Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor

Not a fan of this pointless movie, and I think this movie was weird was because of the bankruptcy of Arc Productions, HiT has turned themselves into Mattel, and has now done a lot worse with the franchise, and this movie was overrated, Beresford is one of the most ridiculous characters in history, they could've cut his appearances here and in Thomas and the Royal Engine, Merling is the Best experimental engine, Theo is shy and moves like he's having a breakdown, Lexi is unbelievably annoying, and Hurricane and Frankie and not great villains, the pacing was bad

6.5/10.

Goodies: A Nice Concept Of Taking Place To The Steelworks

The Animation Is Still Great (In Most Areas)

Some Catchy Songs

The Details Of The North Western Railway Look Nice

James And Thomas' Rivalry

Merlin Is A Decent New Character

The Massive Aerial Shots Of Every Set Look Great

Henry's Crash Is Suspense-fully Amazing

Baddies: The Animation Was Ruined Due To Distracting Bouncing On The Trains

The Mainland Sets Look Rushed And Empty In Some Areas

It Has A Confusing Decision On Where It Takes Place In

The Other Songs Like "Who's Thomas" And "The Experimental Engines" Are Like Stretched Conversations

My Rate: Okay.

I wasn't all too impressed with this movie on my first watch. I did not care for the characters being able to unrealistically move their bodies, and I especially didn't care for the needless musical numbers. Also, the whole "Thomas goes to the mainland" felt overused. We've seen him do this in various episodes, and even one of the movies. It didn't feel like a genuinely epic journey. "We can't do anything" is really catchy, however. I loved seeing James take a more prominent role, but this movie felt too "meh" to really be on the same level as other Thomas movies. It didn't feel new or exciting.

I personally grew up liking the HiT classic era, since I started loving Thomas the Tank Engine back in 2005, the show has really progressed and changed. This movie is one of my favorites, kind of like a prison break theme, and they delivered that. The only things that make this movie a little bit ehh for me is the movement...I HATE the stupid train movement, sometimes they're just standing still, and then sometimes they're bending almost sideways completely, it's really annoying and seems super weird for a Thomas & Friends movie. My second issue is Beresford, yeah I don't know what they were thinking, oh let's add a stupid crane that has no point to the movie for 5 minutes each scene, and not to mention, the song Who's Thomas is SO stupid. I don't mean to be harsh to this movie, because I really enjoyed it considering I like prison break theme of things myself. This movie to be honest is a mixture of good story and mischief, I love it a lot, the only grudges I have towards this movie are listed above, other than that, this movie is REALLY enjoyable.

This Thomas and Friends movie is highly one of the best so far for the franchise, however, it is underrated. Many people do not see the effort put into the animation, which has now slightly evolved, and the lessons learned. Remember! This is a kid's show and not for adults who will focus too much on unnecessary details. Many children, and adults including me, have found this movie memorable and its songs were catchy.