compressing video with ffmpeg while maintaining high frame rate

Question

Update: I watched the output video on a different machine and it was fine. The issue must've been with the program I was using to watch the video. Nevermind.

I'm trying to compress videos taken with my Canon camera for storage. Unfortunately, the output video has a decreased frame rate which makes the video not smooth. I've tried using -r 25 to increase the frame rate, but it doesn't make a difference. ffmpeg seems to ignore the option. Is there a way to force ffmpeg to use a higher quality variable frame rate or a constant frame rate? Do I need to use a different video codec? Do I need to use something other than ffmpeg? After much research, I haven't been able to make any progress. I can add a link to the input and output video if needed. Here's an example run:

H:\test>ffmpeg -i input.mov -c:v libx264 -crf 23 -r 25 -force_fps -c:a aac -stri
ct experimental out.mp4
ffmpeg version N-59532-gadc09a3 Copyright (c) 2000-2014 the FFmpeg developers
  built on Jan  3 2014 22:01:54 with gcc 4.8.2 (GCC)
  configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-version3 --disable-w32threads --enable-av
isynth --enable-bzlib --enable-fontconfig --enable-frei0r --enable-gnutls --enab
le-iconv --enable-libass --enable-libbluray --enable-libcaca --enable-libfreetyp
e --enable-libgsm --enable-libilbc --enable-libmodplug --enable-libmp3lame --ena
ble-libopencore-amrnb --enable-libopencore-amrwb --enable-libopenjpeg --enable-l
ibopus --enable-librtmp --enable-libschroedinger --enable-libsoxr --enable-libsp
eex --enable-libtheora --enable-libtwolame --enable-libvidstab --enable-libvo-aa
cenc --enable-libvo-amrwbenc --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libwavp
ack --enable-libx264 --enable-libxavs --enable-libxvid --enable-zlib
  libavutil      52. 59.100 / 52. 59.100
  libavcodec     55. 47.100 / 55. 47.100
  libavformat    55. 22.102 / 55. 22.102
  libavdevice    55.  5.102 / 55.  5.102
  libavfilter     4.  0.103 /  4.  0.103
  libswscale      2.  5.101 /  2.  5.101
  libswresample   0. 17.104 /  0. 17.104
  libpostproc    52.  3.100 / 52.  3.100
Input #0, mov,mp4,m4a,3gp,3g2,mj2, from 'input.mov':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt
    minor_version   : 537331968
    compatible_brands: qt  CAEP
    creation_time   : 2013-09-05 22:18:02
  Duration: 00:00:17.04, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 21175 kb/s
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661), yu
vj420p(pc, smpte170m), 1280x720, 19592 kb/s, 25 fps, 25 tbr, 25k tbn, 50k tbc (d
efault)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2013-09-05 22:18:02
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: pcm_s16le (sowt / 0x74776F73), 48000 Hz, stereo, s1
6, 1536 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2013-09-05 22:18:02
No pixel format specified, yuvj420p for H.264 encoding chosen.
Use -pix_fmt yuv420p for compatibility with outdated media players.
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] using cpu capabilities: MMX2 SSE2Fast SSSE3 SSE4.1 Cache64
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] profile High, level 3.1
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] 264 - core 140 r2377 1ca7bb9 - H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec - Cop
yleft 2003-2013 - http://www.videolan.org/x264.html - options: cabac=1 ref=3 deb
lock=1:0:0 analyse=0x3:0x113 me=hex subme=7 psy=1 psy_rd=1.00:0.00 mixed_ref=1 m
e_range=16 chroma_me=1 trellis=1 8x8dct=1 cqm=0 deadzone=21,11 fast_pskip=1 chro
ma_qp_offset=-2 threads=3 lookahead_threads=1 sliced_threads=0 nr=0 decimate=1 i
nterlaced=0 bluray_compat=0 constrained_intra=0 bframes=3 b_pyramid=2 b_adapt=1
b_bias=0 direct=1 weightb=1 open_gop=0 weightp=2 keyint=250 keyint_min=25 scenec
ut=40 intra_refresh=0 rc_lookahead=40 rc=crf mbtree=1 crf=23.0 qcomp=0.60 qpmin=
0 qpmax=69 qpstep=4 ip_ratio=1.40 aq=1:1.00
Output #0, mp4, to 'out.mp4':
  Metadata:
    major_brand     : qt
    minor_version   : 537331968
    compatible_brands: qt  CAEP
    encoder         : Lavf55.22.102
    Stream #0:0(eng): Video: h264 (libx264) ([33][0][0][0] / 0x0021), yuvj420p,
1280x720, q=-1--1, 12800 tbn, 25 tbc (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2013-09-05 22:18:02
    Stream #0:1(eng): Audio: aac ([64][0][0][0] / 0x0040), 48000 Hz, stereo, flt
p, 128 kb/s (default)
    Metadata:
      creation_time   : 2013-09-05 22:18:02
Stream mapping:
  Stream #0:0 -> #0:0 (h264 -> libx264)
  Stream #0:1 -> #0:1 (pcm_s16le -> aac)
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/s
video:16860kB audio:267kB subtitle:0 global headers:0kB muxing overhead 0.074326
%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] frame I:7     Avg QP:22.59  size: 32989
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] frame P:297   Avg QP:26.67  size: 47713
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] frame B:122   Avg QP:29.30  size: 23459
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] consecutive B-frames: 43.0% 56.3%  0.7%  0.0%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] mb I  I16..4: 34.1% 58.2%  7.7%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] mb P  I16..4:  5.9% 14.0%  6.5%  P16..4: 43.0% 18.8%  9.0%
 0.0%  0.0%    skip: 2.8%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] mb B  I16..4:  0.6%  1.2%  0.5%  B16..8: 50.5% 11.3%  3.1%
 direct:14.7%  skip:18.1%  L0:38.2% L1:37.5% BI:24.3%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] 8x8 transform intra:53.3% inter:48.3%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] coded y,uvDC,uvAC intra: 67.6% 70.7% 24.2% inter: 56.1% 47.
0% 1.4%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] i16 v,h,dc,p: 16% 24% 21% 39%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] i8 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 17% 22% 24%  5%  5%  5%  7%
 6%  8%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] i4 v,h,dc,ddl,ddr,vr,hd,vl,hu: 19% 21% 19%  6%  7%  6%  7%
 7%  7%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] i8c dc,h,v,p: 54% 25% 16%  5%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] Weighted P-Frames: Y:20.5% UV:14.8%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] ref P L0: 63.8% 21.7% 10.3%  4.0%  0.2%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] ref B L0: 94.9%  5.1%  0.0%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] ref B L1: 100.0%  0.0%
[libx264 @ 0319fc20] kb/s:8105.05