Legend of Tarzan: Theater Guru Tweets a Thumbs Up Mini-Review

So who is John Shaw?  Turns out he’s president of Theatre Management Associates, LLC a motion picture consultant, film buyer, theatre management, film distributor and marketing company.  And he pre-screens movies and fearlessly tweets about them, (Damn the Studio Embargo!) … to an audience that is mainly theater owners and distributors — so his tweets have  a box office slant to them.  Here’s what tweeted about Legend of Tarzan after seeing it at a distributor screening:

Tarzan screenings rate excellent. Very entertaining, good CGI, definitely adult. One of best summer films.

— John Shaw (@ShawJshaw11045) June 17, 2016

And . . .

Top upcoming films: ID2 strong 6/24, BFG-Tarzan-Purge have wide appeal early 7/1, Secret Life Of Pets skews female 7/8. Cute animated.

— John Shaw (@ShawJshaw11045) June 22, 2016

And finally — he makes it first choice for its weekend, over BFG and Purge …. not bad. I like this guy.

First choice movies next four weeks: 6/24 ID2, 7/1 Tarzan, 7/8 Mike & Dave, 7/8 Ghostbusters. Outside ID2, preferences will change over time

— John Shaw (@ShawJshaw11045) June 22, 2016

And he doesn’t love everything — check this out:

Free State Of Jones screenings: glacially slow, disjointed, good stars, predictable, plays like a History Channel presentation. Moderate biz

— John Shaw (@ShawJshaw11045) June 14, 2016