I'm just a little icked by the shilling of cars. I mean, I realize they probably drove a truckload of money up to his wee attic flat and said hey, come drive this fancy car and we'll give you all these doubloons. But, it's just ... tacky. And not tacky-hilarious, like doing voiceovers for I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.
I guess I just can't crush on a dude who thinks it's a valuable use of his time and image to convince rich people to buy unnecessarily expensive shit. Voiceovers at least offer some anonymity. When it's your face and reputation you're using as selling points for a 1%er item - well, it makes me think less of you.
Also, I'd feel a little more charitable about it if it wasn't obvious, from his hair in the ad, that he was in the middle of shooting War Horse. I gotta assume that Spielberg pays, you know, OK dough. Surely Ben was set for cig money, at that instance.
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Date: 2012-03-28 02:36 am (UTC)I guess I just can't crush on a dude who thinks it's a valuable use of his time and image to convince rich people to buy unnecessarily expensive shit. Voiceovers at least offer some anonymity. When it's your face and reputation you're using as selling points for a 1%er item - well, it makes me think less of you.
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