<p>excellent verizon commercial.</p>
<p>Really liked the Chrysler/Detroit ad - the entire room stopped talking to watch this.</p>
<p>My cat LOVED the teacher driving a Camaro ad :)</p>
<p>Super Bowl ads might soon rival Congress for the title of biggest money wasters. When the “what’s a Bieber” might be the best ad, you know how dreadful the rest was, especially the car ads. But then, what is there is to expect from Detroit. </p>
<p>/yawn</p>
<p>Did anyone see the the Groupon ad about Tibet? My friends and I could not believe that they actually did that (summary: they talk about how Tibet is in danger, then go straight to a Tibetan restaurant where they saved money by using Groupon).</p>
<p>Also, the half-time show was good, but who ever managed the sound was really bad. You could barely hear them at some points.</p>
<p>IMO, the ads this year earned a C-. DH thought they deserved a D-! :)</p>
<p>Agree with Bunsen…</p>
<p>i’d say volkswagen was the big winner as far as commercials go…</p>
<p>wbow, I agree. And so does Yahoo Finance:</p>
<p>[Super</a> Bowl ads: Eminem, Roseanne, singing cowboys - Yahoo! Finance](<a href=“http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Super-Bowl-ads-Eminem-apf-822946516.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=main&asset=&ccode=]Super”>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Super-Bowl-ads-Eminem-apf-822946516.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=main&asset=&ccode=)</p>
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Me, too… and I’ve never lived in Detroit.</p>
<p>I wonder if it will move anyone to buy a Chrysler, though.</p>
<p>^^–^^</p>
<p>Well, at 3,000,000 per 30 seconds, was it worth to spend 12,000,000 to “move” us? If the purpose of ads was to make us reach for a Kleenex, all they’d have to do is talk about the graduation statistics of the Detroit school system! </p>
<p>Fwiw, the message is all wrong … look how great we WERE … look how tough, and perhaps principled, we WERE. Now, look how … clueless we ARE and how we spend YOUR money so well. Is it really possible to make worse ads than the Chrysler and especially the Dodge ones? Just think about that one with George Washington charging red tunics? </p>
<p>This said GM still takes the prize for the dumbest company in 2011. What is the car they feature on the field? A 400 HP muscle-car convertible Camaro? Does it come with an 8-track to play the Mamas and Papas and Bobby Darin hits to go with a few flower shirts?</p>
<p>How inspiring is that we can only look at the past?</p>
<p>Was watching with friends - both of those couples had 10-15 year old kids. Too many of the ads pushed the comfort level into down-right raunchy. Ick. If parents can’t watch with pre-teens imagine how the kids feel… But I’m obviously not the target demographic for those movies, those cheap no-flavor beers, or those snacks.</p>
<p>If you like the etrade baby commercials, there was a spoof one on the pregame show…google Fox Superbowl etrade babies. They are imitating Terry Bradshaw, Michael Stahan and Howie of the sports announcing team…very cute!</p>
<p>I liked the Doritos/grandpa ad and the teacher/Camaro ad too! And yes, the Groupon/tibet ad was in very poor taste-totally inappropriate. I love the Black Eyed Peas but everyone here is right- the sound was terrible. I also thought the Usher thing was really cheesy. BEP were kind of blah- no energy- like maybe they rehearsed too much and were over it all. Out of tune also. I thought it would be a good show and it was a big let-down.</p>
<p>xiggi,</p>
<p>one word: subtext</p>
<p>I thought the Audi commercial at the very beginning was actually very clever and cute.</p>
<p>At the Super Bowl Party I attended, the hands-down favorite ad was the Chrysler/Detroit/eminem ad. (Granted, we live in Southeastern Michigan - but we are all transplants here and have no great attachment to Detroit’s past. None of us own Chryslers either, but I admit maybe now I’d look twice at one.)</p>
<p>I agree with Scmaltz - it’s the subtext. Lighten up a little, Xiggi.</p>
<p>Okay, I’ll admit it - I had no idea who the guy was on the Chrysler/Detroit ad. No that I’ve been educated that it was eminem I get it better. Boy am I old!</p>
<p>I think those who appreciated the Chrysler ad are in the majority. This am I read the following on an online magazine::</p>
<p>"Hyped as Super Bowl commercials may be, most are gimmicky and quite forgettable. Chrysler’s effort featuring the Motor City’s own Eminem was anything but.</p>
<p>Two minutes of gritty footage set to the rapper’s “Lose Yourself” served as both an homage to Detroit’s past and a look to the future in introducing the Chrysler 200.</p>
<p>Moving doesn’t usually describe ads during football, but it sure applies here as the iconic American brand - and city - defiantly picks itself up off the mat.</p>
<p>With an assist from Eminem and a gospel choir, this is a bad ass commercial …</p>
<p>Even though I didn’t like the “test baby,” I will say that the homeaway ad was the most effective–it advertised a product that I’d never heard of before, and that I might actually want to try.</p>
<p>I mean, no amount of Bud Light commercials are going to have any impact on my expectations of how it tastes. And no ads showing people worshipping an ordinary-looking car are going to persuade me, either.</p>