MacFarlane's ted is a touching story 'stuffed' with laughs

ted

5 Stars

    Ted was the movie that made me gain hope in movies again.

    It was refreshing watching a movie that was actually original. I have to admit that I actually stopped writing movie reviews for a while because they stopped being fun for me after I realized how predictable and gimmicky films of today have become. In a movie world filled with remake after remake and over dramatic superhero flicks, Seth MacFarlane really did a great job of directing and co-writing this hilarious and unique production that will go down in history as one of the truly creative pieces in the dull American culture of today.

    It's a movie about a boy and his bear, and the incredible bond that they have. John Bennett (Mark Wahlberg) is a lonely child and wishes his stuffed bear could actually talk. SPOILER: It comes true, and the rest of the movie turns out awesome because of it. Oh and Seth MacFarlane voices the bear, so what else do you need to know in order to go see this movie? How's that for a synopses? . . . Oh and Mila Kunis.

    There is a lovely bit of symbolism behind Ted's relationship with Bennett. To me it represented a man's conflict between the child within and his relationship with his significant other. In that regard it was genius, and provided a great number of laughs for its viewers who watched a grown man and teddy bear engage in male bonding by downing a few brewskies and talking about that stuff men talk about.

    In addition to this MacFarlane's unique style of humor really shined through in this movie, with jokes that slightly pushed the boundaries of societal bounds and a couple of scenes that served no context to the progression of the story but were still knee-slapping funny, something MacFarlane does all to well. As an added bonus, the movie still managed to strike the cockles of my heart, all the while being careful not to be too serious, making it an excellent comedy and bumping its score all the way up to a 5 out of 5!