Adweek Top 10 Best Commercials of 2011
Published by Seth Quillen in: Television -- Date: 29 Nov 2011 Comments: 0
Adweek has just released it’s annual list of the best commercials for 2011. They combed through the Super Bowl XLV and beyond to find The 10 Best Commercials of 2011. Business’ among the best of the year are car companies Chrysler, Volkswagen and Nissan, Snickers, British dairy company Cravendale and Google Chrome. There’s a lot of good ones in there, including a personal favorite with a certain Dark Lord of the Sith.
10. SNICKERS Peanut Butter Squared – “Focus Group”
No matter who you are, if you like peanut butter and chocolate, you’ll love peanut butter and Snickers. Check out our new commercial for Snickers Peanut Butter Squared.
9. Nissan LEAF: Gas Powered Everything
What if everything ran on gas? Then again, what if everything didn’t?
8. Cravendale – Cats with Thumbs
Why do cats stare when you’re pouring milk?
7. Dead Island: Official Announcement Trailer
In Dead Island you can enjoy a tropical vacation complete with zombies. Watch the official trailer for the new survival horror video game.
6. Canal+ “The Bear” by BETC Paris
5. TalkTalk – A Brighter Home for Everyone TV advert
A Brighter Home for Everyone, really does mean everyone. Even the homes within our customers’ homes.
Every TalkTalk family home has many small homes that live within it – a cuckoo clock, a dolls house, an igloo within a snow globe and so on…. The families that live within these little homes are sad because they want phone, broadband and a brighter home too….Particularly when they see the real family around them enjoying YouTube and Skyping their friends day in day out…Then one day something magical happens…
4. Google Chrome: Dear Sophie
A father uses the web to share memories with his daughter as she grows up in this video depiction.
3. Chrysler Born Of Fire FINAL
2. Chipotle Back to the Start
oldplay’s haunting classic ‘The Scientist’ is performed by country music legend Willie Nelson for the soundtrack of the short film entitled, “Back to the Start.” Download the song now available on iTunes. Label and proceeds benefit The Chipotle Cultivate Foundation.
1. The Force: Volkswagen Commercial
The spot features a pint-sized Darth Vader who uses the Force when he discovers the all-new 2012 Passat in the driveway. It leverages humor and the unforgettable Star Wars™ score to create an emotional commercial.
Source Adweek via THR.
