Much of Marlon Brando's Irish-brogued performance in THE MISSOURI BREAKS feels like a tribute to his MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY co-star Harris, so it's possible Harris is repaying the favor here, perhaps intoxicated and seemingly making it up as he goes along but doing so at the top of his voice, like a bellowing Col. Perhaps it was a bad omen when the first bit of nudity we see in this is Richard Harris' junk dangling from under his nightshirt when he squats down into a river. Though incessant media hype and moviegoer curiosity made it a big hit (it opened in first place at the box office),TARZAN THE APE MAN is a tedious and impossibly boring Sri Lanka travelogue first and live-action Bo pictorial second, and for all the chatter at the time about how sexed-up this was, it's pretty limp in that department, pun intended. Unless you want to compile a list of the worst films ever.Opened 40 years ago this weekend, an anniversary that more or less marked the beginning of the end of post-10 Bo-mania, with the stunning Bo Derek becoming a willing participant in the implosion of her career at the hand of Svengali perv husband John Derek. The worst moment of all is the dreary slow-motion snake wrestling sequence. The characters moving around in front of the scenery are so banal and idiotic that the film fails on every level. The backdrop is nicely photographed, but then again anyone can design a nice postcard. Richard Harris's performance is energetic and entertaining, but why he bothered to put in such a lively performance is anybody's guess. O'Keefe is unquestionably the worst Tarzan ever, and Derek is probably the worst Jane. During a jungle expedition, she goes missing and is rescued by ape man Tarzan (Miles O'Keefe), only to fall in love with him. The story focuses more on Jane (the talentless Bo Derek), who arrives in Africa to reunite with her tyrannical, boozy, abusive father (Richard Harris). yes! This movie really is right down there with the worst twenty or so films ever made. Can it really surpass Plan 9 From Outer Space? Is it as idiotic as Astro Zombies? Is it as boring as The Bible.in the Beginning? Is it as unintentionally funny as The Swarm? The answer is. The main element of fun is experiencing just how bad it really is. So, just how bad is the 1981 version of Tarzan the Ape Man? Everybody knows that it has a reputation as one of the very worst movies ever made, so when you sit down to watch it, you know it's going to be rubbish.
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