“The Legend of Tarzan” is the latest in a long line of movies based on the fictional character created in 1912 by famed writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. And not a good one, either. Director David Yates (the last four “Harry Potter” films) and screenwriters Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer have put together a motion picture with a muddled plot, a conventional storyline, and a very slow pace.
The acting is nothing to write home about. Alexander Skarsgard and Margot Robbie turned in unmemorable performances as John Clayton III (Tarzan) and Jane Porter Clayton, respectively. Other underachievers include Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent, Caspar Crump, Hadley Fraser, Genevieve O’Reilly, and Simon Russell Beale in this boring Jerry Weintraub production from Warner Bros., “The Legend of Tarzan,” a disaster at the box office.
The Legend of Tarzan (2016)
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My Review
“The Legend of Tarzan” is the latest in a long line of movies based on the fictional character created in 1912 by famed writer Edgar Rice Burroughs. And not a good one, either. Director David Yates (the last four “Harry Potter” films) and screenwriters Adam Cozad and Craig Brewer have put together a motion picture with a muddled plot, a conventional storyline, and a very slow pace.
The acting is nothing to write home about. Alexander Skarsgard and Margot Robbie turned in unmemorable performances as John Clayton III (Tarzan) and Jane Porter Clayton, respectively. Other underachievers include Samuel L. Jackson, Christoph Waltz, Djimon Hounsou, Jim Broadbent, Caspar Crump, Hadley Fraser, Genevieve O’Reilly, and Simon Russell Beale in this boring Jerry Weintraub production from Warner Bros., “The Legend of Tarzan,” a disaster at the box office.