Cyril Hume (1900–1966)

A planet's last surviving colonist doesn't want to be rescued.

Star Trek wishes it could be Forbidden Planet. (At least, that's the case when Star Trek is at its best. Somebody should force J.J. Abrams and his writers to watch this movie a few hundred times.)

Concept: A
Story: B
Characters: C
Dialog: B
Pacing: C
Cinematography: B
Special effects/design: A
Acting: C
Music: B

Enjoyment: A plus

GPA: 3.1/4

(Jun. 2012)

Outstanding 50s SF, based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, fine special effects, and possibly the world's first electronic score.

On an African expedition, a woman is abducted by a wild man.

It has moments of greatness. An action scene or two are actually somewhat exciting. But it's very slow, and the quality of the film-making is bad even by early 1930s standards. And we never do find out how or why Tarzan is in the jungle.

Concept: B
Story: D
Characters: B
Dialog: D
Pacing: D
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: D
Acting: C
Music: D

Enjoyment: C plus

GPA: 1.6/4

A hunter wants to capture Tarzan (but don't worry - Tarzan escapes).

It just repeats what the first Tarzan movie did, except it doesn't do it as well (which is really saying something). The climax consists of footage of iguanas, interspersed with shots of our heroes looking frightened. Are they supposed to be giant iguanas? I don't think so; people are usually looking down at them. They're just deadly jungle iguanas, I guess.

Concept: D
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: D
Pacing: C
Cinematography: show more D
Special effects/design: F
Acting: D
Music: D

Enjoyment: C minus

GPA: 1.2/4 show less