8.3 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 4.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
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 HillAdventure | 100% |
Family | 92% |
Animation | 77% |
Fantasy | 72% |
Comedy | 41% |
Teen | 10% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 2.35:1
Original aspect ratio: 2.39:1
English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
French: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1 (640 kbps)
English, English SDH, French, Spanish
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Digital copy
Bonus View (PiP)
BD-Live
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A (B, C untested)
Movie | 4.5 | |
Video | 5.0 | |
Audio | 5.0 | |
Extras | 3.5 | |
Overall | 4.5 |
With its acquisition of DreamWorks, Universal has re-released many of that studio's properties to Blu-ray, including the highly regarded 'How to Train Your Dragon.' Universal's disc is not entirely dissimilar from the old Paramount disc, carrying over nearly the same menu screen and video presentations but offering a slightly different soundtrack and playing around with the supplemental package: adding some, removing some, and carrying some over. For further coverage of what's new, old, and the same, see below.
The included 1080p Blu-ray transfer appears to be unchanged from the 2010 Paramount Blu-ray. For a full video quality review, please click here.
Universal's release of How to Train Your Dragon swoops onto Blu-ray with a Dolby TrueHD 7.1 lossless soundtrack, adding two additional back channels to the previous Paramount release's 5.1 track, also of the TrueHD variety. The differences are not dramatic, obviously; the tracks seem by-and-large the same in terms of dynamics, detail, etc. The added back channels allow for a little more seamless fill, whether considering large-scale battle scenes featuring swooping and sweeping dragons, fire breathing and explosions, or general sounds of battle din. More serene natural details enjoy slightly more envelopment as well. Essentials like musical clarity and dialogue prioritization and positioning remain fine. This is not a game-changing track; the previous 5.1 mix was wonderful, and so too is this one. It's obviously the superior presentation by-the-numbers but probably not worth the upgrade cost alone.
Universal's How to Train Your Dragon Blu-ray release is not a straight port of the old Paramount disc, supplementally. It contains some new
features, removes some others, and brings several back. Below is a list of what's included, followed by a list of what's been removed. A Movies
Anywhere digital copy code is included with purchase. The release ships with a slipcover.
Note: some readers are reporting that the supplements marked as "new" below were actually on a previously released Fox disc, which I do not
have access to and was not reviewed on this site.
Universal's Blu-ray release of How to Train Your Dragon carries over the previous issues 2010 1080p transfer, introduces two new channels to the audio mix, and adds several new extras, takes a few away, and carries over most of the key supplements from the Paramount release. It's a mix-and-match disc that isn't worth upgrading in isolation, but those who do, which will probably be for the new extras, do have incentive to hang on to the old disc as well for the missing extras. Recommended for newcomers, and more than likely a pass for all but the most hardcore fans and collectors.
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