Really?? Hublot new ad

Hublot have just released their new ad. The image states:
"See what people will do for a Hubolt"...
With the image of millionairre Bernie Ecclestone's face, beaten and bruised from a real life mugging for his Hulbot.

Are they sure that showing someone famous, looking like this will really encourage people to buy one? Highlighting the fact they are going to get mugged if they wear their watch is perhaps not how to go about showing the lengths people will go to get the product. And really I don't think muggers care what kind of watch it is anyway!

For the full article on this advert go to Campaign Magazine: http://www.campaignlive.co.uk/news/1045767/Hublot-uses-battered-millionaires-face-watch-ad/

Skoda -

We haven't really blogged about ads - more how to get into advertising, but I thought I would just throw one in now. I recently went and saw Harry Potter (had to be done) and my favourite part of the cinema is always the good ads. I noticed that the ads were jam packed with different car adverts!! Obviously making it hard for the bad ones to stand out (poor media planning??). However, this is currently my favourite one of the bunch, that stuck out miles compared to the others. I seem to love all the Skoda adverts and was happy to see that the latest wasn't a let down.

The link between the previous ad (Skoda Cake) and this one really works well. In particular, I think the music makes this ad what it is. Perhaps that's just me? Any thoughts on it?

Check it out if you haven't seen it...


http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialFabiavRS?v=NmZNvGHtMbo&feature=pyv&ad=10636006639&kw=skoda%20advert