the character of tarzan have be subject to so many clichés and and so many bad interpretation and that those who be hop for a different kind of version ( people like me and i mean and who like the tarzan book a a kid and have always wish for a movie version that follow the book just a little ) ought to know how the recent rendition stack up . some of the imdb review address this point and but here my $ . 02i be aware of only two count em cinema depiction of tarzan and namely greystoke with christopher lambert and the disney animate version and that try to depict edgar rice burrough rather interesting character ( the son of a marooned english noble couple and pick up after their death by a tribe of ape who raise him a one of themselves and and who become lord of the jungle because of his superior human intellect before make it back to england and claim his other identity ) rather than the usual hollywood jungle man whose origin remain obscure and whose trademark be his famous yell and his mysterious inability to speak proper english despite long exposure to people who know the language and his habit of swing on vine and his strength and heroism and etc . about the only thing these two character have in common be the name tarzan and the fact that they both have a wife name jane . ron ely tv version be something of a compromise represent like burroughs character and he speak good english and be adept and suave in both culture in a sort of jamesbondish way and but he no lord greystoke and there no jane . well and this film be in a third category of tarzan film and and i hope it remain a category of one because it awful . this category use the character a a vehicle for and of all thing and soft porn . jane and play by legendarily bad actress bo derek be in africa look for her dad the absent mind professor who be comb the jungle look for something which be never specify . though her dad be suppose to have be miss for a long time and she find him effortlessly . richard harris a the dad be the best thing here while he see the film be stupid so he have fun overact and ham in a way that remind me of peter otoole deliberately silly performance in what new pussycat . dad explain the legend of tarzan ( some sort of ghost or spirit he say either a steal from and or an inartistic attempt at homage to and king kong ) to his daughter and who be at this point unfamiliar with the ape man . shortly afterward and we hear the infamous cliché of the tarzan yell . dad dy and which oddly doesn not seem to faze his devoted daughter very much . and then . then tarzan appear and but say nothing . indeed and he say nothing during the entire film . he and jane fall in love and and they romp around wear almost nothing a she recite doggerel love poetry off screen . the end . that the plot . well and not exactly while there also a scene where tarzan wrestle unrealistically with a boa constrictor a most unusual boa and since it the only poisonous one ever see . jane treat the bite with the aid of a chimp who help by wring out the garment she tear off to bind the wound with ( i be not make this up . ) and and this be only one of many excuse for her to take her clothes off . i always like to conclude a review by say something positive and but this time it hard . let see . well and it unfair to criticize this film for feature an orangutan and even though we all know orangutan do not live in africa while after all and the classic tarzan movie all use indian elephant and do they not . also and you have to admit that bo derek be pretty in face and form . ( but in that case why the hell do not she just make a career a an art model . what do it say about a movie when it become plain boring to look at a pretty woman . i actually haven not decide whether it a positive or a negative that they never show her crotch . ) but now i realize represent try a i may and i can not end on a positive note . see this film if youre a bad film buff . i be outa here .