Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery - The Movie

Goodies: The Story Is Pretty Ample

They Brought Back A Lot Of Characters From The Previous Seasons

Thomas Is Pretty Likable Here, Where He Either Felt Somewhat In Character, Or Half Way Through The Movie, He Realizes His Mistakes After Taking It Too Far

The Songs Are Great (With "Thomas You're The Leader" Being The Best Of Them All)

Great Waterton Is An Amazing Location

Pierce Brosnan Is A Perfect 1 Time Narrator, Where Sounds So Soft And Calm (At Most)

It Felt Like A Heartwarming End To The Model Era In General (Much Like "Best Friends")

Baddies: Stanley Is A Pretty Bland Character

My Rate: Fantastic.

Oh ho ho ho, before you ask why do you sound like Santa I'm doing that because this special, the second one released, was so damn fun to watch. And this is a special based on a kid's show...

So in this one Thomas finds the long lost town of Great Waterton and everyone tries to restore it to it's former glory. Then Stanley walks into his life and oh dear, Thomas starts thinking everyone likes Stanley more than him. So he runs off at nights but silly Thomas, he ends up falling inside a deep mine and goes missing.

If there's one word to call this special then right from the get go, that would be...

FUN!

There's some really darn good moments here from the bridge collapsing to Thomas ending up in the mine. (You see that, Magic Railroad, ya see that? That is what you should have done instead of giving us a mopey looking Peter Fonda.) The story here is much better than Calling All Engines and BAH DA DA DAAAAAA, for the first and probably only time (unless HIT ever plans something like this again) we got a star narrator, in this case 007 himself Pierce Brosnan who does well with the material.

Oh yes and putting the absolutely overblown WELCOME STANLEY! meme aside, Stanley was a fairly interesting character. Crying shame he's hardly seen if you ask me.

What a fun special this was and a perfect sendoff for the models. Sadly though even with the latest CG technology the specials kinda went downhill for a bit as we'll see next with Hero Of The Rails...

Thomas and the Great Discovery is hands down my favorite movie ever! It perfectly captures the magic and heart of the Railway series with beautiful animation, unforgettable characters, and a story that's both thrilling and deeply touching. Every moment feels like a warm hug for fans, filled with friendship, courage, and wonder. The pacing is spot-on, and the emotional beats hit just right. Whether you're a longtime fan or new to Sodor, this movie delivers pure joy from start to finish. It's a timeless classic I'll keep coming back to forever-truly a masterpiece! This movie is a Thomas Masterclass.

Absolute cinema of a film. The character of Stanley really captured the essence of jealousy for me when Thomas gets upset when Stanley manages to do everything he does better. The cinematography in this film is also like no other Thomas film at the time, especially when he goes over the waterfall. The song "Thomas your the leader" was also a superb song to end off the film and really gave it more of an exciting finale. In short this is the greatest Thomas film produced and there's nothing anyone on this planet could possibly say to make me change my mind. It's simply a fact at this point and most Thomas fans agree.

I like this movie, I wanna review it on my YouTube Channel soon, but this movie is much better than Calling All Engines, the songs are improved, and it doesn't have the boring learning segments, HiT/Mattel honestly wanted bad eras to end on a decent note, I like the Great Waterton set, and the pacing is pretty good

7.5/10.