- #Why does my gf want me to watch the legend of tarzan movie#
- #Why does my gf want me to watch the legend of tarzan tv#
When still an actor, director John Derek (who also serves as his own cinematographer here) had worked with some good film-makers (Cecil B. Lead actress/producer Bo Derek is rather ridiculous playing the schoolgirl-ish sexual innocent (witness the inept banana scene) and, as was to be expected, she is made to get her clothes off a few times but, as welcome as these scenes were, she came off as far more sensual in 10 than she does here Richard Harris, then, chews the scenery incessantly as Jane’s obsessed explorer father, but John Philip Law barely registers as his aide who meekly shows some initial interest in Jane herself newcomer Miles O’Keeffe has the title role and he only makes his entrance 45 minutes into the movie, is completely silent throughout except for his famous yodel (which is probably lifted from Johnny Weissmuller anyway!) and, furthermore, is as inexpressive as one of the trees he dangles from at regular intervals throughout the film’s second half! for the record, he later starred in two ATOR movies (or would-be CONAN imitators) for Joe D’Amato and the King Arthur-era set, SWORD OF THE VALIANT (1984).
#Why does my gf want me to watch the legend of tarzan tv#
Surely one of the most ill-advised remakes of a classic in film history – especially since the promise of its tag-line, “The most beautiful woman of our time in the most erotic adventure of all time”, isn’t even properly exploited! Although this film was regularly shown on TV in my neck of the woods since my childhood days, its notoriety (for awfulness not erotic content, mind you) kept me away from it until now – and I only relented because I have recently enjoyed Bo Derek’s previous film, 10 (1979), and have been watching a lot of fantasy stuff as well over the Christmas period. Brief synopsis, they go into the jungle, Jane gets captured by no-goods, Tarzan comes to the rescue, Jane and Tarzan live happily ever after in the jungle. Jane's boy-toy Tarzan is played by Miles O'Keeffe. Bo Derek is the star as Jane Parker and her father is played by Richard Harris as James Parker.
#Why does my gf want me to watch the legend of tarzan movie#
But overall the movie is dull and slow-moving. Also there are some very gratuitous shots of her and Tarzan and the Orangutan cavorting on sand or dirt as the credits roll. The most attractive scenes are near the end when she is held captive by dangerous natives and a group of young natives are painting her body white all over. It is interesting however just to take a glimpse of this lady when she was in her 20s. This is a famously bad movie, designed apparently just to showcase Bo Derek's external beauty, because as an actress she offers very, very little. Yes, Bo Derek was (and probably is still) a beautiful woman to look at, but in this day of beautiful young women to me she comes across as more ordinary in a present day viewing of the movie. This is a very thin boring weakly-written soft-core porn version of Tarzan. The lion actually made a charge at the lead actors which is probably the movie's biggest shocking moment. There are some select animals from the local zoo. Richard Harris has his presence but he can't save this. She is a great prop, but she can't shoulder a whole movie herself. The problem is that this depends on her to do some actual dramatic acting. Bo Derek is a voluptuous sex statue but she's a bad actress. It is so bad that there is no tension anywhere. There is limited action in most of the movie and it is almost always done poorly. Eventually, everybody is captured by native savages and Tazan comes to the rescue. Later, she is taken by him from the caravan. Jane encounters Tarzan and the Lion on the beach. Harry Holt is his assistant and 'Africa' is his native girlfriend. He had left her mother when she was young. Jane Parker (Bo Derek) travels to Africa to join his estranged father James Parker (Richard Harris) and his expedition.
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