Commentary on DVD you actually ENJOYED listening to?

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Permalink Reply by Gojira Boy on November 16, 2009 at 6:27pm

I have found the commentaries on John Carpenter's films *esp. the ones with Kurt Russell* to be both fun and informative i.e. "Big Trouble in Litte China", "Escape from New York", & "The Thing". Also practically a film school class Roger Ebert's commentary on "Dark City" is very informative. As are commentaries by Quentin Tarantino & Robert Rodriguez.
Rodriguez' esp. ...they are like Film School *the kind where you actually learn some "practical" things*.

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Permalink Reply by Roxie McCoy on November 16, 2009 at 8:22pm

Sounds cool! The Repo commentary was great because they kept telling you about inside jokes, Darren Lynn Bousman pointed out everything he recycled from SAW to use in the movie, and you get to hear Alexa Vega talking about things like how Darren forced her to drink the "medicine" (which was a mint in water) and that it gave her minty farts. They even go over times that the set caught fire. The four of them have a really great time and you learn so much about the movie.

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Permalink Reply by Madness Mark on November 16, 2009 at 9:21pm

Ebert also does a good commentary track for Citizen Kane. Even though he's mostly regurgitating EVERYTHING I've heard in all the film classes I've ever taken, his commentary makes for a great guide for those who are new to it.

I enjoy most of the Pixar commentaries (especially the animators commentaries on Finding Nemo, The Incredibles, and Wall-E).

The one commentary that actually makes a movie better was the writer's commentary for Star Trek Generations. They basically rip into the film and explain how the whole ordeal was a huge mess of producers and continuity.

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Permalink Reply by superkavi on November 18, 2009 at 10:00am

anchor man has a pretty funny commentary.

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