MINNEAPOLIS — It wasn't just the football game nor the half time show that had millions around their TVs for the Super Bowl — this year's commercials got a lot of attention as well.
As exciting as Sunday's match up was, the commercials took it up another notch. This year's ads were a bit more laid back on politics than last year's Super Bowl.
In fact, there appeared to be a common theme, unity. Budweiser's commercial highlighted hurricane relief efforts and T-Mobile used babies of different ethnicities to promote diversity.
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Of course, it wouldn't be a Super Bowl commercial without a dash of humor. The NFL's ad featuring Eli Manning in a "Dirty Dancing" spoof was a nice reminder why people love football after a difficult year for the league.
But not all of them scored with viewers, some fumbled hard. The Dodge commercial that used one of Martin Luther King Jr.'s sermons sparked outrage among fans. The King Center publicly denounced that ad on Twitter saying that they, along with Dr. King's daughter, don't approve of how the civil rights leader's words were used to sell trucks.
It wasn't just the ads that received mixed reviews, the half time show also had its share of criticism. Some fans loved Justin Timberlake's Prince tribute, while some found it disrespectful.