Tarzan is great

Rating: Null/10 (12 July 1999)

I must admit I love Disney's animation. It's funny how people were criticizing Disney for their "formulas" and then a few years later labeled them "classics".
I think it was a great thing that Disney would follow a quietly beautiful story of honor (Mulan) with a strong heroine with an energetic, kinetic, fast paced jungle fever with a strong hero. Sure, they are both "coming of age" sort of story, but at the same time quite different.
Why do I think Tarzan is among the best Disney movie? Because I think it has the emotional weight. The love and tenderness between Kala and Tarzan brought me to tears; which is no small feat because I seldom cried at the movies. And these are animation characters! The interaction between Tarzan and Jane is genuine and funny and sexy and romantic. The weak parts were the peripheral characters, such as Clayton -- but they moved the story along. Clayton wasn't really the BIG BAD GUY like Gaston or Hade, but rather he's part of the external conflict that heightened the internal conflict within Tarzan himself -- to find out who he was and realize who his family was.
After a while I just didn't remember I was watching a cartoon. The animation was so enticing and the characters so vivid I was completely absorbed in the story and the emotions. The kids in the theater were all mesmerized! There were hardly any dull moments even for the toddlers (unlike Mulan which was almost too "boring" for really young kids). The artwork is fantastic. The music is a nice touch to move the story along... it will grow on you once you listen to the soundtrack. You won't be able to stop humming "Two World One Family"