Examples for good and bad commentaries
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the_evil_loc_nar — 16 years ago(July 06, 2009 11:40 AM)
I think Paul Verhoeven added always very good commentaries to his movies on DVD, especially Starship Troopers, Total Recall and Robocop.
Another commentary highlight is in my opinion on the "Willow" DVD (by the leading actor Warwick Davis) . Good are also "The Omen"(original, not remake) and "Star Trek 6", by the directors.
Bad commentaries? Well, for example "Conan, the Barbarian". As much as I like the movie and Arnie, the commentary is horrible. There are some directors being obviously unable to add any useful DVD commentaries to their movies, whatever the reason may be for example German director Roland Emmerich (ID4, Stargate) or Tim Burton (I really like his movies, but the commentaries are waste). The Star Wars movies have been mentioned. I also do not like their commentaries. -
cljohnston108 — 16 years ago(July 13, 2009 08:05 AM)
I think HELLBOY is one of the finest examples for audio-commentaries ever.
Couldn't agree more!
Selma Blair was so adorable, especially when talking about Rupert's mis-matched socks.
And Ron was great when they were talking about the scene with the kid on the rooftop.
He tells how they'd made five dozen cookies for the sequence, and when they broke for lunch there were four cookies left.
Jeffrey:
"How many cookies did you eat?"
Ron:
"Well, what's five dozen? Let's do the math"
I love Jeffrey's signature line: "I should read the script. I hear it's good."
Kurt Wimmer's solo commentary on
Equilibrium
was great.
Kate Beckinsale was hilarious on the first
Underworld
.
Ben Browder & Claudia Black were fantastic together on the
Farscape
DVDs.
I'm very disappointed that there were no commentaries from Tom Hanks on either
Apollo 13
or
From the Earth to the Moon
.
And just why the hell was there no commentary from Robert Downey, Jr. and/or Jon Favreau on
Iron Man
?! I boycotted that 2-disc "Ultimate Edition" for 6 months because of that! -
borgter — 16 years ago(August 16, 2009 07:05 AM)
I know its not a movie, but I've always really enjoyed the
Martin Gero
commentaries for
Stargate Atlantis
. I love that guy. Especially his featurettes like,
"Road To A Dream"
on the Season 2 DVD. Lol.
Oh and anything by Joss Whedon
Such an interesting and witty guy
I Thought Only Kryptonite Could Hurt Superman. Not A Broken Heart.
From Beneath You, It Devours -
Joe-the-Drifter — 16 years ago(February 03, 2010 07:11 AM)
Best:
Del Toro's ones.
Rob Zombie's actually are pretty good.
James Cameron's and William Wisher's fro T2: Extreme Cut.
Worst:
Tim Burton's. Sorry.
Terminator 3
Taken
Spider-Man 1 and 3 ones, 2 was pretty good
I WOULD LOVE to hear Nolan's for Batman Begin and TDK, RDJ and Jon Faverau on Iron Man, and one with Clint Eastwood for Million Dollar Baby, and Gran Torino. One great one with QT fro either Kill bill and/or Basterds would rule.
As you can see I'm alot happier- Joker 89 -
kodak007 — 16 years ago(February 20, 2010 11:31 AM)
I think Ridley Scotts commentary on BLACK HAWK DOWN is pretty jerkish. He sounds like a know it all, no fun, lame.
Fight Club is a lot of fun, just cause the three of them (brad, ed, fincher) are having fun being jerks. they obviously loved the process and give some good advice. -
pandora1515 — 16 years ago(March 04, 2010 01:38 AM)
I totally agreed about the commentary on Hellboy, it was great! I really enjoyed Del Toro's commentary on Pan's Labyrinth as well.
The absolute worst commentary I have EVER listened to was for The Exorcist! I was truly saddened by it. It was basically as though the script was being read for you as you watched the movie, or a play-by-play of what was happening on screen. The whole time I just kept thinking "Wow, I've seen the movie, I know what happens, how about something cool?"
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jimmy-wharton — 15 years ago(October 10, 2010 09:05 AM)
I watch all the commentaries which include Seth Rogen because they just don't take it seriously and have a laugh.
For example in the Superbad commentary when Judd Apatow and Jonah Hill have an argument which results in Judd leaving is hilarious.
I'm not sure if it is staged or not but it is pretty damn funny. -
Room_On_Fire — 15 years ago(December 05, 2010 01:56 AM)
The commentaries on Clerks are very informative to anyone just getting into filmmaking. There's also a good commentary on the first Harold and Kumar with the writers and their friend who inspired one of the lead characters. They also talk about how they got on the scene. I think one of the worst I've heard was the one for John Tucker Must Die. Don't ask why I was even listening to it; much less watching it at all. I just remember a lot of unnecessary information given by the director and her admitting she never even learned a lot of the casts' names; she just called them whatever their character was named.
"Oh, my God. Bear is driving! How can that be?!" -
Alexmonty — 15 years ago(March 19, 2011 09:34 AM)
Del Toro's commentaries are always fantastic and very Insightful.
Hard to believe no one has mentioned Love Actually's commentaries, they are epic level hilarious!, especially each time Hugh Grant intervienes, Bill Nighy is awesome and the Director Richard Curtis is almost as insightful as Del Toro.
Another great commentaries are Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead, I haven't had the chance to hear the commentaries in his latest movies, but in this movie he is quite funny and enthusiastic you can almost feel how much fun he had making this movie as a fresh director. -
Kevinology_Rises — 13 years ago(January 30, 2013 05:25 PM)
Completely agree on the HB commentary but one of the funniest and most entertaining ones you'll ever hear is from the cast of
Tropic Thunder.
Believe it or not, staying true to his line from the movie, Robert Downey Jr. literally doesn't break character for the entire duration of the commentary, and with some improvisation from his co-stars, hilarity ensues.
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I_Guard_Tanelorn — 9 years ago(September 05, 2016 03:03 AM)
I've heard some terrible commentaries but I don't remember what they were. In one, the director just sat there quietly and occasionally said, "that's neat". "oh that worked out good, that still holds up." And that's it. Sheesh, thanks for the insight buddy. And in another, the two guys just had a two hour inane conversation that had nothing to do with the movie at all. The commentaries for comedies seem to be especially shoddy, cause everybody is just watching the scenes and laughing along.
"I said no camels, that's five camels, can't you count?"