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Same thing happened to me. I had seen The Matrix countless times, but this was going to be my first rewatch in a few years and my first rewatch ever in theaters. Part of the reason I was going was to get that awesome feeling you get when seeing a perfectly-crafted scene "for the first time" on the big screen. That featurette was so silly. They just went scene by scene showing 5 seconds each of iconic scenes from the movie. Right before the actual movie was about to start. Ugh.

Who expects to avoid spoilers for a 25 year old blockbuster?

That would be like trying to avoid a spoiler for who won the Civil War in a U.S History class.

My younger kids hadn’t seen the Matrix and I thought the 25th anniversary release in the theater would be perfect.

Leading up to it I tried to create the mystery for them that I remembered 25 years ago.

All of the mystery was destroyed with the featurette.

I was so annoyed and disappointed. But they enjoyed the movie so that was good at least.

That is so frustrating.