Hi guys it's Debbie and today I'd like to speak about "Baywatch", a comedy film
directed by Seth Gordon and starring Zac Efron and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson. When
this film's trailer was released I don't think I managed to reach two thirds of
it before slamming my laptop shut. I considered it such an insult to the art
of cinema, that I didn't want to even conceive it as a possibility. And now
this movie is playing in cinemas worldwide, many people have reacted to it
with expressions of total disgust: there have been complaints of what even is the
point of trying in a world in which these products flood the market. After
all it reaches the absolute peak of rudeness and stupidity and overall it
is vulgar, childish and quite... useless. And all of this is very very true, but
because this brainless, predictable, outrageous film aims at being exactly
all of this. It wants to be over-the-top, it is an obvious parody of itself. It's
disgustingly simple and ridiculous because it obviously makes fun of years
and years of preposterous, over-the-top, ridiculous 80s, 90s (even 2000s)
action-comedy films which claimed to be good products. It mocks stereotyped characters,
it makes fun of absurd dialogues, it presents pearly white teeth, muscles and
breasts because that's what the easy side of cinema has always tried to
make us eagerly pay for. And it was incredible in doing all of this. It
was such an obvious joke on all those stereotyped situations that I couldn't
help not bursting out into fits of guilty giggles and wondering how the
actors didn't crack up laughing in every scene. It is a product made only for
entertainment, for fun. This film was no way even close to being
a good film, it didn't even try to etch its name in the history of cinema, but it
proves there's a difference between questionable, ridiculous comedy and
stupidity just for the simple sake of stupidity. "Baywatch is a parody, it is a
loud, slapstick, adult comedy film which is way different than just being dumb
and foolish and hoping a couple of kids will laugh. The plot follows a group of
famous lifeguards while they patrol Emerald Bay, under the supervision of
their super macho leader/mentor portrayed by Dwayne "The
Rock" Johnson. He is so proud of his job and so good at it, that his rescues often
stray across the border of his "jurisdiction" and he ends up doing the work
of the police, often resulting in hilarious squabbles with local police
officers. His team also includes a group of supermodels covered by two square
inches of a red neoprene and a geeky overweight kid because we haven't
covered all the stereotyped characters. Zac Efron instead portrays an arrogant
former Olympic swimmer which doesn't grasp the concept of teamwork, but which
awkwardly wants to join in on the team, much to the leader's disappointment
and anger. The crew soon starts investigating a trail which leads them
to a group of drug dealers and assassins, led by a mysterious (and
obviously stunning) woman called Victoria. Most of the plot is made of hilarious
situations, gags, puns, explicit nudity and references to previous films or TV
series and all of it is conveyed in a totally serious and convinced manner, as
I said before mocking the ridiculous trail of goofy previous products. The
Rock and Zac Efron were so different from one another and so straightforward and
convinced in their roles, that I have no idea how they just didn't crack up
laughing in every scene. The Rock was the huge, muscular, proud, old-school man
which will take no-nonsense and Zac Effron perfectly portrayed the greedy
arrogant kid which only wants to join the team to reach the above-mentioned
supermodels. All the dialogues were built in order to make fun of trashy films
with super-forced exposition, and nearly every element in the plot was a parody.
Is this film a waste of viewers' time and money? Well if you're paying to watch
a film called "Baywatch, with Zac Efron, David Hasselhoff, a group of Victoria
Secret supermodels, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's opening scene diving in
front of the sunset to save a person while dolphins jump up to form a
high-five motion behind him, were you really expecting anything different?
I don't think the trailer would have suggested all of this and then proceeded
to seriously analyze the legal proceedings surrounding the jurisdiction
on American soil concerning bodies of water. This film
actually brings up quite a serious topic, which is the beauty of cinema as a
form of art and whether we should actually pay to watch this type of film.
I believe cinema is a very open art, I believe cinema is for everybody, whether
you enjoy watching only Oscar-winning universally acclaimed movies, or whether
you like just watching teen dramas or romantic films or whether you like to
have a laugh every now and again at the cinema. The beauty of cinema (and of every
other form of art in the end) is that you don't have to choose, it is open to
everybody, to every taste, everybody can enjoy it in their own way. Should we
just not have a laugh and not try watching anything and just wait for the
Oscar period to praise the most awarded film? "Baywatch is stupid. It doesn't try
to be clever, it doesn't try to win an award, it's a complete parody, it is
ridiculous, it's rude, it's vulgar, it's childish. It's not my favourite film,
it will never be... it's not even my favourite genre! Its costume department
is made of palm shirts, sun tan lotion and flip-flops, and its special
effects include the winner for worst CGI fire of the year. But it embraces this, it
has its audience, it knows it's nothing more than that and it helped us laugh for
once in this super serious world, even if we know the jokes were bad, they were
over-the-top, they were stupid. But it entertained us, even just for two hours. So
I would recommend this film if you know what you're in for,
if you won't take it too seriously and also if you're not planning on watching
it with children because although it is funny, it is definitely adult oriented.
Let me know if you enjoyed "Baywatch or if you absolutely hated it, with a
comment here below. And also if you enjoyed this video make sure to
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