An average movie

I have to admit that I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Margot Robbie, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, eventually, I really struggled to care about the damned thing. Basically, the whole thing seemed to another unnecessary new version of a classic character and you might wonder why every decade we get a new version of  Sherlock Holmes, Robin Hood, King Arthur and The Three Musketeers. I mean, I did like the fact that they didn’t go for an origin story but this approach was unfortunately undone by the fact that they still provided some flashback scenes explaining the background of Tarzan. It was too bad because we all know what happened to this iconic character and it felt like a missed opportunity to develop something new or not so familiar about the guy. Another issue was with the tone. Indeed, the tricky thing is that the whole concept of Tarzan is actually rather preposterous and, in this case, they went for some straightforward approach which was rather misguided. Basically, the whole thing was just way too serious. For crying out loud, there were even some kind of political, ecological and historical agendas when the whole thing was after all about the adventures of a half-naked guy hopping from vine to vine. Concerning Alexander Skarsgård, it is obvious that the guy spent months to get a shredded body but, eventually, the Swedish actor still gave a rather safe performance and he was never really intense enough. Margot Robbie was slightly better but the only purpose of her character was to be saved so she didn’t have much to chew on, I'm afraid. Anyway, to conclude, I think my rating was actually rather generous here, the whole thing was rather misguided but I guess it was also rather harmless but don’t expect too much before watching the damned thing.