Thomas & Friends: Misty Island Rescue

This movie totally houses the lame Thomas and the Magic Railway movie. This is what a Thomas movie should be. Fun, adventurous, creative, and with a hint of evil at the end...

My son and I love this movie. He is two and a half, I just about 40. From the first act where Sir Topham Hat introduces the "jobi" wood, you know that this movie is in the pocket. Hiro mentioning that jobi wood only grows on one or two locations in his now radioactively challenged island while a tear streams from his eye was genius. Then the not so subtle hint of racism as Diesel says that he wants to win the "Most Useful Engine" of the day contest and have the privilege of pushing the jobi wood to the construction site but Thomas says that Sir Topham Hat was really meant the most useful steam engine as diesels are noisy and dirty...

There are only two faults with this movie; Sir Topham Hat's terrible overacting (like he's on a soap opera) and Thomas mindlessly repeating the rhyme about how he makes good decisions. The res of the movie is brilliant.

Misty Island is great and the hillybilly inspired Logging Locos, Bash, Dash, and Ferdinand are funny and really interesting. Great characters who teach Thomas to let his hair down and not be so uptight and proper.

This movie has a great story, great characters, and great animation. The icing on the cake is at the end of the movie when all the trains are celebrating at the dock, the evil Diesel 10 rolls into frame looking down on the steamies from atop a mountain and vows his revenge. Sure it was probably just a teaser to get everyone interested in th upcoming Day of the Diesels movie but it was still an awesome touch.

I have to say that when Thomas moved from real models to CGI, I was disappointed but this movie shows you how good CGI can be. The trains and sets look like models and sometimes it is hard to tell, it is so well done. Bravo. Bravo.

My son just loves Thomas & Friends. He collects the trains and has watched a number of the original series. This was our first foray into the newer Thomas adventures, and I thought it was well done and kept much of the original flavor and ideals.

Animation (versus the original's use of real-life models) has both pluses and minuses. On the plus is the allowance for greater flexibility in camera shots, more animation of the figures themselves and a wider allowance for possible story lines. On the negative, there will always be something magical about real-world objects when done as well as the original series was.

As for this particular outing, it involves a mysterious island, colorful new characters and adventure as always. The narration is well done, as are the character voices (one major difference with the originals, which are all voiced by the same narrator). The scariest moment being a near "deadly" plunge off the train tracks to the cliffs below.

Nothing too frightening, good values (usefulness, obedience, friendship, etc) and charming visuals should appeal to younger children. It's also nice to have storytelling without frenetic action... a good choice for parents.

I am thinking That Thomas and The Magic Railroad was a bad movie. And Now 10 Years Later they released with a Boring Plot, and Three Very Annoying Characters Who Won't Shut up.

The Only Good Things was that Thomas Chased Diesel, Diesel 10 and that's it.

In the U. S It is a little Better since Bash Dash and Ferdinand have good voice acting. Bash and Dash Have Ear Bleeding Voice Acting In The UK (Not Ferdinand)

Ferdinand just won't stop saying "That's Right!" for more than half the movie. And what's worse he said it more than 20 Times!

This movie should not be recommended by any viewers EVER. Please Watch Hero of The Rails and Blue Mountain Mystery (Both Of Them are The GOAT)

Misty Island Rescue: 1 Star.

Goodies: The Idea Of Thomas Getting Lost On An Island Is Interesting

The Opening Credits Are Awesome

The Camera And Harold Both Flying Towards Thomas And Topham Are Cool

The Seriousness At The Scene Where Thomas And The Logging Locos Are Stuck In The Tunnel Is Amazing

The Score By Robert Hartshorne Is Still 👍

The After Credits Scene With Diesel 10

Baddies: Everything Else In This Film, Especially Thomas, Who Is Infamously Known For Saying Something Racist To Diesel "No Diesel, I'm sure The Fat Controller/Sir Topham Hatt means a really useful steamie! You'll never be that!"

My Rate: Bad.

This film is just GARBAGE! I once thought Magic Railroad was the worst but no. This is the worst. Everyone make stupid decisions and EVERYONE rhymes at some point in the special. The only things I like about the special are the intro theme and the end song. That is it. I can't stand this film. It was just a cash-grab to try and expand the island. It is awful! I just scream at this all the time. STH is stupid and the logging locos are the most likeable characters in this film. And I hate them. A LOT of work needed to be done to fix this mess of a film because it is so grating to watch. It hurts my brain!