The Daniel Craig vodka advert

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Clicked on this link expecting to see something really amazing! It is Daniel Craig dad dancing through a hotel before taking a swig of neat vodka what am I missing here

metro.co.uk/2022/11/11/daniel-craigs-flamboyant-dancing-in-new-vodka-advert-is-cinematic-gold-17742306/

Oh yes, pp got it, christopher walken!

MarshaMelrose · Today 11:54
But what is it a piss take of?“

Himself.
definitely channelling Hugh Grant, though 😁

OK. I just thought it was a poor man's take of Christopher Walken. Who was fantastic! Now that was a great advert.

Not advert!!!!! Fatboy slim video!!!

I bloody love Daniel Craig but even he doesn't look good in a vest which makes it even funnier. It's a blatant piss take and he looks like he's having a great time. This and Knives Out show how funny he can be.

I liked it although the daft dancing didn't go far enough. It's obviously a piss take of those high brow perfume and alcohol ads that take themselves too seriously.

Also agree with a pp who said Daniel Craig was brilliant in Our Friends In the North. I think it's been forgotten that he can actually act after his Bond films.

I think it's quite funny.
I definite would though.

DEFINITELY
Bloody autocorrect

I thought it was really funny

It immediately made me think of the Depp 'sausage' ad!

It makes my skin crawl.

Me too! Very fun.

People are right - it is camp.

He's moving too softly and wafting about, and he's not fit enough. Makes him look like a pansy. No core strength, and his shoulder and arm movements aren't positive enough. He should have had some decent contemporary dance training to build his strength up before doing that.

Then it would have been good.People think that sort of dance is easy - it's not.

Who's the choreographer, do we know?

It's interesting hearing different views about it.

I took it as a pisstake on two levels. The first, about the super serious adds people have mentioned. The other, of himself and his previous work.

Now that he's free of being Bond (finally) it's no more tuxedos and being super serious, nor drinking champagne or martinis generally made with Smirnoff. Now he can 'be himself', let loose a bit, dance like no one is watching, and drink Belvedere instead. On the rocks because it's smooth enough to not require the vermouth even being waved at it.

Ha! Daniel's no Gene Kelly but that's surely the whole point.

can't understand why he didn't get to gasp 'I'm a daaaancer!!!' as he wafted down the street-

I thought the ‘point’ of it was - that no matter what you wear, who you are, what you think of yourself or do, nothing absolutely nothing is as cool as the drink Belvedere. Added bonuses of being a nod to the Christopher Walken video (in a nice way) and a humorous piss take of the whole Hollywood/advertising establishment.
At least it’s a giggle to watch and makes dad dancing kind of cool.

The only way a pisstake can work is if it is either done superbly well, or appallingly (and deliberately) badly. This is neither, misses the mark, and ain't cool.

I didn’t like it. Why did they dress him like a stereotypical Russian mafioso?
It’s almost like it’s Putin prancing around.

Presumably the comment 'at last' is a reference to bond and drinking martini as part of that image. 'Be yourself' ie it is laughing at bond type images and other images in these kind of adverts. I think it is a good concept but misses the mark I think because too much of a pisstake of campness and is a bit dated ?

It's almost like it's Putin prancing around.

Do you know what, I think you might be on to something there, @Onnabugeisha

It is beginning to remind me slightly of the Russian skit in Armstrong and Miller...

It’s cringe because it would have been somewhat interesting and funny in 2010. The internet moves fast.

ROFL definitely - and he's still gorgeous!!

@barskits I think that the very fact that people are talking about the advert and sharing it on social media means it’s done it’s job very well - promoting the drink! Doesn’t really matter about the content of the advert so long as it achieves the aims of increased brand awareness and ultimately sales.

😂

it was funny.

I think he’s quite easy on the eye still. Not sure if there’s much to get worked up about here. 🙃

Reminded me of this from 2013
m.youtube.com/watch?v=-vbUlKl5MkM