The Movie Diorama I like MacFarlane. 'Family Guy' was one of the first animations to genuinely make me laugh, his profane use of comedy felt refreshing. Over ten years later, his comedy hasn't changed and those who grew up with his crude dialogue have now become fully adjusted. This leaves Ted feeling somewhat empty, despite the fluffy stuffing. A young lonely boy wishes for his teddy bear to be his friend, one night his anthropomorphic toy comes to life where they still remain best friends 27 years later. However, the inclusion of a girlfriend rapidly causes a rift between this friendship. "Bros before hoes" is the theme here, an everlasting common message in buddy comedies. Romances do not last forever (unless you're lucky), so stick with the bromance and everything will be great. Except, the whole point of the film is diminished in the last act when both the romance and bromance are equally balanced. But let's not read too much into the core of this comedy, after all it features a talking teddy bear. MacFarlane's feature length directorial debut contains an extreme amount of creativity and technical flair. The motion capture was decent, directing was solid where he dabbles into a variety of styles (including a car chase) and the acting was fine. The problem with MacFarlane is that he just does too much. His famed voice acting career has left his talent specifically trademarked to Peter Griffin, so for him to voice a teddy bear makes it rather difficult to not envisage the lead character of 'Family Guy'. Then he also decides to write the script, which unfortunately didn't make me laugh once. This shouldn't come as a surprise to most, but despite the promised obscenity it felt rather placid. This is simply because we are used to his style of comedy now, he needs to evolve. Profanity isn't funny anymore, intelligent wittiness is what cracks people up. I shan't be saying "I love you" to this film due to its lacklustre screenplay and outdated message, yet it still remains watchable.

urbooterstyler This movie has surprised me with a good number of refreshing and unexpected moments. Without over-analyzing the story scenario itself (a conscious, living and intelligent teddy bear co-existing in today's society), I am claiming that Seth MacFarlane has created a believable setting, as believable, as can be.Mila Kunis and Mark Wahlberg are doing a very good job, with the later doing an excellent performance explicitely, considering the special bond to his living teddy bear. It's one example of Mark Wahlberg's diverse performance capabilities, considering the long way he's come from "three nippled Calvin Klein underwear rapper" to someone who can make me relate to his history to Ted. If someone would have told me before that I would enjoy and buy an emotional relationship and laugh my butt off during an intense fighting scene between those two I would have been convinced easily. This is also credited to MacFarlane's prior experience with writing and Family Guy that can make any ridiculous idea work. The movie is sometimes brave, sometimes silly, but all in all well crafted and if you're enjoying a good laugh you should definitely try it without friends and family that are too sensitive about nudity and moderate profanities.

Jack Venturo Greetings Movie Lovers and Movie Makers! This month we will be discussing "TED". When you are a fan of "Family Guy" and/or adult humor in general you get excited when you see a new RED BAND trailer for a comedy like "TED" and let me tell you I was on the edge of my seat with anticipation for this movie and watched the trailer several times showing it to my friends and laughing every minute. My high expectations where my downfall… Jack "The Film Lover" says... "TED" was funny but not hilarious, I liked it, but I didn't love it. I expected more and maybe even too much, I wanted to have fun with this one, I wanted to feel like the cast & crew of "Family Guy " where going to elevate themselves to the big screen and get a standing ovation. I liked the movie; don't get me wrong but maybe they shouldn't have tried so hard to NOT be like "Family Guy" would it be so wrong to add a little more "Family Guy"? even some cutaways would have been great. It's a fun movie and has its cute parts and is a pretty good buddy comedy, especially if you are a child of the 80's and know your movies, there are awesome references in there of some of the greats… oh and "Flash Gordon" too. Mark Wahlberg and Mila Kunis where great together and have a nice balance and chemistry on screen, Ted was funny as I expected him to be and the three of them do create a good comedic balance. Oh and let's not forget the amazing party scene and one of the best fight scenes ever captured on film, I mean it's right up there with the bath house fight scene in "Eastern Promises" what? You haven't seen that movie? Well get a bottle of vodka ready and watch it! It's amazing! Jack "The Filmmaker" says… "TED" is a tough one, when making a movie to please the fans you have from a different form of media (Movie from TV show) you either have to add more of that media or nothing at all… there is no in between. When Trey Parker and Matt Stone did "Team America" they added tons of "South Park" and got a great comedy. When Mike Judge made "Office Space" he added nothing of "Beavis & Butthead" or "King of the Hill" and people didn't respond well. Not until a new cult following that has revived one of the greatest movies of all time. But in 1999? It was disappointing, and now with "TED" I think we needed more "Family Guy" not just a couple of hint voices here and there and seeing the cast in live action form but a lot more! Or nothing at all. I Love Seth MacFarlane but it took me a while to start retraining my brain to believe I was not listening to Peter Griffin's voice but Ted's voice! Giovanni Ribisi is a great actor but oh boy did he make this movie awkward at times, I wanted to laugh! Not feel uncomfortable. Oh and Jack "The Parent" says… Take no kids to this movie! Well maybe if you have a cool teenager and you want to have a hang out night with them, there are some raunchy jokes in there that might make the living room on family movie night get real quiet and awkward. Late teens will probably get more of the jokes than you do and in that case you might want to take one with you to explain things. God bless the internet!

Maggie303 If you are an adult with a good sense of humour as comedy movies go its a must seeI think ted the teddy bear is a brilliant creation. How he is such a modern day slacker who doesn't give a ***,, Hes one of the funniest creations in the past few years! As they say simple things can be the best. And the Idea of a Bad ass Teddy bear is to me a very funny idea. To the Haters, its a comedy movie about a teddy bear its not trying to be a profound learning experience! And to the PC Freaks, ya the comedy is crude and anything goes but so are all the most applauded comedians of history. ALSO a movie that pokes fun at Racism and Sexism does NOT make the movie Racist and Sexist!!!! Learn the difference ye sensitive whinebags!!!