Ted & Ted 2

The other day, I watched Ted and Ted 2 on DVD. The two movies are comedies and were released in 2012 and 2015 respectively. The leads are Mark Wahlberg and a CGI teddy bear. The teddy bear is called Ted. The voice actor is Seth MacFarlane who made his debut as a director and screenwriter in Ted.

The story follows a friendship between the protagonists, John and Ted. The second one is a staffed bear which John's parents gave as a Christmas present to the little John, and which came to have a mind, somehow.

Around the beginning, I thought that a teddy bear cannot have a mind, that I can accept it if the movie is animated, that the live-action film Christopher Robin is narrowly acceptable because it is a sequel to the Disney animated movie Winnie-the-Pooh, and so on, however, I came to disregard such theoretical thoughts and gradually be attracted to the looks and moves of the lovely Ted. Mark Wahlberg also gave a good performance as Ted's best friend, John.

In Ted, John's girlfriend Lori gets jealous of an excessive friendship between John and Ted. Mila Kunis played well as Lori.

In Ted 2, Ted gets involved in a controversy about whether he is property or a person. Honestly, I could not think about the controversy because it was based on the premise that the teddy bear had a mind, which was impossible in the real world. If I have to say something, I think that Ted can be recognized as a person because he can speak a language. In Japan, pets are legally property, so the pet owners must be intrigued by the controversy.

Both of the movies are rich in black humor and really funny comedies which can amuse adults. Especially, I felt really amused by the scene where Ted and John are ridiculing a jogger on the street and throwing apples at the guy from the rooftop. At that time, I wanted to join them and throw ones at him.