Disney has been trying to make alot of strong female characters recently yet what they fail to realise is the fact that they've already done that. With the film that i'm going to be talking to you all about today not only being a good example of how to do a strong female character but also a film that could also be a mini Boy Meets World reunion and so then join me as I review the film that was so popular that it forced Disney to renew the show that it's based off of for one more season with the film in question being called simply just "Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama" enjoy.
The plot of this film is when Dr. Drakken launches his evil scheme to rule the world it's up to Kim Possible to save the day all the while having a boyfriend that causes friction between her and Ron. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual plot that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good and was oddly a right way to end the show as it's just epic enough to be worthy of being in a movie and yet at the same time being the next logical step up for this franchise which is something that does make sense as this film was meant to end the show and that is something that does show all the through the plot of this film as this films plot does wrap up the main plot of the show in a way that feels natural with the plot of the film being a really fun filled plot and one that does feel right at home with the show and while the 2019 film would try and up and stakes plot wise it just can't compete with this films plot as we the audience had the chance to get to know these characters something which the film does take full advantage in it's plot with it being something that does work well enough to the films advantage and while the plot of the film could be seen as being a bit on the weak side that is a case that could also be argued for an episode of the show as well with it not being something that's unique to this film but to give this films plot some credit it is only a story that could only be told in a feature film format which does mean that this films plot isn't something that would make the film feel like an extended episode of the show with the plot of this film also being really rather entertaining and as well as being really rather engaging as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Starring in this film is Christy Carlson Romano as Kimberly Ann "Kim" Possible and Will Friedle as Ronald "Ron" Stoppable. Also starring in this film is Nancy Cartwright as Rufus , Tahj Mowry as Wade Load , John DiMaggio as Dr. Drakken , Nicole Sullivan as Shego , Ricky Ullman as Eric , Gary Cole as Dr. James Timothy Possible , Jean Smart as Dr. Ann Possible , Shaun Fleming as Jim and Tim Possible , Raven-Symoné as Monique , Kirsten Storms as Bonnie Rockwaller , Rider Strong as Brick Flagg , Diedrich Bader as Lars , Eddie Deezen as Ned , Clyde Kusatsu as Nakasumi , Lauren Tom as Miss Kyoko , Kevin Michael Richardson as Sumo Ninja and Dr. Gooberman , Maurice LaMarche as Big Daddy Brotherson , voice acting legend Tara Strong as Dr. Possible's Voice Command and April Winchell as A Reporter.
Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual acting that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. Which is something that does make a whole lot of sense given just how is starring in this film as alot of this films actors are a bunch of really good actors in their own right and therefor it does make sense that they would all turn in some really goo performances in this film with alot of them also reprising their roles from the show as well with this being something that does also help the films acting as who else would know best on how to portray these characters then the actors themselves with it actually being quite hard to say just who the best actor is in this film as if you want someone who is more dramatic then you have Christy Carlson Romano nailing it as Kim but if you want someone who is little bit more goofy and just more fun to listen to in this film then you have the choice of either Will Friedle , John DiMaggio and Nicole Sullivan among many others with all three of them turning in these really goofy performances and yet it's those goofy performances that do work for these characters as these characters are much as they can be very dramatic can also be quite goofy with even Christy Carlson Romano even being a bit goofy at times as well and yet none of it feels out of character for any of them with the acting that's in this film really being helped by the fact that this films script is just so good that all this film actors have to do is just say the lines as they are written and a good performance will come out of them naturally which is something that really does help to raise the overall quality of the acting that's in this very film.
Doing the animation for this film is the legends and the greats that are currently over at Rough Draft Korea. Now then interms of what I personally thought / felt about the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual animation that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty but at the same time it wasn't all that good either as there was very little visual upgrade from what we were getting in the show and fair enough this might be because of the fact that this film had a really small budget like a lot of Disney Channel Original Movies do but there are a few shots spread through out the film that do show a huge visual upgrade from the shows animation which while it is nice to see that kind of upgrade in the film it also makes you wonder why the rest of the film wasn't given that upgrade as well as this film does look like an episode of the show as a result of that lack of upgrade and while the film does blend it 3D CGI with 2D handdrawn animation really well it doesn't take away from the fact that this films animation could have been a lot more better now we are not talking about making it Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across The 2nd Dimension but it should have been something that looked better the shows animation quality which fair enough was already really high quality in the first place and adding in the CGI was a great way to make the film standout on an animation level but this films animation is just lacking that extra special something as while the characters have these nice and fluid movements and the backgrounds look nice there's nothing that separates them from what we were getting in an episode of the show.
This show has always been influenced by James Bond with this film wearing it's influence on it's sleeve. With the film having a very James Bond esique title sequence which does look like it that it came right out of a sixties James Bond film and while that is something that could be seen as a being a bad thing as it would just be reminding you of other better films here tho given the fact that Kim Possible is basically a spy franchise only for kids it does make sense that they would tip there hat to the grandaddy of all spy franchises even if it's not a direct reference to any of the James Bond films and while this films opening title sequence won't quite capture the imagination the same way that a James Bond title sequence would do the very fact that the makers of this film not only did one but also had what could very well be considered a pre-title sequence as well does make it look like that the makers of this film where showing there love for the James Bond franchise but doing so in way that's unique to not only them but also the Kim Possible franchise as you could very well believe that any film featuring this character would start of the way that this one does just to get you in the mood for the film that's to come with it being made perfectly clear that the makers of this film knew how to make a great Kim Possible film and just had fun with it and because of that while we do get a film that is basically James Bond for the Disney crowd it is something that does work really well as the film isn't afraid to be the dumb movie that people already think that it's going to be with this also being the very thing that makes the film alot more fun to watch as well as by all rights this film is one that should have been rally bad but because of the fact that the makers of the film knew that they were making a dumb film it allowed them to make the film alot more fun in the process.
While this film does put alot more focus on both it's action and romance aspect this film is also a comedy film. With the films comedy being very much like it's romance aspect in that it's very hit and miss as while the film does have some funny moments with Ron getting upset at every little change that's being made to his favorite restaurant Bueno Nacho with even Rufus getting a few small laughs here and there from a comedy point of view this film does feel like that it's trying to hard to funny where as the show just was funny as it allowed the characters to be there more goofy selfs where as here because of the fact that the films romance aspect of the film gets alot more attention then the films comedy part of it it does mean that jokes that should have been funny just don't work as well as they should have done with the film even carrying on running jokes from the show like for example Ron loosing his pants which is funny and even Dr. Drakken forgetting Ron's name both of which are still funny in this film but they do them so many times in the film that they start to become unfunny because it's a joke that we've seen played out where in the show you'd get one of those jokes maybe once an episode and that's it which allowed them to remain being cute and funny gags and even the films romance aspect felt forced and was the part pf the film where it started to feel the most boring as while Kim Possible has always been about mixing being a spy with the average life of a teenage girl it was always fairly well balanced where as here it felt like that they were leaning more into the teen drama side of the things then they were anything else and that helped o make the film quite a bit boring to watch at times.
To give this film some credit it's villains Dr. Drakken and Shego much like they were in the show and even the 2019 movie for that matter were hugely entertaining in this film. As any scene with the pair of them together is always going to be comedy gold with Dr. Drakken having this really over the top villain plan to finally defeat Kim Possible by learning what her one true weakness is and then trying to take over the world by launching a robot invasion which is something that is just so over the top that not only could not only work in a film but it's also something that's also quite perfect for his character as well as he is a really over the top character with him even being the Ron to Shego's Kim in that just like Ron he's utterly useless but also quite fun to watch and just like Kim Shego is the one that really does all of the heavy lifting and isn't afraid to speak her mind and while him having a clear end goal in mind doesn't make the smartest villain out there as he is afterall still a lovable goofball it's the fact that even both Kim and Shego both of whom are characters that have proven themselves to be quite smart in the past can't quite work out what his plan in the first place that oddly makes it a good plan as if they can't work out then how can he be stopped and because of the fact that we'd had three seasons worth of episodes at that point in time we really do feel a sense of fear for Kim as this time she really is facing Dr. Drakken at his best which is something that does make his plan not ingenious but something that's smart by his standards but at the same time tho it would have been nice if the makers of the film had left clues for us the audience to work out just what his plan is in the first place as then we can basically be Kim and work out as we go along and reach the same conclusion when she does and not have it spelled out for us.
Now then this film has / had an exact grand total running time of exactly one hour and eleven minuets and one second. Which to be fair is pretty much the exact grad total running time that you'd expect an animated Kim Possible movie to have and to this films credit it really does have the right amount of plot there to really cover that amount of running time and while the film does use it's running time wisely in one regard in that it's main characters are as fully developed as there going to be that's more due to the fact that alot of them did stat out on the show and isn't really anything to do with this film it doesn't use it's running time all that wisely when it comes to it's plot however as the plot is all of over the place with them having three plots going on all at the same time as we have the main plot of the film and then both Kim and Ron have there subplots as well and while they all do tie together in a way that does make sense as Kim's plot is all about getting a boyfriend who turns out is working for Drakken and Ron's subplot is all about investigating the changes that are happening at Bueno Nacho which again does tie back into the main plot as that's where Drakken is using to manufacture his evil robots it does leave little room for the main plot to be as fully developed as it really could have been as all three plots are all fighting for screentime with this being something that very easily could have been fixed just by giving this film fifteen extra minuets of running time as then all three plots could have the screentime that they all need and all three can have those big moments that the makers of this film are quite obviously trying to have with them but I really will admit that this film really does have some really good pacing to it tho.
So now then as is this an action film that really does mean that I have to actually talk about the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film well then in all honesty I in all honesty I in all honesty personally thought / felt that the actual action that's actually featured / presented to us in this very film was in all honesty really good. With this film action being one of the more entertaining aspects of the film as you can tell right away that the makers of this film put alot of thought and effort into creating some really action set pieces for this film with them really going above and beyond what they were able to do in the show and while this films action will of course never be ale to top anything in a theatrically released action film for a made for TV kids animated action film this films action was alot more better then what it really had any right to be as by all rights this film should have played it safe during this films action but the very fact that they didn't and actually gave us some fun action scenes says that the makers of this film knew how to craft some good looking action with the best action scene in the whole entire film being the films third act as that's where all of the films plots come together with the film even mixing CGI with handdrawn animation as well with the films animation even coming more alive during this third act and really making it all the more better then what it should have been with the rest of this films action being really good it's just none of this films action is as good as this films third act as it really was just as fun as the rest of this films action was as well in my freaking opinions anyways / at least.
Overall while A Stitch In Time is technically the first Kim Possible movie it's this film that is the first proper Kim Possible movie with this film being a really fun film and while the film was meant to serve as the series finale due to this film being so good the fans demanded a fourth season of the show and that's exactly what we got but if this film was to have served as the show finale then it would have been a perfectly serviceable way to end the show as this film is just that good in my freaking opinions anyways / at least. Now then i've talked about all of the good and as well as all of the bad things that sre in this very film in this very review and as such that really does mean that this very film really does earn itself a grand old score of a 7 out of 10 from me.
Now then as for where I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review well then boys and girls and as well as ladies and gentlemen I personally got all of the images that I personally used in this very review from the official James Bond fandom wiki page , the official Kim Possible fandom wiki page and the official Disney fandom wiki page. With my personally preferred website to use to get the images from this very film that I used in this very review being the really great the official Disney fandom wiki page really simply just due to the fact that really alot of if not really all of the images that are all really from this very film with alot of them being better quality then what you'd really think of and all of the images are really of course up and really on the official Disney fandom wiki page are also really all fairly high in quality and as well as them all being really fairly freaking high in definition.
