Finished watching The Legend of Tarzan, directed by David Yates and staring Christoph Waltz, Djimon Hounson, Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie and Samuel L. Jackson. The film opens up with a group of Belgian soldiers lead by Léon Rom (Christoph Waltz) meeting with Mbonga (Djimon Hounson) the leader of a local tribe in the Congo for diamonds that will help to fund the Belgian army only for Mbonga to tell Léon that he will receive his full payment if he can bring Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) to the tribe to pay for killing the chief's son years prior. Meanwhile in London Tarzan has now been living in society as John Clayton III for several years with his wife Jane (Margot Robbie) as he gets an invitation from the King of Belgium to join him in the Congo with news of this American George Washington Williams (Samuel L. Jackson) asks to join John in hope to find criminal evidence against Belgium for using slave labour. Overall this was a good film as it brings together a good Tarzan story with a nice amount of character interactions comedic moments that is blended together incredibly well. The way that the film transitions between the main events of the film and the flashbacks of Tarzan's life within the jungle and the first time he meets Jane works perfectly within the context of the film as the events of the past are affecting the events of the present while also helping to explore the history of each character. There are some great emotional scenes with some characters deaths being extremely heartfelt as the relations the characters have with Tarzan and Jane helps to fuel the emotions within each scene. 7.5/10.
Friday 15 July 2016
The Legend of Tarzan Film Review
Finished watching The Legend of Tarzan, directed by David Yates and staring Christoph Waltz, Djimon Hounson, Alexander Skarsgård, Margot Robbie and Samuel L. Jackson. The film opens up with a group of Belgian soldiers lead by Léon Rom (Christoph Waltz) meeting with Mbonga (Djimon Hounson) the leader of a local tribe in the Congo for diamonds that will help to fund the Belgian army only for Mbonga to tell Léon that he will receive his full payment if he can bring Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) to the tribe to pay for killing the chief's son years prior. Meanwhile in London Tarzan has now been living in society as John Clayton III for several years with his wife Jane (Margot Robbie) as he gets an invitation from the King of Belgium to join him in the Congo with news of this American George Washington Williams (Samuel L. Jackson) asks to join John in hope to find criminal evidence against Belgium for using slave labour. Overall this was a good film as it brings together a good Tarzan story with a nice amount of character interactions comedic moments that is blended together incredibly well. The way that the film transitions between the main events of the film and the flashbacks of Tarzan's life within the jungle and the first time he meets Jane works perfectly within the context of the film as the events of the past are affecting the events of the present while also helping to explore the history of each character. There are some great emotional scenes with some characters deaths being extremely heartfelt as the relations the characters have with Tarzan and Jane helps to fuel the emotions within each scene. 7.5/10.
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