This also (kind of) confirms that Awdry knew Thomas was in America, with him not liking them changing The Fat Controller to Sir Topham Hatt.

It's interesting how Awdry knew the title of the movie. I assumed that the name came along years later. Judging by the title, he probably knew that the film wasn't going to be any good.

If I was awdry I heard she was doing a movie on my creation and it said magic in the tittle I would be cross

If Wilbert saw Season 5 and TATMR for what they were, he would surely be disappointed.

He would not see season 5 because he they would still be useing rws stories

@Judesir wouldn’t you say the same for TATMR then?

Yea

That didn't aged well.

"We should be grateful Wilber died..." Dude, that's a pretty messed up thing to write.

While we can guess what his thoughts on the film would have been, I think it's a great shame that he didn't live to express an opinion. I would love to hear his opinion in his words.