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Thomas and the Magic Railroad [DVD]
 
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Thomas and the Magic Railroad [DVD]

Alec Baldwin , Mara Wilson , Britt Allcroft    Universal, suitable for all   DVD
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
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  • Actors: Alec Baldwin, Mara Wilson, Peter Fonda, Russell Means, Cody McMains
  • Directors: Britt Allcroft
  • Writers: Britt Allcroft
  • Producers: Britt Allcroft, Phil Ferhle
  • Format: DVD-Video, PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: Icon Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 16 July 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000TQLJ6Y
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 11,492 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)

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Amazon.co.uk Review

Thomas, as anyone familiar with the eponymous, wildly popular TV series knows, is a very useful engine, and never more so than in his first theatrical release, which was a modest box-office success. On a tank filled with little more than pluck, determination and goodwill, Thomas sets out full-steam ahead on a danger-fraught mission to help his friend Mr Conductor. The conductor's stash of magic gold dust has run out, leaving him stranded on the Island of Sodor with Junior, his flaky cousin, and Lily, a little girl enlisted to lift her grandfather out of a funk on nearby Muffle Mountain. When Thomas bravely chugs beyond his hometown tracks' buffers with Lily aboard, he's transported to Muffle Mountain's secret railway and to Lady, a long-lost steamer whose legendary engine makes her more powerful than Diesel, the train-yard bully. Together, Thomas and Lady lead Diesel on a chase that causes a bridge to collapse, taking the dastardly Diesel down with it. Most impressive about the movie is its marquee names: Alec Baldwin works magic as the dutiful worrywart Mr Conductor, Mara Wilson is Lily and Peter Fonda plays the cool-looking but lugubrious Grandpa. It's a cast that will keep put-upon parents watching, if half-heartedly. Thomas fans of five years and under, meanwhile, will wish the actors wouldn't blow so much hot air; they will want to see their hero a bigger part in steaming up the storyline. --Tammy La Gorce


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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
5 minutes into the file and my three year said "They're not the right voices" - how true he was.

After 10 minutes he went off to find some toys to play with - this from a kid who would gladly watch hours of Thomas from TV (if we let him).

The story tried to merge 2 worlds and it it didn't work at all - why they couldn't have set the whole film on the island of Sodor I have no idea.

This is really aimed at the US market - a shameless cash in to generate more revenue!

If you need a Thomas fix - buy the TV series instead

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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About 3 minutes into this my 3 year old (who is the biggest Thomas fan EVER!) was shouting 'muuuuummmmmmmyyyyyyy it's broken' - on rushing to the Tv I discovered the problem - Thomas is joined by 'real' people which works in Roger Rabbit but imo is a big no-no for Thomas.

Not liked at all by my kids and i can understand why - Thomas is a character not a person and he cannot be integrated into real people!

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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In 1945, the late Rev W Awdry started writing what turned out to be a series of 26 books of the Railway Series. This amounted to about 100 stories. Britt Allcroft bought the rights to the stories and she filmed them, very successfully, for television, narrated by Ringo Starr and then Michael Angelis.

Then a few things happened. Firstly, Britt's production company ran out of stories to film, so they had to make them up. The new stories, introducing new characters and locations, simply weren't up to scratch. But the children still loved them.

Then, perhaps eyeing the success of Teletubbies in the US, Briitt had the idea of a feature film, scripted and I believe directed by her.

This is the result.

If you are over the age of 3, this film may seem confusing and it should do. The plot has been warped by the fact that some serious editing had to be done, removing one of the characters completely. But the children still loved the film.

Unfortunately, the adults did not. The film crashed to poor reviews. Adults expected a better standard of production compared to the model railways that were the staple TV fare and the merging of real-life actors with the model engines in a bizarre fantasy storyline did not fit. But the children loved the film. But adults decide what to see at the theatre and they did not come to see it as a result.

Brit was forced out of her leading role at her production company as a result of this disaster movie. A disaster to watch. a disater to make and a disaster in the cinema. How sophisticated media types could get this so wrong is curious.

Your children may love this film. Watching it as an adult is an ordeal. As a person who takes delight in watching and reading the original stories this film is a travesty. Try to do something else while its on.
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