I'm a little obsessed with some of the Olympics commercials (that doesn't mean I endorse the companies!) Here are some of them.
1) Even though I think Visa is kind of full of it, I love this commercial that reinforces my whole schpiel about how the US starts to care about the rest of the world during the Olympics.
2) The next commercial is for Oreos, and it's simple, with no dialog, and I think you can interpret it two ways. One, that we are fundamentally all the same (and that we all love Oreos), no matter where we're from. Two, that the rest of the world just imitates the US, especially our consumer trends.
3) This Nike commercial is just really creative and I love the song. It's has a similar message to the Visa commercial, but without spelling it out. At around twenty five seconds you can spot Brazilian gymnast Daiane dos Santos. I think.
4) Who knew McDonald's would use an old school Brazilian rock song for a prime time commercial?
I love the commercials too!
I almost cried when I saw the Derek Redmond Visa commercial.
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU3jfbb172E)
And I smiled intensely when I first saw the McDonalds commercial! So cute!
Posted by: Vivian | August 15, 2008 at 03:38 PM
HAHA! that mcDonalds commercial---the first time i saw it i said outloud in the room "ooh ooh hey im pretty sure that guy is singing in Portuguese, and it is definately brasilian, fantastic!" to which everyone around me said: "SHUT UP ABOUT BRAZIL ALREADY!!!" hehe. but i'm very proud of my recognition skills.
woo hoo! go womens soccer and beach volley ball! germany went down! call me a benedictan bitch but i hope so much that they beat May and Walsh!
ps. good luck going back to Rio you lucky duck!
Posted by: mallory elise | August 15, 2008 at 08:40 PM