AIBU to be very excited about the release of the John Lewis Christmas advert tomorrow?

[trulybadlydeeply]

Yes, I know I am really, but this is about as exciting as my life gets at the moment . Well, that, and the fact that I treated myself to a new ironing board yesterday...

I think it's the bloke from their 'customer services' department who has wasted hours of my time, diesel and car parking money this week trying and failing to fix my new laptop.

I will be writing to them.

By hand

A year and 7 million quid for that poxy advert?

They really need to ditch the whimsical whiney singing. It's tedious!

Exactly Dingleberry

Can you imagine the hundreds of people involved in the process, the search for the 'star', the music rights

I've already started on the music. I recorded myself having an asthma attack while accidentally standing on a couple of my cats and set it to a piano version of 'I would do anything for love' by Meatloaf.

You're definitely on the right track Hipho but maybe Bat Out Of Hell would be more Christmassy.

dingle Obviously.

I just find it so patronising. I know it's supposed to be aimed at women my age who do the Christmas shopping for families and I hate it. Like we're all hormonal messes who can't appreciate music unless it's reduced to a folksy plinky plonk easy listening warble. And we're all sentimental little flowers who can't resist something pretty looking a cute kid and a bit of schmaltz. I do think spending £7m on an ad then encouraging other people watching it to give to AgeUK is a bit too.

I thought it was dreadful and way too long

It's not a patch in the Ikea one on fb. The one with the subtitles. Very weepy. ..

This one..

I'd completely forgotten the JL advert! But then Blizzard released both the Legion expansion cinematic and the Warcraft film trailer yesterday as well (which to my mind is far more interesting!).

Having seen the JL advert, I can now say I prefer Blizzards offerings

"I've already started on the music. I recorded myself having an asthma attack while accidentally standing on a couple of my cats and set it to a piano version of 'I would do anything for love' by Meatloaf."

I snorted when I read this which then made me giggle. My dog woke up from his peaceful slumber to give me a judgy look.

TapirsI see you have the same thoughts as me
This made me laugh

The JL ad was shite. It's been plastered allowed my FB with "ah and it reminds you that people are lonely at Christmas" . Well donate 7 million to befriending and elderly charities then and make a cheapo as saying "in our shop we have this..and this..and this" That's what I want to know - which shop has what, and for how much. I can't believe Christmas ads are a high point in the year these days. What's happening to us?!

I love Christmas, btw, but these bloody expensive and mawkish adverts stick in my craw finally realised I'm a grumpy old woman

Allowed - all over. Bloody autocorrect.

Its a bit of a weird Twitter account though

< she says after taking a closer look>

It's shite.

I have asked for my above posts to be deleted as scrolling down the account i mentioned it has some bloody sick jokes on it.

I didnt look at the whole account before posting about it on here.

The message behind the advert this year is so poignant. 500,000 older people spend Christmas Day alone. I hope it raises lots of money for Age UK. Loneliness and isolation among older people is a huge social crisis we all need to play our role in fixing.

sophied that's a valid message, but they should have done that seperately.
As an advert for John Lewis, it's a load of shite, and deeply annoying. It just makes me wish it was January 1st.

I agree noeffing.

I hope all the people who loved the advert have already donated to Age UK. (and also us miserable fuckers who didn't!)

How much would they have paid to use the song?