Heheh, thanks for the detailed reply. More info than I needed! But it shows you are approaching this like a filmmaker and are giving it lot's of thought. Are you aspiring to be an editor or a filmmaker?

at 1 hr 20 minutes or so, Neo does ask Trinity to stay out of the Matrix...
My bad. Guess I FF'd out of the fight scenes a bit too far(figured you didn't edit them, and I've seen em all recently)

Orgasmic dessert. I always thought it was one of the Merovingian's few redeeming scenes. Sexy and fun. It also fills the plot in between him going to the bathroom and Persephone being pissed at him for cheating on her.

True, true.

About the Oracle/Smith scene. If you are still reworking things a bit, can I suggest to make it more solid? The camera cuts were jerky and felt awkward, especially when she raises her glass to Smith. All nitpicking about scenes not cut, or encoding issues, it's the only point in your hack that really falls apart for me. Maybe starting with a longer shot of the oracle, then allowing Smith his monologuing and cutting straight to the virus scene? Not sure what else she needs to say there. Smith's response to her bastard comment of "You would know, mom" is a great line and I don't feel it should be cut. It also backs up her being one of the original designers(or is that not what you wanted?).

Hope you don't mind me just jumping in cold here and giving advice when I barely know anything about your project except for a quick onceover of this thread and a single viewing of M2H.

Looking forward to a final M3H. Would you like me to offer feedback on that as it is, or do my insights not feel particularly useful to you? (Don't worry, be honest)