When music is part of the big screen

When my friends started posting about this movie, I didn't really give much attention to it at first. But then again, as a movie fanatic, I shouldn't let this opportunity slide.

In the height of the craziness of singing and singing groups in television, this movie decided to come out and join the band wagon. But they didn't go the same direction. Instead of making stories about growing up, finding your sexuality, or even about falling in love, they just stuck to the original theme of the movie. Singing.

Pitch Perfect is a movie about a singing group that wanted to redeem itself after an embarrassing loss in the previous year. Like any other collegiate group, it struggles every year to get back to the finals, and every year, they change their line-up because some of them graduate from college on that year.

Anna Kendrick stars as the young college freshman who only entered college at the request of her father, who teaches in the university. But like any other American, they have other plans. And for her, it's to be a DJ in LA. But like most movies, fate has other plans. And it was a bet from her dad that changed everything.

Before I go on and spoil the rest of the movie, I did a small background check on casting Anna Kendrick. It's one thing for an actress to be able to sing. But having known a certain actress who decided to give singing a chance (and lose whatever respect I had), I was a bit hesitant on the casting choice. But then I read that she was a musical theater actress before moving to the movies. And she's a Tony Award winner. Kudos to her for her brilliant performance before entering the movies. But she didn't stop there. She was also nominated for "Best Supporting Actress" for a movie with George Clooney. That put the cherry on top of the reasons why I like her.

Well, besides her, everybody in the cast has a musical background. So at least there wasn't any ghost singers in the entire show. But then again, there was one flaw to the story.

The single flaw that I found in the movie was that the resolve was much too convenient. It didn't have that "we did it out of hard work" feel. It was more of "hey, this happened, now we can win" feel. The conclusion to the story was nice, but still, if they didn't do it like that, then maybe I would have deemed this movie as awesome.

Don't get me wrong, the movie is great. Especially if you love music and singing groups. But if you want a movie with a great story, this isn't it. But if you stick around to the ending, you'll know it's still good.