Line #7 YMMV/Baywatch2017


1	* AssPull: Near the end of the film, when it looks like [[spoiler: Mitch is dying from the sea urchin poison]], Summer casually mentions that [[spoiler: Mitch makes them carry antidote with them at all times.]] While it makes sense given Baywatch's CrazyPrepared attitude, it seems odd that it was never mentioned before.
2	* AudienceAlienatingPremise:
3	** Along with the double-edged sword that is making a ''Film/TwentyOneJumpStreet''-like DeconstructiveParody while still trying to appeal to the original's fans, there's the fact that the trailers clearly showed the movie was taken a VulgarHumor route. This certainly drove away potential ''Baywatch'' viewers and made it tank in the domestic box office (while faring somewhat better internationally).
4	** It didn't help that many of the characters are InNameOnly to their series counterparts who, while often one-dimensional and cliche, at least had distinct personalities and drove the plot foward.
5	* CrazyIsCool: Seems to be what Baywatch has become under this version of Mitch. They take their jobs as the guardians of the beach very seriously and will do downright insane things in trying to keep it safe.
6	* CrossesTheLineTwice: [[spoiler: Mitch outright ''kills'' Victoria Leeds with a fireworks launcher. Then her dismembered foot lands inches away from Matt's face and Ronnie comments on how gruesome the sight is.]]
7	* EscapistCharacter: Ronnie, the fat dork who somehow manages to become one of Mitch's trainees, getting him plenty of chances to make an impression on [=CJ=], who is way out of his league. [[spoiler: And then they sleep together.]]
8	* FetishRetardant: Creator/PamelaAnderson's cameo was probably meant to be sexy, but her heavily botoxed face and peroxide hair are very off-putting.
9	* HarsherInHindsight: It's probably for the best that then-Website/{{Vine}} (now Website/YouTube) star Logan Paul's cameo was deleted from the final cut, considering how he made himself internet public enemy number one at the very beginning of the next year.[[note]]Specifically for visiting Japan's infamous [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aokigahara "suicide forest"]] and filming ''a man's dead body'' they found hanging from a tree there.[[/note]]
10	* HilariousInHindsight:
11	** According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ax-wJcNtq0 this interview]], the entire characterization of Matt as a "disgraced Olympian" was written down long before the business about Ryan Lochte went public.
12	** Mitch is compared to both Batman and Superman. Dwayne Johnson is signed up for a role as Black Adam in the Franchise/DCExtendedUniverse.
13	*** Following on that, the cop that acts as Mitch's InspectorJavert is played by Creator/YahyaAbdulMateenII, who plays Black Manta in ''Film/{{Aquaman\|2018}}''. The titular hero of that film is played by Creator/JasonMomoa, whose earliest role was on ''Baywatch: Hawaii''.
14	*** In Brazil, Mitch is voiced by Creator/GuilhermeBriggs, known for voicing Superman.
15	*** Shortly after his debut film Film/TheMarine was released in 2007 Creator/JohnCena was asked during his 5 questions segment on wwe.com if he would be willing to lead a film adaptation of Baywatch if one were made. Who knew 10 years later one would be made but it would actually star Cena’s fellow WWE alum Dwayne Johnson!
16	* HoYay:
17	** CJ Parker, who is so enthralling that even the girls become dumbstruck by her:
18	--->'''Summer:''' Why does she always looks likes she's running in slow-mo?\
19	'''Ronnie:''' You see it too?
20	** When the original Casey Jean (Pamela Anderson) shows up in the end to train the new members, everyone is entranced, complete with her hair flipping in slow-motion. Lampshaded by Stephanie.
21	--->'''Stephanie:''' This might take a while...
22	* NauseaFuel: Ronnie's erection taking some serious punishment. There's also his hairy nipples (thankfully he shaves them) and the sight of him showering naked. In-universe, however, [[spoiler: the erection and naked shower all work out to Ronnie's advantage as it only makes CJ more attracted to him]].
23	* TheScrappy: Early reviews, even positive reviews, have shown almost universal negativity towards Ronnie, stating that he is largely unnecessary and forced into the movie. Whether they find his jokes to be funny has been more mixed, however.
24	* SpecialEffectsFailure: The fire in the boat rescue sequence is really, really not convincing.
25	* {{Squick}}:
26	** While hiding among dead bodies in the morgue, one starts to drip dissolved body fat on Matt.
27	** Matt vomiting in a swimming pool.

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