Dec 15 2008Wes Anderson and Brad Pitt for SoftBank
This is probably one of the most boring Japanese commercials with an American celebrity in it. They're supposed to be loud and garish and Japanese, with the celebrity forced to awkwardly shout foreign phrases directly at the camera. This Wes Anderson-directed ad for SoftBank just looks like a deleted scene from The Darjeeling Limited that stars Brad Pitt as the guy from Curious George:
The Japanese are going to fall asleep halfway through this. If their televisions go 30-seconds without blinding color and screaming, they jetpack down to Sony and pick up a new one.
Reader Comments
1. Brian - December 15, 2008 11:32 AM
I am first... unless someone else posts.... then I'll be second.
2. Japman69 - December 15, 2008 11:32 AM
Ichi! Brad Pitt ga suki desu
3. Sueyo - December 15, 2008 12:14 PM
The Bruce Willis commercials are the best. Then again that could be because of how pure awesome Bruce Willis is.
MOVE YOU.
4. Elmo - December 15, 2008 1:14 PM
wtf was that?!
5. Bizzle Finch - December 15, 2008 2:38 PM
What the hell is SoftBank?!? Is it a camera? A stuffed key-chain polar bear that sounds like Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa when you squeeze it? What is it?!?
I sure as hell hope it's not actually a bank. "Soft" doesn't fill me with confidence when we're talking about a financial institution.
6. Jack Manfred - December 15, 2008 3:27 PM
Wow. The comments provided by our "intelligent" webmaster just prove how absolutely uninformed and ignorant in all things film he really is. For those of us who actually know about movies, this commercial is a direct homage to Jacques Tati's film "M. Hulot's Holiday", as well as the masterpiece "Playtime" and "Mon Oncle", which also starred M. Hulot.
It would certainly help if the person spreading his jaded, vitriolic movie hatred to the readers of this site actually knew a thing or two. It might help his reputation and lend his opinions a moon sliver of credibility. Just a thought.
7. soahc - December 15, 2008 3:57 PM
Ownage occurring upon these very pages. I thought there was something up about that commercial. I actually was, surprisingly, impressed with Brad Pitt's physical clowning ability. I was reminded of Charlie Chaplin.
8. jimbob - December 15, 2008 4:13 PM
Jack Manfred: Yeah, nobody cares.
9. SB - December 15, 2008 4:26 PM
Bizzle Finch - Softbank is a cell phone service provider, they don't have AT&T or Verizon or any of the ones from the U.S.
And, this commercial is awesome
10. whistle - December 15, 2008 5:48 PM
@#6 Is knowing what you just cited the minimum requirement to start up a blog about movies?
It isn't as though this writer is writing the encycopedia of film or anything.
This site is for jokes related to movies.
If a movie is featured and a joke is made about it, all my expectations are met.
11. Mr. Mason - December 15, 2008 8:04 PM
//I actually was, surprisingly, impressed with Brad Pitt's physical clowning ability. I was reminded of Charlie Chaplin.//
I seriously cannot stop laughing at the quick little bow he gives to allow the cyclists to pass.
12. Dan - December 15, 2008 10:53 PM
Jack Manfred, your crédibilité is giving me such a raging Eiffel.
But those films didn't 'star' M. Hulot, they starred Tati himself in the role of Monsieur Hulot.
Oh, and what the fuck are you doing here?
13. Blah - December 16, 2008 2:25 AM
Pitt's doing a Johnny Depp.