Ted

Most children love soft teddy bears. Every child imagine their own teddy bear to be a person, even if they are not alive for real. But what if your teddy bear could wake up alive ? And become your best friend for life ? Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlen is behind the strings of Ted, and as most of you know, his sense of humour is enormous, he jokes about everything from gay people, pedophiles, you name it....With a different perspective on teddy bears, in a comedy, does this concept work well, or does it work better in a tv series format ?

The year is 1985 in Boston. Little boy John Bennett is a lonely child, who is a bully victim. For christmas he is given a teddy bear, he names his teddy bear Teddy ( Ted ). John have a wish, that Teddy will become alive, as a falling star goes into the sky. His wish comes true, and Teddy is a real person in a teddy bears body. They become best of friends. 27 years later, John ( Mark Wahlberg ) and Ted ( Voice of Seth MacFarlen ), still lives a party life. Using drugs, check out classic movies, talk about everything they can think of. Johns girlfriend Lori Collins ( Mila Kunis want to marry John, but she feels John needs to move on with his life, and let Ted live on his own. Ted wants to continue party and have hookers, and not think about problems.  As John tries to explain to Ted, they need to change their lives, or he will loose Lori. Can Ted accept this situation or will he try to stop their relationship ?

Ted is a damn funny movie. I had no idea a teddy bear could be this hilarious, with his immature lifestyle. Some scenes are actually classic, like when a prostitute takes a shit on the floor, and Ted says it was just a game. Or when he have sex at work, and his boss promote him for banging the cash register girl....you realise this is not for the sensitive bitches. Mark Wahlberg works very good as a comedian actor, as he tries to become mature with his girlfriend. I just love the raw comedy style, where they mix the cute teddy bear image, with a complete different angle than what most people would think of teddy bears. A lot of problems with todays comedies, are that there are very few original ideas, that makes an impact. Ted hits you right in the face, this is no sweet story of friendship, or sweet love. This is a story of real life, but with supernatural influences, since we all know teddy bears are not alive....or are they ?
Don´t miss the Flash Gordon scene, when Mark Whalberg meets his biggest idol ever, Sam J. Jones. I would do exactly the same thing if i met Jon Heder, a k a Napoleon Dynamite. Grab yourself a big glas of Ron de Jeremy, gather some friends, and just have a great time. Ted will please everyone with a vulgar sense of humor. By the way,  turn the volume up when Mark Wahlberg sings the theme song for James Bond movie Octopussy, honestly...this is the best romantic song ever.

Rating: DDDD