Saturday, July 29, 2006
The Exhaustive List of Every Good Movie Released in summer 2006
Monday, July 17, 2006
Ad Watch
First, despite all evidence to the contrary, I am not dead yet.
Now on to some TV ads worth objecting to:
All the ads for Sleeperman --sorry, I mean Superman Returns with the critical quotes that suggest it's a good movie are lying. It's boring and silly and has about two really interesting images. Enough said.
The ads for Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest likewise suggest that it's a great movie, instead of a ridiculous sequel that manages to be funny but not much else. We have once again proved, though, that you can make any sequel of anything and no matter how poor it is, someone somewhere will say it is "better than the original!"
AIG auto insurance has an ad in which a guy is lonely and can't meet the pretty blonde lady in his apartment building until he changes his car insurance company. Seriously. As we watched it, I said "Is he going to get the girl because he changes his insurance?" Jill didn't believe it could be that blatant, but it is.
And the Ford Motor Company president is appearing in ads to announce that his company now has a major marketing campaign to convince us that Ford has been working hard on fuel efficiency for years, instead of what they've actually been doing which is making enormous, fuel-wasting trucks and SUVs. All these auto manufacturers are now bragging about how many of their cars get 30 mpg or better. Cars have been able to get 30 mpg for 30 years! This is not an accomplishment. It's a clear sign that none of you have been trying to improve in this area.
Now on to some TV ads worth objecting to:
All the ads for Sleeperman --sorry, I mean Superman Returns with the critical quotes that suggest it's a good movie are lying. It's boring and silly and has about two really interesting images. Enough said.
The ads for Pirates of the Carribean: Dead Man's Chest likewise suggest that it's a great movie, instead of a ridiculous sequel that manages to be funny but not much else. We have once again proved, though, that you can make any sequel of anything and no matter how poor it is, someone somewhere will say it is "better than the original!"
AIG auto insurance has an ad in which a guy is lonely and can't meet the pretty blonde lady in his apartment building until he changes his car insurance company. Seriously. As we watched it, I said "Is he going to get the girl because he changes his insurance?" Jill didn't believe it could be that blatant, but it is.
And the Ford Motor Company president is appearing in ads to announce that his company now has a major marketing campaign to convince us that Ford has been working hard on fuel efficiency for years, instead of what they've actually been doing which is making enormous, fuel-wasting trucks and SUVs. All these auto manufacturers are now bragging about how many of their cars get 30 mpg or better. Cars have been able to get 30 mpg for 30 years! This is not an accomplishment. It's a clear sign that none of you have been trying to improve in this area.
