It is truly a shame what the American movie audience will support nowadays.
Edgar Rice Burroughs is one the classic American authors of action adventure.
And Tarzan is one of the classic heroes of all time. An icon in American pop culture.
Most of us at this site owes a great deal of debt to Tarzan.
The argument can be made he was the original superhero that many of our current comic heroes were based on.
He was around since 1914. Clearly predating any superhero in comics.
It's a shame that mindless stories heavy on effects [all Transformers movies] & light on plot will hypnotize the masses to go see it when something as classic as Tarzan makes the millenials and Gen-Xrs raise an eyebrow.
A disgrace.
I'm not saying I disagree with all of your sentiment Peyton Westlake. I think you make good points. Tarzan is classic, iconic material too. At the same time, just because a possible perception that audiences aren't supporting this film doesn't necessarily justify it along the same lines as being classic and iconic as well. It's only one new adaptation of Tarzan along a line that many have been made. I mean the original material still exists and it's still good and iconic.
Sherlock Holmes material is still getting made today in film or TV. I would say some it is very good and some of it is average. But just because it's based on Sherlock Holmes and Arthur Conan Doyle doesn't automatically justify its existence along with the classic material as well.
I mean from a premise of the idea that an Edgar Rice Burroughs fan is happy to see a new adaptation get made for Tarzan with a big budget and big name cast, I can see why that's worth getting exciting about.
For example, I love Dune and Frank Herbert. A part of me has always wanted to see something new get done with maybe a Dune movie. At the same time, I'd be concerned that a movie would just be too difficult to pull off. IMHO, even David Lynch didn't do a very satisfactory job.
Also at the same time, just because Tarzan inspired many later superhero stories and comic books IMHO doesn't mean audiences have an obligation to raise up this movie and make it a hit either just because its Tarzan and just because its Edgar Rice Burroughs. You can argue there are many aspects of Tarzan that are dated and part of a bygone era, making the character less relevant to contemporary audiences.
And yeah, it seems many are agreeing here that some of the CG effects shots look less than impressive. It's not even the gorilla CG that bothers me but like that stampede of wildebeests(?, water buffalo?) through the village.
