The Movie: This isn't really a movie, it's a documentary about the movie The Matrix shot well after the fact, mostly during training and preparations for the upcoming sequels. They sell this as either part of a two disc set (with The Matrix and this disc), and they also sell it alone. Jeff got me the set (he couldn't believe that I didn't already own The Matrix). Those of you who buy it alone and pay full price, well, I hope you are a really, really big fan of the movie.

To me it seemed like most of the content on the disc was pretty much exactly the type of thing you'd find on the second disc of any two-disc set. It's basically a series of interviews with the actors and members of the creative team, reflecting on their experiences with The Matrix. What disappointed me the most though, is that a lot of the hype surrounding this DVD had to do with the fact that it was supposed to give some insight into what's going on with the sequels, but there turned out to be almost none of that in there. This is basically a two hour long "making-of" and although it had its moments, the majority of it just wasn't that interesting.

The DVD: The whole thing is presented in standard 4:3 format, and was shot some on film, some on video, and with clips from the actual film presented in a letterboxed format. Some of the video quality and compression quality were actually bad enough to call bad. There are no special features because basically, this DVD is just one long special feature. So what can I say... I really loved the movie, but I also really don't think anyone but the people with the most insatiable appetites for anything Matrix would find this DVD worth buying (or even interesting).

And Jeff, thanks for getting me this for Christmas, the movie is really great (and I already watched it), just please don't take me not particularly enjoying this Revisited DVD as me not appreciating it, after all, there was no way for you to know it wasn't going to be that good anyway :)