Coraline Blu-Ray DVD Review – First Glance

So one of my dark minions got a hold of the Coraline DVD in Blu-Ray format. Unforeseen circumstances have prevented me from playing the DVDs yet, so you can expect a full report soon, but not today, unfortunately. What I can say, however, is the little I’ve seen so far is really cool. I’ve also taken photos of the case and the contents of the Blu-Ray package (which Universal Pictures has also decided to dub a “Collectors Edition” of the Coraline DVD.)

Here is the front of the slipcover for the Coraline DVD.

And the back.

Here’s what you get in the box:

4 pairs of 3D glasses. As you can see, they are the purple and green type of 3D Glasses. I’ve read that with the purple and green 3D process, although there is still a lot of color quality loss, the quality is better than the old fashioned red and green.

A guide to the digital copy of Coraline. This works with a Mac via iTunes or a PC with Windows Media Player. The instructions are given and are pretty basic. There is an authorization code printed on the bottom (I painted over mine in the picture above, but it can be found in the white rectangle at the bottom.)

The set includes two disks. One is the Blu-Ray disk. It contains the Hi-Def version of both the regular-format move and the 3D format movie. It also includes all the special features in Hi-Def (which is cool!) Here is a post where I talk exhaustively about the Coraline DVD Features. Basically, you get: deleted scenes, “The Making of Coraline”, “Voicing the Characters”, “Creepy Coraline”, feature commentary, D-Box Motion, U-Control, and BD-Live. The last three need some explaining.

D-Box – D-Box is motion code included in the movie that will instruct a motion platform how to move and shake the chair you’re sitting in depending on what’s going on in the movie. Check the D-Box website for more details.

U-Control – This is one of those features I never use, but basically it provides extra content on the making of the movie that you can watch while the movie is playing if you want to.

BD-Live - If you have a Blu-Ray DVD player that can use online features, you’ll be able to do things like access extra online content and interact with your friends.

That’s it for tonight. Part two of this review is up. Click here for the rest of the Coraline DVD 3D Review. Don’t forget to check out Coraline Central on Dark in the Dark.

Coraline on Amazon