John Lewis Christmas Ad is here

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And it’s lovely - I think anyway.

https://www.johnlewis.com/content/christmas-advert

If I were Kristin Scott Thomas I’d be wafting around my gorgeous house in a selection of tasteful scarves and telling my ungrateful brat grandchildren I’d sponsored a donkey in their names

I don’t like it at all - I don’t find anything appealing in using those horrendous rude and spoiled brats.

I take from that that it’s mainly older women shopping in JL, which might be broadly correct but there are a lot of us whose kids are younger and we’ve just been told our children are awful which isn’t the best way to build a long-term relationship.

Odd she was slighted by them running for the loo after a long journey.

Additionally, given the kids are probably in a house a quarter the size of grandma’s pile, I’m wondering how they’ll get their massive disco tent home

And what about her breaking something in an independent shop and then just running off.

Or the fact the kids only like her because she spent money

The music was clunky, I didn't like it at all

Haha this would have been epic!!

The Bear and the Hare was their best....

Needed Nessa in the driving seat, asking Grandma “what’s occurin” and then taking her down the Dolphin for a proper Christmas singalong! Last scene, Grandma remotely switching heating off and family at home shivering in John Lewis hats and coats!

It's crap.

It is rubbish. I like the Sam fender song , but that’s it.

This was interesting:

Kristin Scott Thomas: National Treasure? I find it difficult to believe

https://www.thetimes.com/article/49cfdc78-132e-4cce-8bbd-a5f64eb9c68a?shareToken=09104a265517365c9047c5ec039d4c54

Ah no, the learning to skateboard one was a masterpiece

Oh I really hated it and I usually love them. Ungrateful bratty children. Wet lettuce parents. KST having to play a doddery old granny who can’t cope in a shop. Awful bantersaurus dog voice. And what happened at the end- she made a Christmassy room? There’s no way those horrible kids would have been happy with that.

Still, hats off to the MNer who thought this advert featured a grandparent sitting around to be waited on-no projection happening there 😂

On the plus side, KST looked great.

I'd forgotten about that one! I'm going to go and watch it now to reset my brain after that Disco Granny shite.

It had just two things I like, Kristin Scott Thomas and that dog. But the music was awful and I didn’t understand anything else. Guess I’m old.

I get the vibe which is even when the worst things happen (spoilt children, card shaking - cringe!) keep on trying to make a connection which ultimately was with a festive disco dance party.
It didn’t warm my cockles though.

It would have been improved by a reveal that Jackson Lamb was driving the TukTuk!

JL adverts are supposed to make you cry like the skateboarding foster parent one. I thought that was the rule

Jackson Lamb is driving the tuktuk.
He gives her a wink.
We see the house blow up.
Cut to KST in the pub having a mulled wine and quietly smiling to herself.

dd2 was only 3 when ths came out -she's 16 now. She still talks about it.

We do have a 'Chris- Mouse' toy that was sold off the back of the 2008 ad (Heads)- the song was from 'Me to You'-,
We've still got the Mouse- sits on dd1's desk.

edit - age

And what does "lets go on a montage" mean?

It’s awful. Dreadful, entitled & badly behaved children. Pathetic parents. Not Christmassy at all. But I couldn’t get the video to play so I googled it and one came up on YouTube. Maybe it was one that didn’t make the cut. A woman on her own with a teddy she got when she was a child. Sam Clegg song. It was so sad..😢

Maybe I’m just jealous but I was irritated by how rich the granny was. And she was just buying the spoilt kids’ love - what a horrible message. There was no warmth in this at all and it was quite boring too.

So what’s the message? - reward bad behaviour?
awful just awful

I actually really liked it. It didn’t try to make me cry, it was colourful and had a touch of magic. It felt Christmassy!

Yes how is this a lovely sentiment?