¨No matter how big a splash you make in this
world whether you're Corey Feldman, Frankie Muniz, Justin Bieber or a talking
teddy bear, eventually, nobody cares.¨
Since 1999 Seth MacFarlane has made a name for
himself in television thanks to the success of Family Guy. He`s also the man
responsible for other successful animated series such as American Dad and The
Cleveland Show. He`s not only the creator of these shows, he also voices many
of the characters as well. In his first venture into live action film he also
voices the star of the movie: Ted, a teddy bear that magically comes to life
after a lonely boy makes a wish. Ted is an R-rated comedy due to the fact that
he happens to be very vulgar and getting stoned all the time. The film has had
huge box office success in the United Stated and I was expecting Ted to be
hilarious, but I guess my expectations were a little too high because I wasn`t
blown away by this movie. There were some funny scenes, but for the most part
the film felt like an average comedy and it wasn’t what I was hoping for. 2012
has failed to deliver a successful comedy, and for now 21 Jump Street reigns as
the best one in my opinion. Ted is full of irreverent humor, but it`s repetitive
and you have the usual sexual, drug, and poop jokes. I couldn’t find much
originality to it, but I do have to say some of the scenes did work thanks to
Ted and his best friend played by Mark Wahlberg, whom I`ve always said is great
in comedies. This is a pretty formulaic buddy comedy where you have the typical
two slacker best friends and a girl who gets in the way of their friendship and
wants them to mature. The only difference is that this time around one of them
is a talking teddy bear.
The film begins with a narration (voiced by
Patrick Stewart) about the story of lonely boy who gets his wish one Christmas
morning when he asks for his teddy bear to become his best friend. When the
teddy comes to life, John Bennett (played by Mark Wahlberg, and the younger
version played by Bretton Manley) discovers that he has found his best friend
who he names Ted (voiced by Seth MacFarlane). Ted becomes an instant celebrity
as he is all over the news and is invited to all kind of talk shows. Ted
changes young John`s life for the better. The film then jumps to the present
day where both have grown into adults. John is now 35 and has a healthy
relationship with Lori (Mila Kunis). They`ve been dating for four years now.
Ted is still living with John and has also grown up in the same way that his
human buddy did. John and Ted like to spend time getting high together and
talking about girls, drugs, and Flash Gordon. Everything seems to be going well
for the trio until Lori gives John an ultimatum. It`s Ted or her. Lori realizes
that Ted is keeping John from realizing his full potential since they`re always
getting stoned and John is always late to work. John realizes that he has to
make an important decision if he wants to save his relationship with Lori and
the movie moves along from here.
One of the things the film explores well is the
transition from child to adulthood. We don’t only see John grow up, but his
teddy bear as well. Now being an adult doesn’t mean you`re mature and John and
Ted are proof of that. They are irresponsible and practically only care about
getting high all the time. They both are very nice people, but really immature.
That`s what drives Lori crazy, but the good thing about Ted is that these
characters aren't stereotypical. Lori isn’t a mean person who wants to separate
the two best friends, but rather wants them to take responsibilities as adults.
Ted also has character development and despite the fact that he`s very inappropriate
he also has a big heart and wished the best fro John and Lori. This isn’t your
typical face off between best friend and girlfriend. I was pleased with that
aspect of the film. Another thing that worked really well for me in this movie
was all the references to different films (especially Flash Gordon and Top Gun)
and jokes about them. As a film lover you always enjoy those small references
and gags. Some of the cameos were also pretty funny and highlights of the film.
What I didn’t like as much was the fact that some of the sexual and drug humor
got a little bit repetitive and old. There were also several poop and fart
jokes which are always a little repetitive in these buddy comedies. Ted is
still a funny film, but just not the hilarious movie I was hoping for.
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