@ST_morede You're right but this is a bad example, this is one of the easier shots you can achieve in live action, just look at the Doctor Strange stuff in the MCU
@ST_morede I will say that you absolutely CAN achieve this particular shot with live-action, and it would probably be super-impressive and difficult...but you probably couldn't do this shot AND twenty others.
@fluxgojuice@ST_morede you can make a live action talking animal movie (Babe, Charlotteโs Web, etc) but you canโt make a live action movie about a rat chef who cooks by manipulating a guy like a puppet
real rats just donโt have that acting capability
@LowArctic@ST_morede There was one: Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey. Nothing can or will ever be made like it again. It is eternity in a wildflower.
@ST_morede Exactly why animation is my favorite medium for story-telling. It allows incredible visuals to be shown and stories to be told. Not just that, but creativity with animation has no bounds. It's what someone wants it to be, with nothing holding them back besides their imagination
I mean you absolutely can it just be more expensive. This is the problem, the West has this idea about animation that it's only for kids, or adults comedy, while the Japanese and other nations always have treated animation as just another medium. This allows them to tell far more fantastical stories that can still be taken seriously by adults, and it's cheaper. They also respect the industry of voice acting way more than in the west. Is a far more noble and prestigious vocation then here in the west. In eastern country specifically, the voice actor for a very popular character is treated with as much celebrity status as any other actor here in the west. But the difference is, they don't just suddenly take famous actors for movies and then suddenly put them as voice actors in animated features. Eastern countries understand that voice acting is a completely different talent and requires a completely different set of skills and training then physical acting does. They don't think to themselves, "what if we had Chris Pratt as the voice actor for this famous character? It will be great for marketing and I'm sure he'll do just fine." They instead only think, who would be the best voice actor to portray this particular character, who has the best vocal range to portray this particular character, who has the credentials to bring this character to life, and really sell the character to an audience. I'm glad you're getting out of this Western mindset.
I never really got it when people said animation was as important as live action but a movie franchise like this made me get it; you can't achieve stuff this movie did visually with live action