It's been a big weekend for a lot of reasons but one of them has been the sequel to Family Guy's creator, Seth Macfarlanes, raunchy comedy Ted, hitting theaters but how was it compared to it's wild predecessor? Ted 2 picks up several years after the original movie, having seen Mark Whalberg's character, John, divorced from the missing Mila Kunis as well as Ted marrying Tammie-Lynn, fast forward a year and you see the couple's relationship on the rocks when the idea to have a child comes to mind. While the first movie felt largely like a big, very offensive, party, Ted 2's issues with continuity really create one boring over all story as we see the Teddy Bear eventually fail to adopt a child and later challenging his rights of person hood in a court of law. The over all civil rights narrative created a much heavier tone for a movie that, at first, hurled joke after joke at the audience before ultimately getting bogged down in it's dense plot. Ted 2 did has it's funny moments, featuring what could possibly be the best Liam Neeson moment in film as well as returning star, Donny, played by Giovanni Ribisi. Some stars from the original returned for more humorous moments like Flash Gordon himself, Sam J. Jones, and Morgan Freeman and Patrick Stewart as narrator were hilarious. Sadly, Ted 2's plot and flow being a bit off through the second half of the movie really weighted down what could have been a potentially hilarious sequel but if you are a fan of McFarlanes level of humor, I'm sure you'll enjoy this summer comedy.
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