On this episode, the GeekScholars host a spoiler-free discussion and review of Baywatch, a raunchy comedic adaptation of the popular television show about a bunch of lifeguards who solve mysteries and fight crime on their beach.
What to Watch This Weekend is a weekly podcast from GeekScholars Movie News. Each Friday, the GeekScholars present a spoiler-free review of a film that has just become available in the past week to watch by renting, streaming, or purchasing.
The misadventures of the Baywatch team – from grounded leader Mitch to hot dogging Matt; from sympathetic nerd Ronnie to Rommie’s dreamgirl CJ – as they tackle the ‘not quite Bond’ villain Victoria are little short of genius-level silliness (with a dash of drama to keep things from drifting away).
Baywatch is coming to home video on August 15th (digital) and August 29th (Blu-ray and DVD). The Blu-ray and 4K UHD releases include an extended version of the film.
Maybe it’s just the mood I had going into Baywatch (looking for a laugh or two after a day of packing up to move), but I quite enjoyed Baywatch.
I only ever watched a couple episodes of the TV series, but the movie seemed to hit every one of the major parts of the show – slo-mo Baywatch babe; overly earnest Mitch Buchanan; plucky comic relief (who’s so quick to melt down when his crush is around that he doesn’t realize that she’s into him from the beginning); totally inappropriate investigation of suspected criminal activity; lots and lots of beautiful beach people.
The international trailer for Baywatch is as gloriously silly as the U.S. one. This movie could well be brilliant.
Check it out after the break. Baywatch opens on May 26th.
Continue reading Good Thing International Trailer: Baywatch!
This may be the funniest trailer I’ve seen this year. If there’s a Baywatch trope we laughed at back in the day, it’s burned in this sucker! (I hope Hasslehoff has seen it…).
Check it out after the break. Baywatch stars Dwayne Johneson and Zac Efron and will be in theaters on May 26, 2017.