From animated classics to live-action remakes, Disney loves to recreate iconic moments! Join us as we explore the times Disney brought animated scenes to life with stunning accuracy. From floating down rivers to shattering glass slippers, these moments prove some scenes are too perfect to reimagine. Which recreation captured the magic of the original? Which ones missed the mark?
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00:00Welcome to Ms. Mojo, and today, we're counting down our picks for the times Disney, for better or worse,
00:11essentially copied and pasted entire scenes from their animated classics into their live-action remakes.
00:24Number 10. Floating Along the River, The Jungle Book.
00:27Before Hakuna Matata, there was The Bare Necessities.
00:31All you gotta do is look for the bare necessities, the simple bare necessities.
00:39Forget about your worries and your strife.
00:42While teaching Mowgli to take it easy, Baloo lets him float down the river on his belly like a built-in raft.
00:48Clearly, the live-action creators couldn't resist creating this visual in their version of the song.
00:53It's almost a copy-paste, CGI aside.
00:55Because let me tell you something, little wretches.
00:59If you act like that bee acts, uh-uh, you're working too hard.
01:04The biggest difference is that 1967 Mowgli takes bare necessities to another level, lying down without a care.
01:11While 2016 Mowgli sits up, drumming on Baloo's belly and splashing around like he's helping steer.
01:16The essence stays the same, a kid, a bear, and a river.
01:20Because some Disney moments are just too classic to leave out.
01:23Or, as Baloo would say, a bare necessity.
01:26When you look under the rocks and plants, and then take a glance at them fancy ants, and then maybe try a few?
01:33Mmm, mmm!
01:35The bare necessities of life have come to you.
01:37Number 9.
01:39Baby Mine.
01:40Dumbo.
01:40It's like Disney watched this scene and thought, how can we make it even more devastating?
01:45Baby Mine, don't you cry.
01:50This time, the song is sung beautifully by Sharon Rooney, who plays Miss Atlantis, a new character.
01:57But the sentiment stays the same.
01:59Little Dumbo finds his mom locked up, and she comforts him with her trunk.
02:03And did they really have to make live-action Dumbo well up like that?
02:06As if animated Dumbo's tear wasn't already soul-crushing.
02:11Let those eyes sparkle and shine.
02:15Never a tear, baby of mine.
02:19Sure, this is one of the film's most famous and heartbreaking moments.
02:23But come on, Disney, you didn't have to do us like that.
02:25Turns out, even heartbreak hits harder in CGI.
02:38Number 8.
02:40Part of Your World Reprise.
02:41The Little Mermaid.
02:42As one of the most recognizable and beloved songs in The Little Mermaid, we expected nods to the original.
02:48But not necessarily a frame-for-frame remake.
02:51Just you and me.
02:53And I could be part of your world.
02:59Part of Your World lets Halle Bailey make the moment her own.
03:02Though we still caught some homages to some classic shots.
03:05The reprise, however.
03:07Well, see it for yourself.
03:08It's almost like the live-action team traced the original and just dropped Bailey in.
03:12What would I do to see you smiling at me?
03:20Don't get us wrong.
03:21We'd have caused a storm bigger than Ursula's if they skipped that iconic image of Ariel on the rock with waves crashing behind her.
03:27But watching this, we couldn't help but think,
03:29haven't we been part of this world before?
03:31Number 7.
03:45Taking the Lamp.
03:46Aladdin.
03:47Unlike some live-action remakes,
03:49Aladdin stays true to the animated classic.
03:51Just from a new fantastic point of view.
03:54Still, some moments are simply too shining, shimmering, splendid to leave out.
04:06There are only so many ways to show a magic carpet soaring, tumbling, freewheeling.
04:10Okay, enough Whole New World references.
04:12The real copy-paste moment comes when Aladdin picks up the lamp.
04:16While his 1992 counterpart's climb is a bit smoother,
04:19the moment he grabs the lamp is nearly identical.
04:21The camera angle might differ, but everything else is the same.
04:31And of course, in both versions, it's Abu's eye for treasure that sends everything crashing down.
04:37Never change, Abu.
04:38Abu! No!
04:42Infinance!
04:43You have touched the forbidden treasure!
04:47No, you will never again see the light of death!
04:57Number 6.
04:59The Donkey Transformation.
05:01Pinocchio.
05:01Because who doesn't want to relive their childhood trauma in live-action, right?
05:05Where does he get that stuff?
05:08How do you ever expect to be a real boy?
05:10What's he think I look like?
05:13A jackass?
05:14The Pleasure Island scene is burned into our memories, so naturally, Disney thought,
05:19why not pass the nightmare fuel to a new generation?
05:22Lampwick's transformation is eerily spot-on, from the slow, creeping changes,
05:26to his sheer panic when he sees his reflection.
05:29If you thought the animated version would haunt you forever,
05:31just wait until you see its live-action update.
05:34Help me, please!
05:35Anybody!
05:36Anybody, please!
05:37Just toll anybody!
05:38Help me!
05:39Please!
05:42Mama!
05:44Mama!
05:45They even nailed the terrifying shadow moment.
05:47Well, looks like another generation just learned that you really can't have too much
05:51of a good thing the hard way.
05:52It's fine, we didn't need to sleep tonight anyway.
06:00Number 5.
06:02Maleficent's Curse.
06:03Maleficent.
06:03Since this film flips Sleeping Beauty on its head,
06:06you wouldn't expect it to borrow too much from the original animation.
06:09Let us tell an old story anew, and we will see how well you know it.
06:15But hey, if you're called the Mistress of Evil, you better live up to it.
06:19I must say, I really felt quite distressed at not receiving an invitation.
06:27You're not welcome here.
06:28When it comes to Maleficent's big moment,
06:30her dialogue is practically in sync with the 1959 version, aside from a few tweaks in timing
06:36and Angelina Jolie's delivery.
06:38Listen well, all of you.
06:43The princess shall indeed grow in grace and beauty.
06:50Beloved by all who meet her.
06:53Of course, since this is her story, the scene is extended.
06:56And the fairies aren't the ones who offer a solution this time.
07:00Still, one thing remains the same.
07:02A true villain knows how to make an entrance and an exit.
07:05And Maleficent delivers in both, leaving in a green blaze of glory.
07:09Before the sun sets on her 16th birthday, she shall prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel and die.
07:20Number 4.
07:21The Ballroom.
07:22Beauty and the Beast.
07:23Is there a more magical moment than this ballroom scene?
07:26Tale as old as time, song as old as rhyme.
07:31Beauty and the Beast.
07:34Belle and the Beast lock eyes across the stairway and make their graceful descent while the first notes of Beauty and the Beast play.
07:40So, of course, the 2017 live-action remake had to honor it.
07:53This ballroom boasts far more chandeliers than its animated counterpart.
07:57Yet one of the best tributes comes in that iconic shot where the camera pans away from the dancing duo, up to the chandelier.
08:04Offering a closer look at the room's grandeur before returning to their intimate waltz.
08:08Tale as old as time.
08:15Tune as old as song.
08:19It's a tale as old as time, and they clearly wanted to keep it that way.
08:23Number 3.
08:24Glass Slipper Close-Up.
08:26Cinderella.
08:27The glass slipper represents the transformative power of magic, a core theme in Disney films.
08:32It's a moment of pure emotional payoff, a signature in their storytelling.
08:36Madame Marcel.
08:39Signorita.
08:42Just a moment.
08:43We get a similar feeling during Cinderella's dress transformation, though the 2015 remake goes all out with it.
08:49But she wouldn't mind if I cheered off of it?
08:52Wouldn't mind an ice blue?
08:54No.
08:54With modern effects at their disposal, why wouldn't they make a spectacle of such an iconic moment?
09:00But in a quieter scene, we see the prince himself slip the glass slipper onto Cinderella's foot.
09:05I do not even know if that beautiful slipper will fit.
09:08But...
09:08If it does, will you take me as I am?
09:16In the animated version, he doesn't even show up.
09:19Why bother when you have staff for that?
09:21But here, the moment feels more romantic while still keeping that close-up of the life-changing fit.
09:26Number 2.
09:28Spaghetti Scene.
09:29Lady and the Tramp.
09:30Some moments are so perfect that changing them would be downright barking mad.
09:34Maybe that's why the remake's creators took the original's lead here.
09:37Butch, he says he wants two spaghetti speciales, heavy on a meatball.
09:45One of the film's sweetest, most iconic moments is this doggy date at Tony's,
09:49where the special of the day is, of course, spaghetti and meatballs.
09:53Oh, this is the night.
09:57It's a beautiful night.
10:00And we call it Bella Norte.
10:05Really, the only noticeable difference is that these pups got a CGI makeover.
10:11Everything else is practically identical.
10:13We still get the soul-stirring serenade of Bella Norte.
10:16And yes, they still share that strand of spaghetti.
10:19Honestly, making any big changes would have been a rough call and perhaps unforgivable to the fans.
10:24This scene was just too paw-fect to mess with.
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10:53Number 1, Circle of Life, The Lion King.
10:57There's paying homage, and then there's almost copying a film frame for frame.
11:01And The Lion King definitely leans into the latter.
11:03From the everything-the-light-touches scene to Simba's triumphant roar, we get some serious deja vu.
11:19Director Jon Favreau even admitted that some moments from the 1994 classic were just too iconic to touch.
11:24And honestly, we're with him on that.
11:26Especially the opening.
11:28It's one of the most stunning scenes in animation.
11:31How do you improve on perfection?
11:32The rising sun to the animals slowly gathering.
11:35It's breathtaking.
11:36And it moves us all to display and hold.
11:47And the presentation of Simba still gives chills.
11:50It's a classic, proving the 1994 animation's blueprint lives in its live-action descendant in a cinematic circle of life.
11:57Circle.
11:59Where do you think the shot-for-shot remakes worked, and where did they fall flat compared to the original?
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