Something must be wrong with my sense of humor

Rating: 4/10 (15 July 2012)

Well, I just got back from watching Ted (against my better judgement I might add), and I find myself wondering is something has gone wrong with my sense of humor, because for the most part that movie was simply NOT funny...but here's the thing... I was among the few who WEREN't laughing... that's right the large majority of the audience laughed their heads off.
I started out by asking what was wrong with my sense of humor, so let me say a little bit about the type of comedy to expect in Ted. Most of the comedy is in the dialogue, and the physical comedy plays a supporting role. A witty script is usually the type of comedy I like, but in this case it just wasn't witty at all. The comedy in Ted is like a magic bear doing stand up comedy, only he it's in a movie and not on stage. To get the jokes in Ted, you have to be au fait with American pop culture, American history, American TV, American cinema, American social structure, American current affairs, American celebrities, racism etc, because for the most part, the jokes take jabs at events from these topics/groups. And don't get me wrong, it's not that I didn't get the jokes, I got most of them (there were a couple references which I wasn't familiar with so I wouldn't get it), they just weren't that funny. When Ted and the rest of the cast weren't taking cheap shots at the afore mentioned topics, they were simply using the 'F' word or making sexual references, saying something about anal sex or something going up someone's ass (which surprisingly the Jamaican audience found to be very funny... I guess our culture is changing), the bear was making sexual gestures, or simply just an unapologetic attempt at crude humor, which for the most part fell flat...to me any ways...the rest of the audience seemed to be in to it...so who knows... maybe you might also be into it too. Of course the ubiquitous gay reference/couple isn't missing from this movie either...what R rated comedy these days is complete without it? I am told that this type of humor is a staple on Family Guy (Director Seth MacFarlane's claim to fame), you know the type of humor that simply takes an irreverent approach to everything and holds nothing sacred. I have no problem this type of comedy, cuz nobody gets hurt and it's all in good fun...I do require that it is actually funny though.
My last comment on Ted is that the story did not seem as if it was something that was well thought out, but rather something that was thrown together real time while filming, like they were ad libbing it or something: let the bear do this or let the bear say that... there was just a natural flow that was missing.