Pitch Perfect 2 is trying too hard
Confession: I only just watched the original Pitch Perfect yesterday.
I know, it’s like I broke the law or something. But hey, I watched a lot of Glee in college, so — maybe a little arrogantly — I felt prepared enough to dive right into the first movie and watch a diverse assortment of young adults sing and dance their hearts out before making it to Regionals or whatever. While certainly not a wholesale ripoff, fans of the original know that that’s pretty much what happens. Anna Kendrick, as the drily rebellious Beca, joins a motley crew of disgraced college a capella singers and eventually leads them to glory. It ain’t perfect, but it’s fun — the kind of teen movie that wears its love of Top 40 pop and ‘80s underdog fantasies on its…
Source:: The Verge
