After the sequels came out, the original matrix film had a strong green tint added to the whole film that wasn't there with the original release, so it would match up with the very green look of the sequels. I have removed this additional strong green tint added to the new Matrix transfer, making the film's colour palette far more balanced overall. I have also reduced the contrast to reduce blown out highlights and crushed blacks on the blu-ray transfer to match up better with the image dynamics of the original dvd release of The Matrix, giving the film a more 'filmic' quality.
This release also has a punchier aac track taken from the impressive Cinema DTS-HD audio track not included on the blu-ray that was put together by CapableMetal, Doombot and JetrellFo from originaltrilogy.com. Thank you guys for allowing me to include your great audio track with this release! Those of you (like myself) that felt the True HD and AC3 audio on the blu-ray lacked a bit of umph in the action sequences compared to what you remember from the cinema, especially the blows and impacts in fight scenes, will really enjoy this DTS-HD track.
English and Spanish subtitles are also included in this release.
Here are some screencap comparisons:
Blu-ray 1:
[img]https://i.ibb.co/S72W88y/01bluray.jpg[/img]
Regraded 1:
[img]https://i.ibb.co/V29CcNS/01regraded.jpg[/img]
Blu-ray 2:
[img]https://i.ibb.co/sjJvkhJ/02bluray.jpg[/img]
Regraded 2:
[img]https://i.ibb.co/N26HQsq/02regraded.jpg[/img]
Blu-ray 3:
[img]https://i.ibb.co/W0NmxLR/03bluray.jpg[/img]
Regraded 3:
[img]https://i.ibb.co/2knsV73/03regraded.jpg[/img]
Video ID : 1 Format : AVC Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec Format profile : [email protected] Format settings, CABAC : Yes Format settings, RefFrames : 4 frames Codec ID : avc1 Codec ID/Info : Advanced Video Coding Duration : 2 h 16 min Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 3 000 kb/s Maximum bit rate : 10 000 kb/s Width : 1 920 pixels Height : 804 pixels
Audio ID : 2 Format : AAC Format/Info : Advanced Audio Codec Format profile : LC Codec ID : 40 Duration : 2 h 16 min Bit rate mode : Variable Bit rate : 485 kb/s Maximum bit rate : 541 kb/s Channel(s) : 2 channels Channel(s)_Original : 6 channels Channel positions : Front: L C R, Side: L R, LFE Sampling rate : 48.0 kHz Frame rate : 46.875 FPS (1024 SPF) Compression mode : Lossy Stream size : 473 MiB (14%) Title : thematrix.aac Encoded date : UTC 2021-06-04 15:38:14 Tagged date : UTC 2021-06-04 15:38:39