Are we
going to miss them when they're gone?
Will we
miss them by their hair?
Will we
miss them everywhere?
In all
honesty, no probably not.
(Aca-embarrasing)
So this film picks up three years later, as the Barden Bella’s are in their final year of college, still going strong as the schools leading a cappella group. That is until what we'll call a "Blunder Down Under" causes the Bella’s to be suspended, which means no appearances, and no new members. Although why they haven't recruited a single new member since forming, so The Barden Bella’s can continue once its current members graduate is lost on me.
Unable to except defeat, and finding a loophole in their suspension the Bella’s vow to make a comeback, and redeem themselves by winning the A Cappella World Championships, which take place in Denmark at the end of the school year.
So this film picks up three years later, as the Barden Bella’s are in their final year of college, still going strong as the schools leading a cappella group. That is until what we'll call a "Blunder Down Under" causes the Bella’s to be suspended, which means no appearances, and no new members. Although why they haven't recruited a single new member since forming, so The Barden Bella’s can continue once its current members graduate is lost on me.
Unable to except defeat, and finding a loophole in their suspension the Bella’s vow to make a comeback, and redeem themselves by winning the A Cappella World Championships, which take place in Denmark at the end of the school year.
In the meantime they sniff out their competition, a heavily fake
accented German a cappella group named; Das Sound Machine, who in all
honesty are equally as average as The Barden Bella’s. The stereotypes
given to the "German's" border on racist, but alas, it's funny so
it's overlooked. However what can’t be over looked is the Bella’s need to take
down this group with a vengeance as if they were the ones that caused the
incident that led to their suspension. I guess every battle needs a villain and
although it may no longer be WW1 the Germans are still to blame.
Anyways, life isn't all a cappella, there are other worries in life other than what cover song mash ups work best… and whatever else goes into being in an a cappella group, and for tough chick Beca (Anna Kendrick) that's becoming a music producer. The first step; working as an intern to an egotistical know-it-all who's self obsessedness is so outlandishly accurate, it's hilarious. Naturally in order to cause some sort of tension in an otherwise fluffy film, Beca has decided to keep her new job a secret from her friends. *Gasp!* because other than that it seems like time has stood still even though the years have passed; Fat Amy is still fat, Britney Snow is still trying to act like the protagonist instead of its bitch, and there are no good looking guys to swoon over.
Anyways, life isn't all a cappella, there are other worries in life other than what cover song mash ups work best… and whatever else goes into being in an a cappella group, and for tough chick Beca (Anna Kendrick) that's becoming a music producer. The first step; working as an intern to an egotistical know-it-all who's self obsessedness is so outlandishly accurate, it's hilarious. Naturally in order to cause some sort of tension in an otherwise fluffy film, Beca has decided to keep her new job a secret from her friends. *Gasp!* because other than that it seems like time has stood still even though the years have passed; Fat Amy is still fat, Britney Snow is still trying to act like the protagonist instead of its bitch, and there are no good looking guys to swoon over.
As much
of a mockery as I have made over the Bella’s and their bizarre love of the
world of a cappella, it can't go without saying how cool some of the mash-ups
were, most noticed when they brought back the popular Riff-Off segment that was
first seen in the first film. All in all, my hopes for this film was never
really that high to begin with, but it was funny at points, cute and had a whimsical
enough element for me to recommend to you to see it in cinema.... if nothing
else is showing.
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