Movie Review: Phineas and Ferb Across the 2nd Dimension.

(I noticed that on Deviant Art, people have reviewed this movie in the style of internet reviewers. One did the nostalgia critic, and another did Chester A Bum. I'm doing a different one. The name of the show is Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews which i highly suggest you check out. I did this review in his style, doing all that he does in a regular review. So sit back and enjoy)

INTRODUCTION:

You know, film makers are lazy. Hard to believe i know. It seems like even back in the old days people just based their movies in books, shows, and even other movie, rather then making something original. I don't mind this, but this practice leads to the topic i want to discuss today.

Movies based off of Tv shows.

For the longest time, these have been made. They have been live action, animated, or both. These are hard to pull. Most of the live action ones are stupid and are just made for the green stuff. The animated ones are normally good, but some are just long episodes of the show. And the last one...uh, yea, those suck.

But, there is one show that has proven it can do no wrong, and thus, it was given the one Made for Tv movie that is the perfect example of how to do it right.

Released on August 5th, 2011, the movie is...

Phineas and Ferb: Across the 2nd Dimension.

Because this movie only recently came out, I won't spoil anything. Now, on to the review

PLOT: It's the 5th anniversary of the day Phineas and ferb adopted Perry the platypus, who has managed to keep his agent status a secret all this time. However, one day the boys crash in on his nemesis, Dr Doofenshmirtz, and his Other Dimension-inator. They fix the machine, and wind up in the 2nd dimension, in which Doof's alternate counterpart has already taken over the tri state area. But, Perry accidentally reveals his secret to his owners, which makes Phineas sad that perry has lied to them this whole. Now, they must stop Doof-2 from taking over the 1ST dimension, and solve their own conflicts as well.

What did i think of it?

BRIEF THOUGHTS:

I loved it! This is how you make a Tv show into a movie. It has fantastic Characters, and animation. With my short thoughts out of the way, let's move on to trivia time.

TRIVIA TIME:

The film, as was the show, was created by Dan Povenmire. He had previously worked on shows such as Spongebob (his episodes include the classics "The Camping Episode"), Rocko's Modern Life (episodes include the musical episode "Zanzibar"), and...Family Guy. Yes. Family Guy. He came up with the idea for the film when he wanted to do a movie of the show, and used two old episode ideas he had to make the plot of the film.

The show is Co-created by Jeff "Swampy" Marsh, who had worked with Dan on some occasions. (Like in the aforementioned Rocko episode), as well as a storyboard artist on the simpsons.

A good chunk of the songs were written, composed, and sometimes song by regular composer, Danny Jacob, Martin Olson, and John Coltron Barry. The most noteworthy bring Martin, who also worked on Rocko, as well as other shows, such as Camp Lazlo.

Now let's look at the people who brought these characters to life.

VOICE ACTORS:

Phineas is voiced by Vincent Martella. You might remember him as Greg from Everybody Hates Chris. He does a great job at happy go lucky Phineas, as normal.. But in this movie, phineas shows some new emotions, and has to deal with big issues. And he just knocks it out of the park, making Phineas one of the best characters in this movie.

Ferb is voiced by Thomas Sangster, who has the easiest job, as Ferb normally only speaks once per might remember him as that kid from Love Actually. Even with that, he still does a good job. Ferb's lines in the movie are either tear jerking, our just plain funny. Good job Thomas

Candace is Voiced by Ashley Tisdale. She was in High school Musical and The Suite life of Zack and Cody. Say what you will about her, but i think she is very good at Candace. She brings that right amount of insanity to our Candace, and a great toughness to Candace-2. Candace-2, is by far the most badass thing in this movie. Plus, she does get some development in the film, but i can't spoil that,.

Dr Heinz Doofenshmirtz is voiced by...Dan Povenmire! Yes, the creator. He is just fantastic. He brings so much life to Doof, and makes him funny as ever. He also makes Doof-2 a decent villain, if still very funny. He gets the best lines, and something else i will tell later.

Other voice talents include, Kelly Hu as Candace's friend Stacy, the Co-creator Jeff as Francis Monogram, and Dee bradly baker as Perry.

As this is a disney film, it's a musical. Are the songs any good, let's look at them.

SONGS:

The opening Number is "Everything's better with Perry", which is all about how awesome Perry is. It's an obvious nod to the "Everything's better with platypi" trope, and it's sung in the style of the jackson 5. It's a great song, with an amazingly catchy beat, plus funny lyrics. It also sets the tone for the film, and the relationship between Phineas and Perry.

There was one song that was cut out of the movie, that have been put in this spot in the film. The song is on youtube, and will be on the DVD in fully animated form. "Mysterious Force", sung by Candace as she explains the force that drives a subplot in the film. It's a great song with some truly good singing and badassness. Too bad it was cut, the force is a big part of the movie. I don't see why they took it out. Eh, it doesn't matter

And what would a Disney movie be without a villain song? This one has "A Brand New Best Friend" by the two Doofenshmirtz...es. Doofi? Doof people? Whatever. This song is simply funny. It's got a great beat, and some very funny jokes. It sets up both doof's perfectly, and the last bit foreshadows what happens later on.

The third song is "Summer (Where Do we begin?)", sung by Phineas. It's a very relaxing song for the most part, and it's really cool. It's got a kickass chorus as well.

The 4th is the only song not on the soundtrack album. "I Walk Away" sung by Olivia Olson, who is the daughter of show writer/composer Martin Olson. She also voices Vanessa This is a very sad song, and it's quite the tear jerker.

In my opinion, the best song in the film is "Brand New Reality", sung by Danny Jacobs while the characters travel trough various dimensions. It's got a great beat, fantastic lyrics, and a nicely animated scene to go with it.

Way later in the film is "Robot Riot". sung by Love Handel, who are voiced by various people, most notably Jarret Riddick. Yes. Bowling for soup. Hell. Yes. This song is just plain epic win. It's just awesome, and visuals only make it better.

The last song is "Takin' Care of things", sung by Danny Jacob, from the POV of Phineas and Ferb. The placement of it is a huge spoiler. But it's very sweet, in which we see the real bond between the boys, and trust me, the visuals and the entire way they put it in the movie is just great.

There's one last song in the ending credits, "Kick it up a notch". Sung by Phineas and...Slash. SLASH. Words can describe that. And Doof-2 has a great role near the end. This song is pretty epic, though sometimes Pop-ish for my tastes.

FINAL THOUGHTS:

Overall, I think Across the 2nd Dimension is a worthy film version of the show. It has great animation, catchy songs and likable characters.

SCORE: 4 and a half stars out of 5

That's the end of this rip off, bye!