You get all the deep, dark blues and blacks that one would expect from underwater footage, and there's not a whisper of MPEG-2 digital compression artifacting to be found. The print is clean and in very good shape, resulting in a picture that's very easy on the eye. This is as good as non-anamorphic video gets, and it's definitely better than the film has ever looked at home before. The audio is excellent, in full Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. The sound is well mixed and nicely immersive.
Dialogue is clean and clear, spread across the front hemisphere.
There's good ambiance created here, with the underwater locations providing plenty of opportunities for nifty rear channel and panning effects. English Dolby Surround is also included. The extras are where this DVD edition really shines, and there are still a few things to talk about on Disc One. You get several pages of cast and crew biographies and production notes on various subjects, in a menu selection called Personnel Lockers. As you watch the film, you can choose to read along with a full-length text commentary in subtitle form.