Wednesday, 13 April 2016

Pitch Perfect 2

Pitch Perfect 2





Three years after pitch perfect 1 was released, the Barden Bellas are back, bigger and better than ever.  Becca Mitchell is now leading the group along with Chloe, taking over from Aubrey.  The film starts with the Barden Bellas signing at President Barack Obama’s birthday party which turns into a disaster as Fat Amy’s comes in swinging on a rope and her pants end up ripping, leaving the president and all the audience seeing more than they wanted to.  This accident leaves the Bella’s being suspended from the ICCAs and they are not allowed to hold any more auditions which means the Bella’s reputation is ruined.  At a meeting with the a Capella commentators, Becca makes a deal which allows them to be reinstated if they can win the World Championship of A Capella, the commentators accept the deal but they tell the Bella’s they have no chance as no American team has ever won the world title.


Emily Junk (Hailee Steinfeld) is starting her first year at college and her dream is to follow in her mum Katherine (Katy Sagal) footsteps in becoming a Bella.  At orientation, the Treblemakers perform a routine, who is now being led by Becca’s boyfriend Jesse.  Emily gets the chance to talk to Jesse after their performance and tell him of her dream to join the Bella’s.  Jesse’s best friend Benji over hears the conversation and instantly gets a crush on Emily.  Meanwhile most of the Bella’s are learning that a German a Capella group have replaced them on their victory tour while Becca has her first day working at a recording studio internship, which no one knows about apart from Jesse.

Emily goes to the Bella’s sorority house to audition for them.  At first she is rejected as they are not allowed to hold any more auditions but once she announces her mother is a legacy, the Bella’s let her audition.  Emily sings a song she has written herself but has not quite finished yet called ‘Flashlight’.  Since Emily came to the house and they did not actually hold auditions, Emily is successful and is now a member of the group.  The group then go to a party where Benji tries to ask Emily out but she kindly refuses as it is only her first day of college.  Bumper Allen (Adam Devine) returns from being back up to John Mayer and starts dating Fat Amy.       



The Bellas decide to check out the German group (Das Sound Machine) who is their replacements at a car show where the ICCA winners were supposed to perform.  Becca is mesmerised by the German group and tries to give them smart answers back but she fails.  The Bellas are determined to beat DSM at the world finals so they decide to practise a routine which is similar but supposed to be better.  At the internship, Snoop Dogg is signing his Christmas album.  Becca’s boss is looking for ideas to make it better so Becca should him her mash up skills which he is impressed with.  That night the Bellas get invited to an exclusive riff-off but the Bellas lose out to DSM in the final round because Emily panics and signs her own song which is not allowed.


Becca’s boss is disappointed with the mash up’s she gives him as they are all the same, he expected better than that so he gives her another chance to prove herself.  Becca feels stressed as the Bellas have tough competition and the internship is not what she thought it would be.  Fat Amy tries to make Becca feel better and also reveals she has known about the internship for a while.  The next night, Bumper invites Fat Amy out and attempts to get serious with her but Amy rejects him as she does not liked to be tied down to anything.  The next day the Bellas perform for some older people but it ends in another disaster with too many props being used and Cynthia-Rose’s hair catching fire.  Chloe has an idea to regain harmony and try to find who they are by going to a retreat which, led by former leader Aubrey.           
    
The challenges at the retreat are very physical and at first the girls moan and do not want to take part.  Becca gets mad and feel like this is a waste of time and there is more important things she could be doing.  Amy reveals to the group about Becca doing the internship as well which starts an argument between Becca and Chloe as Chloe is obsessed with the Bellas and winning every competition.  Becca storms off but is captured by a bar net which Chloe finds funny before being concerned for Becca’s safety.  The net starts to rip and fall but Lily manages to get her down safely

The girls all sit down together and talk about what their plans are for the future.  Becca and Emily come up the idea of letting Emily produce ‘Flashlight’ at the studio where she does her internship.  When the group realise that after graduation they may all go their separate ways so they will not see each other again, they regain their harmony by signing ‘Cups (when I’m gone).  Amy realises she made a mistake with Bumper and goes to win him back but gets caught in a bear net.  Once she is free, she sails across the lake singing ‘we belong’ to him.   


At the studio, Becca and Emily present their song to Becca’s boss and he is jealous of their talents but looks forward to producing with them in the future.  The senior Bellas of the group now graduate before they all head of too Copenhagen for the world finals along with Benji and Jesse.  DSM go on before the Bellas and the crowd love them, which makes the Bellas nervous but Fat Amy gives the group a pep talk and brings sprit back amongst them.  The Bellas go out and start their performance by a handclap introduction and finish with a harmonised version of ‘flashlight’ with all the past Bellas joining in.  In the end the Bellas win the championship and repair all the damage they had created for themselves. 


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