Well that was a pretty full on week: a week at the end of which you really need a rest. I could write about Rob Oakeshott turning down the Cabinet position, or about the Greens possibly working with Abbott to pass legislation, or about the fact that tonight Malcolm Turnbull put out two tweets with links to studies on the impact of climate change that suggests he is either angling for the Shadow Climate Change position, or that he is just reminding Tony Abbott that the science is pretty well not crap.
But geez, it’s Friday! Let’s take it easy.
Some interesting non politics news – Tomorrow When the War Began took in $5m in its first week. A great result for an Aussie flick. Some context: Animal Kingdom made $4.8m all up, Wog Boy 2 made $4.9m, and I Love You Too took in $2.4m. The wonderful Bran Nue Dae took in $7.6m. Mao’s Last Dance made $15.4m and the way it looks TWTWB should go over the $20m mark – though this weekend’s figures will let us know if that will happen. If it does it will be big. Here is the list of Aussie films that have made over $20m at the box office (and yes, I realise it’s not accounting for inflation)
CROCODILE DUNDEE $47,707,045
AUSTRALIA $37,555,757
BABE: THE GALLANT PIG $36,776,544
HAPPY FEET $31,786,164
MOULIN ROUGE $27,734,406
CROCODILE DUNDEE 2 $24,916,805
STRICTLY BALLROOM $21,760,400
So it’s not exactly a huge list. Though inflation would get a few over that line – The Man From Snowy River made $17.2m in 1982, which is around $50m in today’s money. Gallipoli made $11.7m in 1981 or about $38m in 2010 dollars.
But still, cracking the $20m mark still means something. Here’s hoping it does.
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On Twitter today, The Chaser’s Chas Licciardello linked to some great adverts for baby carrots at the advertisement blog: AdFreak (now there’s a sentence you don’t get to write very often):
On the blog I saw a list of the Top 25 “epic ads” of all time.
One of them was this one from Britain for Hovis Bread, it is just a brilliant concept that others must have seen and thought, bugger, why didn’t we think of that:
Number 1 on the list is the one below for Pantene Shampoo (yes, shampoo). It came out in 2008, so I’m surprised I haven’t come across it before, and maybe I’ve been living in a hole and everyone is thinking, well duh, it’s the Pantene advert, haven’t you seen that before? All I know it is absolute genius. I have no idea how someone gets asked to do an advert for shampoo and comes up with this.
As a big softy who loves movies like It’s a Wonderful Life that require a few hankies nearby, this advert just hits me in a perfect spot.
I don’t want to buy Pantene Shampoo after watching it, but I wish someone would make a movie about this girl:
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Have a relaxing Friday night
WOW, just wow.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Grog.
Polyquats
That was exactly my response.
ReplyDeletefred
Well I mightn't buy Pantene. But I'll certainly need some Kleenx after watching that. WOW and thanks Grog.
ReplyDeleteStunning lineup with the Pantene one out in front. If it makes you feel better Grog, I have not seen that ad before either.
ReplyDeleteTears indeed. I lost a child in pregnancy with a partner some years back. Getting back into the car Pachelbel's Canon in D Major was in the CD on that long drive home. With or without that personal tragedy, I always find that piece stunning in the emotion it conjures. Beautiful.
lapuntadelfin
put's the whinging and whining from those in the blue team into some kind of context.
ReplyDeletewell done, excellent post Mr G
Wow just wow, that pantene ad turned it all the way up to eleven.
ReplyDeleteWhere are my tissues.
David Stratton would hate it. I almost wonder if there is another Lars von Trier in the wings making ads
Carrots was funny, the bread one was clever and the Pantene one was sheer brilliance.
ReplyDeleteThanks for (re)posting them.
Just been to see Tomorrow When The War Began after seeing yor paragraph on it here. It was a very enjoyable movie. Thanks for the tip Grog.
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