Though Herbie: Fully Loaded is every bit as disappointing as you’d expect, there are times when it works. Whenever Herbie stops blinking and CGI’ing all over the place, he becomes good old number 53 again. The movie begins with a great opening sequence showing scenes from previous Herbie films, and a few newly made up video clips. The 80’s kid inside me grinned like an idiot when they show a three second shot of Herbie hanging out next to Michael Knight’s four-wheeled buddy K.I.T.T. for instance. Throw Airwolf into the picture hovering off in the distance while K.I.T.T. and Herbie are jumped by the General Lee and you’d have seen me go into a full on nerd-spasm. The movie isn’t completely without heart, and no matter how much CGI they slather on the Bug that could, this movie can’t completely destroy the character. Good old Herbie is in there somewhere, and seeing that number 53 on screen again in any form is a nostalgic treat for anyone who had him as a fixture in their childhood. Sadly, gone is the magic that made the Herbie films great family movies, in its place is the lame trappings of a modern, dumbed-down kids movie.