Denny Christmas Ad

Diddler1977

Does anyone like the Denny Christmas ad with the kid getting the bike from Santa?

I REALLY dislike it.

It is so cringeworthy.

JonathanAnon

Diddler1977 wrote: »

Does anyone like the Denny Christmas ad with the kid getting the bike from Santa?

I'm guessing when you were young that it was your sibling that got the nice bike and not you... Stirred up old memories has it..

Eire-Dearg

I think they captured it pretty well. Except for the parents being up before the child, that just doesn't happen!

Diddler1977

Eire-Dearg wrote: »

I think they captured it pretty well. Except for the parents being up before the child, that just doesn't happen!

There is something about the child sitting up on the knee of the mam in her princess dress eating her brekkie that I find really disturbing.

And the child is just too Billie Barry for me.

Diddler1977

JonathanAnon wrote: »

I'm guessing when you were young that it was your sibling that got the nice bike and not you... Stirred up old memories has it..

It's that obvious is it!

I heard my parents moving something metal in to the house. Went back asleep all happy dreaming of my new bike.

Woke up to find Santa had left me a typewriter

ChunkyLover_53

Does anyone else think it feels very fake or forced? Like it was shot in November or something?

Its just the way the 2 parents are up & in the room before the kid & the kid walks in and has a 'What the hell is happening?' look on her face. I think its not Christmas Morning at all & this child has been exposed to a fake Christmas just to sell some frys.

MacGyver

according to ray darcys fix it friday last friday it was shot last december and is a real family on christmas day, they gave their fee to a charity too iirc in case anyone was wondering. i actually like the ad. its some thing different rather than the meteor ad and being all bah humbug like. i also like the irn-bru ad with the snowman in it.

Diddler1977

MacGyver wrote: »

according to ray darcys fix it friday last friday it was shot last december and is a real family on christmas day, they gave their fee to a charity too iirc in case anyone was wondering. i actually like the ad. its some thing different rather than the meteor ad and being all bah humbug like. i also like the irn-bru ad with the snowman in it.

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amdublin

MacGyver wrote: »

according to ray darcys fix it friday last friday it was shot last december and is a real family on christmas day, they gave their fee to a charity too iirc in case anyone was wondering. i actually like the ad. its some thing different rather than the meteor ad and being all bah humbug like. i also like the irn-bru ad with the snowman in it.

If it's a real family of two adults and one child then why are there four wine glasses of oj / bucks fizz on the table??

I hate this ad.
I hate the wedding ad.
The surfers one is vaguely bearable.

I just think they look waaaay too staged.


Ps. Why do they dress their daughter in a horrendous princess dress instead of good old fashioned "new clothes for Christmas"

Pukesville ad

Diddler1977

amdublin wrote: »

Ps. Why do they dress their daughter in a horrendous princess dress instead of good old fashioned "new clothes for Christmas"

Pukesville ad

They look like older parents who just have one child. That child is now pampered and petted.

Hence they sit her on their knee while eating and dress her in princess clothes. They must let her know that she is their little princess and as such could not be sat on a regular chair and eat her brekkie as most kids do.

Diddler1977

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS8z28cdc9w&feature=related

Another of my not so favourites.:mad:

amdublin

Diddler1977 wrote: »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS8z28cdc9w&feature=related

Another of my not so favourites.:mad:

:eek:

Sweet jebus on the cross. I'd never seen that one!!!

Again! So FAKE. We all know they come up on the bus and go straight into Quinns in Drumcondra and drink a million of pints before the match. The only bit of ham they might eat is a rasher in a breakfast roll from the spar beside quinins.

Diddler1977

"Keep it in Josie, say natin'"

amdublin

Look at me with a sandwich in me gob. I'm so cool loike, I am so I am.

Mint Sauce

Anyone slating the princess outfit consider that she might have been given that for christmas as well, and wants to show it off.

I quite like the ad, it's possibly a scene that make take place in many houses christmas morning.

danbohan

Diddler1977 wrote: »

They look like older parents who just have one child. That child is now pampered and petted.

Hence they sit her on their knee while eating and dress her in princess clothes. They must let her know that she is their little princess and as such could not be sat on a regular chair and eat her brekkie as most kids do.

and in 25 years time she will be posting on boards or its equivalent how the banks/polticans /developers caused her negativity equity and ruined her life , it never ends !

amdublin

irish-stew wrote: »

Anyone slating the princess outfit consider that she might have been given that for christmas as well, and wants to show it off.

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Yes and consider, sometimes it's a good practice to not allow your child to "show off" just because she "wants to".

newmug

Cant find the Christmas ad on youtube, any links?

efb

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFQ9zR4nH0A

I this ad, even if it is super twee!!!

amdublin

Again, why the 4 glasses of oj/bucks fizz on the table

efb

amdublin wrote: »

Again, why the 4 glasses of oj/bucks fizz on the table

Its Christmas, would you like some bah with your humbug?

I'd say there were four adults (maybe the cameraman?)

amdublin

efb wrote: »

Its Christmas, would you like some bah with your humbug?

No, but if anyone can shed light on why a family of two adults and one child have four wineglasses set with their breakfast would be nice.

amdublin

efb wrote: »

I'd say there were four adults (maybe the cameraman?)

Why are these other two mysterious adults not shown??

Fake ad with bad continuity.


Oh and a horrendously pukey ad as well.

Mr E

Jesus you're all a shower of miserable old grumps.

Give me a nice, down-to-earth ad like that over most of the other painful christmas ads out there. Meteor's scrooge, Iceland's Can Can, Ho Harvey Ho - dear God, shoot me now.

efb

There is a third adult shown!

amdublin

efb wrote: »

There is a third adult shown!

Who?! Who?!

drunknmunky_21

no its for that blow up dalmatian on the left of the screen.one of her toys is having breakfast with them. it a cute ad

efb

I dont care, I'm not going to spend the morning discussing the merits or otherwise of this ad, sometimes i find boards very bitter and begrudging.

Happy Christmas.

Yawns

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBLyh0lZ8po


I love that ad

amdublin

Okay I rewatched it grrrr *shakes fist*

I can definitely see only two adults

amdublin

drunknmunky_21 wrote: »

no its for that blow up dalmatian on the left of the screen.one of her toys is having breakfast with them. it a cute ad

Okay but then who is the fourth glass for?!

amdublin

efb wrote: »

sometimes i find boards very bitter and begrudging.

Why? For not liking an ad you like??

Sometimes people just have different opinions okay

Now if you will excuse me I am off to finish wrapping my presents and to make some mince pies. (Seriously).

Godd@mnit I might even stick on my Christmas cd and have a little egg nog.
(well maybe not the eggnog!)

efb

no the whole

'lol, she'll be in therapy"
"middle class family one spoiled kid"

the usual jaundiced boardsie/student type social commentary, you could just cut and paste from topic to topic

amdublin

Well sorry for not liking an ad that imo shows middle class parents spoiling their child.

drunknmunky_21

amdublin wrote: »

Okay but then who is the fourth glass for?!

Its 4 glasses of orange juice.One for mum,dad,dog and child.
Though having re-watched it i get what you're saying. Theres a glass on the opposite side of the table.

Mint Sauce

amdublin wrote: »

Okay but then who is the fourth glass for?!

The blow up dalmation. A glass each for the two adults, one for the kid, and one for the dog.

Its christmas morning, the kid may not be quite old enough to understand the whole santa thing, hence is surprised and a little startled when she sees the bike and all the new toys and outfits.

One of the outfits is a princess dress, which she might want to wear, at breakfast she wants to play house or at being a mummy, so she wants a place for everyone at the table, including a one for the blow up dog.

Its a family scene on xmas morning, a day which in reality is about the kids.

The only part of that advert that I would question is that she's not wearing the crash helmet on her new bike when they are in the park at the end.

amdublin

irish-stew wrote: »

The blow up dalmation. A glass each for the two adults, one for the kid, and one for the dog.

Its christmas morning, the kid may not be quite old enough to understand the whole santa thing, hence is surprised and a little startled when she sees the bike and all the new toys and outfits.

One of the outfits is a princess dress, which she might want to wear, at breakfast she wants to play house or at being a mummy, so she wants a place for everyone at the table, including a one for the blow up dog.

Its a family scene on xmas morning, a day which in reality is about the kids.

The only part of that advert that I would question is that she's not wearing the crash helmet on her new bike when they are in the park at the end.

Yeah I got everything apart from all the glasses on the table.

Thanks for explaining out the whole ad :rolleyes: still doesn't make me like it anymore

Deflector

Still, if they wanted 'realisim', they wouldn't have gone for the typical 1850s villa in Ranelagh as every advertising firm in this country insists on using - perhaps, unsurprisingly, because that's where their producers all live.

Whether it's Denny with its Victorian villa, Dunnes Stores with its hideous reproduction McMansion pile of neo-Georgian trash, Prize Bonds set in a well-heeled Edwardian house in Glasnevin, or Lucy Kennedy in a sprawling detached pile in leafy Clontarf, all ooze middle class pretension, and represent none of the mindless suburban estates most of their customers live in.

Seaneh

amdublin wrote: »

Again, why the 4 glasses of oj/bucks fizz on the table

Camera/sound man and director/producer.
Odds are the family were polite, imagine that!

amdublin

Seaneh wrote: »

Camera/sound man and director/producer.
Odds are the family were polite, imagine that!

And was the intention to be polite or to be realistic?

byhookorbycrook

Is Denny like Galtee?No longer Irish pork/bacon?

Anita Blow

amdublin wrote: »

And was the intention to be polite or to be realistic?

Christ it's an ad for rashers not a motion picture.
They advertised for families to be filmed on Christmas day. The family was being nice leaving out orange juice for the camera and sound guy. I barely noticed it until it was brought up. To be honest nobody cares. Do you think there'll be mass riots at Denny HQ because there were 4 glasses of OJ instead of 2?

amdublin

Anita Blow wrote: »

Do you think there'll be mass riots at Denny HQ because there were 4 glasses of OJ instead of 2?

Um, no.

Still don't like this ad.

Blikes

Love the ad. Perfect

SprostonGreen

Its a nice ad, I dont see the problem with it at all.

BengaLover

Deflector wrote: »

Still, if they wanted 'realisim', they wouldn't have gone for the typical 1850s villa in Ranelagh as every advertising firm in this country insists on using - perhaps, unsurprisingly, because that's where their producers all live.

Whether it's Denny with its Victorian villa, Dunnes Stores with its hideous reproduction McMansion pile of neo-Georgian trash, Prize Bonds set in a well-heeled Edwardian house in Glasnevin, or Lucy Kennedy in a sprawling detached pile in leafy Clontarf, all ooze middle class pretension, and represent none of the mindless suburban estates most of their customers live in.

I second that.
to me, that awful ad is like a kick in the teeth to the parents who live in a cramped council house with their assorted pets, and cant afford the big gifts..
The ad portays a well to do family in a beautiful home with all the comforts - what about the real irish families on xmas day who can only afford tesco value rashers!

efb

BengaLover wrote: »

I second that.
to me, that awful ad is like a kick in the teeth to the parents who live in a cramped council house with their assorted pets, and cant afford the big gifts..
The ad portays a well to do family in a beautiful home with all the comforts - what about the real irish families on xmas day who can only afford tesco value rashers!

let tesco value rashers do that then!

fryup

its too D4 ish, west brit ish for my liking

why can't they have some red headed muck-savage family down the country on instead

amdublin

fryup wrote: »

its too D4 ish, west brit ish for my liking

why can't they have some red headed muck-savage family down the country on instead

'cos they had them for the wedding one

JonathanAnon

Deflector wrote: »

Whether it's Denny with its Victorian villa, Dunnes Stores with its hideous reproduction McMansion pile of neo-Georgian trash, Prize Bonds set in a well-heeled Edwardian house in Glasnevin, or Lucy Kennedy in a sprawling detached pile in leafy Clontarf, all ooze middle class pretension, and represent none of the mindless suburban estates most of their customers live in.

fryup wrote: »

its too D4 ish, west brit ish for my liking

Maybe Denny are directing the ads at those poor unfortunates who have been NAMA'd, but are still coming out of Brown Thomas with giant bags of bling....

The ad seems to be genuine enough ... i.e. not contrived or scripted... but in the economic times that we are in, I think it would have been better NOT show Fiachra and Seraphina .. loike waking up and showering their spoiled child in riches.. It would have been appropriate in 2006 but not now... In Ireland 2010, it just makes everybody else feel inadequate..

Anita Blow

Am I missing something? The girl got a bike and a princess costume.

BengaLover wrote: »

I second that.
to me, that awful ad is like a kick in the teeth to the parents who live in a cramped council house with their assorted pets, and cant afford the big gifts..
The ad portays a well to do family in a beautiful home with all the comforts - what about the real irish families on xmas day who can only afford tesco value rashers!

Better contact Denny and ask them why they're not advertising competitor's products. How rude of them