Thomas & Friends: Tale of the Brave - The Movie [DVD]

I've seen this movie many times with a DVD from the UK and as well as the American version. I praise this movie full on because of its morals and storyline. Kids need to understand that as we grow up there'll be thing in life that fears us, despite that we can be brave we can't be brave all the time, and this year's special shows that with its moral 'Being brave isn't the same as not being scared, it's about what you do even when you do feel scared.' In simpler term, 'You can be scared and still be brave.'The storyline is not boring anyway, we are seeing the struggle of Percy's fear that he has during the whole movie and a child can be like that in real life. The DVD special is more better then the previous ones and trust me there are ones like Misty Island Rescue and Day of The Diesels that have very poor moralisations. While MIR shows that we can't always be right, but there are some major flaws (e.g - Thomas crossing the shake shake bridge, Thomas having common sense that the bridge is unsafe and that they must not use it. But the logging locos forced Thomas to cross the bridge as they have the logs and that common sense was thrown right out of the window! Seriously how is that good for kids? 'Understand the dangers, but screw you have no other way'. DOTD is nothing more then 60 minutes of Percy moping about Thomas not paying attention to him. Sure that film has the moral 'no matter who or what you are, you are all the same.' when really Calling All Engines! shared the exact same moral. But the main hero of that special, Percy, gave out a poor message. He was cross with Thomas for not paying attention to him!)Plus the special isn't THAT dark, if you want dark watch 'Duncan Gets Spooked' or 'Toby's Discovery'. The climax has to be there and the plot has to show the morality of bravery in some way, e.g - Cranky stopping the ship and Percy rescuing James at the china clay pits, you can't sugarcoat it all the time, which is why I don't like parents wrapping their kids in cotton wool. Some day a child will have to grow up and understand fear, it helps them growing up and this special is definitely an example of that.

Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is always a favorite at our home. This movie is such a fun one and I love the lessons of bravery it teaches. The animation is quality, the message is positive and this is an all around amazing movie. I highly recommend it for anyone who loves Thomas or trains.

I got this for my godson and he loved it

Love it. My 2 year old loves every second of it! We rented it because it's not on Prime Instant Watch yet & have watched it 3 times in 48hrs. I don't even mind watching it! Well, let's be real, I might if it was on repeat all day. But, since it was a treat, it's been refreshing!Thomas is 98% of what my kiddo likes. Tale of the Brave was so different! New songs, new animation, new engines.. All around great! I see how kids could get scared, but in our home we tend to talk most of those "scary" situations down as they happen. For example "What are those foot prints?! Oh my, what a big animal it must have been to have made those" or "Landslide!! They better go fast, fast, fast!! I'm sure glad that Thomas has friends to help him!!!". It's always worked for us, & made the movies enjoyable.I really hope to see more Thomas films like this in the future. So much fun!

The kids really liked this movie. There seemed to be more songs in it than usual and they are very catchy...the kids sing them a lot and then they get stuck in Mom and Dad's head.The subject matter is pretty good too, dealing with fear and being brave. Two of mine get frightened when watching cartoons and "scary" scenes, so I was worried that parts of this would be too scary for them but they did good throughout.The story is about Thomas coming across a strange footprint in the quarry during a rainstorm and mudslide. It talks about engines being brave by putting themselves at risk to save other engines. Thomas tells Percy about the footprint he saw and Percy begins to worry about a monster and gets all overworked. The other engines eventually buy into it, Gator, a new engine, helps Percy with being brave and in the end, Percy has to face his fears to save another engine who was teasing him.

My son loved Thomas and this was perfect for him to watch over and over.

ended up buying the DVD so we could watch all the time. Such a cute movie and my kids love it. If you don't want your kids to learn about things being "scary" you won't like this movie. It's not particularly scary itself, but they talk about being scared a lot, and there is a "Monsters Everywhere" song that we think is cute, but a lot of parents may not be a fan of it. I would recommend you check out the little music video on youtube before you purchase and watch with your children if that is a concern. If not, this is a super cute movie that teaches bravery, and that its okay to be scared. "You can be scared and still be brave..."

We are big fans of Thomas the Tank Engine in our house. Its my favorite of my son's shows that he likes to watch. This movie is one of the better Thomas offerings of feature-length format. There are catchy songs and a good story.The Blu Ray picture quality is simply fantastic. I felt like springing for an HD copy of this movie was excessive, but the Thomas episodes on PBS are in HD, so I went ahead and bought it and do not regret it.I highly recommend this for any and all Thomas and Friends fans of all ages.