Volvo wedding commercials

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I just watched the extended commercial, which I've never actually seen on tv. I do think the older man is the father of the woman driving. Her daughter has just gotten married and he's sharing with her how it feels when your little girl gets married, since they have now both had that experience, he when she got married and she when her own daughter just got married. The wife/mother/grandmother has passed away so there is that little bit of sadness thinking of her on this happy day, thus the toying with the ring.

Yeah, I just saw the extended version too (followed the linked ad automatically on youtube), and I agree that it does not seem to support the PPs' interpretation. The younger man seated in the front passenger seat turns to say "great speech, Mr. B," to the Dad - indicating he is *not* a family member. So who is that guy? Could be the groom with the bride/daughter in driving seat, but that remark seems a little formal for a son-in-law. Perhaps he's the Groom's brother - driven by mom/ mother of bride? I like your interpretation that driver is Dad's daughter, who just married off *her* daughter. But again, who is the passenger seat guy? Unclear!

Uh, no. The guy with the beard is the dad, the woman driving is his wife. They have just left their daughter's wedding, where the dad gave the speech he was seen writing earlier. The young guy in the backseat is probably their son, and the young guy in the front passenger seat seems to be the son's partner. Despite the dad having a gray beard, that actor can't be older than about 50. He most certainly is not meant to be the grandfather of the bride. The part where he was writing in a notebook at a lighthouse, at the beginning of the extended commercial, was him writing and practicing the speech/toast he was going to give at his daughter's wedding. The scene of everyone in the car was them driving home after the wedding. The fiddling with the ring was part of the whole reflection on his own marriage, and wistfulness of he and his wife having just sent their "little girl" off on that journey herself.

On a more subtle note, we're supposed to notice how comfortably the car seats grown adults in the backseat, plus some big flower arrangements in that third row, and hey look how intuitive and easy it is to navigate the controls built into the console to select this one awesome song that will play out of these perfectly-located Bowers & Wilkins speakers!

I agree. If you look closely at the camera pictures on the display, the bride is quite a bit younger than the woman driver. Everyone is also dressed as if they just left the wedding. The dad or msn w beard is wearing same suit and tie also in the camera pictures.

I don't think the woman driving is the bride, I think she is the mother of the bride (although she must have been a teenager when the daughter was born, because she looks pretty young). The man in the back seat is the father of the woman driving and the grandfather of the bride. Maybe the MOB is a widow or divorced. It's not unusual for an elderly person to sit in the backseat since that is a safer place in the car, so that's why the grandpa is back there. The grandpa gave a speech at the reception about when his little girl got married and now his daughter is watching her little girl get married. It's the circle of life theme.

The guy in the back is clearly the father of the bride. His wife is driving the car. Simply having gray hair doesn't make you elderly.

What's throwing everyone off - why is the driver's husband is not sitting in the front next to her?

Right, he's old enough to be the grandpa and he's sitting where the grandpa would sit. A husband would sit in the front passenger seat, next to his wife. That man is way too old to be married to the woman who is driving. It makes sense that she'd be driving her dad home from the wedding and that they'd be feeling reminiscent.

Part of the point of the commercial is to show that the back seat is so roomy in this car that even Dad will sit there.

Well, that's kind of a silly point. And so subtle as to be essentially non-existent.

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Anonymous wrote:The actor is 49, PP.

Wow, that's surprising. I thought he appeared to be much older. Maybe the camera adds years as well as pounds?
The woman driving looks lots younger, so maybe the contrast makes him seem older in the commercial.

Also, just because an actor might be 49 doesn't mean the character he plays is 49. Actors play younger or older characters all the time. He easily could be playing a grandpa character and they have him made up to look older.

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Anonymous wrote:The man with the beard is married to the woman driving. The two younger guys are their children.

But he looks sooo much older than the woman. He looks old enough to be her father and the grandpa of the younger men. Although the woman doesn't reall look old enough to be the mother of the younger men, so...

He doesn't look older. I think the woman driving is totally wrinkled. She looks older than him minus the grey hair!

I agree. He looks younger even with the gray hair and the driver is his wife. Still a confusing commercial. They must have been inspired by Matthew M commercials with driving around and making no sense.

This...lol!

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Anonymous wrote:The actor is 49, PP.

Wow, that's surprising. I thought he appeared to be much older. Maybe the camera adds years as well as pounds?
The woman driving looks lots younger, so maybe the contrast makes him seem older in the commercial.

Also, just because an actor might be 49 doesn't mean the character he plays is 49. Actors play younger or older characters all the time. He easily could be playing a grandpa character and they have him made up to look older.

Oh, ffs. He's not playing the grandfather of the bride. Get over it.

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Anonymous wrote:The dad / older guy in the back seat is hot. 10/10 would hook up with him. (34/F here)

The dude with the beard of bees?

Yes, it does appear to be an ordinary bumble bee beard that you would see any man

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Anonymous wrote:I've wondered about this commercial too. It's too bad since it detracts from what they are trying to sell. Don't they screen commercials before a test group first?

it's almost like commercials were designed mostly to just get attention

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I just watched the extended commercial, which I've never actually seen on tv. I do think the older man is the father of the woman driving. Her daughter has just gotten married and he's sharing with her how it feels when your little girl gets married, since they have now both had that experience, he when she got married and she when her own daughter just got married. The wife/mother/grandmother has passed away so there is that little bit of sadness thinking of her on this happy day, thus the toying with the ring.

Yeah, I just saw the extended version too (followed the linked ad automatically on youtube), and I agree that it does not seem to support the PPs' interpretation. The younger man seated in the front passenger seat turns to say "great speech, Mr. B," to the Dad - indicating he is *not* a family member. So who is that guy? Could be the groom with the bride/daughter in driving seat, but that remark seems a little formal for a son-in-law. Perhaps he's the Groom's brother - driven by mom/ mother of bride? I like your interpretation that driver is Dad's daughter, who just married off *her* daughter. But again, who is the passenger seat guy? Unclear!

Uh, no. The guy with the beard is the dad, the woman driving is his wife. They have just left their daughter's wedding, where the dad gave the speech he was seen writing earlier. The young guy in the backseat is probably their son, and the young guy in the front passenger seat seems to be the son's partner. Despite the dad having a gray beard, that actor can't be older than about 50. He most certainly is not meant to be the grandfather of the bride. The part where he was writing in a notebook at a lighthouse, at the beginning of the extended commercial, was him writing and practicing the speech/toast he was going to give at his daughter's wedding. The scene of everyone in the car was them driving home after the wedding. The fiddling with the ring was part of the whole reflection on his own marriage, and wistfulness of he and his wife having just sent their "little girl" off on that journey herself.

On a more subtle note, we're supposed to notice how comfortably the car seats grown adults in the backseat, plus some big flower arrangements in that third row, and hey look how intuitive and easy it is to navigate the controls built into the console to select this one awesome song that will play out of these perfectly-located Bowers & Wilkins speakers!

ding, ding, ding
winner, winner, lutefisk dinner.

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Anonymous wrote:The actor is 49, PP.

Wow, that's surprising. I thought he appeared to be much older. Maybe the camera adds years as well as pounds?
The woman driving looks lots younger, so maybe the contrast makes him seem older in the commercial.

Also, just because an actor might be 49 doesn't mean the character he plays is 49. Actors play younger or older characters all the time. He easily could be playing a grandpa character and they have him made up to look older.

Oh, ffs. He's not playing the grandfather of the bride. Get over it.

It's only a commercial and it seems to be very vaguely written on purpose. I think people are supposed to come up with their own ideas about who the people are, what their relationships with each other are, and in general, what the heck is going on. To some viewers, it's a husband with his young wife on their daughter's wedding day, to others, it's a grandfather seeing his daughter's daughter get married and knowing that he and his daughter now have shared this special experience. It's a vague story and the relationships between characters are ambiguous so it can mean whatever the viewer thinks it means.

There's no way to say whether one person's interpretation is correct and someone else's is wrong. It's not like anyone here was involved with making the commercial.

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The olive skinned man with the bumble bee beard is Matoor who has been a long time captive of Bjelnsa, the woman driving the car. The two young men with her are Janosch and Ragnar, her food tasters. She is driving them back from the festival of Wrenthen and Matoor silently reflects on his days of captivity and the relentless demands of the appetite of Bjelnsa. He knows he will soon be replaced and thrown into the sea. He has plotted an escape. But will his rescuers be able to recognize this Volvo now that it is indistinguishable from a Lexus or Acura or Florndeuvle 300?

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Anonymous wrote:The olive skinned man with the bumble bee beard is Matoor who has been a long time captive of Bjelnsa, the woman driving the car. The two young men with her are Janosch and Ragnar, her food tasters. She is driving them back from the festival of Wrenthen and Matoor silently reflects on his days of captivity and the relentless demands of the appetite of Bjelnsa. He knows he will soon be replaced and thrown into the sea. He has plotted an escape. But will his rescuers be able to recognize this Volvo now that it is indistinguishable from a Lexus or Acura or Florndeuvle 300?

If Bjelnsa wanted to keep someone captive, I think she would have found someone younger and more attractive than the elderly gentleman in the backseat. And why would she have allowed her captive to give that long speech at the festival? Why were the food tasters driving flowers around?

It's an enigma wrapped in a crossword puzzle (well, and the comics, too, of course).