Hey, I don't sound like Peter Griffin

Rating: 6/10 (7 October 2013)

I guess if you like Family Guy then you will like this movie. While it does not have those wonderful cut scenes that Family Guy is famous for, it does have the crude style of humor that one would come to expect coming out of the head of Seth MacFarlane. It is interesting that when one of the Simpsons creators decided to move into the realm of film making, you get some academy award winner wannabe starring Jack Nicholson called 'As Good As It Gets' where as when Seth MacFarlane goes into the cinema, you get more of the same. Hey, at least it doesn't put you to sleep.
I would say that this is a good movie, not a great movie, just a good movie. Ted is basically a complete rehash of Brian (so if you like Brian you will like Ted). He starts of as a little wimpy, but that is because he is a kid's teddy bear, however as the kid grows up, so does Ted. Which means he sits on the couch smoking weed, picking up hookers, and throwing wild parties.
The thing I liked the most about this movie was the irregular references to Flash Gordon. I loved (and still love) Flash Gordon, so having the movie rotating around this classic from the eighties made it stand out. As can be expected from the creator of Family Guy, Sam Jones (the guy who played Flash Gordon) doesn't just make a cameo, but plays a reasonable role in the film (including putting his fist through a wall while on cocaine).
I could say that this is a film about growing up, and in a way it is, but in another sense it also deals with that constant pull that some of us have between becoming an adult and maintaining that part of ourselves that wants to enjoy life. Still is Sam Jones, as old as I think he his, can still go to wild parties, pick up women, and snort cocaine (as well as smoking weed) then I guess we all can do so in a way as well. However, there is something that old men with sex appeal have that many of us don't, and that is money, and if those of us with some money wish to use that money to create some form of sex appeal then I guess the old adage of fools still holds true.