Worth Watching! - It's Pitch Perfect!

Rating: 8/10 (17 June 2013)

Minor spoilers in this review, nothing that will ruin the experience for you though!
This movie was literally Mean Girls meets Glee and I must say; what a wonderful combination. Now from the outside that must seem like a terrible idea but keep an open mind because it's worth it!
The tagline 'get pitch slapped' gives you a good enough hint to the theme of this movie. It begins with misfit Beca (Anna Kendrick) who is trying to settle into college, only finding that she doesn't quite know where she fits in. So where does she go whilst on this quest? Well to the all-female a cappella group known as The Bellas of course. Somehow Beca is persuaded to audition for this group (not sure if the alternative girl would really do that?) to help them beat their male rivals in the annual a cappella competition (that they shamefully lost the year before). So who joins The Bellas? This oddball group has the most diverse and peculiar bunch of girls, ranging from the quirky to the tough then right to just plain weirdand it's brilliant! Anna Kendrick is great as the tough lead in this film, as one would expect from her previous movies. She is one reason I watched this film (along with Rebel Wilson). Which brings me to Rebel's character Fat Amy. She's called Fat Amy so 'people like you won't call me it behind my back' (I may have altered that). One of Rebel's short but witty lines in the movie. Rebel's character brings a lot of the comedy in this movie, mostly from the words she says. Most of the time it's not what she says but how she says it. She effortlessly delivers her lines and you don't feel like they were just put there for a laugh, which makes for a lame comedy. In fact, I must take a moment to praise the writers of Pitch Perfect because this movie could have gone one of two ways, either superb or super-awful! With its sharp writing and a fitting cast, this movie was Pitch Perfect! Too much?...
As brilliant as these main characters are, the one who had me falling off my chair was Lilly. She just comes out with brilliant one-liners throughout the movie and she says it in such a way that had me laughing out loud! She's the kind of weird that I absolutely love! For me, the secondary characters made this movie what it is.
The main story in this movie is about The Bellas and their determination to win the a cappella competition but there is a side story with Beca and Jesse (Skylar Astin). Jesse is Beca's love interest in the movie. But don't worry, it's no sappy love story, it fits in well with the main story and doesn't take over at all.
Even though this movie was full of singing, the music wasn't the highlight or the important part in fact. The singing was pretty good and the arrangements of the songs fit brilliantly (The riff off is a prime example) but the relationship between the characters is what made this movie what it is. But, be prepared for glee-like renditions of current pop songs! This is what I didn't care for, it wasn't a bother as they were actually enjoyable but it wasn't why I enjoyed the movie. One thing I do like was the mention of the 80's teen flick 'The Breakfast Club'. They even include the song 'Don't You Forget About Me' in a mash up. This did get me smiling and bobbing my head along to the beat, so it wasn't all that bad!
Pitch Perfect has a little bit of romance and a lot of comedy that will have you smiling throughout. Now at first, I was sceptical. I thought this would just be another teen flick with a bit of singing and dance moves only your Grandma could look cool doing. But (to my delight) I was wrong. A-ca-scuse me? (You'll get the pun if you watch the movie).
There have been talks of a sequel already! That shows you how successful this was with audiences. I'm not sure how I feel about that. If a movie is great, does it need a sequel? It's clearly for the money and I don't blame them, but if it's anything like Pitch Perfect then it's going to be hilarious. This movie is definitely worth watching, so what are you waiting for?