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The source material might be more than a century old, but for many people my age, The Legend of Tarzan will feel like a live-action sequel to Disney's 1999 cartoon (which, for what it's worth, is still the best animated film to feature a soundtrack by Phil Collins).
This time around, we begin with Tarzan (Alexander Skarsgård) as a British aristocrat who's forced to reconnect with his animalistic past after he travels to the Congo. At its best, The Legend of Tarzan is akin to Steven Spielberg's goofy Hook, and both movies feature a similar arc—a grown-up protagonist reluctantly returning to the role of hero.
But this Tarzan is also one of the slowest blockbusters I've ever seen: The first hour of the film consists largely of flashbacks that dumbly assume moviegoers aren't already familiar with its culturally ubiquitous subject.
