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.

Very nice item and well packaged!

Came in amazing condition. Also literally peak movie.

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!

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.

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.

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!

My 3 year old son and I really enjoyed this film. It is a rollercoaster of fun from start to finish. The songs are very catchy and my son can already sing most of them afer only a few watches - I even find myself singing them! If your child likes naughty engines and crashes and biffs in the style of the earlier Thomas stories than this is the one for them. Initially, Pierece Brosnans voiceover is a bit disconcerting, being used to Micheal Angelis and Ringo Star, but you soon get used to it.

「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。

I bought this video for my 5 year old son, he specifically asked for this video. And i have to say, he really enjoyed every single minute of the video. In the first few days, my son must have watched this video about 5 or 6 times. Pierce Brosnan does the narration for the video and he was excellent! Its gets 10 out of 10 in my books for value!

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

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.