Pitch Perfect: Off Key But Mesmerizing

We aren’t going to lie: we watch a lot of crappy movies. We are suckers for anything that involves singing and/or dancing, and Pitch Perfect, a movie about (no joke) an a cappella competition clearly fits the bill here. Additionally, we are strong supporters of Anna Kendrick, even though we don’t fully understand her career choices. Like, “Great, I was just nominated for an Oscar and starred in 50/50 with Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and the Twilight franchise is finally ending! Clearly I should star in a terrible-looking a cappella movie!”

Fortunately Anna Kendrick can relax: Rebel Wilson (the roommate from Bridesmaids) is here to save the day and the movie. We are so excited for Pitch Perfect, y’all, and we aren’t even ashamed of it. Check out the trailer here:

How we can tell we are going to love this movie:

• “Your official B.U. rape whistle.” Let us just say, we were not handed official rape whistles when we arrived at college. Missed opportunity.
• Fat Amy calls herself that “so twiggy bitches like you won’t do it behind my back.” When Rebel Wilson shows up, you know good things are coming.
• That shower scene. Ummm our reaction, were we to be walked in on by some rando in the shower, would NOT be to calmly sing and capitulate to the crazy’s wishes. Clearly, if there was ever a time for the rape whistle, this was it. However, we do like the fact that Anna Kendrick was basically just bullied into joining an a cappella group WHILE IN THE SHOWER. Promising things ahead, team. Also, promising shirtless guy.
• “Oh, boy, the bad boys of a cappella have just gotten badder!” Everything about that quote is amazing. First of all, the fact that there are bad boys of a cappella is questionable at best. Secondly, “badder” isn’t a word, which really tells you everything you need to know about this movie.
• The noises Rebel Wilson makes when talking about bikini car washes. Why is she so amazing???
• Rebel Wilson horizontal running. Basically Anna Kendrick’s character, ostensibly the lead, is a sideshow in her own trailer… because Rebel Wilson just horizontal ran away with this movie.
• Did Anna Kendrick just interrupt an a cappella version of Hey Mickey? Oh yes. She did. That’s how VITAL singing is to her.
• “Let’s remix this business!” We’re going to start saying this in our day-to-day lives.
• “You guys are gonna get pitch slapped so hard, your man boobs are gonna concave.” Rebel Wilson once again, ladies and gentlemen. We are strong supporters of puns.
• “I sometimes have the feeling that I should do crystal meth, but then I think, mmmm, better not.” GUYS REBEL WILSON IS ROCKING THIS TRAILER SO HARD. She alone is clearly worth seeing this movie for.

Basically, even though Pitch Perfect is clearly going to be… less than perfect, we are seriously so excited for this movie. Singing, dancing, lots of laughs and a little romance… what more could you want in a fall movie? Rebel Wilson? So yeah, perfect.

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Friends With Kids: Dysfunctionally Sweet

So this weekend, we continued to support the cast of Bridesmaids in their second movie together, Friends With Kids. While it is not exactly the same cast (there was some mixing and matching and some new blood in there), Kristin Wiig and Jon Hamm reprised their roles as a dysfunctional couple, Maya Rudolph reprised her role as likable best friend and Chris O’Dowd played yet again, the most likable guy in the whole movie. And we still liked all of them as much as we did in Bridesmaids! (Except Jon Hamm. He was so mean to Kristin Wiig in the movie! Not okay, dude.)

Why, you ask, would we pay ten dollars to see the same people play the same roles in a different movie? Because, fundamentally, Friends With Kids is a very different movie than Bridesmaids. Here is how:

• It shows both women and men’s approaches to marriage and relationships. Now we loved Bridesmaids, but as the title implies, the story was centered around the women. In this movie, we see Adam Scott just as often as we see Jennifer Westfeldt–which is great, since it gives a more complete picture of their relationship.
• There were lots of children in it. This movie takes place at a different stage in a couple’s life than Bridesmaids. It deals with the difficult part of relationship when kids enter the picture. Warning, though: it is kind of a bleak look at relationships with kids.
• Megan Fox showed up. So we know she was in the trailer, but it still threw us when she showed up in the movie. This movie was chock full of comedy royalty… and Megan Fox. She was pretty good in it though, even though she was basically just playing the hot girl. (Such a change, we know.)
• THAT LITTLE BOY WAS SO CUTE. We just felt like it needed to be said. The son of Jennifer Westfeldt and Adam Scott was the most adorable thing that has happened in cinema… pretty much ever. All three actors used to play him were amazing.
• Jennifer Westfeldt is absurdly talented. Girlfriend wrote, directed, and starred in this movie. And convinced boyfriend Jon Hamm to be in in it. Like seriously, stop making us all look bad in comparison.

In conclusion, we really liked this movie! There were definitely some painfully awkward moments where we decided to stare into our popcorn for a minute or two instead of watching the screen… Like we might have missed half of the dinner party scene because we don’t deal well with confrontation. But even despite that, it was a really sweet and fun movie! Go see it.

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