More: The Newest Trailer For the Last Pitch Perfect Movie Is Hereīut here we are, faced with the prospect of yet another Pitch Perfect movie hitting theaters, getting turned into memes, clogging our cultural conversations and basically dragging down the mood at an otherwise fun time of year. Where was the clamor? Where was the excitement for more of the Barden Bellas? No, I’d wager there wasn’t and frankly, Pitch Perfect 2 proved to us that there was little to mine in the way of continued originality or amusement from the seeds of female empowerment in the world of a capella (?!) that was worth the price of admission. I mean, who didn’t want to learn to play “Cups (When I’m Gone)” on actual cups once the Pitch Perfect credits rolled?īut just because Pitch Perfect was a fun movie, that doesn’t mean it warranted a second and third movie. Plus, the music was a helluva lot of fun and, during a time when a capella was having a moment in pop culture, it was easy to get sucked in. The star power of Kendrick and Wilson was enough to get my butt in the seat, and furthermore, the story of a motley crew of women coming together to pursue, of all things, a capella glory in a collegiate setting was offbeat, approachable and genuinely fun. More: Elizabeth Banks Is Committed to Amplifying Women’s Voices Across the Worldĭon’t get me wrong: Pitch Perfect, the first film in what would become a nauseating franchise, was great.