{"id":2041,"date":"2016-07-19T20:02:27","date_gmt":"2016-07-19T18:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=2041"},"modified":"2016-07-19T20:02:27","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T18:02:27","slug":"the-legend-of-tarzan-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/07\/19\/the-legend-of-tarzan-review\/","title":{"rendered":"The Legend Of Tarzan (Review)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having returned\u201a and become acclimated<span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u00a0to a life in London<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a John Clayton \/ Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgard) is called upon to once again venture in to the jungle. Persueded by George Washington Williams (Samual L. Jackson)<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a Tarzan sets off to investigate a mining encampment. Love of his life Jane (Margot Robbie in a role that is<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a for all intents<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a the total opposite of her Harley Quinn from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/film\/2063\" target=\"_blank\">The Suicide Squad<\/a><\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">) follows<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a and soon they will all face off against the rather evil Leon Rom (Christoph Weiz in yet another one of his villainous roles).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Legend Of Tarzan looks at the story we know so well<span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a and which has been told so many countless times<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a and moves the timeframe forward some. While we do get some history in the form of flashbacks to the origin of Tarzan<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a and some exposition through character dialogue<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a we are instead treated to a new part of the legend&#8217;s life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yet<span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a while there is bound to be a great following<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a and a large audience for the film<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a it sadly falls rather short of expectations. A great cast<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a and superb cinematography<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a coupled with some incredibly amazing computer effects and a message about slavery that is bound to strike a cord with racial tensions currently flooding news and social media<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a the story and it&#8217;s execution are rather lacking. For audiences who are going merely for the glits and sparkle of Tarzan swining through the jungle and rescuing his Jane<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a this is sure to satisfy. For those who are looking for a story and perhaps some deeper meaning to the legend<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.75;\">\u201a they will be sorely dissapointed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Legend Of Tarzan opens 15 July 2016 in South African cinemas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having returned\u201a and become acclimated\u00a0to a life in London\u201a John Clayton \/ Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgard) is called upon to once again venture in to the jungle. Persueded by George Washington Williams (Samual L. Jackson)\u201a Tarzan sets off to investigate a mining encampment. Love of his life Jane (Margot Robbie in a role that is\u201a for&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/07\/19\/the-legend-of-tarzan-review\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Legend Of Tarzan (Review)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-film","category-review","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}