My wife watches TARZAN for the FIRST time || Movie Reaction 

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Phil Collins didn't have to go that hard, but he did, for us👏🏽

"This is supposed to be a children's movie." You should get her to watch Hunchback of Notre Dame, lol.

May i remind you that Hunchback of Notre Dame was also "rated G" and a baby was nearly drowned in a well in the first 5 minutes, there's assault, murder, burning at the stake, abuse and much more in it. The late 90s was a wild time

The son of man scene still gives me chills

I have a feeling that Jen will like Brother Bear.

I'm from Germany and I think it's great that Phil Collins sang the songs in different languages for the different countries! Hear him sing in german was strange, but he did it very well!

Phil Collins originally wrote You'll Be In My Heart for his daughter! I think it's cute that Holden sings it to the kids!

Phil Collins carried the Disney soundtracks during the late 90s and early 2000s

"Don't blame me, Phil Colin's makes nothing but bangers." FACTS

7:07 Don't blame me cause Phil Collins makes bangers 😭🤣truuueesw

I just gotta say, "The Legend of Tarzan" animated follow up is RAD! It adapts the original Edgar Rice Burroughs stories and fits them into the movie and series tone, like it makes it so fun to see what Tarzan fights next. Plus they use the Phil Collins Two Worlds theme as the main theme, and every song goes hard!

Tarzan is quite underrated imo. And I love the classic British accents and dialogues. Clayton was a great antagonist, along with Sabor. Another underrated Disney classic I would recommend would be Atlantis: The Lost Empire. R.I.P. Harambe

In the original series of books by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan does go back to England with Jane and it turns out he's the Earl of Greystoke.

It's not mentioned in the movie but Tarzan's birth name is John Clayton II. The villain in the movie is his cousin William. This makes Tarzan a kinslayer.

That’s honestly so sweet you sing that song to your son. Part of me can’t wait to be a dad some day just to be able to sing this to my kids 😊 Phil Collins just hits that hard

The reason why most of the characters and the tea pot all look like Beauty And The Beast characters is because the lead animator for this movie (Glen Keane) was also an animator on Beauty And The Beast.

The voice of Jane (Minnie Driver) also played Skylar in Good Will Hunting another fantastic film

For me, "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes " is one of the best film adaptations

19:29 “There’s something I should have shown you long ago.” “THEIR BODIES?!” 🤣

I love the memes that showed up about Tarzan and Jane swinging on the vine at the end. Since he's carrying Jane with both arms, and the vine is behind them, Tarzan can only be gripping it with his buns of steel.

I hadn’t realized til you mentioned it how dark Tarzan really was for a G rated film. Clayton’s death was one thing, but on top of that, you saw the bodies of Tarzan’s parents not even 5 minutes after introducing them. Also love how you’re introducing all these Disney classics to Jen. I don’t know if she’s seen The Lion King, but that reaction would be priceless.

Holden singing You’ll Be In My Heart to Hero is so freaking sweet 🥹

Now that she’s seen this she needs to see the legend of Tarzan

If you haven't watched these, here are some non-Disney animated films you might want to check out: All Dogs go to Heaven, The Secret of NIMH, An American Tail, and Ferngully: The Last Rainforest. Also, Dune Part 1 & 2.

So here’s a fun fact for y’all. The neighborhood of Tarzana, California (which is somewhere in the Valley), is actually named for the character of Tarzan. Edgar Rice Burroughs, who wrote the Tarzan stories, established Tarzana, California, as his own personal ranch.

Tarzan's tree surfing wasn't just inspired from Tony Hawk but Tarzan's main animator Glean Keane (who also animated The Beast from Beauty and the Beast, Ariel from The Little Mermaid, the title characters of Aladdin and Pocahontas and later did Captain Long John Silver in Treasure Planet) got inspiration from his son who at the time did skateboarding and snowboarding.

Holden & Jen Hardman, Your videos always make me happy, so I subscribed!

You two are usually very funny, but yall were on another level in this video. The little edits and the commentary, top notch. Keep up the good work. Much love from New York. I really needed this today, thank you.

22:54 Jen really hit the Speak no evil, Hear no evil See no evil on accident🤣🤣🤣

I think Jen forgot about the "Circle of Life" lesson that The Lion King taught us. Lolol Her 🫨🫨🫨 faces was killing me. 🤣🤣🤣

Watch Brother Bear (2003). It’s an animated Disney film that I think you would both enjoy. Very underrated and often forgotten about. Phil Collins also did the music for it.

I can't believe I never caught the beauty and the beast references. The movie does get a cartoon called "The Legend of Tarzan" and it's pretty cool

"Late into their 40's in the jungle" Im dead 🤣🤣

Jenn “just let him” with no facial expression is elite!

Also a leopard and a panther are the same thing panther is referring to big cats gene such as lions, tigers, and leopard

Hearing how much Jen loves gorillas...I was very eager to see how she would react to the first few minutes. Didn't disappoint! Also, people hype up Phil Collins a lot, which is more than deserved, but the overall score is phenomenal. Mark Mancina absolutely killed it. Personal favorite is "A Wondrous Place" when Tarzan is taking the group up to the gorillas after Kerchak is chasing the others away. Between the score and animation, it's textbook combination on how the score can so heavily complement. Freaking loved it.

This movie is the peak of Disney 2D animation before 3D took over.

Holden: ''Theres some baby stuff in this that I can not wait to see u react to cause it...s so fun'' 😄 Me who's already watched Tarzan:😭💀

“This is supposed to be a children's movie” In fact it is, and I generally believe. That is to say, personally speaking, I who was born in '99 and grew up with these movies, cannot deny that I did suffer from the impact of several deaths that occurred at Disney but I never hated them, because there was always resilience and/or learning. At that age I didn't understand much about references or words but I flowed more from the feeling and emotion they generated in me, and I learned a lot from those movies that show you a certain reality of life compared to recent ones. On the other hand, I feel that they are films for all of us who carry our inner child, even adults enjoyed these films and continue to do so, Disney created children's films for all children and those who were children, something that I regret losing little by little… It was magnificent

Holden I agree with you Claytons death traumatized as a kid too also Ursalas , Scars as well.

7:00 Holden do not be ashamed of singing bangers to your kid🔥❤❤

They did an animated series based after the end of the film. It was your typical saturday morning cartoon series but it was good. More human characters came to the island and started modernising it somewhat, Clayton's sister was introduced trying to get revenge, dinosaurs, giant anaconda, the leopand people and other stuff. It was fun.

Funny that you reference beauty and the beast. There is a theory that some of the Disney characters are connected. Apparently Jane is the granddaughter or great granddaughter of belle since they have the similar color outfits, the tea cups, and her attraction to beast like men. Tarzan is actually the brother of Elsa and Anna. Their parents left on the ship that sunk and reportedly died but really they escaped and landed in Africa and had baby Tarzan during the voyage. The ship that sunk is the same ship in the little mermaid.

Lance Hendrickson portrayed ''Kerchak'', Minnie Driver was ''Jane'', Nigel Hawthorne was ''Professor Porter'', Brian Blessed was ''Clayton''. The character of Clayton is ironic because, Tarzan's actual name is John Clayton, Lord Greystoke in the novel.

As far as I’m aware, Belle and Jane are technically related in a kinda unconfirmed theory way that some Disney peeps say is true 🤷‍♂️ Same as Tarzan being the young brother of Anna and Elsa, which the director of frozen confirmed as his kinda canon take on the story

I don't normally comment, but i want to share my opinion. Love you both and these videos and so glad you're doing a video on this. This film holds a special place in my heart as some of my earliest memories of a child was watching this on VHS with my dad. Constantly, where the VHS broke. Sadly my dad is no longer with us, but this film is so special because it reminds me of him. And the meaning behind the excellent songs performed by Phil Collins also reminds me of him. Truly my favourite Disney film/film in general.

I always wonder if Tarzan was ever told that Sabor was the one that killed his real family

As someone who studied animation and works in the industry, Tarzan's actual animation never fails to amaze me. How anatomically accurate the drawing to his body and movement was, and how meticulously detailed his animation was done is masterclass. So impressive!

This is my favourite animation movie of all time. I just can never put into words how much this movie means to me. Forever thankful to glen keane & Phil collins for there work in this masterpiece movie.

I can’t hear you’ll be in my heart without tearing up. I held my newborn daughter and watched this. She is now 24 and I have remarried and her and I danced to this song at my wedding

26:11 “ love, transcending any species” as Boston side eyes 👀 you in the background

This is my favorite of the Disney Renaissance movies, and always has been. Nostalgia is part of it, but as i get older, I only appreciate the technical and narrative aspects of it even more. To me, it was the most emotionally impactful, it has my favorite opening sequence, maybe there was a little too much Phil Collins, but the music fit really well. I still tear up during the seen where Kala shows Tarzan the tree house, and the mix of traditional and digital animation was absolutely beautiful.

Two worlds, son of man, Stanger like me, and you'll be in my heart are all absolute bangers...and happy 3 month early 1st birthday to your baby boy!!!

Don’t be ashamed to sing You’ll be in My Heart Holden. I sang Son of Man and Carry On Wayward Son when my son was first born!

My childhood comoletly. Grew up on the classic disney movies and often listen to the soundtracks well into being an adult. Having three kids now myself i passed on these movies to them and they know them all just as much as i do. Tarzan and Hercules were my two favorites and remain still to this day. Hercules should be next

I liked this movie so much as a kid that for boredom relief my cousins would ask me to recite the ENTIRETY of the movie from memory...and I would happily oblige lol this was me and my moms special movie. To this day I can't hear You'll be in my Heart without getting a little choked up.

Tarzan does get his own TV show as well as a prequel. Both have likely forgotten by now.

I swear the amount of movies I’ve know seen Jen see, she cares wayyy more about animal lives than human lives 😂.

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Everyone is talking about Phil Collins and I want to add: Ever since I heard You'll be in my Heart at a young age, I knew it was going to be the song I sing to my baby. I'm still waiting for that day.

Fun Fact: One of the directors of this movie also directed Frozen

I love how both "Tarzan yells" use the same notes but are harmonized differently, the first one changing and new at a pivotal moment of victory, the second one firmly on the tonic chord moving to a suspension and resolving back, to show finality.

Such a highly UNDERRATED Disney classic! The animation, the music its all just fantastic!

Tarzan was actually animated by Glen Keane; the same animator who did the Beast.

Kerchak is voiced by Lance Henriksen, who's best known for playing the android Bishop in Aliens and Alien 3 (as well as "Bishop 2", who's an actual human but still looks a lot like Bishop).

The scene in which she names the baby Tarzan is a great tribute to Bambi. It's almost line for line.

So glad you are checking this out!! I remember seeing this at a double feature drive in when I was about 5 and as I’ve gotten older appreciate it more especially Phil collins who Smacked the soundtrack out of the park.

CANT BELIEVE THIS MOVIE WILL BE 25 Years old!?!?

As is tradition, if you liked the music in Tarzan, you should consider Brother Bear, which has lots of Phil Collins and similar themes on nature, belonging, family, responsibility, balance, empathy for those unlike you, and loss. Just as heart-wrenching at points, though, if not more so.

Also, a metric tonne of things were changed from Burroughs’ story for the film. For example, Sabor the leopard. Originally Sabor was a lion but lions don’t live in rainforests. Leopards do live in rainforests but have also adapted to living in the savanna and grasslands.

One of the very best soundtracks of any Disney movie. Phil Collins really knocked it out of the park AND he sings in - I think - every single language the movie was released on. Impressive stiff!

I remember watching this with my dad in a movie theatre. The soundtrack blew me away. The action was great and the heart was there, too. Great experience.

I was just watching this a few days ago on Disney + but in Spanish. I grew up watching it on the VHS tape in English. It’s still a great movie to watch with anyone. What Disney fans notice is that some characters are modeled after the ones before them so it can be distracting at times

This is one of, if not THE first movies I ever watched. The score is phenomenal, the story is timeless. This movie has a very special place in my heart.

My childhood is nothing without this movie❤❤❤❤ even the game❤ nostalgia ❤❤❤

That intro was gold...

Id really like to see yall react to Brother Bear. Its another great Phil Collins Disney soundtrack. Also had a lot of animosity with my older brother when we were younger and we really bonded over it.

This was and is still my favourite Disney movie. Mulan is a close second but this one just hits all the right spots.

This is, together with The Lion King, one Disney's absolute best, imo. They are not just "children's movies", they are so much more than that, hence the reason so many adults adore them, and often have so much more appreciation for them when watching them as adults, than they did when they were watching them as kids. The only thing separating animated movies from live action movies really, is that in animated movies the film makers can let their imagination run absolutely free, no live actors, sets, or real life physics to struggle with. 5:20 Yes, it's supposed to be a leopard, but it's kinda drawn like a cheetah for some reason. And black panthers do exist in Africa, they are just black leopards. Black panthers also exist in South America, but as jaguars. I guess there are black indian leopards as well. Speaking of black Panthers, go visit Luna the Pantera, the sweetest kitty cat there is, and her Rottweiler step sister Venza.

I adore Tarzan, it's one of my favorite animated movies ever. I watched it way too many times when I was probably way too old to do so (13/14), but this was when my parents divorced and it was a source of solace... Love the music, the story, the animation and, one underrated aspect that wasn't mentioned, it was just how romantic it is. Tarzan and Jane as a couple just makes me happy. And of course I ecstatic when it was chosen as one of the worlds for the first Kingdom Hearts, even if it ended up being one of the most confusing to navigate.

"Son of Man" by Phil Collins is so good!

Tarzan first started out as a novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs which was adapted by many liv action movies, starting as early as the silent film era and later into comic books (it was through knowledge of these comics and films, while I haven't read or seen them myself, I came familiar with Tarzan, including the swedish children's television show Trazan Apansson och Banarne, which slightly parodied Tarzan, though the character along with Lee Falk's The Phantom are mentioned within the show). It wasn't until after the mid-90's that Disney did this animated version of Tarzan, which got released in 1999.

My mother used to sing "You'll be in my Heart" to me when I was little. It warms my heart so much that Holden does the same for his son.

I read through all the original Edgar Rice Burroughs books and am happy to say that this is an underrated classic!😊

Tarzan is awesome, his holding up the leopards body and his icon yell. And the music is amazing, Phil Collins did an amazing job with it.

Greystoke, the legend of Tarzan Lord of the apes (1984) starring Christopher Lambert, Andie McDowell and Ian Holm was my first introduction to the character of Tarzan, good movie “razor….mirror….”

Edgar Rice Burroughs, who was the author of the Tarzan novels, was once asked that if Tarzan would be animated, who would he want to do it. he said Disney!

After “When You Wish Upon a Star” …. “You’ll Be in My Heart” sits in the number 2 spot.

25:28 not in this or any of Disney’s other Tarzan products, no. However, Edgar Rice Burroughs does give Tarzan a son in some of the stories. In fact the third such story was literally called Son of Tarzan.

Rarely have I clicked so fast. Also, Holden, WHAT WAS THAT INTRO

Greystoke the legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes from 1984 starring Christopher Lambert (Highlander), is probably the best live action adaptation of Tarzan. The Legend of Tarzan from 2016 starring Alexander Skarsgard is the sequel to Greystoke taking place 8 years later.

Another favorite, Two Worlds, One family, got me singing when I was a kid

Have yall seen the memes with Tarzan swinging on the vines holding Jane with both hands…? And did you catch the cameo from Mrs. Potts when the gorillas discovered the camp?

The book version is more messed up, Tarzan is actually related to Clayton and Tarzan is the heir to a fortune so Clayton betrays him, takes Tarzans money and ends up with Jane, so the book is much more messed up than the movie.

i almost fell out of my chair laughing at Holden scatting the intro

The correct live action tarzan has to be George of the Jungle 😂❤

It is wonderful to see you guys experiencing the Disney/Pixar world of animation. I hope that your journey will include "Coco" and "Brave". Brave puts a whole new spin on the Disney princess. Both fabulous and detailed animations with wonderful stories AND messages.

The voice of Tarzan is Tony Goldwyn.

This movie is so good, and doesn't get as much recognition as the other Disney classics. This has the slickist 2D-3D comp in any animated movie I've seen.