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4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray + Digital Copy
Universal Studios | 2010 | 98 min | Rated PG | Feb 03, 2019

How to Train Your Dragon 4K (Blu-ray Movie)

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Movie rating

8.3
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users0.0 of 50.0
Reviewer4.5 of 54.5
Overall4.5 of 54.5

Overview

How to Train Your Dragon 4K (2010)

A young Viking named Hiccup lives on the windswept island of Berk, where his father Stoic the Vast is the tribe's feared chief, and fighting dragons is part of every young warrior's training. But Hiccup's destiny of becoming a prized dragon fighter takes an unexpected diversion when he saves and befriends an injured dragon, Toothless. Hiccup now embarks on a mission of his own to convince his tribe to abandon its barbaric tradition of ruthless dragon-slaying and try out some new methods.

Starring: Jay Baruchel, Gerard Butler, Craig Ferguson, America Ferrera, Jonah Hill
Director: Chris Sanders (III), Dean DeBlois

Adventure100%
Family92%
Animation77%
Fantasy72%
Comedy41%
Teen10%

Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: HEVC / H.265
    Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
    Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
    Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1

  • Audio

    English: DTS:X
    English: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
    French: DTS 5.1
    Spanish: DTS 5.1
    Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1
    French: Dolby Digital 5.1
    English: Dolby Digital 2.0
    Portuguese: DTS 5.1

  • Subtitles

    English, English SDH, French, Portuguese, Spanish

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Two-disc set (2 BDs)
    Digital copy
    4K Ultra HD

  • Playback

    Region A (B, C untested)

Review

Rating summary

Movie4.5 of 54.5
Video4.5 of 54.5
Audio4.0 of 54.0
Extras3.5 of 53.5
Overall4.5 of 54.5

How to Train Your Dragon 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Martin Liebman February 19, 2019

For the UHD debut of the highly regarded digitally animated film 'How to train Your Dragon,' Best Buy and Universal have collaborated on this gorgeous store exclusive SteelBook. The two-disc set features everything found in the wide release -- UHD, BD, digital copy -- and adds the attractive alternate packaging material and artwork. See the 'Special Features and Extras' portion of the review below for more information.


For a full film review, please click here. Note that this link points to the old Paramount release from 2010, not any of the new Universal releases.


How to Train Your Dragon 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  4.5 of 5

For a full 2160p/HDR video review, please click here.


How to Train Your Dragon 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  4.0 of 5

For a full DTS:X audio review, please click here.


How to Train Your Dragon 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  3.5 of 5

This is one of the more attractive SteelBooks on the market. It blends high quality imagery with artistic subtlety, foregoing some of the louder or more visually by-the-numbers covers in favor of something actually worth looking at and appreciating. The front image, which is fairly dark and set at night against a very dark blue/black sky with the moon hovering atop in the right-hand corner, prominently features Hiccup on the lower right reaching upward and to the left to touch Toothless in a touching character bonding moment. The reverse rear side features a somewhat more standard image, featuring Hiccup riding Toothless through the night sky, the Viking's right arm raised in joy, in front of the moon, which prominently fills much of the rear side. Small legalese-type text appears unobtrusively at the bottom. The spine carries over the general color scheme of shades of nighttime blue. The film's title appears in very small print, center, with the word "Dragon" in the largest lettering. A tiny DreamWorks logo appears at the bottom. The front and back are glossy and prone to fingerprinting.

Inside, the digital copy code is tucked underneath the left-hand side tabs. The two discs, one UHD and one Blu-ray, are housed on the right, staggered-stacked. The interior two-panel presentation spread, which displays a calming, yet jagged and uneven, rock formation with a small outcropping of trees, is present. Most of the main image appears on the left, away from the discs. The right-hand side is predominantly a relaxing shade of dusk or dawn peach-colored sky.


How to Train Your Dragon 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  4.5 of 5

Universal's and Best Buy's SteelBook is one of the more attractive on the market, a celebration of subtlety, generally, rather than loud visuals meant to draw as many eyes as possible. It's one of the more handsome SteelBooks on the market and, to this reviewer's eyes, bests the impressive SteelBook released for the sequel. Highly recommended.