The Best and Worst Super Bowl Commercials of 2011

From cars to beverages to a miniature Darth Vader, TIME grades the ads of Super Bowl XLV

Budweiser, 'Wild West'

A rough customer walks into an old west bar and is angry that it's out of Bud, but his vengeance is held off by a late delivery of frosty bottles. Then everyone breaks into Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" and we're all happy! There's a novel pitch: beer actually prevents angry bar violence?

Grade: B-

See pictures in "Denver Is Beer Country."

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