One of my favourite parts of the award season, thus far, has been looking at all the 'For Your Consideration' ads. Some are beautiful, and some of the things they asked for they never got. Here are some of the coolest/weirdest ads I've seen so far:
THOSE WHO STRIVE TO WIN:
Preeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetty, isn't it? It is perfect.
How to Train Your Dragon's FYC campaign is so simple, yet it is very effective. In another life, Dragon will win an Oscar, but for now, it wins the award of having the most beautiful FYC ads and coolest dragon.
This one is mainly all about Christopher Nolan and his fucking awesome writing talents, which, in a perfect world, would win the Oscar, but this ad is awesome. In fact all of them are. This one, however, captures the epic of epicness this movie has.
This ad, too, is one of my favourites. It has the most iconic scene in the film in it, plus that gooey 'awwww' feeling I also feel at the end of the film. And it has Master Nolan's insanely cute son in it.
Toy Story 3's campaign has taken on some of the previous Best Picture winners and incorporated them into some of the most stunning pictures from the film. Plus, it's always cool when there's a subtle 'The Best Reviewed Film of the Year'. Speaking of which...
The Social Network is the 'best reviewed movie of the year' too! HOW WILL I LIVE WITH ALL THIS UNCERTAINTY?! This was the first of the ads to come for this movie. As the Golden Globes came, they became a lot more cockier. Then see what they looked like just before the Oscar nominations.
Hells yeah. The Social Network wants it bad. They don't go for simplicity. They just cram an ad full of writing saying how fantastic it is. It's on 'over 250 top ten lists'! It's had 'over 100 4-star reviews'! Hey, this ad still looks great. And I'm not just saying it because there is a rather large picture of Andrew Garfield to the right hand side.
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