Amnesty International and the Art of War

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Hamilton Nolan

03/29/09 10:00AM

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War: What is it good for? For lushly animated Amnesty International spots, obvs. The tagline at the end of this ad is just convoluted nonsense. But the ad's great!

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Randy Treibel Hamilton Nolan 03/29/09 10:28AM

Interesting ad. I do think everybody is against everybody is a bit broad and it could've been a more pointed comment, but the gist is correct.

Almostbanned Randy Treibel 03/29/09 10:49AM

@Randy Treibel: I like that its broad and not pointed; it doesn't alienate anyone but makes everyone think.

Also, in a historical context (which is clearly what the animation was pointing towards) its a very accurate statement.

ChillbearLatrigue Randy Treibel 03/29/09 11:07AM

@Randy Treibel: I'm kind of with you on this, Randy. I think that the world being against the Nazi's in the 30's and 40's was fairly justified, to name one glaring example.

Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) ChillbearLatrigue 03/29/09 11:53AM

@ChillbearLatrigue: That's not actually true. The entire world WASN'T against the Natzis. The Russians were key allies until Hitler turned against them. The Italians and the Austrians were more or less happy to go along with them. The Japanese were staunch supporters. Most Arab nations were at least sympathetic. It would be nice to believe that the whole world banded together to defeat that evil. It would also, of course, be a complete fabrication.

ChillbearLatrigue Oy Veh (Informality Reigns) 03/29/09 12:00PM

@Oy Veh (Informality Reigns): You are correct. What I was trying to point out is that despite the fact that some part of the world is constantly at war, it is very clear that there are good guys and bad guys. I'm guilty of oversimplification in my example, but it was a necessary war from the allied perspective.

CheetoBurrito Hamilton Nolan 03/29/09 11:10AM

I totes go see this movie. Good job?

CheetoBurrito CheetoBurrito 03/29/09 09:56PM

@CheetoBurrito: What I should say, as so many seem to be engaging with this ad more seriously, is that this ad does little to convince me it would make a strong case for people who don't already agree with its basic message. Also, boo for typos.

ChillbearLatrigue Hamilton Nolan 03/29/09 10:16AM

I have next to no use for Amnesty International, but damn if they can't slap together one hell of an ad. King's to you, AI.

Ella_Menope ChillbearLatrigue 03/29/09 05:46PM

@ChillbearLatrigue: What's wrong with Amnesty International?

CheGuava Hamilton Nolan 03/29/09 01:45PM

Advertising, Amnesty International, War, Death, Destruction, Cartoons, things we actually like, Clips.

That's a tagline for this age of apocalyptic acronyms