Ted
Published 2012-11-30
Film info
- Title Ted
- Director Seth MacFarlane
- Year 2012
- Run time 1hr 46m
- Genres Comedy, Fantasy
- Tagline Ted is coming
- Cast Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane, Patrick Stewart
Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane brings his boundary-pushing brand of humor to the big screen for the first time as writer, director and voice star of Ted. In the live action/CG-animated comedy, he tells the story of John Bennett, a grown man who must deal with the cherished teddy bear who came to life as the result of a childhood wish... and has refused to leave his side ever since.
Live Blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 0:35 | I do so love the new Universal logo. |
| 2:39 | That is a wicked cute bear. The squeezy voice isn't right though! |
| 6:08 | Just like the baby Jesus. Not for long, I think! |
| 8:57 | Mark Wahlberg doing the eighties is just a bit too close to reality! |
| 11:25 | Special bear pedals! |
| 12:21 | "That's my bad, I was sending a tweet." |
| 16:27 | I want a bear that watches Flash Gordon and also discusses the economy. |
| 20:32 | There should never be any ultimatums between peoples and bears. |
| 26:57 | Mr C loves a good film in film reference, and there have already been far too many! |
| 30:02 | Bear in a suit! |
| 33:47 | Bear carrying a box! I don't think I can take much more of this. |
| 40:03 | "Ikea kitted the whole place out for $47." |
| 48:31 | The Boston accent is something else. |
| 52:11 | No one said I would have to watch Flash Gordon as prep for this. |
| 55:02 | Bear doing karaoke! |
| 1:00:03 | "I was going to stop in for five minutes and then Flash Gordon..." |
| 1:05:55 | Bear rage! |
| 1:06:43 | It's a bear, how hard can his punches be? |
| 1:09:21 | Actual Norah Jones! |
| 1:17:59 | We appear to have ourselves a case of bearnapping. |
| 1:25:04 | I must admit I did not expect there to be a car chase in this. |
| 1:31:19 | "She's your thunder buddy now." |
| 1:33:16 | Even in his regular bear state, he's the cutest thing ever. |
| 1:39:45 | I like the character wrap up to the stylings of Queen in the background. |
Thoughts
So... I love bears, and I like the teddy versions as well, but I'm not so comfortable with too much crudeness. The trailer for this confused me greatly, I couldn't decide whether I wanted to watch it or not! I knew there would be epic cuteness, but also... this is a bear that does drugs and swears and god knows what else. In the end, cuteness won out.
What I hadn't anticipated, in amongst all my ponderings about what the film would be like, is that it's freakishly funny. Sure there's a lot of stuff that I am too prudish to get, and there are references that go over my head, but even with all that, there's still enough funny to the point I couldn't breath. The bear is as cute as expected, you might have got that from the above. I didn't really like the sad bit, for obvious reasons, but it all works out okay in the end. Loved it.
Rating: 5 / 5