Ted

On Tuesday, August 7, 2012, I went to see the movie Ted.  This is the movie that Seth MacFarlene directed featuring himself as the voice of the teddy bear.

The story is about John Bennett, played by Mark Wahlberg, who was not a popular kid during his childhood.  In fact, he had a really difficult time making friends...  So, he wishes that a teddy bear that he got one Christmas would become alive so that he could have a friend.

That magically happens and John had a teddy bear friend that was beside him all throughout his childhood.  Now, John has grown up.  He's 35 years old and he has a girlfriend of four years, Lori Collins, who was played by Mila Kunis.

After a series of hooligans, Lori essentially gets fed up and asks John to grow up.  However, his attachment to his buddy, Ted, is still quite strong and kind of gets in the way.  So, the major story is about Ted not being able to let go of his gift and his love for the girlfriend.

There are other characters and subplots that get in the way of the story.  I will not list them here.  So, you'll have to watch the movie to find out what they are.

Many people who are involved with the Family Guy team are in this movie.  Alex Borstein plays John's mother when he was young, Mila Kunis plays a major character, Patrick Warburton, who plays a minor character (he does the voice of Joe),  Ralph Garman.  There were many people in this movie who made appearances/cameos.  Ryan Reynolds was one and Norah Jones was another.

This was not the best movie ever shot, it probably won't win any Oscars.  However, it is a really funny movie (slapstick humour, I guess) and I really enjoyed it.