Remember the sappy endearing movie You've Got Mail, which seems to have been written for AOL?
Well, that ain't the only example of product placements in movies - check out this list of the 9 most blatant examples of said practice over at the Short List: Link - Thanks Ben!
They left out the re-make of the parent trap, where instead of "water bottle" they all say "evian bottle". Not that I've seen the remake of the parent trap...
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How about the 15 minute commercial for Fedex at the beginning of "Castaway?"
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No Wayne's World? Shame.
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Go back years and you'll see scenes with bilboards clearly in shot. Or I remember one movie, I think a Roger Moore James Bond, where in one scene they drove past an indordinate number of billboard ads for the same product.
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What is the deal with so many top 10 and numbered lists of everything everywhere lately?
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ET - Reeses Pieces
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Anyone remember Career Opportunities, with Jennifer Connelly? One big Target ad...
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We drove by a building with AOL on it the other day, and my kids, one of whom's a teenager, didn't know what it was.
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If there is ever a bar scene in a movie and the walls aren't covered in Alcohol signs it wouldn't seem realistic.
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