Ted 2 isn't cinematically special; the plot structure and shot framing is identical to MacFarlane's animated TV shows. But my god, is it funny. Trashy, nasty as it wants to be funny. Wake up the next day still giggling funny. Yes, that funny.
In its better, non-jizz-related moments, Ted 2 is a loosey-goosey stoner road trip with an irrelevant, appealing blend of innocence and sweetness: John and Sam doing a “Walk Like an Egyptian” dance number in the law library, for no particular reason, or the “Law & Order” theme-song lyrics, a bit of brilliant standup material stuck in the middle of a movie.
This movie has no limits with its jokes. Its jokes are nasty, sexists, misogynistic, imposingly **** friendly but yet makes you laugh without offending these category of people.
The sequel to Ted is just as, if not maybe a little funnier than the first one, which not very many sequels do! Mark Wahlberg, Seth MacFarlane and Giovanni Ribisi reprise their roles but not Mila Kunis since she was pregnant at the time. Instead with Amanda Seyfried playing John’s new love interest, and to me her character is a better partner for him. The plot of this film takes a real-world problem with Ted fighting for equal rights, and to be classified as a person, and they made it funny. There are jokes throughout the whole film and not a single moment without one, most of them are very dirty and they all made me laugh so hard! The family guy style of humour is even more noticeable here with all the randomness going on! There are a lot of big name celebrity cameos in the movie, most of them were unexpected and provided a good laugh. Seth MacFarlane did really well with keeping the sequel as strong as the first, and that should be a big accomplishment as a writer/director.
Ted's Boston-accented zingers are expertly delivered by the director/star, whose voice talent is undeniable, and Wahlberg again demonstrates that he's skilled at comedy.
Maybe it's too early to say MacFarlane can't make a movie. He's still young, he's compulsively creative. He'll keep getting more chances. He could figure it out, but I don't think I want to watch him try.
The outcome is no great surprise, and plenty of the gags feel as though they were meant to be throwaways, but Ted 2, exactly like its predecessor, has plenty of heart, which makes all the rest of the black-dick jokes marginally more tolerable.
Where Ted managed a respectable ratio of clever (or at least transcendently dumb) gags to lazy/offensive ones, Ted 2 is a repetitive, self-congratulatory slog, dragged down by a haphazard plot and the same third-act problems that ultimately sunk the first film.
Ted 2 is the equivalent of a middle school bully. It's not as funny as it thinks it is. Its penchant for casual cruelty masks a hollow soul. And it will be totally forgotten once we move onto bigger and better things.
This film was very fun to watch. It built upon the question I had about the first film, "How can a teddy bear get married?"
Usually, I don't like films like these. Movies with sex, drugs and swearing don't appeal to me a great deal. Borat, for example, absolutely disgusted me. I did, however, like the first film. I found it original and hilarious.
This film has improved it in every way.
Aside from a few... odd scenes every now and then, Ted 2 was a very, very good film. As a fairly innocent minded person, occasionally I struggled to figure out what was going on, but towards the end of the film - the humour softened a little from lots of sex things to actual genuine hilarity. The second part of the film is easily better than the first. Ted 2 is a must-watch for fans of the first film.
Not bad. Not as good as the original. I guess that's to be expected. Seth still knows how to do the timing but I just think the story might be getting a bit old under the circumstances. But it's good. I guess if you watch the first one, you have to watch the second one just to see where it's going. It's really not that. I gave it the same scores the first one. If I was really into this type of demographic of movies, I've been giving both the highest score. But I am much more intellectual usually so then I'm even giving these scores is pretty amazing.
It's okay, but still a few pronounced steps down from the consistently funny and surprisingly affecting heights of the first film. "Ted 2" is kind of just like a post-2010's episode of "Family Guy" — about 50%-60% of the jokes kind of go in one ear and out the other, while the other half either make you genuinely smile or chuckle. As for the belly laughs, again, things are much more scant this time around. So why such a generous score? I'll admit that subjectivity has played a bit more into this than I'd like it to, as I've always had a soft spot for Seth MacFarlane's brand of comedy, particularly on shows like "Family Guy." Still, I'll concede that "Ted 2" is an infrequently successful comedy at best in my eyes. One that I'll probably forget pretty quick.
I started watching this movie and I had to check if I just put in the
wrong DVD and was just watching Ted 1. I wasn't, though I am a huge fan
of Seth MacFarlane's work, this was just unimpressive. It felt like 2
hours of a well animated bad episode of family guy. It had its moments,
but I certainly expected more. I do not recommend watching this movie.
Unfortunately Ted 2 mostly relies on a similar sort of comedy seen in McFarlane's Family Guy. It's either the vulgar low-brow humour that I hope only pubescent boys find funny, or it picks on society's minorities in a pathetic attempt to generate the slightest chuckle. The only two black characters in the film have the personality of 'stupid' or 'sassy', whilst **** are also ridiculed in a court sequence. Another scene involves jokes about 9/11 and the Charlie Hebdo shootings. During these moments, I honestly felt ashamed to be in the cinema.
Similar to Family Guy, there are few laughs here and there, but this number is totally unproportionate to Ted 2's length, which in actuality felt like double the near 2-hour run time. Perhaps this is a result of the erratic pacing or detestable characters, both of which overshadow the heart-warming note the narrative attempts to end on.
I am embarrassed to admit I saw Ted 2 on the big screen, and if I ever need another reason to avoid McFarlane's "comedies", then the existence of this film is it.