Who's getting "The Polar Express: Presented in 3-D" Blu-ray next week?

[wnicholas76]

Now that DVDEmpire.com has confirmed that the new Blu-ray double dip of The Polar Express: Presented in 3-D will have a Dolby TrueHD 5.1 track, I'll probably end up selling the current Dolby Digital 5.1-only version that I have for the new version next week.

Will anyone else be getting the 3-D version of The Polar Express next week?

[AaronSCH]

I received mine from Warner yesterday. Although the novelty of the 3-D is pretty cool at times, the use of red/blue anaglyph limits the color palette and you feel a sense of relief after switching back to 2-D—which looks stunning. Again, the 3-D effect works fairly well, but it isn't the same as it is in theaters. The sense of dimension can be awesome at times such as the hot chocolate, flying eagle and roller-coaster scenes. I just wish the disc enabled you to switch versions "on the fly" like the black and white to color switching on the Harryhausen flicks. The audio sounded terrific to me on the previous version and the TrueHD track on this version doesn't disappoint.

All that said, I am glad I sold the original version and picked this one up. They supply you with few sets of cardboard 3-D glasses so that you can share the silliness with others. Oh, one other nifty addition is the new, lenticular slip cover similar to the one Warner recently used for "Beetlejuice."

[miked924]

Mine was delivered Friday night from the Warner store, 3D is a little weird but still a cool gimmick. I'd rather watch the 2D version

[t0nythebeat]

im sure there is a thread for this already.
but yeah I'm getting it. I didn't pre-order so it is a must buy first thing tuesday.

[brett_day]

yeah i will be picking this one up! will be awesome! it is such a great movie! shame the 3d sounds like it blows though

[t0nythebeat]

Originally Posted by brett_day

yeah i will be picking this one up! will be awesome! it is such a great movie! shame the 3d sounds like it blows though

there wasn't much 3-D about it to begin though.
i saw this on imax in theaters and the movie looks the same.

Kinda like that Nightmare before christmas 3-D bull.
there was NOTHING 3-D about it.

[lobo81865]

I have it pre-ordered as well. Hopefully it will be good enough to justify buying twice since I have the Dolby Digital version also.

[tommyg4141]

I'll be purchasing it.

[redboxcar]

I'll be buying this one on day one, also.

[hostelmovies]

I am still on the fence about this movie but my kids love it. Think I will wait since I have a copy of the original version.

[KingDavid102077]

Originally Posted by hostelmovies

I am still on the fence about this movie but my kids love it. Think I will wait since I have a copy of the original version.

Yeah I'm going to wait til amazon does their annual holiday movie sale and pick it up then, since the kids will want to watch it more around the holidays anyway.