Advertisements and Dreams

I really liked the advertisements that we saw on Thursday, because they made me question modern advertisements. We don't have any commercials nowadays that are anywhere near as much fun as those two ads were. Trade Tattoo was an unambiguous call to believe in the British postal system. It was a really interesting and fun film to watch however, due to all the crazy animation and entertaining music in the background. Nowadays, all of our commercials run in under 30 seconds or so however, Trade Tattoo was much longer than that, and yet I didn't feel the need to change the channel or walk away from the screen. If modern advertising was as entertaining as Trade Tattoo and The Birth of the Robot, the advertising industry would find that consumers would be more willing to endure advertisements.

I also enjoyed the last film we watched on Thursday, Jack's Dream. It was very whimsical and fun, but made me wonder if there was a deeper meaning embedded in the film. Was it exploring only a convoluted dream, or was it exploring the nature of dreams as a whole and the human desire to be thought of as heroes? Just something to consider. Also, I was going to post early, but I forgot and am now out of rhythm.