff in his resume.




He didn't get the good quotes, though.
Like: "Where would we even find a vat of nuclear waste?"

BTW--this has me over-the-top revved for the Backlash Girls.

Comments

[topayz4.livejournal.com]

I really like Sky High. One of my more favorite movies.

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

I'd have to say it hit the spot that's been empty since I watched The Incredibles for the first time. ^_^

I don't know why I'm such a sucker for superhero movies when I hardly read any comics or books about them, but there it is...



Plus, it's all that geek-in-knowledge. So fun.

[bat-cheva.livejournal.com]

Oh ho!!

Welcome to the Stephen Strait fan club. *VBG*

[naamah-darling.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Welcome to the dark side. We have pics.

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

I have opened the floodgates here, haven't I...

I have more of a crush on Warren Peace than the actor, but maybe I'll get over it.

(One of the pictures there is actually from a fan-fic on Quizilla. The only part I really saw involved a boring conversation with Coach Boomer on a plot to get Will Stronghold bad press. The urge to take matters into ones own hands and properly treat the subject is probably best let alone, but really...)

[naamah-darling.livejournal.com]

I have more of a crush on Warren Peace than the actor, but maybe I'll get over it.

Likewise. I never have gotten over it.

The urge to fanfic that was strong for a while, yes. Because, seriously, DAMN.

And it's just fun to write superhero stuff.

[naamah-darling.livejournal.com]

Yeeeeeeah. He is stunningly attractive. I've seen a lot of other stuff he's done so if you want opinions, I can render them. Heck, I'll lend you whatever you want, if I've got it.

My favorite character in that really is The Commander. I love Kurt Russell all to pieces anyway, and his part was just great.

"Whatever you're teaching them, keep teaching them . . . it."

Classic.

The movie just gets funnier the more you watch it, by the way.

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

I sat there the first time thinking, Oh, I have to show my brothers and sister this movie. (While squinting at YouTube.) So now I've watched it twice and a quarter. (I had to watch the cafeteria scene again, even though it was YouTube quality. And then the Save the Citizen scene. Fight more, Warren!)

"If life were to suddenly get fair, I doubt it would happen in high school" is my favorite philosophically.

But the moment where Warren is talking about Love Unspoken, and then reads the fortune's numbers, too, is just ...beautiful.


I'm not sure I'm a Steven Strait fan yet - but I could be.

Kurt Russell, though. Golden. I've only seen him in this and Miracle, but he has such a cute smile, I imagine he was quite the heartbreaker (obviously, his career proves this, but you know.)

[naamah-darling.livejournal.com]

I am still in total love with Kurt Russell. He's always been incredibly funny, very disarming and genuine. At first I liked Hugh Jackman primarily because he reminded me of Kurt Russell (though now after seeing loads of westerns, I am telling you, Hugh looks freakishly like a young Clint Eastwood).

It doesn't hurt that I know someone tangentially whose mom worked for Kurt and confirms the other statements I have heard that he is a complete sweetheart.

I have about as many, if not more, movies with Kurt Russell in than Johnny Depp, I think. He's popular around here. Most are pretty bad, but they are entertaining and he's always worth watching.

You've probably heard him in something else. He was, IIRC, the adult Copper in the Fox and the Hound. He was a Disney kid.

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

Adult Copper! I vaguely remember his voice being startlingly nice.

My mother is fond of him because he apparently comes from just a bit that-a-way in our mother state. ^-^ I definitely like to hear him talk. (Though not as much as Strait...geez. My *brother* noticed he had a sexy voice, which honestly, isn't something he will say about male actors every day.)

I really appreciate how the awkward-dad part wasn't overdone, and though there was tension in the family because of events it wasn't a cartoonized Not-Understanding-Parent dynamic. (The sneaking him down to the Sanctum to congratulate him on his powers, for example--just so real and yet awesome.)

[naamah-darling.livejournal.com]

"Just . . . tell her I read you the riot act and took away your X-Box."

"But dad, I don't HAVE an X-Box."

"You sure?" :D

I laughed SO hard. It was played really well. Will's parents were quite likeable, even if it's obvious that the Commander is not the sharpest knife in the drawer.

Steven Strait's voice is AMAZING. I saw him on the screen and was like "Hmmm . . . maybe he's too pretty." And then he talked, and I was like "Bring me one of those RIGHT NOW. I want him to read to me. Or something. Yeah. That was it."

[farrandy.livejournal.com]

I love the bit in Sidekick class where the blackboard behind the teacher (David Foley) has written on it "Holy _____, _____-Man!"

The entire cast was great, (not only Foley, but one of the other Kids in the Hall {Canadian skit group from the '90s}-- Linda Carter (Wonder Woman) as the principal, Bruce Campbell as Coach Boomer and of course, Kurt Russell. clearly fans made this movie.

BTW, in case you haven't seen it, you HAVE to see BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, possibly the best Kurt Russel movie ever. Ask anyone. It's a comedy adventure fantasy.

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

My mom laughed aloud at that point, which was cool. I wasn't sure how much she was going to enjoy it until that point.

Since I've only seen the one older movie pastiching Batman and read a few of the early comics, I only smiled...

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

I loved Sky High. Totally without expecting to. But yes, it is full of brilliant one-liners, and very attractive people. :-b

[idiosyncreant.livejournal.com]

I wasn't expecting it to be so good dialogue wise, maybe because I didn't hear much about it when it came out. Then again, I hadn't connected with my geek crowd yet.

I was new back to America. It's great to have it to enjoy now, though!

bah, attractive people. Why don't you live next door? (Girls going to co-ed colleges need not try to join in the misery on this one. pbbbt.)

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

No, I was in the geek crowd, and nobody saw it. Which is a shame, because it is surprisingly awesome.

:-D

LOLOLOLOL. except...we still can! because the attractive people are not next door, they're all the way across the campus. :-b

[attle-marie.livejournal.com]

...*gentle swoon*