Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Zlatica One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

gorf Tarzan and his Mate is basically a sleazy soft core porn movie featuring Tarzan. Trust me, the only reason why this pre-code Tarzan movie is considered a "classic" is because of the nudity. Fortunately, the Hollywood production code (also called "The Hays Code") made the Weissmuller's Tarzan so much better. The movies focused more on storytelling than naked women and gruesome violence. The way black people were portrayed in these movies also improved. It was far from perfect, but still better than the disturbing racism seen in the first two, where blacks were treated worse than animals. Just compare Tarzan The Ape Man, where Tarzan kills black people for fun (and the main characters actually say that white people are worth more than black people), and Tarzan's Secret Treasure, where Boy befriends the native boy Tumbo. Another positive thing is that Jane is less sexualized in the movies made during the code. Pre-code Jane was just a pin-up girl, she's there to satisfy the male viewer's lust for naked female bodies. The "new" Jane is a more interesting, motherly character.Tarzan himself acts a bit more like ERB's character. He's more of a gentleman than the pre-code version, who treated Jane like a ragdoll and tore of her clothes. I agree with the irish character O'Doul from Tarzan's Secret Treasure, if more people were like Tarzan, the world would be a better place.Skip the pre-code Weissmuller movies. Watch the good ones instead.

utgard14 This is one of those rare cases of a sequel surpassing the original. Not only is it better than the first film but it's better than any other Tarzan movie ever made. Following up from the first Tarzan, Harry Holt (Neil Hamilton) returns to Africa a year later for ivory and also to try and convince Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) to return to civilization with him. Joining Harry on the expedition is ruthless ivory hunter and cad Martin Arlington (Paul Cavanagh). When Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) stops them from removing ivory from the elephant graveyard, Arlington decides Tarzan must be killed. The action is fantastic! The violence gets pretty graphic at times, too. The early scenes of Holt's expedition meeting one deadly obstacle after another is reminiscent of the wild island scenes in King Kong. Tarzan fighting a rhino, a crocodile, and a lion are awesome scenes. The jungle swinging stuff is lots of fun. The climactic battle involving the ivory hunters, natives, lions, apes, elephants, and our heroic couple is epic.Neither Tarzan nor Jane show up until over 20 minutes in. The first time you hear that distinctive Tarzan yell is always the most exciting part of a Tarzan movie. Jane even gets her own yell this time but it's decidedly less impressive. Weissmuller and O'Sullivan are perfect. Their chemistry is amazing whether they're being romantic or sexy or playful. The scenes of their idyllic domestic life makes living in the wilderness and crapping behind bushes seem positively charming. Jane has been teaching Tarzan to speak English in between movies so Weissmuller gets more lines this time around. Although still few words at a time. Maureen wears a skimpy thigh-bearing two-piece throughout the movie. In all the subsequent movies they would cover her up with a one-piece. The famous underwater swimming scene with Jane au naturel is a highlight. The much-discussed sexual content is among the raciest of any Pre-Code film. In addition to the amount of skin on display, there are the many allusions to Tarzan and Jane's healthy sex life.There's so much to love about this movie. Action, humor, drama, eroticism -- it's a classic in every way. After the enforcement of the Hays Code, the series would become less risqué but still a great deal of fun. The first two Pre-Code Weissmuller Tarzan movies still stand as the best.

Spikeopath The second of the MGM Tarzan movies should be heralded as one of the finest adventure films in cinematic history. A sequel to Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), it brings back Johnny Weissmuller and Maureen O'Sullivan as Tarzan and Jane respectively, and then runs through scene after scene of pre-code and pre-computer effects excellence.Plot line is weak, but it doesn't matter in the grand scheme of entertainment things. Basically greedy ivory hunter Martin Arlington (Paul Cavanagh) and Harry Holt (Neil Hamilton as Jane's one time beau who has lost her to Lord of the Apes) travel into the jungle in search of Mutia Escarpment - the elephant burial grounds. Tarzan and Jane arrive on the scene after 20 minutes of film, which is the cue for Jane to make the two Khaki Fatigue wearing lads hot under the collar, and for Tarzan to literally have to fight for his woman - the animals - and his life!What unfolds in 105 minutes of film is a tale of simmering sexuality, raw animal instincts, brutal battles and some Simian scene stealing. Cedric Gibbons originally directed the picture, well he was there until MGM realised he wasn't up to the task and replaced him with a criminally uncredited Jack Conway, and Conway (The Easiest Way) was just the man to curl the toes of those waiting in the wings at censorship city.OK! The sexy angle is hard to ignore, and why anyone with a pulse would want to is anyone's guess! O'Sullivan is barely covered and Weismuller is in such fine shape he makes me wish I had never discovered booze and junk food! There is rumble in the jungle as Tarzan and Jane go for a swim, as he blows on her hair to wake her up (oh she sleeps in the raw by the way), and as the city boys revel in getting Jane to once again wear a "city" dress. This is just a point of reference to make us aware that the one time city girl has thrown off her sexual inhibitions and gone natural up in the tree tops. And did I mention a sexy silhouette scene? No? Well I have now.So, casting aside the wonderful eroticism of it all, as an action film it's also superb. The technical tools available in the early 1930s are used to the max here, it matters not about dummies being flung about the place, or that men in monkey suits fill in while Cheetah is off having a smoke! Or even that the back projection work will appear crude to the X-Box generation, this is film making craft that enchanted those film lovers queueing at the theatre to see this back in 1934. Watching it now demands the utmost respect and admiration.So, get ready for a native army who during their attacks specialise in firing arrows into the heads of the enemy. For Gorilla's who love to use boulders as weapons. For Tarzan to fight a lion, a crocodile and a rhinoceros. Watch in awe as there is Pachyderm Pandemonium, a pride of lions menacing our Jane, classy chimps proving smarter than your average human, and of course there are high grade gymnastics evident as well.The Hays Code would soon come into play and dilute the Tarzan series, but still being able to see these early MGM Tarzan movies is akin to going to a film museum where only the open minded are invited. Wonderful. 10/10

robgar71 (Warning! This contains spoiler!) The costume Jane wears is just a loincloth, of the same type Tarzan wears. It consists of a belt and a piece of cloth that goes between the legs and with enough material to allow for a flap in front and another one in the back. Therefore, Jane's costume does not consist, as erroneously pointed out, of just two flaps hanging from a belt and nothing underneath. The pubes are perfectly well covered; most of the area of the buttocks is also covered. This inner part of the loincloth that goes between the legs is no narrower than the thong bathing suits or thong underwear, and certainly no narrower than a g-string garment. If you were to look at it from the side, the loincloth would look roughly like a letter M: the two vertical lines make out the front and back flaps and the two slanted lines make out the "thong." In the scene with the lions, near the end of the movie (starting at 1:38:13), Jane's pubes are not exposed at all. The thing is that the movie is black and white and in the scene mentioned the "thong" shows up very pale gray and it may look as if it does not exist at all, so people say "Jane's pubes are exposed." Well, nothing of this sort. Examine other scenes where the "thong" is clearly shown: • At 24:31 Jane jumps and lands into Tarzan's arms. You can see the loincloth's inner portion as the back flop has moved sideways to Jane's right and uncovers the inner portion. • At 54:43, as the leopard approaches, Jane gets up. A bit of the right part of the "thong" is revealed. • At 55:22 (scene with the crocodile, as Jane flips and turns, the "thong" shows clearly. Also at 55:35-39. • At 1:26:14, as Jane and the hunters run from the tribe, her back flap lifts up and the "thong" shows clearly. • Just after the scene with the lions, Jane climbs onto the rocks and at 1:38:48 you can see a bit of the "thong" from underneath.Each of the few times the "thong" shows lasts very little. And the pubes are always concealed.