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Originally posted by Hugh R
Maybe I'm biased, because Iworked on the movie, but I thought it was great. It's classic Disney, a little campy, but well done. The special effects (read mechanical effects, not just digital effects) were really good. It actually has a plot and is fun. I laughed and so did the cast and crew at the screening (ok, sure they're biased) but its good. We actually did a couple of laps with NASCAR and we used a Cayenne Turbo as a camera car, hitting speeds of over 130 mph with a 63 bug with an engine that put out a true (dyno'd) 190 hp. If your nice to me, maybe I'll post a few pics (again) of the race and special effects Herbies.
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Hugh, I didn't mean to be too critical, afterall I haven't seen the film yet. But as a person who absolutely loved the original herbie movies when I grew up and liked the european setting and the classic style of it, it's very unsettling to think of nascar being used to americanize it. I mean.....people in this country just can't get enough of their hillbilly ovals so they can sit, guzzle beer, and watch a bunch of hopped-up american cars make left turns all day......and the movie would obviously make much less money appealing to people who watch 24 hours of lemans as opposed to the 500 miles of Daytona.
and of course if this movie is something you have put hard work into and made good friendships with other people in the process, of course you are biased.....so I don't blame you for liking it a lot. i mean filming at 130mph must have been really amazing! and in fact, working on any car related film sequence in any movie would be a great experience I would never pass up...
i'll go see the movie and let ya know how I like it......sounds like it will still be entertaining and funny....
p.s. did lohan attend the screening? usually stars don't right?