Pitch Perfect

I'll admit that it's been several weeks since I actually watched this show, but I remember most of the points that I wanted to make.

Just to make this clear, though, despite whatever I may say, I really enjoyed the movie.

So, first of all, it was hilarious, obviously. The commercials alone nearly had me rolling. In fact, this may be one of the few movies where jamming all of the funny parts of the movie into a single commercial didn't ruin any of the humor.

Speaking of humor, let's talk about Rebel Wilson.

We can all admit that she stole the show. It's okay. We all know. Without her, this entire movie would have been a bust. Not even just the character of Fat Amy, but Rebel Wilson. She just stole it. I don't know what else to say.

Anna Kendrick did a good job, too, given her role. Because, honestly, Becca is one of those characters that I hate. In a lame attempt to give her roundness, she pushes people away for seemingly no reason and then, after alienating the one friend she managed to make (also, the movie's main beau), she suddenly realizes that she needs to change. Cool. That works, I guess. The thing that bothers me is that her reason for pushing people away is vaguely supposed to be her parents' divorce? Wow. Okay. I know that in Hollywood everything is capable of being utterly melodramatic, but really?

But let's just roll with this college girl desperately struggling to assert her independence by acting out at the one person who was really there for her through the entire movie. 

There was another part that just struck me as weirdly not-quite-right, and that was the four-way sing-off thing. I just feel like that wasn't played out very well. There was a lot of silence and a lot of groups-deffering-the-entire-scene-to-one-group-for-no-apparent-reason. Just sayin'. (I'm allowed to nit-pick if I want to!)

Also, I was disappointed that we didn't see more of Jesse (Skylar Astin). Not only is he adorable, but his character was warm and hilarious. In the beginning, it made it seem like we'd get a back-and-forth thing between Becca and Jesse's points-of-view. But no. It didn't really take away from the movie, but it would have been nice for it to be consistent. 

Drooling. Drool everywhere.

Overall, I thought that this was a really refreshing take on the whole "Glee"/show choir thing. Especially within the first few minutes of the movie (you who have seen, you know what I'm talking about). It has a lot of really surprising qualities that make it stand out, though maybe make it less realistic. (But this is a comedy movie and so we don't talk about realism, because that would make me lame.)

And the singing is great. I feel like that's important to mention.

Right. So, now that you've read all of this, go ahead and get "pitch slapped." It's worth it.