Monday, January 14, 2013

on call movie night: Pitch Perfect


Something about this movie -- a musical comedy that follows college freshmen through a collegiate a capella season -- just spoke to me. 

Maybe it's because I'm a really good singer (in my shower & alone in my car) and am fully prepared to make a career in a capella one day. 

Maybe it's because the entire movie was filmed at my college ("Lincoln Center"? Nope, that's the stage where I had my college ID made -- and graduated college. The pool where the riff off takes place? That's where my swim team practiced in high school.) 

Maybe it's because at the end, when Jesse says "I told you the ending was the best part" it reminds me of THE romantic quote of the 1990s (for the under 12 set), "I told you I was a good dancer."





Maybe it's because the grand romantic gesture is performed by -RECORD SCRATCH - the female lead, giving me hope that I could potentially sing an 80s song and make a boy (and by a boy, I mean my husband) look at me like this:





But let's face it: it's probably because I will never grow up, and will always appreciate a teen movie that involves choreography.

I'm one of those people who can't watch Glee/American Idol/The Voice without singing constantly for the next 3 hours. So this movie is the perfect on call movie: Y isn't there to tell me to shut up. So I can go on pretending that I am Toni Braxton, and someone will hear me singing at a gas pump and give me a record deal. (That story has stuck with me since Toni Braxton's peak in 1994 or whenever.)

Please, rent this. I'll be here at my computer, watching the performances over and over on YouTube, waiting for someone to tell me I'm not the only person over the age of 21 who is mildly obsessed. Thanks.



12 comments:

  1. This is me with almost every dance movie I have seen in my lifetime. :P

    Great post!
    xx

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    1. Me too!! Center Stage, anyone??

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    2. That is definitely going to be the next on call movie night. I hope it's on Netflix!

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  2. D is on a month-long rotation of pretty much all night shifts, so I'm burning through Netflix like it's my job. I just watched a movie called Butter*, mostly because I was kind of hungry and feeling sorry for my lonely-ass self. Obviously I'm doing it all wrong--I should definitely be watching choreographed teen movies.

    *actually turned out to be fairly entertaining, particularly due to Jennifer Garner's role as an overbearing/psychotic/foul-mouthed housewife.

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    1. I've seen Butter! Mainly because they filmed it in Shreveport. I actually kind of accidentally walked into the middle of shooting that movie -http://werejustdandy.blogspot.com/2010/05/its-fun-to-stay-at.html

      and one time I stalked the cast.... http://werejustdandy.blogspot.com/2010/04/like-buttah.html

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  3. Ooooh I have been so excited for this one to arrive at my Redbox. And while I'm very happy that Peter's call schedule is much better this year, there's just a twinge of regret that I'm not going to have a weekend evening to myself for a couple of weeks in order to watch it...

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    1. You should insist he go out with friends just so you can watch it!

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  4. Seriouslyloved this movie + shockingly the husband (who despises Glee and most things musical) liked it too. funny, whitty, and great tunes - what more can you ask for! (i may or may not have downloaded many of the songs onto my ipod....)

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    1. girl, I bought the soundtrack approximately 3 minutes after the movie ended.

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  5. Casper!! haha oh the memories...and I've been dying to see Pitch Perfect. Will definitely save it for a redbox night when the husband is on call :)

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    1. That Casper clip will never fail to make me giddy! I don't know if you've spent any time on LSU's campus, but if so, you will definitely recognize it in Pitch Perfect.

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