Unsolicited Movie Review: Pitch Perfect

Guys, I saw Pitch Perfect today.  It was great.  I had heard only good things, and it certainly lived up to its reputation.  Is this spoiler-y review?  Maybe.  I mean, it's a comedy about a cappella groups, so it's not like there was a twist ending.  So, whatever.

Anyway, my main reason for seeing it was to see my spirit animal Rebel Wilson. I've decided I really wanted her to be my drunken alter-ego, but she's actually much funnier than me and I'm not very good with accents.

Also, I've got a little bit of a best friend girl crush on Anna Kendrick.  Ever since she stole the show in the first Twilight movie (along with the guy that played Mike Newton...has he done anything else?  Because I loved him.) and then charmed me in Up In The Air, I can't get enough of her.  I also follow her on Twitter, and her tweets are rare but quite amusing.

So the movie's not going to win any Academy Awards, the pacing was about as rushed as the Goblet of Fire movie (don't get me started), but the script was great and witty and the entire cast was wonderful.  The above listed ladies, as well as most of the other Bellas were so weird and wonderful.  Including the creepy quiet asian.

But then, the boys.  Of course I'm going to fall dangerously in love (Beyonce style) with boys in an a cappella singing movie.  Because, obviously.  FIRST AND FOREMOST: SKYLAR ASTIN.  Skylar Astin was Georg in the OBC of Spring Awakening.  I went through a pretty heavy Spring Awakening obsession phase back in college, and LOVED Skylar, he's amazing.  I was excited to see him in a small role in Hamlet 2, but IMAGINE MY SURPRISE when he showed up as the romantic male lead in Pitch Perfect.  Mainly because  in Spring Awakening he looked like this:

Hair...what.

And now he looks like this:

Oh hey there!

I haven't seen a transition that enjoyable since Hot!Neville exploded into my life last summer.

Ah, memories.

Ahem, sorry.

Anyway, Skylar.  So great.  And he just....is so adorable...and precious...and wears hoodies....and his character LOVES THE BREAKFAST CLUB.  There was so much Breakfast Club love in this movie, and so much important utilization of the iconic Judd Nelson fist pump that I was literally getting emotional because pop culture is a little too important to me.  I'm getting misty just thinking about it.  Ahem.

Anyway, aside from him, we have Adam DeVine, who played the douche-y leader of the Treblemakers, the boy's a cappella group and the Bellas' main rival.  He was hilarious, and great, and very Jack Black-y (which is a personal weakness of mine), but more importantly, I've decided I need to marry him in real life, because his last name is DeVine, and that's a fucking great last name.  And I will make everyone call me Loretta, because Loretta Devine is the fucking best, and I can pretend to be a sassy black woman if I want.

I do though.

And then.  To anyone who's seen the movie, and knows me at all, will not be at all surprised to find that I fell very deeply in love with Jesse's roommate Benji, who loves Star Wars and close-up magic.  Because of course I did.  He's basically my dream man, because I've come to the recent conclusion that there is just no man in this world that is nerdy enough to be my soulmate.  He wore a tshirt with a necktie screen-printed onto it to his a cappella audition, and that's very close to a tuxedo tshirt, which is my all-time number one male clothing turn-on, so, sold.  And at the end of the movie?  When he sang "I've Got The Magic In Me"?  Bestill my heart.

LOOK AT THIS PRECIOUS ANGEL.

Guys, it's time for me to confess that in the process of writing this "review", and googling info and pictures and stuff, I have fallen into a balck hole of obsession, and I'm listening to the soundtrack on repeat, I just keep remembering/finding out more hot guys that were in this movie and oh god what's happening to me I have far too much time on my hands right now to obsess I'm going to lose my mind xdhjbskejbgkawehbg

Ahem.  Anyway.  Pitch Perfect = GREAT.

THE BEST COMEDY I'VE SEEN SINCE EASY A.  SO THERE.

P.S. I tried to include visual aids to keep my readers engaged.  But I think I unfortunately also include too many words.