I have fiddled with the blacks before, but to hide that issue, I'd have to complete screw up the black levels on my monitor.

BTW, something I noticed a while ago in the trailer, and which I'm shocked no one else has mentioned--

The Animatrix rips off a shot that is featured in OCP's trailer. Remember where the shot with the horseman riding in slow motion?

http://www.hostimage.org/img/5418180.jpg

Compare that to a shot from the short called "The Second Renaissance, Part 2":

http://www.hostimage.org/img/6463093408.jpg

You would have to watch both shots to really get the full impact of it, but I'm shocked at how blatantly the style of movement was copied...