Baywatch: Film Parody

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Baywatch is a 2017 comedy film parody of a television show under the same name from 1999. The current film is written by Damian Shannon, Mark Swift, and directed by Seth Gordon. Head lifeguard Mitch (Dwayne Johnson) and his team Stephanie Holden (Ilfenesh Hadera), and C.J Parker (Kelly Rohrbach) protects the beaches and bay as part as an elite division known as Baywatch. One day they hold tryouts for new recruits, out of all the participants only 3 are selected: Ronnie (Jon Bass) a chubby nerd with a crush on C.J, a surfer girl named Quinn, and an Olympic gold medallist who lost his popularity after vomiting during a race named Brody (Zac Efron). During their training and patrols, they notice a major drug increase on the beach and are determined to find the culprit.

This is an example of what you would call a Hollywood type of move, its tries too hard to express every emotion. An example would be the opening scene where we …show more content…

Brody is your typical hotshot cocky stud, who thinks the world revolves around him and everyone should love him. C.J. is the hot blonde that every guy is lusting for and Rodney is the nerdy character who always goes through some sort of comedic pain for a few laughs, as well as has a crush on the hot blonde C.J. The story does not give enough character development when needed and seems to neglect a few interesting ones like, Stephanie Holden who is seen in most of the movie but never gets any screentime alone or any backstory information like the rest. A scene in particular which could have actually help build her character is when she shares a kiss with Mitch in a restaurant kitchen in order to fool the thugs that are protecting the drugs. After they stop kissing she is stunned by what happened and it's hinted that she is romantically interested in Mitch, unfortunately, the moment is thrown away and never gives the audience any

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