a singing, dancing, gyrating Bond seems appropriate 😎😁

@mechajutaro said:

Well done, Iris. Dunno that I'd give it nine outta ten personally, nonetheless I walked out of the auditorium solidly of the mind that this one was far better than the surprisingly ho hum and not terribly funny Pitch 2, marvelous as Hailee Steinfeld is. The franchise is back to form here, delivering quite a few laughs and no shortage of seductive gyrations from this extraordinary fetching cast, and amen regarding the surprisingly griping action sequence that rounds out the finale: if director Trish Lae isn't at least in the running to helm the next James Bond installment, we officially have one more sign of the Apocalypse in the aftermath of that dude who used to be on The Apprentice moving into the White House.

One question: you made no mention of Stacie being sidelined through most of the movie. You weren't a fan or sincerely didn't believe her near absence to be of much importance?

In relation to Stacey, I'd have to say the latter. Nothing against the character, just didn't miss her personally.

This movie doesn't seem as forced as the second one, where they were trying to shoehorn Hailie Stienfeld and that Flashlight song into the mix. There was also a feeling of sadness to this one, as it's written to be the end of the Bellas that we know. Not sure why, but it irritated me that DJ Khaled wanted to pluck Beca out to be a solo act. It just reminds me of the Supremes and 100 other acts where one person is selected as the "star" and the rest of the group loses out. I guess it was nice that everybody else had other plans anyway.

I read some comments that Anna Kendrick nixed the idea of the Bellas dressing in more skimpy fashion, because she said the reason people come to see these movies is to see all the girls of different types, shapes, and sizes. That may be partly true, but I think she's also underestimating her own sex appeal (I notice Beca had the lowest plunging neckline) and also that of Anna Camp, and Brittany Snow with red hair is just heart melting.