![]() The fact that the tall, Nordic-looking Skarsgard doesn’t seem particularly British works in the movie’s favor, with it being intentional that the impossibly imposing ape-man stand-out among his 19th century English peers like a fish-out-of-water. In the lead role, Alexander Skarsgard is ideally cast. While neither as high-brow as Hugh Hudson’s GREYSTROKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN or as silly as the MGM Johnny Weissmuller programmers from the thirties and forties (which, I’ll admit, I have a huge weakness for), it remains to be seen whether audiences will embrace the loincloth-wearing hero in this period adventure. While the early buzz hasn’t been great, this TARZAN update is a completely respectable, politically correct, 21st century incarnation of the hero. Sure enough, THE LEGEND OF TARZAN is a massive, tent-pole, wannabe franchise starter for Warner Bros, big enough that they’ve pumped a reported $180 million into it, and hired HARRY POTTER's David Yates to direct. ![]() While there hasn’t been a decent (live-action) Tarzan film in about thirty years, there was never a doubt in my mind that Edgar Rice Burroughs’s vine-swinging hero would return to the silver screen in a big way at some point. ![]() REVIEW: I’ve long been a fan of Tarzan, the Ape man. PLOT: In the late 19th century, the now civilized Lord Greystroke, aka Tarzan ( Alexander Skarsgard) returns to the jungle with Jane ( Margot Robbie) in-tow to investigate rumors that the Belgian government is engaging in the slave trade.
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