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<blockquote data-quote="Spells &amp; Karma" data-source="post: 329000" data-attributes="member: 23"><p style="text-align: center"><strong><span style="font-size: 22px">Herbie: Fully Loaded</span></strong> (2005)</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><img src="https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F__cfySUj2yhk%2FTTkrv7C33GI%2FAAAAAAAAArw%2F3A4vCs-kbMo%2Fs1600%2Fherbie_fully_loaded.jpg&f=1&nofb=1" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>If I had any expectations about what a mid-Noughties <em>Herbie</em> film might look like, this would be it. The tone is very much <em>Herbie</em> Meets <em>Clueless</em>, neither of which is a bad thing. Lindsay Lohan certainly has an Alicia Silverstone thing going on, and her brother is even played by Breckin Meyer. It's actually hard to believe this is a full decade after <em>Clueless</em>. Perhaps that shows how influential the earlier film was.</p><p></p><p>The film feels more youthful in tone than earlier <em>Herbie</em> jaunts. I was trying to work out if that's because of the styles of the Sixties and Seventies versus the Noughties, but nope: Lohan here is the best part of a decade younger than Michele Lee was in <em>The Love Bug</em>, and almost a decade and a half younger than Stefanie Powers was in <em>Herbie Rides Again</em>. It seems to reflect the changing times, as well as audience tastes.</p><p></p><p>Herbie himself is more anthropomorphic than in previous films. Now he looks sad by making the visors over his headlights droop. He "smiles" with his animated bumper. The sun visors move to appear from outside the car as furrowed eyebrows. At one point he even goes all out by standing up to pull a face at a villain. Presumably new technology made some of this possible (I dare say CGI was involved), but it's not really a change for the better as it leaves no real mystery about whether or not Herbie is "alive" and so it lacks nuance and food for thought. Mind you, I did quite like the new Herbie-eye view, shown using a special lens as he looks from his headlights.</p><p></p><p>There's a good cast, not a bad story and a great soundtrack with lots of familiar tracks. There's nothing really groundbreaking, but it's pleasant enough, and mostly feels like a natural evolution of the <em>Herbie</em> films.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Spells & Karma, post: 329000, member: 23"] [CENTER][B][SIZE=6]Herbie: Fully Loaded[/SIZE][/B] (2005) [IMG]https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2F2.bp.blogspot.com%2F__cfySUj2yhk%2FTTkrv7C33GI%2FAAAAAAAAArw%2F3A4vCs-kbMo%2Fs1600%2Fherbie_fully_loaded.jpg&f=1&nofb=1[/IMG][/CENTER] If I had any expectations about what a mid-Noughties [I]Herbie[/I] film might look like, this would be it. The tone is very much [I]Herbie[/I] Meets [I]Clueless[/I], neither of which is a bad thing. Lindsay Lohan certainly has an Alicia Silverstone thing going on, and her brother is even played by Breckin Meyer. It's actually hard to believe this is a full decade after [I]Clueless[/I]. Perhaps that shows how influential the earlier film was. The film feels more youthful in tone than earlier [I]Herbie[/I] jaunts. I was trying to work out if that's because of the styles of the Sixties and Seventies versus the Noughties, but nope: Lohan here is the best part of a decade younger than Michele Lee was in [I]The Love Bug[/I], and almost a decade and a half younger than Stefanie Powers was in [I]Herbie Rides Again[/I]. It seems to reflect the changing times, as well as audience tastes. Herbie himself is more anthropomorphic than in previous films. Now he looks sad by making the visors over his headlights droop. He "smiles" with his animated bumper. The sun visors move to appear from outside the car as furrowed eyebrows. At one point he even goes all out by standing up to pull a face at a villain. Presumably new technology made some of this possible (I dare say CGI was involved), but it's not really a change for the better as it leaves no real mystery about whether or not Herbie is "alive" and so it lacks nuance and food for thought. Mind you, I did quite like the new Herbie-eye view, shown using a special lens as he looks from his headlights. There's a good cast, not a bad story and a great soundtrack with lots of familiar tracks. There's nothing really groundbreaking, but it's pleasant enough, and mostly feels like a natural evolution of the [I]Herbie[/I] films. [/QUOTE]
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