Friday, August 31, 2012

Movie review - Ted

One Christmas, John wishes that the teddy he received as a present would be his best friend for ever and ever. That wish comes true and the next morning Ted is alive! Many years later, John (Mark Wahlberg) and Ted (voiced by Seth McFarlane) are still best friends but John's girlfriend, Lori (Mila Kunis), is starting to get tired of the boy who is easily influenced by his irresponsible best friend bear, and is waiting for John to become a man. Can the two remain *Thunder buddies forever*?!?

First of all, if you're a fan of McFarlane's other work (e.g. Family Guy), then you'll definitely enjoy this. If you're not...yeah, you might want to pass. I was a bit worried that all the funny bits would be in the trailer but there are some jokes that clearly couldn't be shown on TV. Basically, if jokes based on non sequiturs, stereotypes, swearing, sex, mental disabilities etc., this is not your thing. Having said that, because this is McFarlane's work, I did find it a bit distracting that Ted's voice was Peter Griffin. 

As much as the movie is about crude jokes and the humour in seeing a bear behaving badly, it is really about growing up and taking responsibility for your actions rather than blaming someone else - such as a bear. This is seen in different ways - primarily of course through John's behaviour, but also through Giovanni Ribisi's creepy dad who saw Ted on TV as a child and always wanted one for himself and his fat, spoiled son.


This movie is crude and vulgar, as expected from Seth McFarlane, but it's also a story about friendship and life. Fun and funny!
7/10

2 comments:

Lynnie said...

Ted was the funniest film I'd seen in a long time. Mark Whalberg is brilliant in it i think, he is a very good comic actor.

However, I just watched The Dictator and it is the funniest film I've seen all year. maybe because i was expecting it to be crap? i think u'd like it!

mallymoodle said...

I did see the Dictator but I didn't like it as much as I wanted to! :(