Good looking movie, but a tonal mess!

Rating: 6/10 (16 November 2018)

I have a love and hate relationship with this movie. On the one hand I love it, the visuals are stunning and the jungle looks lush and enchanting and the story is great, but the movie falls apart for me in tone and thanks to the mis-use of Phil Collins' music.
The best example for this is the opening scene where we follow the misfortunes of Tarzan's family. During all of this they play Collins' song, it's a good song on its own but in my opinion a mismatch to the events shown on screen, which are dramatic to say the least. This takes me out of the movie and unfortunately this happens almost all the time Collins' songs kick in.
The songs just seem to belong in a different movie.
I also find the tone of the movie to be very inconsistent switching from very dark and moody to lighthearted sillines all the time. Clayton for example is basically being played for laughs untill the very last moment that he attacks the Gorilla's and then turns into the maniacal Disney villain of old. The leopard was more of a threat and less forgettable than Clayton.
However I do like the movie but I think it's the weakest one out of the Disney Renaissance period.
But I will always be thankful for the hillarious line:
"Is this water sanitary?"
Something me and my friends use all the time!