It has been years since the man once known as Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) left the jungles of Africa behind for a gentrified life as John Clayton III, Lord Greystoke, with his beloved wife, Jane (Margot Robbie) at his side. Now, he has been invited back to the Congo to serve as a trade emissary of Parliament, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge, masterminded by the Belgian, Captain Leon Rom (Christoph Waltz). But those behind the murderous plot have no idea what they are about to unleash.
After a week of trying to see this movie with no success with my fiancé, we finally saw it during a kid free weekend courtesy of my mother.
I'm going to be honest, I really mainly wanted to see this because of shirtless Alexander Skarsgård running around the jungle being really badass and sweaty. I didn't expect it to be a cinematic masterpiece, but it definitely had its surprising moments.
The movie starts out showing Lord Greystoke, AKA, John Clayton, AKA,Tarzan, as an English gentleman in London. It's been 10 years since he left the jungle, and he has fully acclimated to life as an English lord. But, the Congo and its people are in trouble, so John Clayton must answer the call and help.
By his side during the journey is the fiery Jane, and of course Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. Williams.
Speaking of Jane, I actually liked Margot Robbie's Jane. She wasn't the scared damsel from the Disney version. LoT Jane was feisty and able to hold her own, even when she was taken prisoner by the creepy Leon Rom. She knew her husband was going to get her so she wasn't worried.
I also loved the chemistry between Jane and John. You can that their love felt very real.
Cinematic wise, LoT was visually stunning. The Congolese landscape was so beautiful, and the wide shots added to the beauty. The nighttime jungle scenes were dark and ominous, just like the creatures that inhabited them.
There was definitely a lot of CGI present but it was done really well. The Mangani, which were the ape like hybrids created by Edgar Rice Burroughs, were positively frightening because of how intelligent and human like they were.
The only things I didn't really like was how slow it was in the beginning and I wish we had gotten to know what happened in the 10 years since John Clayton left the jungle. How was his period of adjustment? How was the start of his marriage to Jane? It would have been nice to have had that information but all in all it was still a good movie. I will definitely buy it on Blu-Ray when it comes out.
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