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I watched 'Pitch Perfect' yesterday. I think Matt Hobbs recommended it to me. He will answer for this.
Pitch perfect tries to be ironic in places, but it cannot escape from what it is. It's a film about university students, aimed at kids who can't wait to be university students. As such, the protagonist (whose name I forget) has all the smug self-importance of your average fourteen year old, who believes themselves to be ineffably unique to all other human beings, and for whom self expression and / or discovery are seemingly the end goals of all sentient life. Masterfully balancing angst and apathy, Barbara (it was something like that) is so unbelievably boring that I can't really be bothered to dislike her. At one point she goes to a party, and just stands there parading her lack of excitement as though it were genuinely a virtue.
My other big qualm with this movie is that all East Asians are depicted as psychotic / uncaring. Literally all of them. The only lesbian in the film is continually looking for excuses to assault her co-eds. I don't mean to sound like the mushy liberal that university is slowly turning me into, but this whole film is about being free to express your true self, so long as your individuality is merely perceived, but you don't actually deviate from the norm of white, straight, irritating teenager.
Final Score: 2/5 'Mildly entertaining in places, but neither subtle nor shocking. A tedious film. The singing is good obviously.
For all of it's flaws, I will credit PP with reminding me what an absolute banger this tune is:
Let's review something else. Let's review my new board game 'Dead of Winter':
It's a very good board game.
10/10 would review again.
That's the end of the review section of today's blog. Possibly the end of today's blog.
Yes.
B.o.B will play us out with this number one jam on the transient nature of worldly gain, and the importance of an assurance of salvation.
Don't worry kids, I think the blog will be back again very soon. This was just a warmup maybe. If you need me, I'll be playing Left 4 Dead.
I watched 'Pitch Perfect' yesterday. I think Matt Hobbs recommended it to me. He will answer for this.
Pitch perfect tries to be ironic in places, but it cannot escape from what it is. It's a film about university students, aimed at kids who can't wait to be university students. As such, the protagonist (whose name I forget) has all the smug self-importance of your average fourteen year old, who believes themselves to be ineffably unique to all other human beings, and for whom self expression and / or discovery are seemingly the end goals of all sentient life. Masterfully balancing angst and apathy, Barbara (it was something like that) is so unbelievably boring that I can't really be bothered to dislike her. At one point she goes to a party, and just stands there parading her lack of excitement as though it were genuinely a virtue.
My other big qualm with this movie is that all East Asians are depicted as psychotic / uncaring. Literally all of them. The only lesbian in the film is continually looking for excuses to assault her co-eds. I don't mean to sound like the mushy liberal that university is slowly turning me into, but this whole film is about being free to express your true self, so long as your individuality is merely perceived, but you don't actually deviate from the norm of white, straight, irritating teenager.
Final Score: 2/5 'Mildly entertaining in places, but neither subtle nor shocking. A tedious film. The singing is good obviously.
For all of it's flaws, I will credit PP with reminding me what an absolute banger this tune is:
Let's review something else. Let's review my new board game 'Dead of Winter':
It's a very good board game.
10/10 would review again.
That's the end of the review section of today's blog. Possibly the end of today's blog.
Yes.
B.o.B will play us out with this number one jam on the transient nature of worldly gain, and the importance of an assurance of salvation.
Thanks, Bob.
Don't worry kids, I think the blog will be back again very soon. This was just a warmup maybe. If you need me, I'll be playing Left 4 Dead.
Dead of Winter is fab. Thanks for the review
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