Pitch Perfect is one of my all time favorite movies, but there are certain things about it that really bother me. From musical terms to seniority issues, here are the things that bother me about the movie.
1. "Match Pitch"
In the beginning, Bumper tells the treblemakers to "match pitch" but they harmonize instead. Do you even music?
2. Part Switching
In the shower, Beca starts on melody and Chloe starts on harmony. When they get to the chorus, they switch without any cues. How were they supposed to know to switch when they've never sung together before?
3. Since U Been Gone
During the auditions, everyone sang in the same key without being given a pitch. There's no way every single one of those people would've coincidentally started in the same key.
4. "Sing Ah"
The girls were expected to sing a major chord without being given a pitch. There's no way all those girls had perfect pitch, so they couldn't expect that out of them.
5. Sigma Beta Theta vs. The Riff Off
When the Bellas were singing at the SBT mixer, they sounded awful, even after rehearsing for a couple weeks. They didn't prepare for the riff off at all, and yet sounded great when they got there.
6. Treblemakers Regional Performance
Again with forgetting the starting pitch. The treblemakers didn't have one, but somehow they still started on the same pitch.
7. Party In The USA
On the bus to finals, Chloe starts singing Party in the USA and the rest of the Bellas join in, except for Beca. They pause until she joins, but Chloe still has her headphones in. They definitely wouldn't still be in time with the music and that would end up being very distracting.
8. Singing After Surgery
Chloe had her surgery over spring break and then was singing again the next week. You're definitely supposed to have recovery time after any surgery, and I'm sure that one would be no different.
9. No Warm Ups
Not a single group warmed up before a performance, they just went out and did it. Not only would that have destroyed their voices, they also would've sounded AWFUL because they wouldn't have been able high notes.
10. Continuity Errors
There are so many continuity errors, I don't even think I could name them all. The most noticeable would be during the Bellas finals performance. Throughout the performance, Aubrey's hair goes back and forth between being all up, all down, or halfway in between.
11. Freshmen Leading
Somehow, in both the Treblemakers and the Bellas, a freshman ended up leading after the original head of the group left or gave up. There were other upperclassmen available, so why didn't they end up in charge?
Even though there are so many problems, Pitch Perfect is still my favorite and probably always will be. I just think all these things are funny.
