The movie starts off with a giant "extraterrestrial" meteor plummeting into Earth, extinguishing all dinosaurs (except for three weird bird-dinosaurs which appear later in the film with no explanation whatsoever). Flash-forward to modern day where we see that the mystical meteor is shrouded in mist and for some reason, is protected by the apes of the jungle. John Greystoke, father of JJ (Tarzan) and CEO/founder of Greystoke Energies, is here on an expedition to find the meteor and harvest its alleged unlimited power.
Although he is skeptical of its existence, he manages to find it, and enrage it by stealing a piece of it (I was as confused as you might be). The meteor causes the weather to go crazy, a gorilla face appears in the clouds, and the helicopter that John Greystoke and family were trying to escape in, crashes into the jungle, killing everyone but Tarzan. Some deaths happen within the gorilla community and this causes mama-gorilla to wander the jungle mourning her lost child, whom she quickly replaces with Tarzan.
Flash-forward again past some awkward and nonsensical encounters with some other monkeys, a snake, the weird dinosaur-birds and a fat-stupid-tourist-kid, and Tarzan meets Jane. A few years later, Jane convinces William Clayton, new CEO of Greystoke Energies, to journey to Africa for what she thinks is a conservation mission. Tarzan meets Jane again and can suddenly speak perfect English, and the two plot to bring down Clayton and his "army".
Cue the weird stuff. Apparently the meteor can cause plants to become sentient and grow teeth? So this plant attacks Tarzan and Jane, Tarzan is able to subdue the savage plant beast with a small knife and the pair continue on to Jane's capture. Tarzan's mama-gorilla gets shot and next-to-no attention is paid to this.
Clayton continues trying to get the Unobtanium and Tar-Jane keep foiling his plan until Clayton is finally defeated by the jungle and the meteor? Jane decides to leave behind civilization and life as she knows it to stay with Tarzan in the jungle so that the two can protect the meteor forever. YAWN. The narrator continues to say that Tarzan has found the most powerful thing in the universe, the love of a woman.
The CGI is poor, the facial features seem wooden and cause an uncanny valley response and the voice acting is moderate at best. The story seems like a first draft of James Cameron's 'Avatar' and the poor script-writing leaves much to be desired. Do not waste your time or money on this film, and do not show this to your children.
Although he is skeptical of its existence, he manages to find it, and enrage it by stealing a piece of it (I was as confused as you might be). The meteor causes the weather to go crazy, a gorilla face appears in the clouds, and the helicopter that John Greystoke and family were trying to escape in, crashes into the jungle, killing everyone but Tarzan. Some deaths happen within the gorilla community and this causes mama-gorilla to wander the jungle mourning her lost child, whom she quickly replaces with Tarzan.
Flash-forward again past some awkward and nonsensical encounters with some other monkeys, a snake, the weird dinosaur-birds and a fat-stupid-tourist-kid, and Tarzan meets Jane. A few years later, Jane convinces William Clayton, new CEO of Greystoke Energies, to journey to Africa for what she thinks is a conservation mission. Tarzan meets Jane again and can suddenly speak perfect English, and the two plot to bring down Clayton and his "army".
Cue the weird stuff. Apparently the meteor can cause plants to become sentient and grow teeth? So this plant attacks Tarzan and Jane, Tarzan is able to subdue the savage plant beast with a small knife and the pair continue on to Jane's capture. Tarzan's mama-gorilla gets shot and next-to-no attention is paid to this.
Clayton continues trying to get the Unobtanium and Tar-Jane keep foiling his plan until Clayton is finally defeated by the jungle and the meteor? Jane decides to leave behind civilization and life as she knows it to stay with Tarzan in the jungle so that the two can protect the meteor forever. YAWN. The narrator continues to say that Tarzan has found the most powerful thing in the universe, the love of a woman.
The CGI is poor, the facial features seem wooden and cause an uncanny valley response and the voice acting is moderate at best. The story seems like a first draft of James Cameron's 'Avatar' and the poor script-writing leaves much to be desired. Do not waste your time or money on this film, and do not show this to your children.