"Xiong Maji" (Ted-2012)

Marion 2022-03-22 09:01:07

It's another comedy film about a man who doesn't grow up. Fortunately, the director maintains a moderate but not too serious about the proposition of man growth. The focus is on the free humor and cute face conveyed by the director Seth MacFarlane as Ted. The contrast between Kong and the adult jokes, and the nostalgia for the 1980s. It's not a great work, but it can make people laugh without expecting anything.

Compared with Judd Apatow's self-pity and self-esteem, and the self-consciousness of growing up into men, Seth MacFarlane's handling of the same subject matter in "Xiong Maji" is easier, or more childish and naive. Therefore, although the movie is full of adult jokes, it is still dressed as a fairy tale. There are two groups of happy children and unfortunate children in the play. It can be seen that the director has grasped the image of a teddy bear from the beginning to the end.

The relationship between the two sexes does not have any emotions of anxiety, control, betrayal, or hatred. Instead, it is full of pure love. This is also the prerequisite for the trio of the protagonist and the protagonist to successfully reconcile, because the three of them in the movie are still in a sense In the world of children, the power of children’s wishes is still very powerful.

Many children's movies will moderately separate the children's world from the adult world. The various adventures and adventures experienced by children are like the innocent power that children have. Adults are either invisible or incompetent and involuntarily intervening. "Xiong Maji" directly brings the miracle of children's wishes come true into the adult world, or childizes the adult world inside. Perhaps it wasn't until the last scene of Ted's death that there was a trace of fear that his childhood was about to end.

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Ted quotes

  • Donny: I have to say, I've been following you ever since I was a young boy and, uh... I remember seeing you on the Carson Show and... you were just wonderful.

    Ted: Oh, yeah that was uh... that was weird ineterview: Ed thought I was ALF and he kept muttering anti semitic comments... he thought ALF was Jewish for some reason...

    Donny: Hey-hey um... Have you ever considered selling the bear?

    John: What?

    Ted: Excuse me?

    Robert: I want it.

    Ted: [defensively] Hey, I'm not an it, pal! I'm a he, alright?

    John: [Stammers and stands up; he speaks in a calm tone] I'm sorry little guy, but my bear isn't for sale. See, I've had him since I was about your age. He's very, very special to me.

    Robert: Stand up straight when you're talking to me!

    John: [Dumbfounded] Why the fuck would he say that?

  • Ted: Company's turning 20, huh? So you can bang it but you can't get it drunk.