Customer Reviews

Tarzan & Jane [VHS]

5 star:		(7)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(6)
2 star:		(9)
1 star:		(26)

 

 

Cheap animation, poor voice acting, lazy script-writing add up to a complete dud. Walt Disney must be spinning in his grave.

TARZAN AND JANE - is a movie that sorely needed viable story. It was obviously intended for very young kids. There is nothing for the adults in this movie. Even the voice characterizations are week and seemed to be forced in comparison to the original. None of the original actors came back to do their voice - and I know why now that I have seen it. It has three very week stories written in the Narrative format. Meaning, these are past adventures told by the animal characters like - "Remember when Tarzan did this?" and "Remember when Jane did this?" Extremely week and cheap plot devices.

Don't get me wrong, Return To Neverland (the sequel to Peter Pan), Alladins' two sequels and even Pocahantas' sequel were. All were direct-to-video, but still entertaining for the young and old alike.

Stay away from this one. Even the DVD extras are not that interesting. What were they thinking? Didn't anyone read the script? And Michael Eisner approved this? Yikes! (12-9-02)

It's just for kids. If you are looking for a continuation of the Tarzan movie you may not like this. We bought the original Disney Tarzan animated movie for our kids. The original is great. What this is is three cartoon episodes from the Disney Tarzan television program. The action animation is not nearly as good as in the movie (e.g., the physics of the swinging through the jungle is poor). The plots are terrible/slow/painful. For example, Jane's ditzy girl friends come from London and get chased all day by panthers that never get around to eating them, despite endless chances. It also contains much more gratutious violence. Having said all that, my four year-old seems to like it as well as well as she did the full length animation; thus the third star.

This movie was so boring! My brother and I watched it a few years ago, and haven't watched it since. Let me tell you what this movie is about, and you tell me if it sounds interesting:

It's about Jane remembering things. HOW BORING IS THAT?! ALL IT IS IS FLASHBACKS! WHAT HAPPENED TO THE ACTION, ADVENTURE, AND EVERYTHING ELSE GOOD THAT WE SAW IN THE FIRST MOVIE?!

Just another example of how directors take good movies, and make cruddy sequels to them, hoping they'll be a big hit like the original...WHICH THEY'RE NOT!!

I think the movie we have is going in the neighborhood garage sale next year.

wht`s this? where`s the magic? where`s the good old animation? I can`t possibly beleive disney is making these kind of release for profit. ok its a TV show, So?? aladin timon and pumba, and oldies like tale spin and duck tales ( the series) are far much more interisting and good animated than this! its like seeing the thunder birds in cartoon style! the first tarzan the movie was great and even the dvd extras where not bad, but, tarzan and jane lacks of every thin from the story to the dvd extras. it`s all a money gain. I was really disaponted that they threw a good movie with good caraters like that.

My daughter loved the first Tarzan. So we decided to buy the second one without checking any review about it. What a mistake ! The drawing is awful and the story, or may I say the stories (there are three of them) are without interest. I would have expected a better scenario (one could imagine so many interesting "complete" adventures on the subjet) and a better quality of the drawing from the disney studio.
Too bad.

This is nothing more than Disney's attempt to capitalize on the success of it's excellent Tarzan movie. The artwork is very beneath Disney standards, even for a make-a-quick-buck movie (like "Return of Jafar"). Too flat with a flimsy attempt at depth using very distracting shadows. Oak leaves in a jungle?? The storyline is so-so... 3 episodes of "remember what happened when...?" Actor's voices, except for Tantor and Prof. Porter, sound nowhere near the original's. This obviously low-budget (spare time?) project doesn't begin to approach the quality Disney is capable of producing. I don't even recommend renting it.

Garbage, especially if you had your expectations set by the original movie. Those who rated this movie poorly said it best -- believe 'em. If there was a "0" star, I would choose it.

My title says it all. I sat waiting for this movie to end as I watched the poor animation and predictable story. The whole movie focused around Jane's flashbacks of the past year she spent with Tarzan. Because they're flashbacks, you already know who's going to live and who's going to...well, live. Nothing too exciting, heartbreaking, wonderful, or anything that falls into that catergory ever happens in this movie. Overall, I would say this movie is an extremely poor follow-up to a great, action-packed, colorfully animated movie. Oh, and if you still have some desire to watch this movie, I wish I knew how to give you ours, because its only use in our house is collecting dust...which isn't that useful. It has only been watched once, so after some feather dusting, it should be in mint condition.

I realize that I am repeating opinions already expressed by reviewers here, but potential buyers and viewers cannot be warned enough against this dreadful sequel! My three year old and I really loved the first one and watch it again and again; it's one of the smartest Disney movies in a long time. This sequel, however, is completely unwatchable for an adult. The animation is not even on par with other Disney sequels, and the voices are so clearly other people trying to imitate the originals. My toddler thinks it's ok, but I have to leave the room while she watches it. Don't even rent this one!