When Beca finds herself mistakenly immersed in the intense world of collegiate a cappella as a Barden Bella, she soon discovers that she’s surrounded by all kinds of people—social pariahs, melodramatic outcasts, and of course a couple of your typical overly obsessed and uptight leaders that will stop at nothing to take the other a cappella groups down (pitch slaps are a definite possibility).
Immediately, “Pitch Perfect” struck a chord with me (pun intended). Personally, I thought it would be fun to join an actual a cappella group and sing without any instrumentals, unless you count peoples’ mouths. I guess the only way to really see the fun in it is if you release your inner nerd. Okay, maybe not entirely, but pretty close.
As the first all-girls a cappella group to qualify for regionals (yes, by regionals I mean a cappella regionals; who knew?), the Barden Bellas fall faster to the bottom than they had risen. Little do they know, though, it’s just the beginning of a new era. Literally.
Originally performing songs from a completely different century, and by that I mean songs like “I Saw the Sign” and “Turn the Beat Around,” it’s going to take a lot more than just a miracle to convince the leader, Aubrey, to mix things up a little. All I can say is, thank goodness for Beca. She’s the perfect kind of mixer—a DJ, in fact.
At first, Aubrey totally banishes the thought of changing the face of the Barden Bellas. Yet after some persistent convincing from the group, along with the occasional riff raff with their biggest competition, the Treble Makers, and some serious cardio work (why you need cardio for singing, I don’t know), the Barden Bellas just might make it.
I highly recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys a comedy worth watching. I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t contain my laughter in any way shape or form throughout the entire movie, which is pretty rare. In other words, or should I say notes (there I go again with the cheesy puns), if you don’t watch Pitch Perfect, it would be aca-unacceptable.