Tarzan (1999)

Tarzan
This movie will be in the hearts of the people who grew up in the Disney Renaissance era.
Genre: Animation Adventure Comedy Drama Directed by: Kevin Lima Chris Buck Produced by: Bonnie Arnold Written by: Bob Tzudiker Noni White Based on: Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs Starring: Tony Goldwyn Alex D. Linz Minnie Driver Glenn Close Rosie O'Donnell Brian Blessed Nigel Hawthorne Lance Henriksen Wayne Knight Taylor Dempsey Bob Bergen Corey Burton Editing: Gregory Perler Music by: Mark Mancina Production company: Walt Disney Pictures Distributed by: Buena Vista Pictures Distribution Release date: June 12, 99 (El Capitan Theatre) June 18, 1999 (United States Runtime: 88 minutes Country: United States Language: English Budget: $130 million Box office: $448.2 million Franchise: Tarzan Sequel: Tarzan & Jane

Tarzan is a 1999 American animated comedy-drama adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation for Walt Disney Pictures. The 37th animated feature film from Disney and the last released during the Disney Renaissance era, it is based on the story Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, being the first animated major motion picture version of the story.

Plot

A man raised by gorillas must decide where he really belongs when he discovers he is a human.

Why It's One Family

1. Incredibly magnificent and absolutely groundbreaking animation that manages to be a revolutionary breakthrough by doing an excellent job combining 2D traditional hand-drawn animation with the extensive use of computer-generated imagery. Particularly, it predominantly uses the pioneering computer animation software system Deep Canvas to create the three-dimensional backgrounds and many of the tree-surfing scenes.
2. The film follows the classic Disney formula (rogue orphan, evil villain pretending to be a friend, wacky sidekick, neurotic friend and lots of snappy tunes).
3. Astonishingly majestic visuals, especially with the aforementioned tree-surfing scenes and the jungle backgrounds.
4. Tarzan himself is the first truly deep Disney male since Simba from The Lion King with a clear set of personality, goals, and likability.
5. A beautiful soundtrack by Phil Collins, recruited to compose and record songs integrated with a score alongside Mark Mancina.
6. Kerchak's death is a very emotional moment as he finally reconciles with Tarzan, accepting him as his son.
7. Tarzan and his adoptive mother-ape Kala's backgrounds were told briefly, poignantly, and emotionally.
8. Both Sabor the leopard and Clayton are sinister and well-performed antagonists.
9. The prequel was decent.
10. The battle between Tarzan and Sabor was one of the best and most memorable scenes in the entire movie.

Bad Qualities

1. Rosie O'Donnell's character, Terk, can be a tad annoying at times.
2. Clayton's death is extremely gruesome and disturbing, as he gets hanged by a vine after from a great height at an incredible speed, with his eyes being ejected from their sockets and left dangling from the optical nerves judging from these popping out dramatically while falling. Not to mention, his hanging body can be seen for a few seconds. That's way too dark and shocking, even for Disney standards.
3. Kerchak can be unlikable throughout most of the movie, with the way he treats Tarzan due to being threatened by something different from him, though this does build some more tension in the film.
4. Tarzan talking in perfect English in the animals minds but talking like an ape due to his upbringing in the other humans minds can be confusing.
5. Plot hole: Tarzan speaks in an American accent, even though Jane speaks with a British accent, and taught Tarzan how to talk.

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