FINALLY a GOOD Summer movie!

Rating: 8/10 (29 June 2012)

If it wasn't for The Avengers, I would say that so far, this summer is full of duds. Thankfully, Ted came out and I have to say it was really good. Thank you, Jesus, I can honest say a movie was good after walking out of the theater!
First and foremost, and this was already in the trailers, but I really like the setup to the story. It's narrated like some fairy tale and this unpopular kid gets a magical teddy bear for Christmas who can interact with him and everyone else. The true story, however, is when they grow up and how their lives are.
When I first saw the trailers, I thought I was high watching it. After seeing the movie, they must have been high making it. In fact, Teddy and Marky Mark are getting high an awful lot in the movie! But their a few things along the way that surprised me. Like the chemistry between Marky Mark Mila Kunis. It was very good! Not only that, Mila acted her butt off in a movie about a Teddy bear. Don't believe me, there is this scene where she gets really mad at him outside Ted's place, and it was a very solid performance. I was actually convinced that she was irate with him! What's odd is that a movie about a talking Teddy bear actually worked on an emotional level. That's no small feat! And the fact that the Teddy Bear sounds just like Peter Griffin and it made me feel something is also amazing!
If there are a few things to gripe about, I would have to say that the Marky Mark character is almost too much of an idiot throughout the movie. I also have a hard time understanding why someone as hot as Mila would even stay with some a weirdo too.
The movie is pretty funny and it is very entertaining. It's not the funniest movie I've ever seen but it does get the job done. After seeing Black Dynamite for the first time last night, the bar was set a little too high for this film anyway. Highly recommended though.