Started off with a BANG, and ended with a fizzle. I blame the writers.

Rating: 6/10 (8 August 2012)

We are starving for comedy, but the powers that be just don't have the mind set to really understand comedy or how to read and approve a comedic script for production. The moment a simple rated R comedy is thrown at us we scramble to the theaters for a desperate attempt to receive something as simple as laughter.
Yes, Ted is funny! The premise is very funny. I was wondering how they were going to pull of the talking bear and make it acceptable in terms of reality and they did a great job. Getting passed the one hurdle of accepting Ted as "real" was the only hurdle they had to jump over. The rest should've been all gravy, but it only if they had a SCRIPT.
The movie started off with a fantastic bang! Funny, smart, original, I was sitting there loving this film. They created the ultimate tool, Ted, the talking dirty bear that could say anything, do anything, insult everyone and be loved by all. Wow! What an amazing character. They even surrounded the ultimate device with some inane and almost boring performances, to make sure Ted was the star of the show... and yes, he is the STAR of Ted. So, with all that power and control, what did they do with Ted? Well, they made him say a few dirty jokes in the first 30 to 40 minutes and kept the audience very entertained. His humor was fantastic and his quick lines punched the audience in the stomach over and over again. Then, what did they do with this great talking bear? NOTHING. The movie begins to focus on a poorly over written bit on Flash Gordon, and a sorry empty headed relationship between the two human leads.
WHY?? Why did they move their attention away from the comedy and Ted, and focus on a mediocre love story and a ridiculous car chase that turned the entire brilliant film into something that Johah Hill would've starred in? Like so many films, the writers run out of steam and don't follow thru with what they have started. They assume the could do anything they want because they know they "gotcha" with the first 40 mins, so it doesn't matter what happens to the rest of the film. After sitting there after an hour I wanted my money back. It's almost like a "bait and switch" where they tease you with the best jokes in the trailer, you buy the ticket and then get ripped off by a film that was never finished.
Why did the ruin what could've been a break thru in comedy? 30 minutes of comedy does not make a feature comedy film.
The only reason I didn't walk out on Ted was because I loved sitting there and looking at Mila's close ups. Her eyes pushed me thru this film. Believe me, if Mila wasn't in this film, the last 45 minutes would've been the most boring and inane piece of crap you'd ever seen in a theater.
Shame on the writers for giving up and not finishing what they started. Just because you are brilliant in the beginning, doesn't mean you have the right to give up. The audience isn't stupid. Cutting corners only damages your own product.
I'm assuming we will see a Ted 2 and I hope that one focuses on the ultimate voice of anger, comedy and reason, which the cinema has not seen in years, and not some dumb ass side story about an inane couple.
Ted you are as funny as you are incredible. I just hope your writers do you justice next time.