Review of Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) by Leon B — 26 Sep 2015

Review:

I know that I'm most probably the only person on earth that thinks this but I actually thought that this movie was corny and pretty poor compared to the original. The storyline was also pretty poor but I liked the A Capella battles between the various bands. Anyway, the movie is about A Capella band, the Barden Bellas who are riding high as the 3 time champions. After an embarrassing mishap whilst performing in front of President Obama and his wife, they become a national joke so they come together to battle at the world championships, to redeem there name. Beca (Anna Kendrick) becomes an intern for a Grammy award winning producer and battles to show off her skills whilst trying to keep her group together. When they go to Copenhagen to see there competition they realise that they have to step up there game to compete against the fearless A Capella groups and they go on a team bonding course to try and boost there morale. With a new singer on board, they put together a performance which will put them back at the top of there game. Sounds impressive but it really wasn't that entertaining! Fat Amy (Rebel Wilson) had a couple of amusing scenes but I found some of the music quite corny and no way as good as the first movie. I also liked the big-headed producer who kept on forgetting everybody's name and the two competition broadcasters played by John Michael Higgins and Elizabeth Banks, who also directed the movie but it felt more like a chick movie this time around. With all that aside, it's still a fun, upbeat movie with a couple of touching scenes but after all of the hype, I was expecting better. Average!

Round-Up:

Anna Kendrick, 30, believe it or not, shot to fame after her performance in Up in the Air with George Clooney and her role in the Twilight franchise and she also had a small role in the great Scott Pilgrim movie. Other titles to her name are 50/50 with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, What to Expect When Your Expecting, the great End of Watch, the strange Life After Beth and the Voices, Cake and Into the Woods, so she's been a busy little bee since her small role in a movie called Camp in 2003. Rebel Wilson, 35, has also been busy since her 2011 performance in Bridesmaids with roles in Bacherlorette with Isla Fisher, What to Expect When Your Expecting, the funny Pain & Gain and Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb so she must be happy with her career so far. With another movie in the Pitch Perfect franchise due to come out and a role as the lead in a Private Benjamin remake, her outspoken personality and shocking one-liners have definitely paid off. Anyway, the movie was directed by Elizabeth Banks, 41, who wasn't the original director of the franchise, so that's why you can tell a difference between the first and second movie. The first movie was directed by a man, Jason Moore, so it didn't really feel too much like a chic flick but this one really does. With all that aside, this movie has made a healthy profit at the box office so I'm not surprised that they have a third movie in the pipeline. I must admit, it is an original concept that has never been addressed before and it has started a bit of a craze around the world but some of the corny songs made me cringe.

Budget: $29million.

Worldwide Gross: $285million.

I recommend this movie to people who are into their music/comedy movies about a A Capella group who are fighting to redeem there name, after an embarrassing moment in front of the president, by entering the world championships. 4/10.