Some people on this site appear to be getting a little carried away with themselves. To quote many, "This is the greatest Tarzan film ever made
" I think these people need to calm down and maybe have a little look at Greystoke (a far superior film in every respect).
This particular film, to be fair, is OK...nothing more. The story is adequate but the phoney CGI is what really grates with me. It's just pure laziness. From the phoney animals to the phoney swinging onto a moving train scene – it's just utter drivel. It's like a cross between Spiderman 3 and Star Wars Episode 1 but set in a fake green-screen jungle. CGI can be done well (see the bear attack in The Revenant), but this was just thrown together. And that is one of my pet hates of modern cinema – phoney CGI. This has obviously been made, without any craft, for the CGI, bubble-gum for the eyeballs, generation of modern movie goers. Knowing what I know now, I would not have lost out by never seeing this film. If you've never seen a Tarzan film, put on Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. It is a beautiful, human, haunting, moving picture which does the Tarzan legend justice!
This particular film, to be fair, is OK...nothing more. The story is adequate but the phoney CGI is what really grates with me. It's just pure laziness. From the phoney animals to the phoney swinging onto a moving train scene – it's just utter drivel. It's like a cross between Spiderman 3 and Star Wars Episode 1 but set in a fake green-screen jungle. CGI can be done well (see the bear attack in The Revenant), but this was just thrown together. And that is one of my pet hates of modern cinema – phoney CGI. This has obviously been made, without any craft, for the CGI, bubble-gum for the eyeballs, generation of modern movie goers. Knowing what I know now, I would not have lost out by never seeing this film. If you've never seen a Tarzan film, put on Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes. It is a beautiful, human, haunting, moving picture which does the Tarzan legend justice!
