Review: Pitch Perfect (2012)

Director: Jason Moore

 

"Beca, a freshman at Barden University, is cajoled into joining The Bellas, her school's all-girls singing group. Injecting some much needed energy into their repertoire, The Bellas take on their male rivals in a campus competition." - IMDB

 

Being the musical whizz that I am, I had to see this film! I used to be a big Glee fan and I love musicals so I was excited at watching this!

 

Let me start with the best thing about the film: The music! The music that is in the film (I'm talking about the singing from the groups in the film) was amazing! They sung current pop songs alongside songs from previous decades, such as Madonna. The arrangements of the songs were really good. I wouldn't go as far as saying they were phenomenal as I'm never that optimistic, but they were really enjoyable and I can't wait to get the soundtrack!

 

I think that the casting was done well. I wasn't cringing at anyone playing a part and wishing they'd have been played by someone else. The characters were entertaining and each role had a different character type to play. There were your standard 'nerds, jocks and popular' people but the whole film played up to a stereotypical American college story anyway.

This was also shown in the script. The film was really predictable in where the story was going and even without watching the film, I reckon you can guess what would happen. Having watch Glee for a good few seasons, any hope of surprise was gone! I think the writers of the film had definitely taken inspiration there. Thinking back about the plot, the story didn't really go anywhere, although I could be feeling this due to the predictability of it. I can't complain though, I still love these things!

 

All in all I did enjoy the film. It's definitely worth a watch if you've ever watched (and enjoyed) Glee, or if you're quite a musical, or musically interested, person. I wouldn't recommend it if you hate light hearted, teenage stories though!