Disney fans the company has been on a role as of late with the company releasing a new film over the past few weeks. Even this week then released two movies on the exact same day that's how much they are killing it when it comes to releasing movies and well since I just reviewed one of the movies that they released it only makes sense that I now take a look at the other film they released today and so here is my review of "Phineas And Ferb The Movie: Candace Against The Universe" and so enjoy the review everyone.
The plot of the movie is Candace and Vanessa get kidnapped by aliens and so it's up Phineas And Ferb and the gang as well as Dr. Doofenshmirtz to get them back before it's to late. Yeah the plot of this movie is just so much fun and is exactly what you think of when you hear the name of the movie and just as fun which for a Phineas And Ferb movie sequel is something that you honestly want from the story.
Starring in the film is Vincent Martella as Phineas , Ashley Tisdale as Candace and David Errigo Jr. as Ferb. Also starring the film is co-creator and co-writer , Dan Povenmire as Dr. Doofenshmirtz , Alyson Stoner as Isabella , Maulik Pancholy as Baljeet , Bobby Gaylor as Buford , Dee Bradley Baker as Perry and Mama , Olivia Olson as Vanessa , Ali Wong as Super Super Big Doctor , Wayne Brady as Stapler-Fist , Thomas Middleditch as Garnoz , Diedrich Bader as Borthos , Thomas Sanders as Throat-Lobster , Caroline Rhea as Mom , Richard O'Brien as Dad , Mitchel Musso as Jeremy , Kelly Hu as Stacy , Tyler Mann as Carl and co-creator and co-writer Jeff "Swampy" Marsh as Major Monogram.
As for what I thought about the acting in the film it was honestly as good as I was expecting it to be which is solely due to the fact that the acting in Phineas And Ferb was always really good. As such it only makes sense that the acting in this movie be good as well and while I will miss the original voice actor for Ferb his replacement does a damn good job in my opinion and I wouldn't mind if he took over voicing the character in future appearances.
Doing the animation for the film is Snipple Animation , Yearim Productions and Synergy don't worry if you haven't heard of any of these studios because I haven't either. Either way the animation is where I have my first issue with the film because while it does indeed look good it also looks like something that you'd see in an episode of the show and not like something that you'd want to see in a movie.
Just for comparison the scene just after the title appears in the previous movie you can tell right away that there's been a visual upgrade. Now if you take a look at the opening scene from this movie it looks like something that you'd see in the show it looks like there's been no visual upgrade at all which is a shame because when the animation wants to look like something you'd see in a movie it really goes all out.
I was a fan of Phineas And Ferb when the show was on the air and while I didn't watch every single episode and every single special I watched enough to get the in jokes and long running jokes. As such like many people i'm sure when I saw the characters again I felt like I was seeing old friends which is perhaps the best feeling that I could ever have when watching a movie and I say it was like that because it was like I was catching up with an old friend that hadn't seen in years.
I will admit that I was kind of disappointed that they didn't have the characters from Milo Murphy's Law appear in this movie since the two shows do take place in the same universe and so it would have made sense for those characters to appear. However at the same time this is more of a Phineas And Ferb reunion and so you really want to have as much of those characters in the movie then you do characters from another show.
I'm not going to give anything away in this review but there was a shot in this film which reminded me so much of the 1981 Canadian American animated film Heavy Metal. I'm not going to say what the shot is but I will say that it appears near the end of the movie , I honestly wasn't expecting to be reminded of a very adult animated movie in a kids film but here we are this movie found away to exactly that and I loved it.
Just like with the previous movie there are alot of badas* moments but I honestly preferred the ones in the previous just because they were so cool. That's not to say that the moments in this film aren't badas* because they are it's just I prefer the ones in the previous movie then the ones in this one , nothing is going to top all of the previous gadgets and inventions being brought back for one huge knock down drag out brawl.
Now then boys and girls since this is a comedy that does mean I have to talk about the jokes that are in the movie. Which I honestly feel were really funny there are alot of really solid jokes in this movie all of which made me laugh alot there's even a really funny call back to a character on the show i'm not going to say what it is but that was my favourite joke in this movie just because it caught me so of guard and it was honestly a really funny and well written joke.
Overall yeah this is a fun movie and out of the two movies that Disney released this week this is easily the better of the two. However with that being said I honestly feel that the previous movie is the better of the two simply because that film ends storylines set up in the show where as in this movie that doesn't happen which yeah I guess makes sense but it also means that's no real reason for die hard fans to see this movie outside of seeing these characters again as such this movie gets a solid 7.5 out of 10 from me.
All images used in this review were taken from either Google Images or the official Phineas And Ferb fandom wiki page. Since I got all the images featuring Phineas and Ferb from the official Phineas and Ferb fandom wiki page I have no choice then to recommend that site for high definition images from either this movie , the previous movie or anything from this franchise but feel free to use whatever website you guys want.