Tarzan (1999)
Not going to lie: this is one of my favourite Disney-films of all time. Not for nostalgia's sake, because this came out when I was already 19. No, because this one works so wonderfully storywise and has some pretty brilliant animation as well. Does it have certain issues? Yes. But do they matter in the long run? Maybe just a little. The tale of a child raised by apes is presented here a little differently. For starters, it's not chimpanzees that adopt Tarzan, but gorillas. Before you shout: "Heresy!", allow me to state that I find this a nice touch, actually. Because we now know that chimpanzees can be a right bunch of pricks, at least a lot more than gorillas who are very gentle creatures in fact. Besides, gorillas are visually nicer and more diverse to look at most of the time. Anyway, after Tarzan's parents survive a shipwreck and make their home in the jungle, a nearby gorilla mom named Kala loses her baby to a leopard. She hears the human baby crying and s...
