Beca, a freshman in college, joins the school's all-girl acapella group to compete in the finals.
Review:
I really, really, REALLY hated this movie. I apologize to those who love this film but I find "Pitch Perfect" to be ridiculously overrated. Don't get me wrong. I like movie musicals (well, the ones that I actually find appealing). But for some reason, I don't think this movie worked at all. I guess because it's really stupid and annoying.
The storyline is just ridiculous. Beca, our protagonist, starts college at this university populated by annoying acapella singers. Beca is caught singing in the shower and is forced to join the school's all-female acapella group "The Bellas" and compete against the all-male acapella group "The troubles". That's pretty much it.
The characters are very unlikeable. For instance, The leader of the "Bella's" is so bent on winning that she doesn't allow dates and gets upset when Beca tries to change it up while they do the same performance every competition that they compete in.
The singing is terrible (except for Anna Kendrick and the "Fat Amy" who actually could sing). Not to mention they managed to butcher some of the greatest classic rock songs of all time.Worst of all, during the bus scene, they all burst out singing a terrible song.
The "humor" in this movie is downright poor. I didn't laugh once during this entire movie. It's all just lame puns and a failed Asian stereotype. "Aca-scuse me?" "You're gonna get pitch-slapped." Really? Whenever there was a moment where it tried to funny, I just cringed. Picture a group of people who do silly/stupid stuff as an attempt to be "funny" and just end up making fools out of themselves. That would be the best way do describe the humor in this film.
Also, there were those pop-cultural movie references that did nothing but remind me of movies that I would rather be watching.
Overall, I thought this was a really lame movie.
In the end, I'll say "Pitch Perfect" is not worth your time unless you're on of those gullible generic bandwagoners who would fall for anything that's "popular" and "hip".
Max Scale:
1/10
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