(Blogger's note: Upon rereading this post in a more alert state, I realize that I shouldn't be given access to a computer while super tired. But I'm also too lazy to change anything in it, so here you go.)
There is something about loads of
teenage girls quoting movies that just totally repulses me. From the
movie, I mean.
When Pitch Perfect came out I
thought it looked sort of stupid. Like, oh great. An hour-and-a-half
long Glee. But then it got positive reviews, which surprised me, and
I started seeing dozens of gif-sets of the movie on Tumblr.
Eventually my mom rented it and I thought, why the hell not? I'll
watch it.
And it wasn't awful; I sort of liked
it. There was a predictable ending and cringe-worthy characters, but
it was okay.
But you know what's not okay? When
these girls who stand by my locker every morning quote Pitch
Perfect to its grave. Mostly it's in reference to one of the
jokes, in which you put “aca”, as in “a capella”, in front of
another word. One of the locker girls will say “Aca-awkward” to a
situation that is in no way awkward and her friends will laugh a
dainty but piercing laugh but one of them won't get it so then the
others will explain it and then say more words with “aca” in
front of them whilst my insides boil.
Now of course I know that this isn't
the movie's fault. How were the writers supposed to know that teenage
girls would be endlessly quoting simple lines of dialogue while
others contemplated homicide? This doesn't take away from the fact,
though, that these girls absolutely ruined the movie for me.
(Blogger's note: This would most
definitely be considered a rant, which is frowned upon where I come
from, especially since I didn't use any number or stats and I
complained a lot. We'll just go with it, though, yes? Like that awful
Adam Sandler movie Just Go With It.
Dibs on being Jennifer Aniston.)
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