The Kids Skate on Campus, in Hallways, on Stairs

Sky High (2005)
directed by Mike Mitchell
rating: 4 out of 5 cravats
on DVD from Netflix

The most telling Kurt Russell anecdote from Sky High's special features is his peripheral participation in the blooper reel. He isn't in it, except for just outside the frame as Kelly Preston tries take after take. That's a professional for you, and "The Commander" is probably as close we'll ever get to his role-as-autobiography. In a world where no Albuquerque comic book shop stocked Seaguy this Wednesday, it's nice to know that Kurt's first latex iteration is someone that Grant Morrison could root for.

Never mind that it's good to see a high school gymnasium's worth of superheroes enjoying the full range of their powers without hating themselves or the people they're supposed to help (see: Ayn Rand, The Incredibles). As Steve said, who takes out the trash in Galt's Gulch, anyway? In Sky High, it's good to be the bus driver on the most normal of days, and on bad days even better. That, and a nice turn by Bruce Campbell as Coach McGuirk, or as close as a man with Ash's energy can get to the Patron Saint of Arrested Development.