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« on: September 23, 2010, 04:18:04 PM »
I got an interesting assignment coming up in my English class.  Our theme this semster is on advertising and our papers been on commercials and techinques used in ads.  Our fourth paper will be on a movie with overblown amounts of product placement.  It can be anything as long as there is enough advertising in it for other products.  I'm leaning towards using Mac and Me for this paper since there is quite a bit of that in the movie.  I cannot ignore some of this:

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However, I like to hear some other suggestions on movies with a lot of product placement, whether it be in the foreground or actually play a big part in the movie.  Is there any movies that you can think?
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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2010, 04:51:13 PM »
The live action Transformers has a lot of it.
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2010, 07:30:25 PM »

I can't remember off hand if this is true or not, but I heard that Die Another Day pretty much made back most of its budget from advertising: pretty much everything was advertised product placement: the Gillette shaving kit, Bollinger, the cars, Finlandia vodka etc.  And yet MGM are still in trouble.  Go figure.

The only other one that springs to mind is Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle.  I also particularly like product placement in Sci Fi films.  Minority Report has a bit I think, but I quite like that moment in Fifth Element when the cops crash into the McDonalds truck/train thing...


Incidentally that clip is hilarious!  And perfect to write about.  Any clip that defies logic just so it can have a advert in it is a good one to write about.
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« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2010, 08:53:06 PM »
Quote from: Jim H on September 23, 2010, 04:51:13 PM
The live action Transformers has a lot of it.

Yes the Mountain Dew transformer, that marked the turning point of the movie from when it crossed over the thresh-hold from stupefying commercialism is to stupid commercialism!
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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2010, 08:58:10 PM »
The Wizard was basically one big Nintendo commercial.  Twirling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_%28film%29
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2010, 10:10:06 PM »
Quote from: SkullBat308 on September 23, 2010, 08:58:10 PM
The Wizard was basically one big Nintendo commercial.  Twirling

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wizard_%28film%29






Man, how I forget a movie that litterly bathes and shows in its own product placement?  Nintendo sure liked whoring itself out back in the 80's and early 90's.
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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2010, 10:13:34 PM »
 BounceGiggle That's business. TOTAL MARKET SATURATION!!!!!!  Cheers
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« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2010, 11:14:07 AM »
Thing that's funny about The Wizard is the kids watching it at the time, myself included, were more interested in the products than the movie storyline.  They could have had a 90 minute Super Mario Brow 3 ad and we would have paid to see it. 
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« Reply #8 on: September 24, 2010, 11:23:57 PM »
My favorite take on product placement is from Return of the Killer Tomatos. They do a bit in it which parodies product placements which makes me laugh everytime I see it. It's one of the few redeeming bits of the film, if not the only redeeming bit in it.
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« Reply #9 on: September 25, 2010, 10:21:02 PM »
Demolition Man had quite A bit of Taco Bell in it.
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« Reply #10 on: September 26, 2010, 03:12:57 PM »
Converse shoes sponsored Ice Cream Man
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« Reply #11 on: September 26, 2010, 03:30:53 PM »
Like SkullBat said, The Wizard movie was a Nintendo commercial. I would go with that. Wink

Nothing else tops it.
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« Reply #12 on: September 26, 2010, 03:52:10 PM »
Quote from: Venomx on September 26, 2010, 03:30:53 PM
Like SkullBat said, The Wizard movie was a Nintendo commercial. I would go with that. Wink

Nothing else tops it.

Yeah, but is there a dance number in a McDonalds?  I think not!  But yeah, The wizard would be a solid choice.

Quote from: meQal on September 24, 2010, 11:23:57 PM
My favorite take on product placement is from Return of the Killer Tomatos. They do a bit in it which parodies product placements which makes me laugh everytime I see it. It's one of the few redeeming bits of the film, if not the only redeeming bit in it.

Yeah, wasn't George Clooney or some big actor in that movie?  I heard it was like his or someone's idea when the movie to have it in there.
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« Reply #13 on: September 26, 2010, 07:04:50 PM »
Quote from: meQal on September 24, 2010, 11:23:57 PM
My favorite take on product placement is from Return of the Killer Tomatos. They do a bit in it which parodies product placements which makes me laugh everytime I see it. It's one of the few redeeming bits of the film, if not the only redeeming bit in it.
I was thinking of that one as well.  Personally, I loved that movie.
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« Reply #14 on: September 27, 2010, 06:31:13 PM »
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*Coca~Cola-Bill Cosby waves a Coke bottle in front of the camera for an entire scene.
*Alka-Seltzer-Is used to foil the villain.
*Palmolive-Sphere is filled with dish liquid.
*Lava Soap-The hallway in the theatre is filled with packs of the stuff.
*Adidas-The logo on Cosby's shirt.
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