Thomas & Friends: Day of the Diesels [DVD]

The best!

This Thomas movie is great! We have multiple Thomas and Friends dvd's and this one is definitely a bonus to add to our collection. Thomas always provides quality entertainment while teaching a valuable lesson. We love all things Thomas and this is just one more thing/dvd to add to that list. Love It!

"This film is awesome," is what my five-and-half year-old had to say. "Not scary at all!" He has been a huge fan of Thomas since he was 3, and could not wait to see Day of the Diesels. I was reluctant to buy it based on the negative reviews, but my son begged, and he was not disappointed at all. He was a little anxious that Percy was going to make the wrong decision, but did not think that the movie would cause nightmares. "Diesel 10 was wicked, but not scary," he said. He loved the new characters, Belle and Flyn. We thought the CGI was great. He loved the movie so much that he asked me to write this review! He does say though, that he does not think Day of the Diesels is a good choice for children under 5.

This movie was very fun to watch. I even enjoyed it and my husband and I were laughing throughout various scenes. This movie is about friendship and learning lessons about jealousy and other difficult feelings we might face or encounter when our friends make new friends. The engines learn various lessons about making assumptions, discrimination, jealousy, difficult decisions, and other important lessons are sprinkled throughout the whole movie.

My 4 yr old daughter got hooked on Thomas at about 2-1/2 and has been hooked since. For awhile we were watching Thomas every day.Day of the Diesels is just like the cartoons you see on PBS only longer. The story centers around Percy getting jealous of Thomas' new friend and attempting to be friends with the Diesels who turn out not to be so friendly after all. It's a cute story.My daughter was initially afraid of Diesel 10, but she got over it and didn't seem to mind watching it again and again. If you have a kid that likes Thomas, stop reading and just buy the movie.

The animation is great. The story line is pretty much boiler-plate for T&F (e.g. there is a special project (usually for someone important), a train disobeys and screws up, the boss gets mad and they fix the problem). Generally speaking, this title does not deviate from that formula.There is a lot of chatter in the comments about this film being dark. I really don't think it's anywhere near as dark as some might let on. My 2 & 1/2 yr old son and I watched this together and he didn't flinch at all (I expected he would as he becomes afraid every time when the trains get stranded in the collapsed tunnel in Misty Island, to the point where I fast forward through it). To be fair, Diesel 10 does have a menacing laugh and does manipulate a depressed Percy to do his will. If your child is sensitive to that (or if you are) maybe this title isn't for your family.As for the comments suggesting racial undertones.. I personally would dismiss those outright. However, I do think that social class discrimination and concepts of elitism are present in most of these titles (e.g. the Duke and Duchess, Topham Hat). I think the writers play that angle to establish chain of command (aka: listen to your parents, be useful, etc).Anyway, my son enjoys the movie.My 2 cents.

First off, this is for kids... but since you are going to have to watch it with your child about a million times, it might as well be good. Of the Thomas and friends category, this is one of the best movies I've seen. One continuous movie with an actual plot that evolves like it should. You actually feel sorry for Percy. If you kid likes Thomas the Train, this will be a perfect film for him (and you... because you won't have to fast forward through the parts where the real train conductor just talks for 5 minutes like in the other films).

My 2.5 yr old son is a big Thomas fan and we have the Day of the Diesels App for my phone. DS loves this movie, I like it too, which is more than I can say for a lot of kid's programming. It is a good story, that has a conflict but is not scary, with interesting characters and all's well that ends well. At the end of the story, we get up and dance to the ending song.