We LOVE the movie Tarzan

and here's why:

Besides being a fun movie to watch with a muscular man, gorillas (for the kids) and great music, it is truly an adoption story. Tarzan is an orphan baby who is rescued by a gorilla named Kala. He grows up in the wild with Kala being his mom and the rest of his gorilla family. One day Jane Porter, who is on an expedition with her dad and a man named Clayton, finds herself in need of help from some animals, and Tarzan saves her. He then realizes that he is human. He is forced to make a decision as to which "group" he belongs to.

I have several favorite scenes. One is the scene when Tarzan as a boy feels different and runs off to the water. He looks in the pond, sees his reflection and then starts putting mud all over him. He realizes that he looks more like a gorilla covered in mud. His mom finds him and he asks why he is different. She tells him that they both have two eyes, a nose, two ears, two hands; they put their hands up to each other and Tarzan notices they are different. She tells him to close his eyes and asks what he instead feels. He replies his heart. He listens to her heart and she says their hearts are exactly the same. I get tears in my eyes every time I see it.

Another favorite part is when Tarzan gets off the boat and returns to save his family from Clayton and his men. Clayton is about to shoot Kerchak (Tarzan's dad) when Tarzan swings through the trees to save him. Kerchak says to Tarzan, "You came back." Tarzan replies, "I came home." He then realizes that that is where he truly belongs.

After all, HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS.