Indefinite pitch

This evening I elected to, under no duress or pressure from my hosts - watch Pitch Perfect.

Apparently - A Capella is popular these days, and as a result of that someone somewhere decided that a movie that dealt with the issues around such an activity was overdue.

So then, that someone, or someone else, scrawled down a derivative paper thin script (we're talking well below the standard 80g/m² paper typical to most offices) and set about making a film.

I'm not good with things I don't understand - and I don't understand quite how positively films of blatantly questionable quality are received.  

Yes, it's inoffensive and fun - where's the harm?  I'm not sure. Where did everyone leave their objectivity?  How much hollow entertainment is too much? Nutrition is good for you.

The plot is tired, very tired - there is an attempt of injecting satire or irony into it, but it doesn't work.  There are a few laugh out loud moments (from support characters, of course) but on the whole it's scarcely witty - it's actually almost like a Disney made for TV movie.

It lacks relevance and probably due to its targeted certification band it is definitely lacking any edge.

The characters are woefully generic, the no-nonsense fat girl, the sexy brunette, the bossy blonde, and the 'alternative' central character struggling to fit in.  And that's just the female cast, the male cast is equally uninspired.  I don't care how hot they (the women) are, if you're not going to create some semblance of a character for them they're just tits and arse on a screen.  I can watch tits and arse in lots of other places that don't induce quite the feeling of nausea or keep me up at night.

So I guess the fact that it's a generally terrible piece of film means it's just a tool for delivering 10 or so songs  (or 20 or so if you break up the 'mash ups'), but if you don't particularly like watching people mime to overly-processed and occasionally auto-tuned vocals you should probably just...well...do something else.

For the record, I don't hate A Capella, if The Blanks ever came anywhere near Cardiff I'd make a point of going to see them.