Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery - The Movie

I've loved Thomas & Friends, since I was little. I hated the live action movie and the reboot, though. I had no idea this movie existed. I missed out big time in my childhood! Since, it's not available for home release right now, I could at least watch it on Amazon Prime video. The movie was better than I expected. Thomas makes a wonderful discovery, makes a new friend and Thomas is still a hero in the end. This a great movie for families and the young-at-heart, like me.

I liked this. It's a mix of at least two Thomas stories found in this 9 story collection Thomas & Friends: Nine Favorite Tales (Thomas & Friends): A Little Golden Book Collection (Little Golden Book Treasury)But they meld them all into a single cohesive story.The animation is the older style of Thomas with the actual model trains. But the camera work is a step up from the earliest Thomas episodes that used static cameras. This one has moving camera angles so it brings more depth to the animation.It's a really good 1 hour Thomas story. My kids enjoyed it for a special movie night. The actual run time of the movie itself is 55 minutes. Past that it's the Thomas theme song again then credits.

I was not that thrilled to buy yet another Thomas movie, but we are Pierce Brosnan fans and my three year old loves Thomas so I wanted to give it a try and I was not disappointed.That said, I do think the beginning of the movie is a bit off. Mr. Brosnan sounds a bit monotone, but he seems to pick up the pace and after a while you get caught up in the story about the great discovery (finding the town of Waterton). They introduce a new engine named Stanley (so you can add that train to your growing collection) that my son has not stopped talking about since he saw the movie. Also, the Thomas Theme song at the end is updated and is pretty catchy. A good buy for any Thomas fan.

My son has recently discovered the CGI animated Thomas movies, and I simply cannot stand them. We stumbled upon this one, and it is SO much better! It has the models and the narrator (Pierce Brosnan does quite well). The storyline, while full of lapses in logic, was entertaining for all of us. It was nice to watch a Thomas movie without the pathetic dialogue that we discovered in the newer ones (King of the Railway, Blue Mountain Quarry, or even the more recent episode collections). The Great Discovery is worth watching again!

When I saw this in the theaters,I was amazed at how Thomas toppled over and went through the mine.Overall,the movie was the best in the series.Pierce Brosnan was a CLASSIC narrator for Thomas.He added a lot of warmth when he narrated the story.The Thomas You're The Leader song at the end of the movie was an awesome song!The song was a hit with me!But the whole movie did make me wonder,why did they treat the Thomas model so bad?!?But if your a Thomas fan out there,BUY THIS MOVIE!

I'm not sure who enjoys the Thomas videos more - our 3 year old son or myself! If I'm forced to watch a kid's movie, I prefer it to be Thomas the Train over many of the other crappy cartoons/shows out there. Our son isn't a huge fan of the "non talking" Thomas but really liked this one. The story was very good- Thomas stumbles upon the abandoned town of Great Waterton and is then put in charge of it's restoration. Stanley, a new engine, is brought it to take over Thomas's branch line. Thomas becomes jealous of Stanley and his friendships with the other engines which leads to trouble. While trying to be a "really useful engine" again Thomas gets lost down an old mine and is eventually found by Stanley. A great message overall. The updated song at the end is pretty catchy too. The downsides to this movie are Pierce Bronson and the songs. Pierce does a good job narrating but is terrible with the engine voices. Too dull and boring. I'm not a fan of the narrated episodes in general though. The songs during the movie are cute but far too long. The movie could be much shorter and too the point without the songs dragging.

Our kids love Thomas Train and this is one of the best Thomas & Friends movies/shows we've purchased and viewed. Highly recommend this one. It's the newer technology with fully computerized graphics. Cd quality was great, visual and audio looked and sounded fantastic on our 55 inch TV. This is a must buy movie if you or your kids :-) are Thomas the Train and/or Hiro fans.

My little 3-year old son is a huge fan of Thomas and just loves this movie. He watches it daily and just loves singing the little songs. He really wants the Thomas at Action Canyon toy that is featured in the movie, but unfortunately, I have been unable to find it for him. I guess it is discontinued. Anyway, this is an adorable movie that I am sure your little Thomas fan will just love.

The last Thomas story using both model trains and clay faces throughout. A brilliant personal story that follows Thomas as he discovers a new area of Sodor and watches as he deals with jealousy over the new engine Stanley. A fitting story to say good bye to the old way of doing things, concentrating on the main cast that we know and love with beautiful environments and a few thrilling moments that the kids love to watch. This is also the first feature length film that kicks off a yearly tradition of one being released a year from this point. Thomas fans old and new will love and appreciate this and even mum may be drawn into watching it just to here Pierce Brosnans voice as he narrates the film in place off Michael Angelis.

「魔法の線路」「Calling All Engines!」に引き続き、３作目の長編がついに出ました。今作では、「Calling All Engines!」同様、ストーリーの合間に短い歌が入っており、Engine Roll Callも今作のために一部リメイクされています。また、新しい仲間のスタンリーが初登場し、内容も前作以上にスリリングで迫力があり楽しめました。スピンオフ作品に登場したジャックやアルフィーなどの重機達（全員ではありませんが）や、高山鉄道の小さな機関車達、さらには前作、前々作に出演したディーゼル１０（今回はエキストラのみで台詞は無し）も登場し、ほぼ全ての仲間達が勢揃いし、豪華になっています。ナレーターは、有名な映画俳優のピアーズ・ブロスナンが担当しており、特典映像では彼のトーマスについてのインタビュー、学習的な内容の３つのゲーム（選択系ではない）を収録しています。特にこれといって不満な点はありませんが、できれば第１１シーズンで復活したドナルドとダグラス、ネビル、マードック、スペンサーも登場してほしかったです。また、カットされたシーンもあれば特典映像として収録してほしかったです。余談ではありますが、この後の第１２シーズンでは模型で制作されるものの、機関車達の顔や人間達にＣＧが使われるようになり、さらに２００９年に放送予定の第１３シーズンからは制作費の問題で従来の模型による撮影ではなく、完全にＣＧで制作される上にカナダに制作場所を移転してしまいます。そのため、事実上この作品が完全模型による制作は最後となります。従来のトーマスファンにとっては非常に遺憾ですが、この作品は最後の完全模型制作としてふさわしい内容で本当に素晴らしかったです。ＣＧのトーマスに関しては少し違和感を覚えるような感じがしますが、ぜひ期待したいと思います。

Service was great....I didn't read that it was a reagion 2 DVD. My fault. (Doesn't work on my DVD player)

I can't say I am overly keen on Pierce Brosnan's narration but then I didn't buy the film for myself. My sons love it which is the main thing, so much so that they killed the first copy so I have had to buy another one to replace it. It is a nice story where Thomas discovers a lost town. Thomas has a tantrum however when a new engine arrives on the island and as a result he runs off. There are some catchy songs which children can sing along to and subsequently so will any adult as the tunes tend to stick in your head. I would recommend this movie for any Thomas fan, young and old!

Lovely story, very much what would be expected of a Thomas feature. Greatly enjoyed by my little boy. Some sing a long songs throughout which he found fun. Only downside is the very quiet and dull narrative voice of Pierce Brosnan. Would recommend for any Thomas fan.