M2 for all intents and purpose is done now (I still need to QC it). I MAY change the beginning to use Last Flight of the Osiris, but I'm not in love with using a CG opener (and it's almost 10 minutes). You could almost explain the 'cartoon like quality' away since it would end with Neo waking. But then it almost looks like a vision, which is one of the things I'm trying to cut.
Then there's M3. The harder edits (in my mind) have turned out to be cake. The ones I thought would be a throw together are not only tedious, but at the moment looking so bad I may scrap my script and start over.
I really want the big Smith fight near the beginning since it explains some stuff later and allows me to move an action scene from the hyperkinetic ending to the plodding beginning (or what would be a plodding beginning in my edit). It's all there, but it's not smooth. There's a plan B but it's much less interesting.
Just thinking out loud, okay back to work.
Edit: Did I mention I started converting tracks from the soundtrack to DD so I can smooth things out? Yup, M3 is MUCH harder to tinker with.