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I remember everyday as a little girl that I'd put this movie in the VCR and watch it for as many times as I could remember.Finally,I get it on DVD (loosing the video) and see the Japanese version and like it twice as much.It is almost completely opposite from the English version and I see why people hate the Eng version so much.Personally,I prefer them both only because the Eng version has been apart of my childhood.

Imagine a world where World War 2 never happened and witches exist. That's Kiki's world.Kiki,a strong-willed,independent and optimistic young 13-year-old girl is finally ready to depart from home and live on her own for a whole year in a new town to begin her training. For a witch,it is a custom for a young witch to live on their own for a year in another town to begin their training and possibly find their special skill.It sounds scary right?Well,it isn't for the brave and carefree Kiki.She leaves with her father's radio,a traveling bag and her best friend Gigi,a cat who she has the unique ability to talk to as she would with any other human.With all of her stuff,she travels on her mother's broomstick,flying through the air and searching for a new home.She finally finds a huge yet beautiful city,the kind of place she's always dreamed of living in.Overjoyed by the fact that there are no witches currently living in the city,she at first feels awkward in this new environment.Things look up though when she finally settles in and starts her own Delivery Service. However,living in a new place is a lot of pressure on a young girl. Not only does she deal with the pressure of her business but she deals with the pressure of fitting in.Suddenly,Kiki becomes conscious about what she wears and feels like an outsider when she's surrounded by certain people.Not only that but her special flying abilities begin to weaken without any warning. Can Kiki find her own inner strength to overcome her problems? Watch this spellbinding movie.

Yes,there are witches in this movie but they are not the stereotypes of a witch.They do not have green-skin or warts,they don't crave power and aside from flying on broomsticks and communication with their cats,there is no special magic and such.It is just a simple story about a young girl fitting in.I said that there is a message in this movie and there is.It's that no matter how many terrible things happen,the key to surviving any problem is finding your inner strength and believing in yourself.Any young child dreams of flying like Kiki and at the beginning,she can fly just by thinking it like other kids can but later on,she goes through some kind of "witch puberty" when her flying weakens.She can no longer just escape from her problems with her flying,she sees that reality is tough and believing that you can do anything is the key to discover how to fly again and overcome her fears of living without her friends and family.I cried during this film out of a little sorrow but mostly out of joy.This is a film greatly recommended for the whole family.8/10.

I'm a huge fan of superhero stuff however,I did not think that I'd enjoy this movie all that much.I was proved wrong.

Sky High is about a young boy named Will Stronghold who's the son of the best superheros on the planet.Will is finally old enough to attend Sky High,the only known school for teens with powers only one problem,Will has no powers.Because of that,he's rated as a sidekick. Sidekicks also have powers but are trained to support heros.A little while later,he discovers while defending himself from the son of his dad's arch enemy,Warren Peace also known as the school bully,Will discovers that he has super strength.Suddenly,will is ranked up to superhero and gains sudden popularity.Just because these teens all have superpowers,doesn't mean that they don't go through real high school life.While dealing with controlling their powers and being able to play hero sports,there's popularity,friendship and teen romance.Welcome to Sky High.

I thought this was going to be a complete waste of time seeing but I was wrong.I saw the previews and figured I knew what was going to happen like Will hooking up with Gwen,Will getting super strength,Warren being the main villain of this movie and many other things.It ended up being almost the complete opposite.I won't spoil the surprise but the twists of the plot and every important event connecting was well thought of.The characters were all three dimensional.Other than seeing Warren Peace as the school bully who just likes to throw fire at other kids,we also got to see what he did outside of school and that he has good advice to give.I loved how the writers gave most characters worthless powers (glowing,melting, shapshifting) and showed how they could all be used heroically.The action scenes were all awesome and cool-looking.I used to think having powers and going to a superhero school would make school life fun but after seeing this movie,I've seen that it isn't so easy.The school is even organized by popularity status based on your powers.There are even school bullies who are twice as scary with powers.However,it's still high school which means there's friends to make and rivals to stand up to.This movie showed growing friendships and ways of having courage.7/10