USA; 106min
Comedy, Fantasy
Director: Seth MacFarlane
Writers: Seth MacFarlane, Wellesley Wild
Stars: Mark Wahlberg,
Mila Kunis,
Seth MacFarlane
John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) as completely asocial and lonely eight years old wishes that his new teddy bear, Ted, comes to life and becomes his first, best and only friend. His wish was fulfilled, and after the initial fame Ted (Seth MacFarlane) quickly falls into media oblivion and completely devotes to their friendship.
27 years later, things have changed just a bit. John and Ted are still best friends, inseparable, and they are far from grown ups. But John nevertheless has a successful life. Alongside his best friend there he has a good job with big shoots for promotion and beautiful and successful girlfriend Lori (Mila Kunis). But both his work and especially Lori suffers because of his childish friendship with Ted. Lori's longtime dissatisfaction with Ted's impact on John explodes when he leaves her's company's anniversary party to go to Ted's party with their childhood idol, Sam Jones (Flash Gordon).
While the relationship between John and Lori is just one big cliché, the film has an interesting subplot in which Donny (Giovanni Ribisi), who has obsession about Ted since childhood, decides to buy/steal him for his son. Towards the end film starts to get some seriousness and is heading for interesting turn of events, but we eventually get one compatible with movies atmosphere but without even a hint of originality.
The
only thing this film has to stand out from other similar comedies is Ted,
who as a talking teddy bear instantly provokes a smile, but also
irresistibly reminds on alien Paul from Pegg/Frost duo. Ted is just the opposite of all that a teddy bear is in the minds of majority. He's insolent, swearing all the time, he drinks, takes drugs and he's obsessed with sex (in the only sex scene in the film he is involved). Ted is carrier of all humor in film and he is definitely a memorable character, but he is also the only one that leaves any impression. John
and Lori were tasteless, just one of that, many times seen, couples. Although
Wahlberg and Kunis did a solid job their characters disappear from memory almost
immediately after watching.Big part of jokes and dialogues are completely forced
and the humor is generally simple, unoriginal and constant so it starts to fade after half of the film. But there are great scenes, especially in the first
half that are hard to forget (like Fuck You Thunder songs). All
humor is based on Ted who was created and given the voice by Seth
MacFarlane, known for his work on Family Guy whose humor is quite
successfully ported to the movie. So, fans of Family Guy will probably be quite satisfied.
MacFarlane
has also directed the film and since it's his directorial debut a large
number of all kinds of errors are forgivable, especially since, in
general, they have little affect on the enjoyment of the film. Ted is nominally most profitable R-rated comedy in history, so it obviously
encountered a good reception by the audience and critics also weren't so sharp towards it. Movie also has one big plus at start, and that is Patrick Stewart as narrator.
Comedy is quite prostituted genre lately, so every movie with a pinch of originality is welcomed. Ted will be probably forgotten on long term, but right now it is a solid entertainment and it wakes our intrigue for MacFarlan's next project that is still in pre-production, A Million Ways to Die in the West.
John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) kao potpuno asocijalan i usamljen osmogodišnjak zaželi da mu novi plišani medvjed, Ted, oživi kako bi mu bio prvi, jedini i najbolji prijatelj. Želja mu se tada ispuni, a nakon početne slave Ted (Seth MacFarlane) brzo padne u medijski zaborav i potpuno se posveti njihovom prijateljstvu.
John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) as completely asocial and lonely eight years old wishes that his new teddy bear, Ted, comes to life and becomes his first, best and only friend. His wish was fulfilled, and after the initial fame Ted (Seth MacFarlane) quickly falls into media oblivion and completely devotes to their friendship.
27 years later, things have changed just a bit. John and Ted are still best friends, inseparable, and they are far from grown ups. But John nevertheless has a successful life. Alongside his best friend there he has a good job with big shoots for promotion and beautiful and successful girlfriend Lori (Mila Kunis). But both his work and especially Lori suffers because of his childish friendship with Ted. Lori's longtime dissatisfaction with Ted's impact on John explodes when he leaves her's company's anniversary party to go to Ted's party with their childhood idol, Sam Jones (Flash Gordon).
While the relationship between John and Lori is just one big cliché, the film has an interesting subplot in which Donny (Giovanni Ribisi), who has obsession about Ted since childhood, decides to buy/steal him for his son. Towards the end film starts to get some seriousness and is heading for interesting turn of events, but we eventually get one compatible with movies atmosphere but without even a hint of originality.
The
only thing this film has to stand out from other similar comedies is Ted,
who as a talking teddy bear instantly provokes a smile, but also
irresistibly reminds on alien Paul from Pegg/Frost duo. Ted is just the opposite of all that a teddy bear is in the minds of majority. He's insolent, swearing all the time, he drinks, takes drugs and he's obsessed with sex (in the only sex scene in the film he is involved). Ted is carrier of all humor in film and he is definitely a memorable character, but he is also the only one that leaves any impression. John
and Lori were tasteless, just one of that, many times seen, couples. Although
Wahlberg and Kunis did a solid job their characters disappear from memory almost
immediately after watching.Big part of jokes and dialogues are completely forced
and the humor is generally simple, unoriginal and constant so it starts to fade after half of the film. But there are great scenes, especially in the first
half that are hard to forget (like Fuck You Thunder songs). All
humor is based on Ted who was created and given the voice by Seth
MacFarlane, known for his work on Family Guy whose humor is quite
successfully ported to the movie. So, fans of Family Guy will probably be quite satisfied.MacFarlane
has also directed the film and since it's his directorial debut a large
number of all kinds of errors are forgivable, especially since, in
general, they have little affect on the enjoyment of the film. Ted is nominally most profitable R-rated comedy in history, so it obviously
encountered a good reception by the audience and critics also weren't so sharp towards it. Movie also has one big plus at start, and that is Patrick Stewart as narrator. Comedy is quite prostituted genre lately, so every movie with a pinch of originality is welcomed. Ted will be probably forgotten on long term, but right now it is a solid entertainment and it wakes our intrigue for MacFarlan's next project that is still in pre-production, A Million Ways to Die in the West.
John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) kao potpuno asocijalan i usamljen osmogodišnjak zaželi da mu novi plišani medvjed, Ted, oživi kako bi mu bio prvi, jedini i najbolji prijatelj. Želja mu se tada ispuni, a nakon početne slave Ted (Seth MacFarlane) brzo padne u medijski zaborav i potpuno se posveti njihovom prijateljstvu.
27 godina kasnije stvari su se malo promijenile. John i Ted su i dalje najbolji prijatelji, nerazdvojni su i daleko su od odrastanja. No, John unatoč tome ima uspješan život. Uz uvijek prisutnog najboljeg prijatelja tu su i posao na kojem ga čeka unaprijeđenje i prekrasna i uspješna djevojka Lori (Mila Kunis). Njegova je budućnost izvjesno uspješna i u principu trenutno jedino kako stvari mogu poći po krivu je da ih on sam tamo usmjeri. Naravno, to se i događa. I posao, a posebno Lori pate zbog njegova djetinjasta prijateljstva s Tedom. Lorino dugogodišnje nezadovoljstvo medvjedovim utjecajem na njega kumulira kad on napusti zabavu povodom obljetnice osnutka njene firme zbog Tedovog tuluma sa njihovim idolom iz dječjih dana, Sam Jonesom (Flash Gordon).
Dok je odnos Johna i Lori do krajnosti klišejast, film ima i interesantnu digresijsku radnju u kojoj Donny (Giovanni Ribisi), još od djetinjstva opsesivni Tedov fan, odluči Teda pokloniti svojem potpuno razmaženom sinu. Prema kraju film je počeo dobivati neki ozbiljniji štih te je krenuo prema jednom konkretnom i zanimljivom raspletu, ali ipak smo u konačnici dobili onaj kompatibilniji sa cijelokpnom atmosferom, ali ni s trunkom originalnosti.
Jedino što ovaj film izdvaja iz mora drugih sličnih komedija je Ted, koji kao pričajući plišani medvjed sa samom pojavom izaziva osmijeh, no isto tako neodoljivo podsiječa na vanzemaljca Paula u kreaciji dvojca Pegg/Frost. Ted je baš sve ono što plišani medvjed u glavama većine nije. Bezobrazan je, psuje, pije, drogira se i opsjednut je seksom (u jedinoj sceni seksa u filmu sudjeluje upravo on). Nekako je sve oko njega simpatično i definitivno je pamtljiv lik, ali je i jedini koji ostavlja bilo kakav utisak. John i Lori su bljutavi, već hrpu puta viđeni par pa iako su Wahlberg i Kunis odradili solidan posao nestaju iz siječanja gotovo odmah nakon gledanja.
Dobar dio fora i humorističnih dijaloga je potpuno isforsiran, a u globalu je humor konstantan i na pola filma počinje blijediti i polako dosađivati, ali ima i izvrsnih scena, posebno u prvoj polovici koje teško izlaze iz glave (poput Fuck you Thunder pjesmice). Sav humor se bazira na Tedu kojeg je osmislio i dao mu glas Seth MacFarlane, poznat po svome radu na Family Guyu čiji je humor dosta uspješno prenesen na film, tako da bi ljubitelji Family Guya mogli posebno biti zadovoljni.
MacFarlane je također i režirao film, te s obzirom da mu je to prvijenac, velik broj raznovrsnih grešaka je lako oprostivo, posebno jer u globalu malo utječu na uživanje u filmu. S obzirom da je Ted nominalno najprofitabilnija R-Rated komedija u povijest očito je da je naišao na dobar prijem kod publike, a ni kritika ga nije loše primila te ima jedan siguran plus, Patrick Stewarta kao naratora.
Komedija je poprilično prostituiran žanr u posljednje vrijeme, tako da svaki film sa trunkom originalnosti i posebnosti dobro dođe. Ted će se teško dugoročno istaknuti, ali trenutno predstavlja solidnu zabavu, te budi intrigu za sljedeći MacFarlanov projekt koji je tek u preprodukciji, A Million Ways to Die in the West.
Dok je odnos Johna i Lori do krajnosti klišejast, film ima i interesantnu digresijsku radnju u kojoj Donny (Giovanni Ribisi), još od djetinjstva opsesivni Tedov fan, odluči Teda pokloniti svojem potpuno razmaženom sinu. Prema kraju film je počeo dobivati neki ozbiljniji štih te je krenuo prema jednom konkretnom i zanimljivom raspletu, ali ipak smo u konačnici dobili onaj kompatibilniji sa cijelokpnom atmosferom, ali ni s trunkom originalnosti.Jedino što ovaj film izdvaja iz mora drugih sličnih komedija je Ted, koji kao pričajući plišani medvjed sa samom pojavom izaziva osmijeh, no isto tako neodoljivo podsiječa na vanzemaljca Paula u kreaciji dvojca Pegg/Frost. Ted je baš sve ono što plišani medvjed u glavama većine nije. Bezobrazan je, psuje, pije, drogira se i opsjednut je seksom (u jedinoj sceni seksa u filmu sudjeluje upravo on). Nekako je sve oko njega simpatično i definitivno je pamtljiv lik, ali je i jedini koji ostavlja bilo kakav utisak. John i Lori su bljutavi, već hrpu puta viđeni par pa iako su Wahlberg i Kunis odradili solidan posao nestaju iz siječanja gotovo odmah nakon gledanja.
Dobar dio fora i humorističnih dijaloga je potpuno isforsiran, a u globalu je humor konstantan i na pola filma počinje blijediti i polako dosađivati, ali ima i izvrsnih scena, posebno u prvoj polovici koje teško izlaze iz glave (poput Fuck you Thunder pjesmice). Sav humor se bazira na Tedu kojeg je osmislio i dao mu glas Seth MacFarlane, poznat po svome radu na Family Guyu čiji je humor dosta uspješno prenesen na film, tako da bi ljubitelji Family Guya mogli posebno biti zadovoljni.MacFarlane je također i režirao film, te s obzirom da mu je to prvijenac, velik broj raznovrsnih grešaka je lako oprostivo, posebno jer u globalu malo utječu na uživanje u filmu. S obzirom da je Ted nominalno najprofitabilnija R-Rated komedija u povijest očito je da je naišao na dobar prijem kod publike, a ni kritika ga nije loše primila te ima jedan siguran plus, Patrick Stewarta kao naratora.
Komedija je poprilično prostituiran žanr u posljednje vrijeme, tako da svaki film sa trunkom originalnosti i posebnosti dobro dođe. Ted će se teško dugoročno istaknuti, ali trenutno predstavlja solidnu zabavu, te budi intrigu za sljedeći MacFarlanov projekt koji je tek u preprodukciji, A Million Ways to Die in the West.
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