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“Herbie
Fully Loaded”
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Reviewer:
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Wayne
A. Klein |
Studio: |
Disney Home Video
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| Genre: |
Comedy |
Release:
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10/25/05
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| Special
Features: |
A Day at the Races, Breaking
the Rules: The Stunts of Herbie, Bringing Herbie to Life,
Lindsay Lohan music video “First”, deleted scenes, bloopers,
commentary by the director |
| Review:
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Herbie the Love Bug is back in Disney’s latest attempt
to cash in on their own popular movies. Old Number 53 is
headed for the junk heap after years of storage in a garage.
Luckily he’s saved from being crunched by Maggie Peyton
(Lindsay Lohan) the daughter of a racer (Michael Keaton).
Maggie gets Herbie back into shake and surprisingly (at
least to her) beats a famous NASCAR driver Trip Murphy (Matt
Dillon). Trip makes it his personal goal after his humiliating
loss to take down Herbie. He just doesn’t realize who (or
what) he’s messing with.
Video & Audio:
Herbie : Fully Loaded” sports
a winning transfer here. Edge enhancement crops up throughout
the movie but it isn’t a major distraction and the image
clarity is crisp with solid, bright colors. The 5.1 sound
mix while it isn’t outstanding does manage to convey the
excitement of the race track with imaginative if limited
use of the rear speakers. ---
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| Special
Features: |
We get seven deleted scenes with
optional commentar, a five minute blooper reel that’s not
all that amusing and a music video freaturing Lohan singing
“First”although it doesn’t have a whole lot to do with the
movie. The featurettes are fine if brief . The best of them
is a section that focuses on the stunts from the movie followed
by a weak featurette on NASCAR racing hosted by racer Deborah
Renshaw. We also get a featurette on how Herbie was brought
to life. The audio commentary by director Angela Robinson
with the director focusing primarily on the nuts and bolts
of making the film although she makes a couple of interesting
comments about working with the actors during production relating
a few amusing stories. |
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Final Words:
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An amusing family movie “Herbie:
Fully Loaded” will keep types entertained and adults will
be amused thinking about the earlier films in this series
that they were subjected to as kids. It’s an entertaining
movie that is appropriate for the whole family. |
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