Bestads Top 6 of the Week reviewed by Andy Flemming, creative director, M&C Saatchi, Sydney
Each week Bestads picks the very best advertising in the world, in every medium – which is reviewed by a top creative director or team to select their own personal favourites.
This week’s guest judge is Andy Flemming, creative director, M&C Saatchi, Sydney.
1. See the child: See where I live. A mixed bag this week. Nothing spectacular and a few flaws here and there. Let’s take the Thai ad. Why does Dad think a newborn baby would have even the vaguest interest in an iPhone cartoon? And why doesn’t he just pick the thing up the second it just starts crying? Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for love over technology but a handy iPad beats love hands down when you have to fly one of them long haul. READ MORE…
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Excellent picks Andy. Only one I disagree with is the GM Man United spot. All those old logos just make the client look like a transient. Even the Guinness spot works in spite of the unnecessary and very cloying US voice over. Thanks
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I didn’t pick the Manchester United one, mainly because it was identical to a Levis spot a few years back.
I did like Guinness, but it’s not a patch on their past work.
I think any commercial with an American serviceman coming home feels bigger than it is. It could be for an Apple pie company.
If they’d said ‘Good things come to those who wait’ at the end, I would have voted it in like a shot.
Because that line is FAR better than the one they’ve got.
Bollocks. Wish I’d written that in the review now.