I did check a number of scenes in 2D and i felt this version had compression issues and i noticed blocking on walls and backgrounds.  Checking the 3D edition revealed no such problems therefore i feel Lionsgate optimized this disc for 3D and only added the 2D option to appease those who dislike wearing the glasses.

This is the North American release of the film and it is Region Coded A. 

I thought the compression of the 3D edition of the film was excellent with none of the issues i spotted on the 2D version.  Both editions of the movie take up around 20GB of disc space.

The issues with the 3D version are the same issues which currently affect other home anaglyph versions and that is ghosting of the image especially around area's which have the colour red in them and white images such as the sky can look washed out and more grey than white. 

In December 2009 it was announced that a new home 3D format for Blu Ray would be launched in 2010.  This new format uses active shutter glasses and will be vastly superior to anaglyph but will require new equipment to view it. 

The studio's have announced support for this new 3D home format and films such as Avatar, Monsters vs Aliens and Walt Disney's Bolt will be released during the latter half of 2010. 

It's likely that films such as My Bloody Valentine will be re-released in this home format. 

For those interested the codec which will be used for this new 3D home format is MVC which is an extension of the existing AVC codec.

So in a nutshell better 3D for the home is on the way but in the meantime you can still enjoy this film in the home but be warned ghosting is an issue and it can be pretty annoying at times.

You will need the correct glasses to view the 3D screencaps below.

For a review of the film click here.

This film is on the medium issues list which you can view by clicking here.

Once you open the Blu Ray image you may need to click again for the full HD image to appear.  These Blu Ray frames are captured directly off the disc.