टेड 2

Ted 2 now focuses on the titular anthropomorphic teddy bear in, having his own life of marriage and plans ahead of getting a non-biological child. This leads to a strangely interesting conflict about gaining civil rights to a teddy bear. And it's stranger that at some point the movie does take it somewhat seriously, and eventually goes back to its crass hijinks. It's nice, but nothing much compelling in the end, because what obviously overshadows it is definitely the outrageous laughs. But even the degree of laughs suffers the same problem; it's full of energy at first then it awkwardly mutes its lighter tone for its climax. Fans of the first may get the same pleasure that they seek, but there is really nothing special to it, either.

The first half really has the strongest amount of funny moments and also brought some intrigue to the story's center. But the movie apparently cannot decide what exact approach it is generally taking. The outrageous comedy is still everywhere, but whenever it stops by focusing on its themes, it really takes it seriously, like it actually believes that it is saying something important. But the movie hardly earns anything to deserve that attention. It's just shifting from its outrageous nature to a sudden gravity back and forth. Even for a comedy that is actually just fooling around, it stills displays a mind of uncertainty. There is also some bits of attempting to replicate Broadway; with dance numbers and a song. Can't tell if that's one of the movie's way of tripping or the director just wants to show off that he can do a musical. Either way, it rather feels nothing more than a random filler. The movie is also a little too long, the movie hitting the same major problem of the first film by setting up a climax that it's supposed to drive tension. It never felt right for the film, even worse, it's more like a rehash, reintroducing the same villain except it takes place in a different location. It's rather awkward and tedious than effective.

The sentiment doesn't felt convincing enough for the movie's true colors, but then it's all about the humor. And if the humor works, then there is a worthy roar of laughter to get from this film. Predictably raunchy, pot fueled and consists pop culture references; that will certainly be enjoyed if you understand the language of a Seth MacFarlane comedy. It's fun if it really tries to be fun. The performances from its lead actors are still a joy to watch. MacFarlane still manages to put energy to the talking teddy bear and Mark Wahlberg is still committed to fool around as Ted's man child best friend.

Ted 2 doesn't bring the same surprise of the first one, but if you're in for more outrageous laughs from this profane talking teddy bear, then it won't be a problem, as long as you're not expecting too much. The film does try to bring on an important theme, but it's not as effective or as strong as it wanted to be; it does make some interesting arguments, just doesn't have any powerful or at least earned conclusion to it; but hell, who would exactly take that seriously, anyway? Well, no more than the movie itself. It should have been shorter, the storyline should have been tighter, and the third act should have tried harder than repeating its predecessor. Again, it can be really funny, it just suffers handling its ideas better.

I really can't understand why many critics went harsh on this one.

The film is jutted with quality humour - social, political and personal. It lives up to the expectations and doesn't slack anywhere at all. It makes us laugh but also makes us uneasy at times not because of crassness but because it reveals the underbelly of our social setup.

I am waiting for Ted 3 - I sincerely hope McFarlene considers it. Ted should run up for Governor or President. It will fit in nicely with the US presidentials in 2016 and should reveal the shallowness of modern political campaigning.

Go Seth go...

I have not seen the show Family Guy that is still running and releasing new episodes to this day, but I do know who Seth MacFarlane is and have seen some of his work before, and his first movie Ted (2012) was a very funny movie with him voicing a teddy bear and Mark Wahlberg starring in the movie; I was not sure what to expect in the sequel, but after watching it, I liked it like I did the first but thought the first movie was better. The sequel Ted 2 (2015), though not as good as the first, is still funny with good performances and good CG effects on Ted; what was interesting is Ted getting known as a person and not an object, but the movie will get distracted by doing cutaways to random situations like in Family Guy, despite being funny, it should keep focused on the main plot of the movie.

Mark Wahlberg as John is still well done and funny, with him now going through a divorce from his relationship with Mila Kunis's character in the last movie, I like that he is trying to help Ted with his problem on getting legally known as a person; his thing involving him finding another partner did kind of feel like a side plot. Seth McFarlane as Ted is once again great and funny, with him trying to be a person and not property so he can marry his girlfriend, keep his job, and adopt a kid; I like how much he loves his girlfriend and has a good friendship with John where he does not care if the government considers him a person or not, but also how he still trying his best to find a lawyer to help with his case. The last thing I will add is that the lawyer they get named Samantha, played very well by Amanda Seyfried, is funny and I like that she is trying the best she can to help Ted with his case, along with her, John, and Ted having a good team dynamic.

The movie is funny with good jokes and controversial ones like you expect in a Seth McFarlane movie, and the movie will occasionally do cutaway gags like Family Guy that can be funny to watch because of how random they can be but can distract from the main plot; other than the comedy, there are great effects on Ted once again using a mix of good CG effects and using a real teddy bear. The movie does have quite a few serious moments or heartfelt moments that do work and sometimes can be weird in a comedy like this, while also having the same antagonist come back again; the same antagonist from the first film comes back for a quick funny sequence and in a serious moment after that, and that is it.

The comedy sequel Ted 2 (2015) is as entertaining as the first movie, but I do think the first movie was better in a way, especially in some of the comedy because in the sequel some of the comedy works and some of the comedy does not work; this sequel was still funny, the performances are well-done, and the movie had good heartfelt moments. You will only like this movie if you liked the first film Ted (2012), but if you did not like the first movie, then you will not like this sequel that much; I like the first movie and this sequel, both movies are simple well-done funny comedies by Seth McFarlane that quite a few of people will enjoy.

This film tells the story of a talking teddy bear who sues the government, so that he gets recognised as a human being and get human rights such as marriage and drivers license.

"Ted 2" is a hugely politically incorrect film, with a lot of swearing, sexual and crude humour. It is not usually a type of film I like, but "Ted 2" does have a way to get to my heart. It is sweet and emphasises a lot of love and friendship. Towards the end, the film gets very touching, and it made my eyes well up.

Having a touching plot, together with a funny script makes "Ted 2" very entertaining, way more entertaining than I expected.

His certainly not a cuddly teddy that's for all but after one seriously successful first outing in 2012 it was always a given that everyone's (the only one?) favourite foul mouthed yet somehow endearing talking bear was going to make it back to a big screen close by and with that we now have Ted 2.

After his biggest misfire yet in the potentially hilarious yet wrongly skewed A Million Ways to Die in the West (of which an alumni of makes a great cameo in this film), Seth MacFarlane finds himself back on familiar ground, which is in both a material sense, a comedic sense and also a still unfortunately self-indulgent directional sense that see's MacFarlane struggle to rid his 2 hour plus film of jokes that don't work and plot lines that feel like nothing more than time fillers. If there was ever a director in need of someone to cull his films of material that neither enhance or contribute to the tale at hand it's MacFarlane but to say the man doesn't deliver some comedic gold in this enjoyable romp would be a lie.

While you'll often find yourself ashamed at what brings forth fits of laughter here, MacFarlane as he is well known to do, mixes juvenile humour with far more wide reaching topical funnies, from everything from civil rights through to his usual pop culture insights, nothing is out of his reach. Within the films bloated runtime there are moments of pure gold that make Ted 2 succeed to the level it does, much like its predecessor and with the continued chemistry shared between Whalberg's well-meaning yet daft John and the MacFarlane voiced Ted Clubber-Lang (yes Ted now has a last name) at the same high levels the films many sins can be forgiven thanks to their often game saving banters. The addition of Amanda Seyfried is also a bonus to the film, her willingness to poke fun at herself a particular highlight.

The narrative of Ted 2 is anything but fantastic and the reappearance of Giovani Ribisi's teddy obsessed villain Donny is almost a movie breaker but Ted 2 has enough wit and chemistry to save itself from all the low denominator humour and awkwardly edited grove that surrounds it and in the end provides some very decent comedic entertainment. In saying this it may be time for all involved to move onto other things with MacFarlane in particular in need of something a little meatier than he has been dishing up over the last few years.

3 Tom Brady home invasions out of 5