Good clean fun.

Rating: Null/10 (23 July 1999)

When I saw the previews to Disney's "Tarzan" my reaction was to be wary a of "Pocahontas" style workover of a character I really enjoyed in my boyhood fiction reading. The few recent attempts to use the Tarzan character have been very disappointing. And in this case I really had/have a problem with their drawing him with a pointy chin!
However we took our daughter to the film and we all enjoyed it very much.
Only in animation can Tarzan's agility in travelling through the trees be properly depicted -- although I doubt that Edgar Rice Burroughs would have had him "surfing/skate-boarding" along the boughs if he lived long enough to see such sport.
I have a few quibbles with the film based on a fairly extensive knowledge of the original books and many Tarzan comics, but I feel that the producers made reasonable choices in just about every case. For example, the books and comics depicted Tarzan to be strong enough to win a fight against a full grown gorilla or a "great ape" as Mr. Burroughs called the apes that raised him. Obviously, in this era of "get real", Disney's choice of having Tarzan win his battles by other than brute strength is reasonable.
Good music and good story. Good clean fun!