Stars: Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and Seth MacFarlane
Ted is directed by Seth MacFarlane and it stars Mark
Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and Seth MacFarlane as Ted. When Mark was a little boy at Christmas
he received a teddy bear and he wished for his big cuddly teddy to come alive so they could be the best of
friends. This was because Mark didn’t have many friends at that time in his
life (the voice over for the beginning of the film was Patrick Stewart, which
I found kind of cool). In the morning the teddy comes to life and has a cute
voice and every time you squeeze him he said, “I love you.” The film then skips
thirty or so years later and Ted and Mark have become ‘big boys’ smoking pot
and drinking booze, nothing says the best of friends like that. The idea of the film is that Mark still loves his teddy bear at the age of 35. But the only thing bridging a gap between the two guys is Mila Kunis, Marks girlfriend. So somebody has to go, the bear or the girl.
This film was directed by Seth MacFarlane, who is the creator
of Family Guy, so you know it’s going to be funny and have links to his popular
animated series. I found the film amusing and I liked the story. There were
some hilarious moments in this film. Most of the laughs came from racism,
sexism and just darn rudeness, but that’s what you have to love about Seth. Mark Wahlberg made it look like he had a great relationship between the bear and himself. This takes great
talent to make the audience believe you’re the best of buddy’s with a toy. Another thing Seth brings into this film is the links to the 80's and 90's and if you were around in those decades you will get a lot out of this film.
I liked this film, it was a bit crappy in parts but with the
lay out like Family Guy, it’s going to be funny. This is definitely comedy of the summer.
Stars: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale and Bryan Cranston
When the first trailer came for the new Total Recall I was
interested. This is because I didn’t really like the original Total
Recall, I found it ridiculous, corny and silly. But if you have Arnold Schwarzennegger in an
action film it has a licence to do that. So I went into the cinema hoping I was
going to walk out a happy man. If you have seen the trailer you know what it is
about and if you haven’t; a man goes to a place called Recall and he has a plan to make his life more exciting. There was nothing wrong with his life before it was just that he was bored with it and wanted a change. They do this by implanting memories into his mind. However, when they do this he is surrounded by the army, as if he was a spy. He
then takes them down with some badass moves but he doesn’t know how. It escalates
from there on in. To finding out his wife wants to kill him. Finding Melina who
wants to help him and then finally meeting the villain Cohaagen played by Bryan
Cranston, who seems to be in EVERYTHING recently, but I’m pleased with that because
he is an amazing actor.
Colin Farrell plays Douglass Quaid/Hauser, he does this
really well. He fits into these kind of films well, Colin is also not cheesy like
Arnold, which I love. Kate Beckinsale plays Douglass’s wife, she makes the
audience believe that she can kick her husband’s behind, she is evil and dangerous.
And finally there’s Bryan Cranston, who like I said has been in everything recently.
This is certainly not a bad thing because he makes the characters believable and usually sinister.
The action sequences are amazing; the film is directed by
Len Wiseman, who has also directed Die Hard 4. The scenes are well
choreographed and there’s no shaky cam. So this didn’t give me the headache
I had after the film. The noise gave me the headache; the film was very loud.
Another thing I enjoyed, apart from the noise was that it wasn’t converted into
rubbish 3-D it was good old 2-D.
Before I went to see this film it had very bad reviews, I
believe critics just hate remakes just because it isn't the original. There’s
no reason why they hate it, they just do. I wouldn’t say it was a terrible film,
I never got bored with this film, but it wasn’t a great film. You can’t really
compare it with the original Total Recall apart from the cheesy Arnold. This
was an average film, when it becomes available to rent and you want to watch a
brain numbing action go and rent this. Oh, I almost forgot a woman has three boobies in this film.
