Pitch Perfect 2

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.

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.

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.