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Calling All Engines! is a British-American feature-length Thomas & Friends special and the first direct-to-home video Thomas & Friends film. It was distributed by HiT Entertainment in 2005. It was re-released by Lionsgate in 2009. It was later re-released again by Universal in 2014.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The huge problem is its not really a film its more like your average Series 8-12 episodes that is spread out to a 60 min film and it shows.
 * 2) * There is learning parts which puts the film on hold as if you cut the learning part away from the film you will not lose anything.
 * 3) Some plot holes that make the characters look dumber then normal and this could agrue as the start of the flanderization.
 * 4) * Diseal destroying the old shed which is just here to start drama with the Steam Team when they should be mad at Thomas as hes the one that cause the mess in the first place.
 * 5) ** In fact apart from the part in the end Thomas does not get called out like with the Day of the Diseal.
 * 6) * Emily acts rude like in Series 8 when Thomas entered the shed.
 * 7) Misleading Title and False Advertising: The engines did not get united till near the end of the the "film" and it mostly focus on the storm.
 * 8) * Diseal 10 was in the front along with the others which you think that he will be the main focus when he does not appear that much till the end.
 * 9) Speaking of Diseal 10 he was turn into a generic lazy friendly giant which is understandable why he is like this if you replace him with someone else you can remove him from the story.
 * 10) The soundtrack while good is sometimes bland apart from the lyrical parts.
 * 11) This film started the dark age of Thomas as while Series 12 is when it really kicks in this is part to blame for Thomas downfall along with Series 9.

Good Qualities

 * 1) When taking out the learning parts of the film it all right film.
 * 2) The models are good to look at along with the soundtrack despite the bland music.
 * 3) The Great Discovery is a major inprovement

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