We see many tired faces again this Monday, because for all sports fans it was THE night of nights, the event of the year, the final of the NFL!
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Los Angeles Rams in the 56th Super Bowl, held at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. After Jhene Aiko performed »America the Beautiful« very emotionally and Mickey Guyton caused goosebumps with the national anthem, the game of the year opened with none other than »The Rock«.
Cincinnati was looking like a surefire winner, but about one and a half minutes before the clock was up, just short of the Bengals' end zone, Matthew Stafford's pass went up... in an arc... and Cooper Kupp got the winning touchdown and led the Rams to the Super Bowl victory! This makes the Rams the second team, after the Buccaneers last year, to win the coveted trophy at their home stadium. CONGRATULATION!
All the trappings get almost as much attention as the game itself. After last year's half-time show was pretty clear with "not very spectacular", a bang was needed. A spectacle, a firework, a gigantic highlight... So the field was transformed into a street map of LA. The scenery was kept rather simple, because the focus was on the real stars:
Eminem, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar were announced in an epic trailer about two weeks ago. But someone even crept in: surprise star 50 Cent appeared, as in the video clip, dangling upside down from the ceiling of the house scenery, with his song »In da Club«!
Eminem also performed with a guest act (R&B singer Anderson Paak) before he used the performance for a very special message: the kneeling as a sign against police violence and racism, which former NFL player Colin Kaepernick 2016 during the US national anthem in front of a game demonstrated for the first time. The whole performance was really impressive, as we thought!
The trailers and commercials during the breaks are also a highlight every year. The 10 funniest commercials starring celebrities can be found in this YouTube video:
https://youtu.be/bAJwszYHwj0
Our favorites here are Jim Carrey as the cable guy for »Verizon« and of course Arnold Schwarzenegger and Salma Hayek for »BMW«. Awesome!
Of course, the most exciting thing for film and series addicts are the exclusive trailer premieres during the Super Bowl final. To be honest, we would have expected a few more clips here, but at least Amazon kept the promise and showed the first footage of »The Rings of Power«. We are looking forward to your opinion...
https://youtu.be/v7v1hIkYH24
Marvel participated with two new trailers - one on the Disney+ show »Moon Knight«
https://youtu.be/KM3Yx-5Ymiw
and a really intense, alsmost frightning on »Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness«
https://youtu.be/aWzlQ2N6qqg
If that wasn't thrill enough for you, then you surely got hooked by the first trailer on »Nope«, the new film by Jordan Peele:
https://youtu.be/In8fuzj3gck
We hope you had as much fun as we did while watching - oh yes, congratulations to the LA Rams again of course 🥳!!!