The film revolves around the Bellas, an all-female a capella group from Barden University. Reeling from a humiliating loss at the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella, the group struggles to find new members the next year. Beca, a Barden freshman, has no desire to go to college, but is forced to attend by her father, a professor at the university. Wishing to instead move to Los Angeles to pursue a career as a DJ, she takes up an internship at the school radio station, where she meets fellow freshman Jesse. When Beca's father finds out that Beca has not been attending classes, he offers to let Beca go to Los Angeles if she joins a club and proves that she wants to be involved. After some persuasion from Aubrey, the group leader, and Chloe, she joins the Bellas, along with a group of other women who do not fit the Bellas' typical mold.
At practice, Aubrey's controlling nature gets on the nerves of the other girls. She is constantly critical and insists that they use the same set list the Bellas have been using for years, which clashes with Beca's contemporary style. Meanwhile, Beca hangs out with Jesse—who has joined the Treble Makers, the Bellas' main rival—despite Aubrey's warning to the group not to get involved with Treble Makers. Beca plays several of her own mixes of contemporary songs for him, and he compliments her for her talent. He then tries to get Beca to watch the ending of The Breakfast Club, his favorite movie, after Beca tells him she does not like movies because they bore her and she never gets to the ending.
Despite their issues, the Bellas attend the regional a capella competition. On the way to the venue, the group stops for gas where Fat Amy is hit by a burrito by Bumper, a member of the Treble Makers in their own bus. After the other girls clean her up, they continue on to the venue but run out of gas since Fat Amy forgot to actually put any in the bus. They're then forced to call the Treble Makers to drive them to the venue. In spite of their bland set list, the group manages to place second at the regional a capella competition.
At the semifinals, Beca notices how bored the audience is with Aubrey's traditional arrangement, so she provides impromptu back-up, mash-up vocals. The Bellas come in third in the competition behind the Treble Makers and another group. Even though the audience was pleased, Aubrey was not and Beca quits the group. The Bellas make it into the Nationals after the other group was disqualified because their lead singer was discovered to be in high school, not college. They get together after Spring Break, but this time, Beca is not included.
During this time, Beca begins working as a DJ at the university radio station, playing her music on the overnight shift, and also steadily distancing herself from Jesse. She finds a copy of The Breakfast Club and watches it. She realizes how much she needs the Bellas in her life. Her father convinces her to rejoin the Bellas, who she finds falling apart. The now complete again Bellas have a heart-to-heart and decide to kick things up a notch with Beca's 21st-century mash-ups. At the National Competition, the Bellas sing a piece arranged by Beca, including "Don't You (Forget About Me)", the theme from The Breakfast Club. The Bellas win the competition and Beca and Jesse reunite with a kiss. -- wikipedia.org
MY SAY: I've always loved musical movies and Pitch Perfect is one underrated movie here in the Philippines. In fact, I've only seen it once in TV ads, and never heard anyone talking about it except me and my chingu, JenJen. But, this one's a very good movie. The acapellas' more edgy, yet the soul of the songs used are still intact. I like the fact that they were singing without instruments just their voices which I think is one great way to know one's singing prowess. I so love their rendition of mash-up song by Bruno Mars 'Just The Way You Are' and Nelly's ' Just A Dream'. Also, I enjoyed the 'Riff-off'. It is the clash of the music groups in Barden University through spontaneous performance of songs under a chosen category, in other words, 'dugtungan ng kanta ito!' but in a hard way, since it must be acapella and group effort. The winner will be the crowd's favorite. hehehe. This Glee-like movie is worth watching for. =)
MY SAY: I've always loved musical movies and Pitch Perfect is one underrated movie here in the Philippines. In fact, I've only seen it once in TV ads, and never heard anyone talking about it except me and my chingu, JenJen. But, this one's a very good movie. The acapellas' more edgy, yet the soul of the songs used are still intact. I like the fact that they were singing without instruments just their voices which I think is one great way to know one's singing prowess. I so love their rendition of mash-up song by Bruno Mars 'Just The Way You Are' and Nelly's ' Just A Dream'. Also, I enjoyed the 'Riff-off'. It is the clash of the music groups in Barden University through spontaneous performance of songs under a chosen category, in other words, 'dugtungan ng kanta ito!' but in a hard way, since it must be acapella and group effort. The winner will be the crowd's favorite. hehehe. This Glee-like movie is worth watching for. =)
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