Pitch Perfect 3 is hilarious, fun, and uplifting for women and girls.
Pitch Perfect 3 was released in theaters this week. Pitch Perfect lovers everywhere will be flocking to theaters to stuff their faces with popcorn and candy and laugh their asses off at Fat Amy’s crazy shenanigans.
A couple of friends and I decided to catch the 7 p.m. showing at our local theater last night. It was a great way to let off some steam thanks to the stress of students before a holiday break and preparing for Christmas at home.
First of all, I absolutely love the first and second Pitch Perfect movies. They have the right combination of singing, dancing, hilarity, and love for me.
When I saw the previews for this movie I was not sure how this would be honestly. I thought it looked a little crazy. I also loved how the last one ended, and wondered if they would ruin it by making another movie. Even so, I loved the first two and wanted to see this movie in theaters. This one also features some new actors and actresses like Ruby Rose, John Lithgow, and DJ Khaled. They also left out a couple of characters from the previous two movies like Skylar Astin as Jesse and Adam Devine as Bumper.
First off, I think they did another good job with this movie. The girls are back and are again unsure what or where to go in their lives. Becca is fighting against producing music for terrible artists, Chloe is trying to become a vet, Aubrey wants to leave her job for something more meaningful, and Fat Amy is well… Fat Amy.
The girls get back together to perform in a USO tour for troops thanks to Aubrey’s dad. They quickly realize they are out of their element since they are acapella artists and the other groups are legitimate bands who play instruments as well as sing. They try to gain their ground by competing with the other groups in a “riff off” but the other groups don’t know the rules and they quickly lose due to their lack of instruments. They continue to perform trying to have fun and hope to win the spot to open for DJ Khaled in the final televised production.
Of course throughout the course of the movie the girls get themselves into compromising situations and create some trouble along the way, as they are known to do. Fat Amy creates a lot of funny and yet awkward situations that are hilarious.
Hilarity aside, my favorite aspect of these movies is the running theme of sisterhood and friendship. Throughout all three movies you see these girls constantly supporting, helping, and caring for one another. This idea of loving other girls rather than putting them down is a concept that is not always presented in media. As a teacher, coach, and a mother of a daughter I always try to express to young
girls to help build each other up rather than tear each other down. These movies do that beautifully.
In the end, when Becca has been chosen to perform alone, she naturally wants to say no and include all of the Bellas, but the girls want her to be successful and happy. The Bellas are loving sisters that constantly push one another to be better, happy, and healthy individuals. The Bellas call themselves family, and in fact they are each other’s family in the way that they show constant love and support for one another. The girls are also good about calling one another out when necessary. They all seem to accept each other as who they are and that is a great message to people watching these movies, especially young and impressionable girls.
The Bellas end the movie together and start to move on with their lives.
“Alright, ladies, pick up your tits. We’re going to show them that we are not a joke.” (Emily)
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