Some people are just too creative - aka fun stuff to entertain on a Friday

**Update at bottom!**

A friend of mine sent this link to me many months ago and I've been meaning to forward it since then, however its too good to just send it to a few people so I'm posting it hear so that everyone can see it. (That and its easier than coming up with actually original things to blog about.)

[Message along with the link]: There are no computer graphics or digital tricks in the film. Everything you see really happened in real time exactly as you see it. The film took 606 takes. On the first 605 takes, something, usually very minor, didn't work. They would then have to set the whole thing up again. The crew spent weeks shooting night and day. By the time it was over, they were ready to change professions. The film cost six million dollars and took three months to complete including full engineering of the sequence.

In addition, it is two minutes long so every time Honda airs the film on British television, they're shelling out enough dough to keep any one of us in clover for a lifetime. However, it is fast becoming the most downloaded advertisement in Internet history. When the ad was pitched to senior executives, they signed off on it immediately without any hesitation - including the costs. There are six, and only six, hand-made Honda Accords in the world. To the horror of Honda engineers, the filmmakers disassembled two of them to make the film.
Everything you see in the film (aside from the walls, floor, ramp and complete Honda Accord) is parts from those two cars. The voice over is Garrison Keillor. When the ad was shown to Honda executives, they liked it and commented on how amazing computer graphics have gotten. They fell off their chairs when they found out it was for real. Oh, and about those funky windshield wipers on the new Accords, the windshield wipers have water sensors and are designed to start doing their thing automatically as soon as they become wet. It looks a bit weird in the commercial.

Now, without further ado... the coolest, most complicated commercial I've ever seen - Hondas at work.


Ok, if the car stunt wasn't enough for you, or too technical, here's some other great ways to express your inner artist -

My sandcastles were never this elaborate. How about one of these ice sculptures for your wedding?