Why is there Footage Missing from the Matrix DVD?

I would think that with all the space available on DVD that those
schmucks at Warner would AT LEAST put everything that we saw in the
movie theatre in the DVD.. however there are bits missing everywhere
in the movie for the sake of making tidy chapters.

Main example.. in the beginning when Neo goes to the club and meets
Trinity for the first time.. In the theater, before Neo is shown,
they show the club, and start playing at a point about 15 sec. into
the beginning of the Hot Rod Herman remix
of Dragula... then it pans to Neo... that's at least 10-15
seconds of footage missing... the final DVD simply cuts from Neo
outside his apartment to a spot in the club scene where they are
already like 15 sec into the Rob Zombie song. The original theatrical
version showed those extra 10-15 sec. and started audio-wise from the
very beginning of that Dragula remix and it was essentially more
slowomotion shots of the people inside the clubn The DVD version
jumps into the club scene well into. It makes a nice
neat chapter edit.

However when I pay for a DVD i expect to get at least the movie I saw
in the theater, not a chopped down and edited version.

 

From all accounts, the DVD isn't cut. You're most likely
mis-remembering things. DVDs do not get edited to
make better chapter stops.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/alternateversions

-Jay

 

There are a few players that goof up on the layer change
so a bit of dialog gets cut off.

--
Brian "Demolition Man" Little
A reminder to the world....
"Well, in my case, I get VCRs from the Goodwill thrift store that
allows a return in 7 days, that way I can ascertain the similar
components (or lift a fuse or belt for my own evil purposes)!" -Bill
Schwenke