Tonight I had my 800th blog view. I have 36 comments for 35 posts and 21 kudos. With stats like these, I know my place in Heaven is all but assured...
Today, something more blog worthy than blog stats occurred. I went with my parents and daughters to see the new Herbie movie. Before I get to my reason for bringing this up, let me take a moment and say thank you Disney... thank you for giving us Lindsay Lohan as a redhead. Thank you for making her character's age 22. Thank you for the scene of her covered in suds, scrubbing down Herbie and playing with the hose. Thank you, Disney, thank you...
Ahem... back on topic. The movie was exactly what I expected; a predictable plot strung along with cameos and drenched in product placement. So much product placement that I would guess Disney turned a profit on this film before the first blurb appeared in Variety. The soundtrack was carefully chosen to produce the highest amount of sale for the lowest cost; i.e. no current day artists (miss Lohan does have a song, that hardly counts however), but mostly classic hits. If it was 1995 the CG scenes of Herbie would be impressive, in 2005 they are standard fare. To the movie's credit, there were a few good scenes of classic Herbie mayhem, and these held the whole flick together.
I wasn't there for myself however, I was there for my daughters. Having seen countless Herbie classics in my youth, I was eager to allow the girls a glimpse of what their father has known. They don't care for plots, cameos are lost on them, and product placement is such a common thing in their world it isn't noticed. They were riveted by the chases, and because they didn't know that Herbie would win in the end, were captured by the silver screen. My oldest could not stop talking about the movie and her favorite parts as we left the theater. We also picked up a huge “53†magnet so any car she rides in can become a “Herbie.â€
It's true; the movies and shows of your childhood are never lame, no matter what others really thought of Tron. I have no objection to the evil content controlling corporations regurgitating the characters of my past for easy profits. They are giving me a chance to share the characters of my youth with my daughters, and for that the price of admission is cheap... but the popcorn is way overpriced.
Posted By Mike On Sunday, June 26, 2005
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