Let me just start by saying that I do not think this movie is terrible however its not good either. I will talk about the issues I had about the movie so there will be spoilers. So Beware!
Now as a fan of this franchise the last movie was a disappointment. I know the writers of the first two did not write this one and you can tell. Just like TV shows when the show-runners leave the show it is never the same in a bad way. Example of this is that season of Community when Dan Harmon left, it was the darkest timeline. Anyway back to movie. Here are a list of why this movie was not good.
- Now I wouldn’t call myself a Bechloe shipper but I see why people would ship them. Honestly the only couple I liked in the franchise was Fat Amy and Bumper. They were funny together. I thought Becca and Jesse was so typical and boring. But I did enjoy the Chloe and Beca scenes in the previous movies. So to not have many scenes of them in the new movie was weird. Instead, Chloe was boy crazy and since when she was ever like that. The Beca and Theo thing reminded me of her and Jesse so I thought they would end up together. Happy they didn’t to be honest because I hate when moves do the same story line of boy meets girl and bam they are a couple. If that was always the case nobody straight would be single ever. Plus the queer baiting was not cool either. I won’t go much into it but if you want to read about it check out this article. There are plenty other articles about this.
- The constant dig at Jessica and Ashley. Sure they were never the main characters in the other movies but the girls never treated them like crap. When Fat Amy kept talking bad about them and even told her dad to kill them first was totally out of character.
- Another dig was Fat Amy calling Emily dumb. Once again since when she was the dumb one? They loved her in the second movie. It was just a cheap way to make jokes but I wasn’t laughing.
- Beca never wanted to be a solo artist, she always wanted to be a producer. Making music was her dream. Yes she loves singing with the Bellas but her calling was producing. Did the writers watch the first movie? So the way it ended was crappy. How it should have ended is a big final competition with all the bands and Beca doesn’t take the deal and the Bellas perform and DJ Khaled realizes that Bellas have to stay a group. They all win the deal and make music together. Make an album and go on tour and you see that in the end credits. The last movie shows the Bellas together and it becomes full circle. They are a family, they stick together and they are happy.
- The music choice was average at best. Some songs were good but not all. I enjoyed the music in the other movies better and plus they had more singing. The movie is called Pitch Perfect so you need better and more music. And the competition was weak, I never felt the other bands were better than them.
- Lastly the major disappointment was lack of unity within the group. I didn’t feel it in this movie. This supposed to be a reunion but instead it was dissing some of the girls and daddy issues. The dad stuff wasn’t needed instead that could have been used for fun scenes with the girls. There was a scene of the girls going to drink Absinthe. Imagine seeing them trip out instead we got an action scene that did not fit in the movie. In the other two movies I wanted to be friends with them but in this one not so much. Friends don’t bring each other down.
This movie was not perfect at all instead it was a parody of a Pitch Perfect movie. Like the writers saw the other movies and took it by making a joke. Yes a fan would do a commentary saying certain characters are dumb or hardly ever there but I didn’t pay money to watch that. Well I didn’t really pay my aunt did and she regrets it, she didn’t like the movie. Anyway, she didn’t pay for a parody she wanted to pay for a movie from a franchise we love, about a group of girls that have each other backs and sing together. Instead of a horror film we got Scary movie but at least Scary Movie was funny. This is like the part three of Scary Movie because just like those movies once the original writers left and new ones came and the franchise went downhill.
It’s sad that this is the last movie and it had to end on a bad note.
Rating D
I know the photo is from the second movie but it shows my emotion for this movie.
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