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‘Pitch Perfect 2’ Trounces Its Competition
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Posted on 05/17/2015 2:30:50 PM PDT by Perdogg

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Haha - it beat out "Mad Max"
1 posted on 05/17/2015 2:30:50 PM PDT by Perdogg
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2 posted on 05/17/2015 2:31:55 PM PDT by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushesh)
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I’ll be damned...this flick has turned ‘no fat chicks’ over on its head...go figure.


3 posted on 05/17/2015 2:38:00 PM PDT by who knows what evil? (Yehovah saved more animals than people on the ark...www.siameserescue.com)
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All the fat chicks dragged their boyfriends to go see it. That’s a HUGE market.


4 posted on 05/17/2015 2:40:28 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: Perdogg

In the one word sayings of jojo biden, one word, “Green Bay Packers Cameo”. Just sayin’. :>}


5 posted on 05/17/2015 2:48:45 PM PDT by rktman (Served in the Navy to protect the rights of those that want to take some of mine away. Odd, eh?)
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Everybody knew it was going to beat out Mad Max. R rated movies from 40 year old franchises don’t beat PG-13 rated movies from 3 year old franchises. Though MM is a better movie, with probably a lot less of that supposed feminism. It’s not a license to print money.


6 posted on 05/17/2015 2:58:11 PM PDT by discostu (Bobby, I'm sorry you have a head like a potato.)
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Fury Road is getting the best word of mouth of any film in recent memory. It’s going to have a long run and it will make a lot of money.


7 posted on 05/17/2015 3:10:06 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (The greatest trick the Soviets ever pulled was convincing the world they didn't exist.)
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To: Perdogg

PP2 was hilarious. Saw it Thursday night. Very good follow-up to the first one. Will see Mad Max this week.


8 posted on 05/17/2015 3:12:16 PM PDT by thefactor (yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
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I’ll be damned...this flick has turned ‘no fat chicks’ over on its head...go figure.

The sequel must include "Fat Amy" in the cast.

9 posted on 05/17/2015 3:25:09 PM PDT by CedarDave (Bush vs. Clinton in 2016? If you have a 24-year old car, the bumper stickers are still good!)
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

99% at Rotten. I’ve never seen an action movie score above 85, there’s a big chunk of critics who just don’t like them. But man it’s a fun movie.


10 posted on 05/17/2015 3:27:07 PM PDT by discostu (Bobby, I'm sorry you have a head like a potato.)
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Honestly, just got back from seeing it. Absolutely hilarious. The non sequiturs are just over the top. Great movie for all ages.


11 posted on 05/17/2015 3:33:18 PM PDT by rstrahan
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To: Perdogg

I just requested “Pitch Perfect” from Netflix. It sounds amusing.


12 posted on 05/17/2015 3:43:18 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("He's not my prophet, he's just some dead bloke." ~ Mark Steyn)
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I’d see it, but having missed out on the original Pitch Perfect, I wouldn’t comprehend the plot.


13 posted on 05/17/2015 3:46:30 PM PDT by BCrago66
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“Mad Max Fury Road” didn’t do so hot because it went feminist. I liked the first movies, especially Road Warrior and Beyond Thunderdome. Here’s where “Mad Max” failed.

* Heroine who is as tough if not tougher than Max, has more screen time, and WAY more personality; Max’s only distinguishing trait aside from the sheer action is clear mental illness. It reminds me of the modern sitcoms where if Dad isn’t missing, he’s lovable but clueless or inept.

* Max has an idea to save the girls, but their true saviors are the old feminists who come in during the second act and mostly die saving the young breeders.

* The ending is ultra-modern, egalitarian and, while it gives hope for civilization, not quite a fit IMO with the rest of the movies.

* Heavy handed stereotypical characterizations like the fat evil accountant down to swollen feet, a blinded justice who kills randomly to try to get back property as is right with the patriarchal overlord, all the women are sex toys or barefoot and pregnant except for Imperator Furiosa.

* Lots of homage to comic book movies like “The Watchmen” with scenes shaped to look like cool 3D moments lifted from comic books that did little to improve the actual story.


14 posted on 05/17/2015 4:10:17 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

Agreed. I saw it and LOVED it. Talk about over the top! I thought I’d be the one old dude sitting in the back but there were a lot of old dudes and old dude spouses there with me.


15 posted on 05/17/2015 4:10:43 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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‘________there were a lot of old dudes and old dudes spouses there with me.’

Meanwhile, my daughter reluctantly allowed her mid-teenager to see the movie - as ‘all her friends were going.’ Daughter could have forbidden her daughter, but prefers her daughter not to become sneaky, or whatever.

Our granddaughter’s family prefers not to help finance movies like that, by buying tickets and attending, and are ‘protecting’ their daughters from junk for as long as possible.
Meanwhile, their attitude comes from a/the Christian perspective.

Even so, this family performs locally, and does some commercials. So the kids have a good background in musicals and dramas for all ages, and are learning what is junk.


16 posted on 05/17/2015 6:14:16 PM PDT by USARightSide (S U P P O R T I N G OUR T R O O P S)
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I’ve heard from sources I trust that it’s an action masterpiece. I haven’t been to a movie theater in 17 years, and I’m seeing it this week.


17 posted on 05/17/2015 7:33:01 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (The greatest trick the Soviets ever pulled was convincing the world they didn't exist.)
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Basically somebody explained to Miller that the best 20 minutes of Mad Max history was the end of Road Warrior, so they did that for 2 hours. And it just keeps amping up and up and up. With just enough pauses to put together just enough plot to have an excuse for the next leg.


18 posted on 05/17/2015 7:35:15 PM PDT by discostu (Bobby, I'm sorry you have a head like a potato.)
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It really really is. Hope you like it. I LOVED it.


19 posted on 05/18/2015 8:18:40 AM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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To: discostu

It’s currently ranked at #23 on the IMDB Top 250 list.


20 posted on 05/18/2015 12:29:44 PM PDT by Borges
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