Ted (2012)

Plenty to Like, Plenty to Dislike

Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

A lot of people gave this movie bad reviews, but I am sick of Political Correctness. I am not such a big fan of Family Guy. Find it annoying, but this movie was cute. There was a lot of crude humor, which is to be expected in most films today. However, the movie had a heart. A boy gets a teddy bear as a kid who talks. Both become obnoxious and immature as adults, but when the star's girlfriend gives him an ultimatum to give up Ted the teddy bear and grow up or lose her, both the Teddy Bear and adult start to grow up. I was laughing throughout the movie. Yes, the movie was corny but people nowadays have become too serious and need to chill out. That is what we use to say in the 80s. Have fun and laugh at this movie. Not a great film, but still plenty of laughs.

When I read the plot I went "what on Earth are they trying to say with this movie?" Then I thought "Ok, it must be just another comedy". Well, I was not wrong with these thoughts, but there is a bit more than those superficial expectations here. But NO! This is far (very far) from being a fantastic film! But it is more than a boring fool funny thing. Lots of the dialogues take us to some reflection and quite a few situations make us remember things like "I've been through this before".Mark Wahlberg's performance is good and Seth MacFarlane's voices fit the teddy bear well. Sam Jones' participation is very funny.

Although I like Seth Macfarlanes animated shows such as Family Guy and American Dad, I was concerned that this film would be a let down as I did not enjoy A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014).I am happy to say my original judgment was proven wrong and I thought this film was pretty funny. Ted reminded me of Peter Griffin and of course sounds like him too, as you would expect! He even makes an in joke about this in the movie. I really do enjoy films which are self aware, such as when Ted acknowledges that some of his jokes went to far! However, I must admit Seth's outrageous and sometimes racist humour did not always make me laugh.You will think that some of the jokes are pretty immature, but you must remember that some of them, such as the thunder buddies song were made by the protagonists when they were children, so it sorta makes sense. The story itself is interesting as it deals with the questions such as "what would happen to Ted once John grows up?". The overall answers to such questions are not only adressed, but are humourous as you would imagine! I'd say if you like Family Guy, give it a shot as the humour in this movie is very similar!

John Bennett is a lonely child who receives a teddy bear for Christmas called Ted. As unusual as it sounds, Ted comes to life and becomes John's best friend. All goes well but inevitable, John gets old and has a girlfriend (Lori) so his relationship with Ted shouldn't be as it was, but it's actually stronger than ever. Unfortunately for him, Lori isn't happy with them so John must choose between her and Ted.It's the sort of movie which doesn't take itself seriously so neither am I. It's a complete joke, set to make you laugh with everything the characters do. The simple fact of having a live teddy bear, cursing and smoking all the time is awesome! You have a bit of drama and some sober scenes to change the "mood" a bit but nothing complex. Most of the time, it actually is funny but you have the impression that it tries too hard. A plot with more complexity and a better end could have made it a great movie. Still, it's quite a laugh!