Rating summary
| Movie |  | 4.5 |
| Video | | 4.5 |
| Audio |  | 4.0 |
| Extras |  | 3.5 |
| Overall | | 4.5 |
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
For a full 2160p/HDR video review, please click here.
How to Train Your Dragon 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality
For a full DTS:X audio review, please click here.
How to Train Your Dragon 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras
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
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.
