Review of The Legend of Tarzan (2016) by Dan L — 25 Sep 2016

There were 25 books written about Tarzan, and I've read them all several times. He's one of the great fictional characters of the 20th century, and many later characters were created using the basic framework created by Burroughs; every time you see one lone man face impossible odds and win, (Bond, Eastwood westerns, Die Hard, etc.

) you're seeing the hero type Burroughs created. This movie is by far, the best Tarzan movie ever made, and the first to depict the hero as Burroughs invented him. Several "reviewers" try to dismiss Tarzan and this movie as "racist"; clearly, they know little or nothing about the original character.

If a fictional character survives long enough, they often become lampooned and reduced to comic status; this doesn't mean that the original character isn't great; sadly, we seem to delight in marginalizing our heroes.

If you want to see a well made and entertaining film that depicts the character as his inventor intended, this is a movie you should see. And while you're at it, watch another recent Burroughs movie done well, "John Carter".

~DL.