George of the Jungle (1997)
Deep in the African jungle, a baby named George, the sole survivor of a plane crash, is raised by gorillas. George grows up to be a buff and lovable klutz who has a rain forest full of animal friends: Tookie, his big-beaked toucan messenger; Ape, a witty talking gorilla; and Shep, a peanut-loving pooch of an elephant. But when poachers mess with George's pals, the King Of Swing swings into action.
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Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.
It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny
I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
The CGI elephant was cool. But I had to quit this after 30 or 40 minutes. Maybe I wasn't in the mood for this type of comedy. The jokes are geared more towards children or whatever but whatever. It seems well directed at times. Just silly in repetitive way. But I did not give the film an honest chance - I did the math and quit it before the halfway mark. Maybe the second half is a freaking masterpiece but I wouldn't know; and ultimately the director is to blame. Unless this did good back in the days. It must have came out around the time of Disney's Tarzan animated film.
George of the Jungle is a cool movie about an ape man living in the jungle. This movie is kind of a copy of Tarzan, but it isn't awful. This movie was funny, and it was also a little boring. This movie to me wasn't making since at times. A guy falling of a bridge 30 stories high, then he survives, and there's another scene where a bad guy shoots George in the head, and then George lives! Brendon Fraser's performance as George was wonderful, and this movie also has John Cleeese, and Thomas Haden Church. The song at the begging of the movie was cool because it starts out as a cartoon, and then after the song, the live action starts. I would only revisit the funny parts of the movie, I would rather not watch the whole thing.
The only truly memorable scene in this movie was the stunt at the Golden Gate Bridge-it was actually rather impressive. The rest, however, was trite, dull, and repetitive. George, an inept Tarzan-like man, is found by Ursula in the jungle, and she takes him to the city, and of course there are problems with that.The original "George Of The Jungle" episodes were short cartoons, not necessarily suited for conversion to a feature-length film, as other such efforts such as "Dudley Do-Right" have proved. Though the movie does make a real effort to keep as close to the original cartoon as possible, the sad truth is that the whole thing just didn't work. Fortunately, the fad for such efforts has long died off, so we don't have to worry about seeing Hong Kong Phooey or Tennessee Tuxedo getting such treatment.
Those who know me know I HATE stupid comedy. I must admit that I watched this movie simply because B. Fraser starred in it: I have a long-standing crush on the man.I knew, going into it, that it'd be a silly movie with dull humor. Still, I was pleasantly surprised.The humor is dry and stupid most of the time, but the storyline makes up for it. And, as I recall from my childhood, George was always a bit dimwitted anyway. So I could deal with the stupidity of the movie and enjoy it for what it was--a child's film with adult undertones.And Brendan Fraser in a loincloth......need I say more?