Brad Pitt's New Super Serious Ad: Why Is Everyone Laughing?

Totally thought it was a joke and I was waiting for the punch line the whole video. I would have never thought this was a really Chanel ad.

He makes me laugh. This ad doesn't do anything for me, it looks cheap, and I know there is some 7 million dollar news for this spot. In my opinion it was wasted money. Definitely not impressed, he looks like he just rolled out of bed.

It could have been better for sure. I think there was lacking a lot of stuff. Then it would have been better...poor directing I'd say.

It missed the mark. Somethings off about the video version. I got the email version, still shot that was more effective, I paused a moment when first seeing it, double take to see that it was Brad Pitt, not used to seeing a sole male in their ads. I was a bit confused on who the product was for men or women.

Oh my goodness, that was bad. It was as if his mind was somewhere else while he was talking. Perhaps he was thinking what the heck am i doing this for. Perhaps Chanel had it done this way to create attention....it surely has done that!

I think they were trying to be artsy. Unfortunatly most ad companies don't know anything about art. So it's laughable. I almost feel sorry for Brad. Not. :-)

OMG I'm laughing already at the SNL version of this. Hoping they cast a guest host in Pitt's role. I agree it's totally over-thought, over acted and the result is underwhelming. I'm not really sure what emotion is being used in the scene but it's so over done it's distracting. I hope they quickly give us some good Brad, or maybe show the re-takes to make light of it.

My local radio station did parodies on the air this week: Pitt's so stunted and over-dramatic in delivery that it's an easy thing to mimic. Just waiting for SNL to copy it!

I thought it was funny, like a joke. Doesn't make me want Chanel No 5. But I guess ppl are talking about it - so in the end the ad did it's job.

I think it is a brilliant ad with appeal for a specific audience. It's not quite up there with Cartier's "L'Odysee" but it is a great companion to their "Train de Nuit" and is a welcome relief. Bravo!

I didn't think it was funny or serious. I agree with Kay3131, where she said it was mind numbing. After the commercial I thought to myself, "What just happened?" It definitely wouldn't make me buy the product.

A friend posted this on her Facebook page and said simply, "What happened to Brad Pitt and Chanel's cool ad's?" I have to agree that I don't get this. Are they marketing to women? If so, I was confused and its really not working. If were supposed to be thinking about how awesome Angelina Jolie is, they should have just used her in the spot. I think it would have worked better!

This ad is weeding-out more than weeding-in. Briliant relief from strings of 15 second mind-numbingly senseless car commercials, fast-food commercials, insurance commercials. Bravo!

Wow. What happened to you, Brad Pitt? Terrible attempt at sexy. I was on the verge of laughter. This ad, if I didn't already buy the product, would not make me want to buy it. Chanel could have made a better choice.

definitely not sexy ,it is more spoofy than sexy . Can't believe they ran the ad like this! Unless they wanted contraversy to draw attention to the product. If that was their intention, then they've certainly succeeded.