Pause, Rewind: Ranking the film and television trailers that aired during Super Bowl LI

Holy shit, what a Super Bowl.

The greatest quarterback of all time leads the greatest comeback of all time on the biggest stage of all, and New England comes home with another championship. It’s easy to forget that a ton of new movie trailers dropped during the game, but as we all catch our collective breaths and swim through a cultural sea of hot takes, Vanyaland has you covered with a ranked recap of what millions saw but maybe already forgot.

Now, thank Jesus Christ most of these ads aired in the first three quarters, because if they’d aired in the fourth quarter (or -- gasp! -- in overtime) we probably wouldn’t have paid any attention. It’s also a little bit bullshit that most of these ads are online in their extended forms, but what the hell. Let’s hope that doesn’t become a trend.

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5. Baywatch

This 30-second spot for the sure-to-be summer smash doesn’t really bring anything new to the table, given that we’ve already seen the best bits in the trailer that dropped a month or two ago. But hell, the jokes are still funny, and for a Super Bowl that was kind of light on the humor (given that each ad aimed for political poignancy in such a divisive year), this brought us some much-needed laughter.

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