Jesse Dylan’s Nintendo DS Commercials

Since we gave Brett Ratner such a hard time for his Guitar Hero World Tour television commercials, I thought it might be a good time to point to another Hollywood feature director who is doing it right, or at least better. No, these commercials for the Nintendo DS aren’t on level with Fincher’s Nike advertisement, but I think it shows another director’s take on the whole “celebrities playing video games” concept. Jesse Dylan, the director of the 2005 Will Ferrell comedy Kicking & Screaming and American Pie sequel American Wedding directed a series of television commercials for the Nintendo DS.

/Film reader Guh adds “Fun Fact: Jesse Dylan is Bob Dylan’s son. His other son is the lead singer for that 90s one hit wonder band The Wallflowers.

  • carrie underwood is so hot.
  • You know, I've seen these commercials, and I like them. They're refreshing in a way I can't fully explain. Nobody's trying to sell me anything, they're just playing their games...I like them.
  • Agent J
    Dang, who is the fly hunni next to Liv Tyler in the first vid? Oh and these vids are so awesome.
  • Harry Lime
    Something about Liv Tyler... I never say this sort of stuff about celebrities, she seems genuinely sweet person.
  • the last bampf
    so, that fincher nike ad is like gonna win an academy award or wut? it's so deep, like there's two football players that played football and stuff and then they ran into each other. whoah!
  • gah
    Fun Fact: Jesse Dylan is Bob Dylan's son. His other son is the lead singer for that 90s one hit wonder band The Wallflowers. Neither could fill daddy's highway shoes.
  • consaw
    The Wallflowers had like three hits and they where pretty good.
  • theuglyspirit
    Sure it's not as epic as Fincher's, but those were well done commercials. The cinematography is good and there weren't any awkward cuts... like some Guitar Hero commercials I've recently seen.

    And hey it's three ads based off the same concept, but they weren't dull, simple-minded, and repetitive like the three by Ratner.
  • fuj
    Yawn. At least I could remember the Guitar Hero ads 5 minutes after I'd watched them.
  • Jordan
    wow. those commercials were so boring.
  • Steelo
    I wanna see one of those with Busta Rhymes and Q Tip or something.
  • J
    yeah i def like these commercials. were the wallflowers a one hit wonder? they had like 3 singles in the top 5. that album with one headlight is awesome. more like one album wonder.
  • Sean
    Why do they feel the need to use celebs to sell products like this and guitar hero.

    I GUARANTEE that none of any of the celebs featured here have ever picked up a DS till the commercials.

    LAME LAME LAME

    "omg carrie underwood is playing it, I GOTSTA HAVE IT"

    am i alone here or do others feel this way!!?
  • ANGRY BROOMSTICK
    and may i ask why the hell do they force women tio play little stupid games about puppies on a pink DS?

    get the fuck over yourselves, assholes. I'm happy playing violent games with killings and fighting. Nobody I know wants to play a stupid game with stupid puppies on a pink DS.

    morons.
  • MosesMonster
    It was a simple concept. You speak of how Ratner had nothing to do with his concept and just shot the commercials shot for shot from the movie "Risky Business"... What about this? Place a camera in front of celebrities playing a video game. Sure it's less annoying, but their market is completely different. They are trying to get that causal gamer to buy their product, the moms, the dads, the generation X, the baby boomers.

    Ratner's demographic was competely different, going for the young kids, the hardcore fanbase. It had to be loud because the game is loud. It had to leave an imprint. Not saying I liked them, but they do leave a better impression at what you are getting when you buy that product.

    Most directors do Commericals to get extra cash between projects, and it's already done for them, they just have to shoot the thing. They don't write the script, they don't hire the people (most of the time). They are just there and shoot and call it a day.
  • The_Jezzus
    FAIL....

    Those commercials sucked just as bad as the Ratner ones, if commercials can ever really "suck".

    Seriously, who CARES?
  • The_Jezzus
    And all these "commercials directed by" posts are really starting to make me want to hate Fincher's commercial even more, even though it kicks ass.

    Stop it.
  • Agent J
    Seriously who is that hot piece of ash next to Liv Tyler?
  • RPoster
    The cinematography of the Jesse Dylan's commercials offers nothing new to the table. They are simply wide shots and shot/reverse shots.

    Did Dylan come up with the concept, write, and direct the commercials? If so, I could give him more credit.
  • Tony
    Is a tripod so much to ask for?
  • ill say it again, carrie underwood is so hot.
  • JtotheB
    to Agent J:

    the girl next to Liv Tyler is her sister, Chelsea.
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