20230613:
I love "Cups (Pitch Perfect's 'When I'm Gone')" (Anna Kendrick), I've seen the music video, and I've seen the cast's performance of "Love On Top." Oh, I've also seen the trailer for Pitch Perfect 2. And so while I didn't know what the plot of Pitch Perfect was about, I was also somehow surprised that it was not what I had expected. Trying to reflect further, I find it hard to gather the words to better describe the feeling other than one of dissonance between the media I associated with the title Pitch Perfect and the actual story of the movie Pitch Perfect.
In any case, I enjoyed the movie.
As an aside, I was initially surprised to find it was also a comedy. Upon first thought, I probably associatiate a movie about competition to be more serious. However, as I give more thought to it, the trope of competition surely consists of both drama and comedy films (among other possibilities), e.g., Days of Thunder (Nascar-racing drama) and Talledega Nights (Nascar-racing comedy).*
If you like comedies and/or films with singing, then I would surely recommend Pitch Perfect. As a brief plot summary, the movie is about a college Freshman (Anna Kendrick) who joins an acapella group. The group initially struggles to impress, but they have their sight on winning the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA).
*Originally I thought about comparing Pitch Perfect to Work It, but apparently Work It is - according to Wikipedia - a "dance comedy film." I recall it had some humor, but I feel it wasn't nearly as funny as Pitch Perfect so as to be considered a comedy. The comedy part aside, it also occurred to me that Work It was released in 2020, long after Pitch Perfect.
Instant Comments:
1: HA! "man who sings like a boy"
1: Huh. Did the one who was running not there yet? They didn't quite show her running into the group
1: Ouch. "Women are as good at being doctors tas they are as being doctors"
1: I get the point they were trying to make, but I kind of like that version of "The Sign" (Ace of Base) more than whatever the boy group sang
1: Whoa. That was a lot of vomit.
1: Smile. "Don't blow it unless it's actually happening"
1: What? Don't they do like dorm matches or something?
1: Smile. "I'm going to the activities fair."
1: Yikes. Balonga
1: HAHA. "Yeah, so twig bitches like you don't do it behind my back."
1: Hehe. The juxtaposition of calling that guy a nerd.
1: Hahaha. "Please, no sex on the desk."
1: That's annoying to have your dad check in on you at your dorm room.
1: Hahahaha... Treblemakers part of the initiatiation oath
1: Hehe. Interesting. She figures there's ten of them and so (statistically at least) one of them is a lesbian.
1: Lol. What a weird requirement to be in the group.
1: Hahahaha. "What happened last year" and "Do you guys want to see a dead body"
1: Ooo. "I'm pretty sure you need me more than I need you."
Truth.
1: "At least it's not herpes." Smile. "Or do you have that as well" HAHAHAHA.
1: "No Diggity" (Blackstreet)
1: The word "It's" vs "It" (ridiculous)
1: Lol. Why would they have to be so mean.
1: Huh. What's this woman's problem? Arrogant? Threatened?
1: WTF. Same song?
1: Oh, she's a senior so... I guess she has defenses up against the suggestions of a freshman
1: She even has a grumpy face at Amy's awesome solo
1: Smile. Hahaha. "The Minstrel Cycles" "What an unfortunate name"
1: Ha! "Can I help?"
1: Smile. "I did a turn at county."
1: Smile. "I set fires to feel joy."
1: Hmm. That look looks like they secretly decided to change it up.
1: Huh. Benji went after Beca? He hadn't interacted with her before...
1: She's gonna see "The Breakfast Club" [hehe of course]
1: OMG. Vomit. Wrestling. Rape whistle. And vomit angel
1: Aww. "I ate my twin in the womb."
1: Hehe. "Excuse me, bitch. You don't need to shout."
1: That bass really makes a difference.
1: The only thing I felt wanting from the performance was highlighting the beatboxing just a little more. At the beginning she did the record scratch, but aside from that it was not a focus during the performance. I think the same comment regarding the ability for Chloe to sing bass. [rewatching the performance, I think the performance was good the way it was. however I would rephrase my desire as having a scene where the two pieces have their place to shine. or perhaps it would make a good deleted scene]
Credits:
1: Based on a book.
1: Elizabeth Banks is one of the producers.
1: An outtake.
1: A lot of the credits are "{name of group} #{number}"
1: As the credits roll, I'm thinking about how her general dream of being a DJ didn't play a large roll in the movie. It implicitly signals she knows how to layer beats, she might have mentioned it, but it could have easily taken maybe five to ten minutes to be more explicit. I suppose it was more of a red herring in which she met the other singer.
1: Huh. Weird. "Titanium" is there twice. The first time "Performed by David Guetta feat. Sia" and then the second time just the song (meaning I guess when it's performed by someone in the movie).
1: I read about "Cups (song)" and "Carter Family" on Wikipedia
1: Huh. I don't remember "F**k You" (Lily Allen)
1: There's a little beat boxing bit at the end of the credits
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Watched 20230613 (Netflix)(Last day to watch 20230630)
112 min
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_Perfect
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1981677/
I love "Cups (Pitch Perfect's 'When I'm Gone')" (Anna Kendrick), I've seen the music video, and I've seen the cast's performance of "Love On Top." Oh, I've also seen the trailer for Pitch Perfect 2. And so while I didn't know what the plot of Pitch Perfect was about, I was also somehow surprised that it was not what I had expected. Trying to reflect further, I find it hard to gather the words to better describe the feeling other than one of dissonance between the media I associated with the title Pitch Perfect and the actual story of the movie Pitch Perfect.
In any case, I enjoyed the movie.
As an aside, I was initially surprised to find it was also a comedy. Upon first thought, I probably associatiate a movie about competition to be more serious. However, as I give more thought to it, the trope of competition surely consists of both drama and comedy films (among other possibilities), e.g., Days of Thunder (Nascar-racing drama) and Talledega Nights (Nascar-racing comedy).*
If you like comedies and/or films with singing, then I would surely recommend Pitch Perfect. As a brief plot summary, the movie is about a college Freshman (Anna Kendrick) who joins an acapella group. The group initially struggles to impress, but they have their sight on winning the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA).
*Originally I thought about comparing Pitch Perfect to Work It, but apparently Work It is - according to Wikipedia - a "dance comedy film." I recall it had some humor, but I feel it wasn't nearly as funny as Pitch Perfect so as to be considered a comedy. The comedy part aside, it also occurred to me that Work It was released in 2020, long after Pitch Perfect.
Instant Comments:
1: HA! "man who sings like a boy"
1: Huh. Did the one who was running not there yet? They didn't quite show her running into the group
1: Ouch. "Women are as good at being doctors tas they are as being doctors"
1: I get the point they were trying to make, but I kind of like that version of "The Sign" (Ace of Base) more than whatever the boy group sang
1: Whoa. That was a lot of vomit.
1: Smile. "Don't blow it unless it's actually happening"
1: What? Don't they do like dorm matches or something?
1: Smile. "I'm going to the activities fair."
1: Yikes. Balonga
1: HAHA. "Yeah, so twig bitches like you don't do it behind my back."
1: Hehe. The juxtaposition of calling that guy a nerd.
1: Hahaha. "Please, no sex on the desk."
1: That's annoying to have your dad check in on you at your dorm room.
1: Hahahaha... Treblemakers part of the initiatiation oath
1: Hehe. Interesting. She figures there's ten of them and so (statistically at least) one of them is a lesbian.
1: Lol. What a weird requirement to be in the group.
1: Hahahaha. "What happened last year" and "Do you guys want to see a dead body"
1: Ooo. "I'm pretty sure you need me more than I need you."
Truth.
1: "At least it's not herpes." Smile. "Or do you have that as well" HAHAHAHA.
1: "No Diggity" (Blackstreet)
1: The word "It's" vs "It" (ridiculous)
1: Lol. Why would they have to be so mean.
1: Huh. What's this woman's problem? Arrogant? Threatened?
1: WTF. Same song?
1: Oh, she's a senior so... I guess she has defenses up against the suggestions of a freshman
1: She even has a grumpy face at Amy's awesome solo
1: Smile. Hahaha. "The Minstrel Cycles" "What an unfortunate name"
1: Ha! "Can I help?"
1: Smile. "I did a turn at county."
1: Smile. "I set fires to feel joy."
1: Hmm. That look looks like they secretly decided to change it up.
1: Huh. Benji went after Beca? He hadn't interacted with her before...
1: She's gonna see "The Breakfast Club" [hehe of course]
1: OMG. Vomit. Wrestling. Rape whistle. And vomit angel
1: Aww. "I ate my twin in the womb."
1: Hehe. "Excuse me, bitch. You don't need to shout."
1: That bass really makes a difference.
1: The only thing I felt wanting from the performance was highlighting the beatboxing just a little more. At the beginning she did the record scratch, but aside from that it was not a focus during the performance. I think the same comment regarding the ability for Chloe to sing bass. [rewatching the performance, I think the performance was good the way it was. however I would rephrase my desire as having a scene where the two pieces have their place to shine. or perhaps it would make a good deleted scene]
Credits:
1: Based on a book.
1: Elizabeth Banks is one of the producers.
1: An outtake.
1: A lot of the credits are "{name of group} #{number}"
1: As the credits roll, I'm thinking about how her general dream of being a DJ didn't play a large roll in the movie. It implicitly signals she knows how to layer beats, she might have mentioned it, but it could have easily taken maybe five to ten minutes to be more explicit. I suppose it was more of a red herring in which she met the other singer.
1: Huh. Weird. "Titanium" is there twice. The first time "Performed by David Guetta feat. Sia" and then the second time just the song (meaning I guess when it's performed by someone in the movie).
1: I read about "Cups (song)" and "Carter Family" on Wikipedia
1: Huh. I don't remember "F**k You" (Lily Allen)
1: There's a little beat boxing bit at the end of the credits
1=20230613
Watched 20230613 (Netflix)(Last day to watch 20230630)
112 min
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_Perfect
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1981677/
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