Legend of Tarzan

Legend of Tarzan

Rating 7.5 out of 10

I thought this movie looked interesting from the first preview I saw.  I know CGI has come a long ways in the past few years and that would only help a movie like this.  That and any movie with Margot Robbie will get my rear in a seat.  When it came out to pretty dismal reviews I tried to think back to any other Tarzan movie not a cartoon that was very good.  I had decided to let this wait for a rental, but the Hottie wanted to see it and she usually gets what she wants.

This is a bit of a different telling of the Tarzan tale.  I have never read a Tarzan book and actually had to google to find out it was a series of 20 books written in the early 1900s by Edgar Rice Burroughs.  With this movie we start several years into Tarzan's life where is his now a Lord and gentleman living in England with his lovely and spunky wife Jane.  He now goes by John Clayton.  No one calls him Tarzan anymore.  Much of the jungle story is told well by flashbacks.

When bad guys are taking slaves and doing bad things to the locals in the jungles of Africa to get at the vast supply of diamonds to be had.  Tarzan is drawn in to try to help his people and Jane comes along.  He is also followed by American George Washington Williams who is determine to shine a light on the new slavery.

Any cast that includes Samuel L. Jackson and Christoph Waltz gets an A+ rating.  Ms. Robbie holds her own also.  I didn't really care for Alexander Skarsgard as Tarzan but the Hottie thought he was perfect.

Overall I was entertained much more than I thought I would.