Category: Legend of Tarzan Reviews
What is the Lesson From Legend of Tarzan and Other Films that Critics Hate and Audiences Love?
Legend of Tarzan opened on July 1st to a Rotten Tomatoes Critics rating of 35%, while audiences gave it an A- Cinemascore and an initial audience rating after the first […]
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Review of Legend of Tarzan by “Sir Drew”
This review is by our own Sir Drew, from our forum, who blogs at Songs of Sir Drew. Creating a contemporary Tarzan film is a bold idea. The critical reaction […]
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Zimbabwe Review of Legend of Tarzan
I’ve been trying to find reviews of Legend of Tarzan from Africa, this delightfully casual Zimbabwe Herald review is a bit of a hoot in the very relaxed way it addresses […]
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Ladies of Lust: The “Female Gaze” in Legend of Tarzan and Ghostbusters
This is a very interesting article which probes the sexuality in both the movie itself, and the marketing. I think this could be an important thing to keep in mind […]
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Adam Hochschild, Author of “King Leopold’s Ghost”, Reviews Legend of Tarzan, finds it “Strangely Satisfying”
Adam Hochschild, author of the much admired historical non-fiction King Leopold’s Ghost, which chronicles the history that Legend of Tarzan loosely adopts, has written a semi-review of Legend of Tarzan that includes interesting […]
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Johns Hopkins Press: The Legend and Literature of Tarzan by Jerry Griswold
Johns Hopkins University Press: Directed by David Yates and starring Alexander Skarsgård as the ape-man, The Legend of Tarzan (Warner Brothers) is a movie meant for the Summer of 2016 […]
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Nepali Times: Legend of Tarzan “a visually gorgeous creation” — “Must See”
Nepali Times by Sophia Pande: Having grown up enthralled by Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book, I’ve always had more of an affection for Mowgli over the other feral child who […]
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Daily Mail: Legend of Tarzan “A Brilliant Adaptation” — “Bring on the Sequel”
Daily Mail | A musclebound king of the jungle, a feisty Jane, truly terrifying gorillas (parents be warned) and – yes – a splendid rendition of that war-cry. Bring on […]
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Legend of Tarzan: Best. Review. Ever. The Final Word.
Emily of Emily Writes NZ has posted the DEFINITIVE Legend of Tarzan review. Well, maybe not defnitive, but let’s call it, at a minimum, the most ENTERTAINING Legend of Tarzan […]
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Review of Legend of Tarzan by Martin Smiddy
Martin Smiddy is a longtime UK based Edgar Rice Burroughs fan. I’ve spent almost a week reading other fans opinions of and about Legend of Tarzan. As the general concencus […]
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Review of Legend of Tarzan by Norman T. Ray
Norman T. Ray is a regular commenter on The Tarzan Files #LegendofTarzan Review of a great movie, an unexpected rebirth! The last live-action Tarzan movie was released in 1998, and […]
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David Yates Knew Legend of Tarzan Would Get Fan Love; Can the Fan/Critic Divide Be an Asset?
I didn’t write about this at the time, but given what happened with Critics (34% Rotten) and Fans (74% Fresh, A-Cinemascore), I think it’s worth making a note of it. […]
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Hindustan Times Review of Legend of Tarzan: “Wonderfully old fashioned Hollywood Epic”
“He’s Tarzan, you are Jane. He will come for you.” There couldn’t have been 10 more perfect words to sum this movie up. And Christoph Waltz, bless his one-trick act, […]
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Cinelinx: Is Making a Tarzan Movie Only For Tarzan Fans a Bad Idea?
From Cinelinx, by Rob Young (a longtime ERB fan) David Yates’ The Legend of Tarzan does an effective job bringing the iconic King of the Jungle back to the big […]
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Tarzan Surprises at the Box Office — Now Projected to Reach $42.6M for 4 Day Weekend
This is YUGE. The experts got it wrong. Forget the $8.5M for opening day Friday they were projecting after the matinees — LOT did $13.2M on Friday. That’s 50% over […]
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Legend of Tarzan — Analysis by Demos Sachlas
The Legend of Tarzan: Analysis by Demos Sachlas In the original novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs, it was Tarzan’s father who was commissioned by the British Colonial Office to travel […]
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Legend of Tarzan: Major Divide Opens Between Critics and Audience
Opening day isn’t quite over yet, but it’s already abundantly clear that while for most films there is a strong correlation between critics response and audience response — not so […]
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Legend of Tarzan Review by Blaine Burgin
MY review of Legend of Tarzan: I saw this movie last night by myself, and will be going again tonight. Tonight, I am taking family members with me, so they […]
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Legend of Tarzan Review by Martin Powell
THE LEGEND OF TARZAN A Review By Martin Powell I don’t remember ever being introduced to Tarzan of the Apes. Seems that I’ve known him all my life, probably from […]
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Review of Legend of Tarzan by Leia Barret Durham Powell
Review by Leia Barret Durham Powell Last night, my husband Martin and I boarded a bus-full of die-hard Edgar Rice Burroughs fans (ECOF 2016) to attend an advanced screening of […]
