Review of The Legend of Tarzan (2016) by Nancy J — 01 Jun 2017

Have you ever wondered why there are so many versions of Tarzan? I read the original Edgar Rice Burroughs book a decade ago because I wanted to know what the real version was. The book was a Penny Dreadful that was fun as heck, silly as all get out, and pretty skewed from reality (Tarzan teaches himself to read from a book he found in his dead parents tree house and he can do that because he's of Nobel birth) LOL.

This new version of Tarzan not only tries to make it as realistic as it can be in the circumstances (it is a super hero jungle guy), it also incorporates history of the time (turn of the 19th Century) by having the villains be the Belgians in the Congo. The Legend of Tarzan takes the legend and makes it a better story.

The stars of the movie are all fantastic in their roles. Alexander Skarsgard is beyond buff, beautiful and an amazing Tarzan. Margot Robbie is sweet and tough as nails as Jane. Samuel L. Jackson is always good but this part would be less without him. Christoph Waltz was very villainy and believable.

Thank you to all the people who made this movie, for thinking we needed yet another Tarzan. Now I want a sequel.