Pawlenty 2012: A Michael Bay Production
January 26th, 2011




Everything–and I mean everything–about this spot screams Michael Bay. And not the ludicrous, Transformers 2,Bay, but the iconic Bay from The Rock and the trailer for Pearl Harbor. From the cuts to the score to the framing–this ad deserves its own Criterion treatment. It just needs another explosion or two.

Oh sure, you can pretend you don’t love the awesome. But you’re only fooling yourself.

  1. C. Nolan January 26, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    *** SPOILER ALERT ***

    At the end of the movie, the audience realizes that the entire campaign was just a dream planted in Pawlenty’s head by Reihan Salam and Ross Douthat.

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  2. ShoelesJoe January 27, 2011 at 1:28 pm

    Link?

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  3. Superdude January 27, 2011 at 1:47 pm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YfkNEq1XioE

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  4. Jeff January 27, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    I’m also getting a Roland Emmerich/Independence Day vibe.

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  5. BTD January 27, 2011 at 5:47 pm

    @C Nolan

    *slow clap*

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  6. Jason O. January 27, 2011 at 8:33 pm

    USA Hockey v. the USSR…at that moment I got minor goosebumps…well done.

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