Best animated feature of the last 20 years

Rating: 10/10 (2 June 1999)

I expected my enjoyment of this film to be minimal. I come from a family of animation artists and I have abnormally high standards. I thought Disney's "Pocahontas" was embarrassing.
Tarzan blew me away. It is SPLENDID! I laughed, I cried, shivers shot down my spine, I cheered, I was sorry when it ended so soon. It is graphically contemporary and is a style unto itself. The sound track is icing on the cake. This is a masterpiece.
The 3D background effects are enough to take your breath away. They are so good that they draw the viewer into the film. One walks out of the theater thinking, "Wow the real world is so flat by comparison!" The artistic talents that created these environments have an incredible sense of the way the world is put together.
Character design in general is OK, the character design of Tarzan is phenomenal. After seeing the print ads that included the Tarzan character, I thought it might be a bit over the top. It's not! It works wonderfully well thanks to amazingly good animation. All the character animation showed wonderful depth and weight and feeling.
This is a movie that everyone of every age can enjoy. It's a new classic, a new standard by which animated features will be judged in the future. It's the best Tarzan film I've ever seen and certainly the best animated feature of the last 20 years.