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idea what's going on or what this place
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at all welcome to watch mojo and today
we're counting down
our picks for the top 10 live action
scenes in animated
why are movies robots shooting other
robots aren't they supposed to be
friends
i don't know i'm the artist you're the
writer hey yours meal
it's gotta be them if it is i don't
wanna know about it i don't even know we
exist
for this list we'll be looking at the
most memorable instances wherein
animated flicks made the brief
transition into live-action filmmaking
only those movies that are mostly if not
almost entirely animated outside of the
scene in question are eligible while
films that blend live action and
animation throughout no matter the ratio
are excluded
do you like seeing live action sequences
in an otherwise animated film
let us know in the comments below number
10 so much world playmobil the movie
considering other flicks that have been
based on toys and games
it's perhaps not too shocking that this
musical comedy based on figurines was a
bit of a box office failure and a
critical disaster
what's taking you idiot pirates so long
i could have captured an entire viking
horde myself and been home for dessert
by now
i think we found just what you'd be
looking for i'm not paying you to think
but it's not playmobil's story or
premise that puts it here
revolving around siblings marla and
charlie as they're taken into
playmobile's computer animated world
the english language french production
opens with a family-friendly musical
number where big sis sings her way
through the house with little bro in toe
foreshadowing their big adventures while
also showing off some of the german
building toys in real life the
live-action scene is one of the brighter
and more subtle spots of the film study
history
in the places history was made learn all
about real nights
number nine tollbooth unpacking the
phantom tollbooth
we're going old school with our next
pick by traveling back to 1970 with the
phantom tollbooth what was there to do
nothing i guess nothing is funny
right everything's a big waste of time
though seldom seen even upon release if
there's one thing this chuck jones
project is remembered for
it's its witty erudite sense of humor
that permeates the animated landscape
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make up your mind you're holding up
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we get a brief taste of this early on
when the disillusioned milo comes across
a mysterious package sitting in his
living room
for milo who has plenty of time so
bored he'll investigate anything milo
unwraps it only for a wacky looking
tool booth to appear complete with
miniature car back in the day
we're sure this funky little cinematic
effect was quite neat for audiences as
it cleverly set the tone for what's to
come
number 8. storytelling in central park
balto
much like this 1995 cult classic is
regaling the audience with the legend of
the real life sled dog known as balto
punctuating the animated core of the
movie is a woman doing the same for her
young granddaughter
strolling through central park they
search for the statue erected in balto's
honor to little avail
and it isn't until the story is complete
that they finally find it
what does it say dedicated
to the indomitable indomitable
indomitable the spirit of the sled dog
with the little girl having now been
acquainted with balto's heroics
the film ends on a reflectively
appreciative note especially when the
grandmother is revealed to be the
grown-up rosie whom balto saved from
diphtheria
thank you balto
i would have been lost without you it's
at this point that we feel like we were
entertained
and learned a little something in the
process walter really did do all of that
didn't he grandma
oh yes sweetheart he really did and
today they run the iditarod dog race
over the very path he and the others
took number seven sponge and spiker
james and the giant peach even when he's
just in the producer's chair
we don't think anyone would accuse a tim
burton movie of being bright and
cheerful
then one day a terrible thing happened
an angry rhinoceros appeared out of
nowhere
and gobbled up his poor mother and
father while james and the giant peach
has plenty of amusement for kids
it doesn't skimp on its darker elements
particularly in the beginning
embodying the wicked stepsisters
archetype to james's cinderella are his
abusive ants
sponge and spiker eat up you little worm
we sent you out here to kill a spider
not to laze about i wasn't lazy about i
tripped
how dare you disagree with us beat him
sponge
before james enters the stop-motion
animated world of the peach he's put
through the emotional ringer when he's
forced to perform an
endless series of chores the peach
sequences are thus
that much more enjoyable when juxtaposed
with such a dreary live-action
alternative
though of course the ants receive their
just desserts in the end
i'll be here the kid was telling the
truth
number 6 marine world happy feet
back in 2006 happy feet was lauded for
its breathtaking computer-generated
imagery
in depicting its antarctic landscape and
the penguins that inhabit it however
where the film chooses to diverge from
this practice is in the brief depiction
of
humans it's gotta be them if it is
i don't wanna know about it i don't even
know we exist while certain scenes use
motion capture to create various
researchers a third act segment set at
an aquarium brings live-action actors
into the fold
hello hello from emperorland good
afternoon
why are you taking our fish i'm sure you
don't mean to but
you're causing an awful lot of grief
after mumble is found and placed in an
exhibit he loses his sense of hope
then a live-action girl interacts with
him prompting him to start
dancing his way to freedom
the merged filmmaking styles can be a
bit jarring but adding live actors to
the mix cements the film's emotional
resonance
number five stuffed animals winnie the
pooh
as the a.a milne biopic christopher
robin reminded us the characters of the
hundred acre wood have a long and
storied history
dating back to the early 20th century
when the majority of them were inspired
by milne's son christopher robin's toys
it's a little world like you said a
hundred acre paradise
of course when we think of poo and the
gang now we likely think of their
various incarnations in animated media
when underneath the disney banner
thank you all however the brisk and
delightful 2011 adventures simply titled
winnie the pooh
does well to remember this colorful
history as we get a brief glimpse at the
stuffed versions of the characters in
christopher robin's bedroom to start the
film
in short we can't think of a more
charming opening
number four sock puppet future captain
underpants
the first epic movie after years of
being inundated with superhero
adaptations
2017's captain underpants the first epic
movie was a satirical breath of fresh
air
as a delightfully poked fun at the genre
not only that but it largely retained
the zany humor found in dave pilkey's
book series
look up in the sky it's a bird it's a
plank
it's an egg salad sandwich and guess
what
i'm rapping just one such example is a
scene earlier on
in which george and harold dread the
prospect of being placed in separate
classes as it will irrevocably ruin
their friendship
we'll still be best friends just way
down a hall
from each other well what am i talking
about this is bad
long-distance relationships never work
this is just the beginning imagine the
future
harold then acts out a dystopian future
with sock puppets wherein the two are
virtually strangers
you'll have a weird haircut i'll be
wearing a suit for some reason
and before we know it separate classes
will lead to separate lives which
inevitably leads
to robots why are the robots at the mall
because this is the future however since
harold is only the cartoonist half of
their writing artist duo the daydream
soon falls off the rails number three
ceo of by and large
wally even for a pixar movie there's
almost nothing conventional about wall-e
as evidenced by its nearly dialogue-free
first act
set in the 29th century the story picks
up with an earth that has been ravaged
by human consumerism and waste
too much garbage in your face there's
plenty of space out in space
bnl starliners leaving each day we'll
clean up the mess while you're away
from there we follow a trash compactor
bot named wally who tracks the human
race to an intergalactic cruise liner
where people have become obese and
lethargic with a lack of purpose
this chain of events leads the ship's
captain to uncover a centuries-old
transmission from
shelby forthright by enlarges ceo played
by fred willard who orders earth to be
forgotten
got some bad news um
operation cleanup has well uh
failed what you know rising toxicity
levels have made life
unsustainable on earth unsustainable
it's a humorous little scene but one
with thematic depth
as we learn that people have lost their
live-action features over time
i can't just sit here and and do nothing
that's all i've ever done
that's all any one of this blasted ship
has ever done nothing
on the axiom you will survive i don't
want to survive
i want to live number two david
hasselhoff saves the day
the spongebob squarepants movie baywatch
was a show ripe for parody
but few have done it better than the
spongebob squarepants movie
when spongebob and patrick are captured
by a scuba diver and stranded at a
seaside gift shop they find themselves
with no way to get back to bikini bottom
in time to save mr krabs
this doesn't look too good patrick
you mean we're not gonna get the crown
save the town
and mr krabs i don't even think we're
gonna be able to save ourselves
buddy enter david hasselhoff running in
slow motion
i can take you there
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who are you i'm david hasselhoff
of course that is the go-to baywatch gag
but then seeing spongebob and patrick
ride hasselhoff like a jet ski is
priceless the superhero sequence in the
sequel sponge out of water is fun
in its own right as is keanu reeves turn
as sage in spongebob on the
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um run we should have picked a better
superpower for you patrick but there's
just no beating being rescued by mitch
buchanan himself
you done good hasselhoff before we
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number one the man upstairs the lego
movie with the lego movie
being as meta as it is it's surprising
that we didn't see the revelation that
all of bricksburg and its surrounding
realms are part of a child's play set
coming
i'm just gonna come right out i have no
idea what's going on or what this place
is
at all so imagine our surprise when
emmett plummets into the abyss
only to end up an actual lego piece in a
live-action basement
this of course begets the introduction
of finn the young boy whose imagination
drives the story
and the man upstairs who is actually
finn's father played by will ferrell
you know the rules this isn't a toy um
it's kind of his
no actually it's a highly sophisticated
interlocking brick system
but we bought it at the toy store we
knew farrell was in the movie
with him voicing president business but
to see him suddenly in the flesh was a
real treat the sequel replicates this
bit with maya rudolph as the mom
but there's no topping the first
to childbirth very close in pain level
to childbirth
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