Hearbreakingly Disappointing

Rating: 6/10 (9 August 2015)

I had high hopes for this, especially after the first film, which I thoroughly enjoyed. This one was, however, much less enjoyable.
It seems like the screenwriters focused on about 3 characters this season and forgot everyone else were there to act, not as extras. Kendrick and Wilson got most of the lines and every other actor was lucky if they had a total of 5 sentences to say. There was so much chemistry between Beca and Jesse in Pitch Perfect that was nowhere to be found this time around. As for Fat Amy and Bumper... I don't see it. It would have made more sense in the previous film where there was actually some character development for Bumper, but since there was none whatsoever in the current screening, the whole scene seemed forced. Rebel Wilson also seemed less funny to me - I just got the impression that she was under too much pressure to be funny, so she felt like she had to go a little too over the top. Did you love Stacey, Chloe, Lilly (silent girl), Cynthia Rose? Good for you! Go watch Pitch Perfect again then, 'cause you won't be seeing much of them in this film.
Naturally, some newbies had to be put in, but I for one found Hailee Steinfeld to be incredibly unlikable for some reason or another. Her character was very lazily written in my opinion. And I also seem to be the only person that truly despises their 'original' Flashlight song. The whole tune gets on my nerves.
However, not all of it was that bad... DSM made a nice addition to the acapella scene, with some quite awesome mash-ups, and although some of the jokes were being way too exaggerated by the cast for the sake of coming across as funny, there were a few good ones in there. Enough to make my ticket worth the money though? Unfortunately, I'm afraid not.