Well, Ted is an amazingly funny (and crude) bear who is alive, kickin', smoking weed, cursing and getting the girls in town!
On 29 Sept, with thanks to omy.sg and United International Pictures Singapore, my friend Edwin and I had the chance to catch the preview of 'Ted'.
To be honest, I was not keen at first by the idea. I mean seriously, a talking crude teddy bear? It was like the idea of seeing Tweety smoking cigar and holding a bottle of beer to me then.
But alas, truth is that I've never regretted going for the preview. Well, when I nearly died of hyperventilation and stitches due to laughing too much, I might have regretted that tiny weeny bit ;)
The sypnosis adapted from http://www.cathaycineplexes.com.sg/movie_detail.aspx?status=coming&movie_id=635 is as follows:
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 (Mark Wahlberg), 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.
But trust me when I say the movie has much much more to offer than this!
The story outline may seem a little too simple and the 'villian' a tad too childish but hey, after all, this is a story evolving around a man and his teddy bear who came across due to one wish he made one night when he was a child right? lol
What really impressed me was the ability of the script-writer to make Ted come alive and believe me, there will be moments when you will forget Ted is a bear and you go 'what? this is a bear?'. It goes to show how well the script-writer and directors know about human interactions so much so that they can successfully make every body language, words, facial expression and reactions Ted made looked so human-like! Thumbs up to them~
What I really like at the end of the movie was the movie I translated from the movie. In our everyday lives where we have to race through the hustles of urban life and cope with tremendous stress from various aspects of our lives, it's always good to have a child in us to keep our sanity and optimism in place.
All in all, it was a really entertaining and witty show and I would not even mind watching it twice!
Well done, United International Pictures. Great movie!
