The last Tarzan film starring Johnny Weissmuller (looking surprisingly aged a year after "Tarzan and the Huntress") is bad, in spite of all the trivia one can add to make it look better. It is obvious that RKO tried to make a great farewell for Weissmuller, shooting in beautiful scenery in México, with a top star of that country (Andrea Palma) and multiple award-winning cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa, and bringing in prestigious composer Dimitri Tiomkin to do the score. Although it may have cost less for filming abroad, it looks more expensive than any other RKO film in the series, taking advantage of Acapulco beaches and real pyramids as Aquatania, and with impressive décors for all the scenes related to the temple of god Balu (especially the exterior, built on steep rocks.) Kurt Neumann should have stayed as director, instead of Robert Florey, who gives it a very slow pace. Neumann had done a fine work with "Tarzan and the Amazons", "Tarzan and the Leopard Woman" and "Tarzan and the Huntress", and finished his career directing the classic "The Fly" the year before his death; while Florey became a television director, after a career of few remarkable films. If Weissmuller looks tired, the chimp playing Cheeta is not as good as the others, but the worst character is Benji, an obnoxious mailman who sings horrendous songs (that have a Caribbean air, in a location supposed to be Africa and shot in México!) Boring and decidedly of dubious taste, it was a sad farewell to Weissmuller's Tarzan.

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Den sista Tarzan-filmen med Johnny Weissmuller i huvudrollen (som ser förvånansvärt åldrad ut ett år efter "Tarzan and the Huntress") är dålig, trots alla trivia man kan lägga till för att få den att se bättre ut. Det är uppenbart att RKO försökte göra ett stort farväl för Weissmuller, skjuta i vacker natur i México, med en toppstjärna i det landet (Andrea Palma) och flera prisbelönta filmfotografen Gabriel Figueroa, och ta in prestigefyllda kompositören Dimitri Tiomkin att göra partituret. Även om det kan ha kostat mindre för att filma utomlands, ser det dyrare ut än någon annan RKO-film i serien, och utnyttjar Acapulco stränder och verkliga pyramider som Aquatanien, och med imponerande inredning för alla scener relaterade till guden Balu tempel (särskilt exteriören, byggd på branta klippor.) Kurt Neumann ska ha stannat som regissör, istället för Robert Florey, som ger det ett mycket långsamt tempo. Neumann hade gjort ett fint arbete med "Tarzan and the Amazons", "Tarzan and the Leopard Woman" och "Tarzan and the Huntress", och avslutade sin karriär med att regissera klassikern "The Fly" året före sin död; medan Florey blev TV-regissör, efter en karriär av få anmärkningsvärda filmer. Om Weissmuller ser trött ut är schimpansen som spelar Cheeta inte lika bra som de andra, men den sämsta karaktären är Benji, en vidrig brevbärare som sjunger fasansfulla sånger (som har en karibisk luft, på en plats som antas vara Afrika och skjutas i México!) Tråkigt och avgjort av tvivelaktig smak var det ett sorgligt farväl till Weissmullers Tarzan. Tyckte den här recensionen positivt eller negativt om filmen? ALTERNATIV: - negativ - positiv
The last Tarzan film starring Johnny Weissmuller (who looks surprisingly aged a year after "Tarzan and the Huntress") is bad, despite all the trivia you can add to make it look better. It is obvious that RKO tried to make a big farewell to Weissmuller, shoot in beautiful nature in México, with a top star in that country (Andrea Palma) and several award-winning film photographer Gabriel Figueroa, and bring in prestigious composer Dimitri Tiomkin to make the score. Although it may have cost less to film overseas, it looks more expensive than any other RKO film in the series, and utilizes Acapulco beaches and real pyramids such as Aquatania, and with impressive furnishings for all scenes related to the god Balu temple (especially the exterior, built on steep cliffs.) Kurt Neumann should have stayed as director, instead of Robert Florey, who gives it a very slow tempo. Neumann had done a fine job with "Tarzan and the Amazons", "Tarzan and the Leopard Woman" and "Tarzan and the Huntress", and ended his career directing the classic "The Fly" the year before his death; while Florey became a television director, after a career of few notable films. If Weissmuller looks tired, the chimpanzee who plays Cheeta is not as good as the others, but the worst character is Benji, a disgusting postman who sings horrendous songs (who has a Caribbean air, in a place supposed to be Africa and is shot in México!) Boring and decided of dubious taste, it was a sad farewell to Weissmuller's Tarzan. Did this review like the film positively or negatively? ALTERNATIVE: - negative - positive
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