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"Ted" talks

By June 28, 2012No Comments

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Some HAS to have used that hed already, right? They’ve had to, right? No?

My review for MSN Movies here.

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  • rotch says:
    June 28, 2012 at 11:55 am

    My feel­ings towards MacFarlane’s brand of humor are per­fectly explained on South Park’s ‘Cartoon Wars’ epis­ode. Expecting the same from Ted. However the Flash Gordon ref­er­ences you men­tion might win me over. What to do, what to do…

  • Richard Edson says:
    June 28, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    That’s a cute fuck­ing teddy bear. Every time the ad for this movie comes on my two kids go crazy and jump on me and say, Daddy, Daddy, look at the teddy, look at the teddy, please can we go see the teddy, can we please go see the teddy, and I don’t know what to say. I mean, I’m sure the movie is vul­gar, but noth­ing fright­en­ing hap­pens, right? I asked my wife if I could take the kids to see Ted and she said, No. But I think they’ll think it’s funny. My three year old, every time she sees Ted hump­ing the cash register, she squeals with delight. I just want to make my kids happy. I just want my kids to like me. That’s all I want. That’s all I want out of this life, is for my kids to like me. I don’t think that’s a lot to ask. I don’t give a fuck what Philip Larkin said.

  • Oliver_C says:
    June 28, 2012 at 2:00 pm

    Did any­one else think the teddy bear in ‘A.I.’ was the most inter­est­ing char­ac­ter in the movie?

  • jbryant says:
    June 28, 2012 at 3:42 pm

    Entertainment Weekly already spoiled the Flash Gordon cast mem­ber cameo, com­plete with a where-are-they-now? pro­file of the per­son in question.

  • c.t.c-h says:
    June 28, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    Glenn, am I right to assume we won’t be get­ting your thoughts on Magic Mike? Because I’m sure I’m not the only reg­u­lar read­er who would be interested.

  • Glenn Kenny says:
    June 28, 2012 at 5:26 pm

    I am enjoined from writ­ing about “MM,” yes. I don’t think it’ll cause too much com­mo­tion if I merely state for now that I liked it a whole lot. I expect to be able to do my Steven Soderbergh Post-“Girlfriend Experience” Consumer Guide in 2014!

  • warren oates says:
    June 28, 2012 at 5:43 pm

    So is there actu­ally a story here or just a string of gags, er, I mean pop cul­ture ref­er­ences stand­ing in for real jokes. For me, the suc­cess of FAMILY GUY, etc. is one of the worst things that’s happened to main­stream TV com­edy in the last dec­ade or so. Ick.

  • Glenn Kenny says:
    June 28, 2012 at 5:48 pm

    Yes, there’s a story, but that’s the least of it. (See A.O. Scott’s less san­guine take on the movie.) If “Family Guy” humor is ana­thema to you, stay VERY far away from this. Can’t put it strongly enough.

  • Peter Nellhaus says:
    June 29, 2012 at 4:05 pm

    No plans to see this the­at­ric­ally, but there’s some­thing about the blonde on the left that’s per­suaded me to get this on the Netflix queue ASAP. Thanks for a great screengrab.