Your take on product placement in movies?

How do you react if you were watching a movie and there is the actor wearing Nikes then in the background is a billboard for a HP computer, then at home you could see Dr Pepper and Aquafina and him using Bing for his search engine? Pretty much if you have seen Transformers or Real Steel you could easily see Product Placement. Do you think it effects a movie in a negative way, change your life, make you run out of the theater and buy Nikes instead of Adidas?

It bothers me tremendously *Drinks Sprite Slowly* Ah, now that's a hell of a soda.

They help pay for movie budgets and help the economy roll.

Have you seen what some movies look like in other countries? :?

I don't even notice stuff like thatBucked20

I'm not sure why we notice such things, perhaps camera focus, but it's obvious when it happens and I always find it to be tacky.

How do you react if you were watching a movie and there is the actor wearing Nikes then in the background is a billboard for a HP computer, then at home you could see Dr Pepper and Aquafina and him using Bing for his search engine? Pretty much if you have seen Transformers or Real Steel you could easily see Product Placement. Do you think it effects a movie in a negative way, change your life, make you run out of the theater and buy Nikes instead of Adidas?

Jd1680a

As long as it doesn't appear oh so obvious, then I'm fine.

Natural product placement, like what a typical person would see in real life or having products one would use in real life is fine. Product placement that clearly puts a major emphasis on the product to the point where it feels like a commerical, is not fine.

It's a non-issue for me. It's one of those things you notice for a second or two, but it's something I don't dwell on.

Natural product placement, like what a typical person would see in real life or having products one would use in real life is fine. Product placement that clearly puts a major emphasis on the product to the point where it feels like a commerical, is not fine.

DarkGamer007

Natural product placement, like what a typical person would see in real life or having products one would use in real life is fine. Product placement that clearly puts a major emphasis on the product to the point where it feels like a commerical, is not fine.

DarkGamer007

The one case I can think of is the E.T. ripoff Mac and Me back in the late '80s, with their heavy use of Coca-Cola and McDonald's products.

when done right it looks ok. But when The main Character Is using a sony Ericsson Cell Phone, Finds a security Tape that just so happens to be blu-ray, its way too obvious..

Every now and then if it's painfully obvious it irks me like if the actor is holding something awkwardly so the brand logo is showing or something.

I quite like obvious-yet-subtly-incorporated product placements like in Forrest Gump, when he says he must have drunk about 15 Dr. Peppers, or the bit when you see the apple logo when he's talking about his shrimping money investments.

At the end of the day films have got to be paid for somehow.

I actually like product placement in movies. Makes them seem more real with well known brands in the background. Having a coke machine in the background of a scene looks better than having a "ZIPPO COLA" or "SODA" machine

While it isn't a brand placement, the emphasis on bottled water in Big Bang Theory annoys me.

Generally it doesn't annoy me, unless it is rather in-your-face type of thing.

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If theres one thing I cannot stand in a film, its product placement.I will not bow to any sponsor

By the way, I sure could go for a Pepsi right now...

While it isn't a brand placement, the emphasis on bottled water in Big Bang Theory annoys me.

Generally it doesn't annoy me, unless it is rather in-your-face type of thing.

carrot-cake

Apple has got to be the most notorious user of product placement. Every damn PC one sees in a movie tends to be by Apple. Considering the market share of Apple PCs, product placement can make things unrealistic as well.

I don't mind it if it's somewhat subtle. If someone's drinking a Pepsi, don't have the can turned and the actor's hand positioned so that "Pepsi" is displayed clearly to the viewer. Just have it normally - like you can tell what it is but don't stick it in my face.

Look at 'The Island', it has a Xbox placement and it really doesn't make any sense.MushroomWig

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jimmyjammer69

I like it when filmmakers make up their own products to create a world all their own. Examples: Big Kahuna Burger and Red Apple Cigarettes in Quentin Tarantino's films, Chewlees Gum and the Mooby franchise in Kevin Smith's films, etc.

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comp_atkins

I only notice that in music videos, and they make it incredibly obvious and it's really annoying.

I think product placement makes a movie's setting seem more real.... though I wouldn't buy something just because I saw it in a movie...

Transformers 3 was like a 2 1/2 hour long Lenovo ad

I don't even notice stuff like thatBucked20

i dont care too much, its better than looking at a blank screen

It was best done in Wayne's World. Doubt anything will top that.

"I can't talk about it anymore it's giving me a headache"

"Here, take two of these"

"Ahh, Nuprin. Little, yellow, different"

Sometimes the products I see on the film distract me, lol.

But I don't really mind it, to be honest. :P

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It was best done in Wayne's World. Doubt anything will top that.

"I can't talk about it anymore it's giving me a headache"

"Here, take two of these"

"Ahh, Nuprin. Little, yellow, different"

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