Herbie: Fully Loaded
Published February 14, 2010
Film info
- Title Herbie: Fully Loaded
- Director Angela Robinson
- Year 2005
- Run time 1hr 41m
- Genres Comedy, Family, Romance, Fantasy, Adventure
- Tagline Start your engines...
The world's wackiest Volkswagen is back in action in this family comedy. Maggie Peyton (Lindsay Lohan), the first Peyton to graduate from college receives a graduation present from her dad (Michael Keaton). But instead of a 250Z, she instead receives a Volkswagon Bug (Herbie) who soon takes over all of Maggie's driving. After having her best friend Kevin (Justin Long) restore Herbie, she goes to the car show and beats all-time racer Trip Murphy (Matt Dillon). He demands a rematch and attempts to discover the secret behind Herbie. After losing a big race to Trip because of Herbie's stubbornness, Maggie enters the Daytona 500. But will Herbie win?
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:46 | Is this the history of Herbie? It’d be nice if they got to use the footage from the old films. |
| 4:37 | You would think by now people would have heard of Herbie and wouldn’t make him mad. |
| 9:01 | An argument about who crashes best, that’s not great. |
| 14:10 | $50 for a car? Blimey. |
| 16:44 | Hey, it’s Mac! Not that he’s typecast or anything. |
| 19:52 | “Oh, that’s broke. That’s supposed to be connected to something.” That is my kind of diagnosis! |
| 21:40 | I don’t think Trip is a good name for a racer. |
| 24:46 | Wow, that is quite the scratch! I love Herbie! |
| 31:12 | A video tape? |
| 32:50 | “Yea” isn’t exactly a promise. |
| 37:38 | She didn’t exactly need much convincing, did she? |
| 39:03 | I think it needs a new paint job too, it’s not very white. |
| 42:25 | Ah yes, they painted it. |
| 46:10 | The new bugs are ugly compared to the old ones. |
| 48:49 | She can’t drive in those shoes though. |
| 49:38 | Now she’s gonna get it all dirty and someone will have to clean it up before the race. |
| 52:18 | What is “for pinks”? I’m guessing it’s the car. |
| 58:05 | I like that her overalls are a little purple. Good colour. |
| 59:57 | How did she get in to his garage? You can’t just walk into those places. |
| 1:00:51 | I have never understood the point of a demolition derby? How is that much destruction fun? |
| 1:02:54 | It’s certainly dedication to a car to walk out in the middle of that lot. |
| 1:04:12 | I guess getting the people onside at the derby is half the battle. |
| 1:11:34 | The question is, after all this time and so many new parts, is it really still Herbie? |
| 1:18:45 | Do you not have to have fully closed helmets? |
| 1:21:07 | Makes me laugh how films have to spruce up and speed up races because most of it is not interesting. |
| 1:27:31 | I was with it until the fence thing. Even Herbie couldn’t pull that off. |
Thoughts
Yes, I know. This is the kind of sequel no one really wants to watch, but it was on the iPlayer for free, and I thought it was worth giving it a chance. Maybe?
Oh dear. If you ignore the bad acting, and the fact that Herbie is criminally underused in a film where he is supposed to be the title character, then you have a story so formulaic, you can almost predict the next line before it happens. I knew it would be bad but I wanted to give it a chance. I wish I hadn’t.
Rating: 1 / 5