The Best Part of Superbowl 45 Was...

The commercials.

Seriously, kind of a boring game over all. Granted, it got a little more exciting toward the end, but wow. And I won't even get started on the really horrific half-time entertainment.

But I digress... as expected from me and my typical interests in television, advertising and visual effects, my favorite part was the commercials. There were some really great ones, but I must admit, I was a little disappointed in the overall quality.

Anyhow, in case you missed them or want to relive them, here are my favorites from the biggest commercial free-for-all time of year.  You can see the rest of them here.

Pepsi Max "Love Hurts"


Chrysler "This is Motor City"


NFL "American Family"


NFL "American Family Side by Side" - this is neat because it shows the compositing used in the commercial.


Motorola "Xoom"


Doritos "Pug Attack"


Volkswagen "Darth Vader"


Volkswagen "Black Beetle"


Snickers "This Is Your Job"


And if you didn't catch this, it's a pretty entertaining short video titled "If Filmmakers Directed the Superbowl".