ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!

Intcatinfo A Masterpiece!

Matho The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

Candida It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

mattwill-76313 This is a pretty great special, even to this day. Kids from 3-6 would especially love it. It's colorful, bright, and true to the book, not just to the point of the art style and the characters, but to it's very core and emotion. The music with the happy, gloomy, and sometimes even scary images displayed (don't worry, nothing your kids can't handle!) gives kids, and perhaps even adults alike, a sense of empowerment towards the end. This is especially important, because everyone and their grandmother knows what happens in the story: birthday train breaks down, other snooty but powerful trains come along (excepting the old, less well-to-do engine) refusing to pull the train, when along comes a little engine who ends up pulling the whole train over the mountain against all odds. Knowing very well the ending, you would think that you wouldn't necessarily feel as worried for Tillie (little engine) as you would when you first read the book, but the story is told in such a wonderful, unique and perhaps even Expressionistic way that you forget about the ending for 20 minutes and immerse in the world that is Tillie's home and the gloomy mountain.Animation fans will recognize the work of Dave Edwards, who, prior to working on this special, is known for the UK animated classic SuperTed. The cuddly bouncy style fits well in this half-hour special, and as mentioned earlier fits well with the style of the book. Fans of TV music in the late 80s will recognize Mark Mueller, who prior to this has done work with the theme songs for DuckTales, and Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers.One of the few things keeping the score to go any higher is the bland setting and story, but keeping The Little Engine That Could interesting is no easy task, and the team has done the best they Could to keep it as interesting as it is. Recommended over the 2011 special any day.

Vuk Tempest The animation is decent, especially since we are talking about a 90's product. The Voice acting also brings the 90's quality.But I can't bring myself to like this movie. Yea, I see others love it. But I personally would prefer to never have heard of it in the first place. I'm not into the theme which involves vehicles brought to Organic levels of life. I mean Organic (that means, I am excused to like Knight Rider's K.I.T.T. 2000). This movie just makes it worse. In this movie, everything you can see made by human hand is alive for some reason (Satanic Ritual maybe), and that's unnerving for me, who likes technology in the way it is. And when they get rude, scary, or outright selfish, I took a moment to thank the great beings for me to live in the real world. I usually wish I could join the main heroes, or villains, in the movie, video game, or novel/comic I read or watch. This is one of the exceptional cases when I was grateful for living in the real world where trains are not living objects. But can it be worse? Please, keep that scene away from me, in which the phrase "I Think I can" is repeated the great beings knows how many times, in a manner that clearly sounds like imitating the sound of a running Steam Locomotive. I always found that sound annoying, but here, it was turned into an atrocity, a scene from hell, to torture me. Before it even stopped, I was ready to do what I never believed I ever get close to doing... then it stopped to my brief relief, only to give me a song... which returned the discomfort. Again, in most cases, I don't like the characters in an animated movie singing. There are exceptions. And this movie doesn't have that. Let's get to the appearance of the main character of all characters, who has her... yes... HER face on the chimney, where the steam comes out. Doesn't that hurt? Having the face in front of the water tank must be atrocious as well, and some characters do have that too, in a similar manner to Thomas the Tank Nightmare. But here's the elephant in the room: Almost any man made object is given an organic face. And I am thankful for living in the real world this time. Period.If you like it, including the endless repetition of "I think I can" in a train-imitating manner, good for you. Just please, stay away from me whenever you have THIS movie, and especially THAT line in mind.

cairn6 As an adult I grew up with this story in picture book form. I loved trains as a toddler (still do as an adult), so after seeing this just the other day, I only wish this gem of a cartoon was around when I was little.The story opens with Tillie, a small yard switcher locomotive, spending her days making up trains in the yard and moving locomotives in and out of the roundhouse. She enjoys her work but dreams of getting a road assignment, a train of her own. Sharing the railroad with her are Farnsworth, a refined passenger diesel locomotive, Pete, a rough and tumble freight hauler, Jebediah, an elderly engine who handles the branch line milk trains, and Georgia, a friendly locomotive who handles the "Birthday Train" a toy and food run for the kids on the other side of the mountain. In charge of them all is a grumpy, high strung dispatch tower who oversee's the day to day operation of the railroad. The rest of the characters are the toys aboard the Birthday Train and some incidental line side folks, such as talking eagles and coyotes, a pair of kids on the other side of the mountain, and a work/rescue locomotive named Doc.The premise of the film is the same as the children's' book, with Tillie taking over the Birthday Train on her own accord following Georgia breaking down,and the other engines not wanting to or be able to assist. With the rally cry "I THINK I CAN", Tillie heads off over a tough stretch of mountain railroad and encounters adventures along the rails as she strives to bring the train to its destination.Well drawn, well voiced, and oddly endearing, this film continues to carry the message that if you have the heart and put your mind to a task, you can do anything!

Steve Rigby As a father of a young boy who loved trains as a toddler, I can wholeheartedly recommend this movie to other adults with children who may happen to find themselves in similar positions; read the readily available picture book before, after or - even! - during viewing this video: 'I think I can ... I think I can ... I think I can ...' is a GREAT message to embed in young minds, ain't it? The story is about a small, blue engine asked to take over from older, more experienced engines who have somehow failed to function on a journey carrying an exceptionally important cargo: TOYS! - to the children on the other side of the mountain. Who could resist, eh?