Honda's Ferris Bueller themed Super Bowl ad was one of the most talked about ads that nobody can remember the actual point of. (It's for the CR-V.) Half of those talking about it say it's an abomination to a movie they hold dear. The other half think it's pretty fun (especially when he's in the parade).
How close is this new Honda spot to the original? The folks at AkooTV (???) have answered that by stitching together the Honda ad and Ferris Bueller's Day off for a scene-by-scene comparison.
While this video is in good fun, it's possible it'll set of the alarms at YouTube's copyright protection department and get taken down. Watch it while it's here.
three40duster says:
04:46 PM, 02/ 6/12
Sorry, but I thought the ad fell flat. You really can't compare Ferris Bueller's day off to living with a CR-V.
Or, maybe it reminds you that you were once awesome...and now you have a CR-V.
dg0472 says:
10:50 PM, 02/ 6/12
The main impression I got is that his friend no longer talks to him after the wreck, so instead he has to borrow the CR-V that mom traded the LeBaron Town & Country in on. Certainly not a Ferrari 250 GT California by any means.
transpower says:
07:14 AM, 02/ 7/12
The panda's nice; the car, not so much....
levyrob says:
07:33 AM, 02/ 7/12
Whether you like the car or not, the ad was well done (as ads go). The ad is just filled with so much decency (which is more than can be said for that little, um, finger incident during the 1/2-time show).
firstwagon says:
08:01 AM, 02/ 7/12
The ad was depressing. (but the "little, um, finger incident " added some character to a rather awkward 1/2 time show).
eldaino2 says:
09:27 AM, 02/ 7/12
how is this ad depressing? there is so much win in it only anti-honda fanboys would have anything bad to say about it.
hell this could have been chrysler's ad and it still would have been epic
blueguydotcom says:
11:27 AM, 02/ 7/12
eldaino - this ad is very depressing. Essentially, Ferris grew up and failed. He's not in a Ferrari but rather some bland, urban 4 cylinder. It's the antithesis of what you'd want a hero to end up being. Really sad ad. It's not speaking to my generation.
sniperruff says:
12:53 PM, 02/ 7/12
@blueguydotcom:
I don't see what's depressing about not having to spend $$$ for an oil change every 5,000 miles, and actually having space to haul multiple female companions.
Not a huge fan of the car nor Honda, but personally love the ad. Much better than the VW The Force ad last year.
zimtheinvader says:
12:58 PM, 02/ 7/12
good lord people. Stop over analyzing everything just to find something wrong with it. I know the easy way out is to write how awful something (everything) is, thus 98% of the internet. But sometimes you gotta find the fun in things, smile and go on with your day. I'm sure the next video will be of some stranger slipping and falling while walking down the sidewalk and it will be all worth while then.
1 point to blueguydotcom though for using antithesis in a post online about a tv commercial though.
:P
blueguydotcom says:
06:15 PM, 02/ 7/12
Wait a second, it's not over-analyzing. At our super bowl party we had a bunch of people who love Ferris Bueller. We're talking people who can quote it easily from memory. Like Princess Bride or Die Hard it just captured the time/place. Seeing Ferris in a CUV seriously felt like someone just told you Burt Reynolds now drives a Prius, Clint Eastwood favors 9mms and Paul Newman could never shoot pool. It just felt wrong. Deep down to the core wrong.
Don't mess with cultural touchstones - especially when you're dealing with a generation that took Breakfast Club a little too seriously.
wheelmccoy says:
07:35 AM, 02/11/12
I thoroughly enjoyed the ad. Ferris reminds us that
"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop to look around once in a while, you miss it."
So it's not about accumulating the most and fanciest toys before retiring and dying. It's about living and discovery, and that incidentally, the Honda CR-V can show you around.