Best Commentarys

[wickednick]

One of the things I love about DVD's is that you can listen to the commentarys of directors, actors, producers ,etc.I love hearing about how the movies were made.
What commentarys have you thought the best.
For me its: anything with John Carpentar and Kurt Russle, the directors commentarys in Snatch, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

[daveblackeye15]

I liked Conan the Barbarian's commentary. I remember the director often saying "Oh that's such a great (fill in here)" or "Wow, that's a beautiful shot". It got kind of funny after a while.

[Mr_Vindictive]

By far the best commentary is good ole' Bruce on the Evil Dead DVD.

Hilarious and often insightful stuff.

Another great one is the commentary on the 'Bootleg' DVD of Army Of Darkness.  Sam and Bruce are hilarious.


And, how could you not love the fantastic Kevin Smith commentaries that he puts on all of his discs.  The clerks commentary is by far the best one.

Also, for something different, the commentary on the AMAZING Bowling For Columbine has the interns from the film talking about it.  Really gives some insight.  Did kinda miss Michael Moore being on the commentary though.  Oh well.

[AndyC]

I was just thinking of Carpenter and Russell. I just bought the DVD of Big Trouble in Little China, and they do seem to be having fun.

I don't watch enough movies with the commentary. With a rental, it's often hard enough to find the time to watch the movie, and then I'll probably check out the documentaries and deleted scenes before I'll watch the movie again with the commentary. I'll say one thing for DVDs - you do get a lot more. One DVD with lots of extras can fill a whole evening. A pity I don't have the movie time I used to.

[jmc]

I like the George Romero commentaries, though he usually doesn't talk much about what's going on scene-by-scene.

I also like any of the Something Weird commentaries with David Friedman or Herschel Gordon Lewis.

[Conrad]

Ha!  JC & KR's commentary on The Thing is a hoot - you can hear them lighting up cigars and pouring drinks whilst commenting.  And a commentary illuminates all sorts of things that the casual viewer never thinks about ...

[Bernie]

Dave Friedman's commentary on Marijuana: Weed with Roots in Hell is literally an oral history of the roadshow movie -- an experience that is now extinct -- a really entertaining and educational commentary.

One of the best is the "in character" commentary by Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer and Michael McKean on THIS IS SPINAL TAP.  Hilarious.

To get real mainstream for a minute, the writers' commentary on Pirates of the Caribbean is fantastic -- practically a seminar in Screenwriting 101.

Haven't heard any of the commentaries on Lord of the Rings yet -- the movies are so damn long as it is!  But some of the extras on the sets are amazing.

The commentaries on the Simpsons sets are VERY hit & miss but when they hit, they're great.

The commentary on THE CHEERLEADERS was a surprising lot of fun -- a combination of dish on the actresses and info on making a no-budget exploitation film in the 70s.

Geez, it's hard enough to find times to watch movies, let alone rewatch'em with commentaries....

[raj]

Ilsa, Harem Keeper of the Oil Sheiks has Dyanne Thorne doing a running commentary during the movie.  Neat way to view the film, but I haven't sat all the way through the commentary though.

[Mr_Vindictive]

Forgot Chuck Phalanuik w/ Fight Club.

By far the best commentary I have ever heard.  Amazing stuff.

[Brother Ragnarok]

My favorite would have to be Jeff Combs and Bruce Abbott doing Bride of Re-Animator.  It's like watching MST3K, because they're firing off jokes and one-liners as often as they're talking about the movie.  It's a blast listening to Jeff and Bruce make fun of Bruce's hair for 90 minutes.

Brother R

[I luv dolma]

Why hasn't anyone mentioned Jim Wynorski? His commentarys kickass. Especially for films like Raptor, Deathstalker 2, and Rangers.

[raj]

Hey, my Deathstalker 2 didn't come with commentaries!  Damn.

[Brother Ragnarok]

There's a commentary track for Raptor!?  Or as I like to call it, Carnosaur's Greatest Hits Live on Ice!

Brother R

[Blankman]

Surprised no one mentioned Cannibal! the musical. Basically it's Trey Parker and Matt Stone getting drunk from beginning to end of the commentary. Good Stuff.

[Vermin Boy]

I second the mentions of Spinal Tap and any with Sam Raimi and Bruce Campbell. John Waters does good ones, too.

By far, though, my favorite commentary of all time is the one on Blood Simple: the whole thing is an elaborate put-on, apparently scripted by the Coens themselves, with a mock film historian describing the supposed "lost scenes," which mainly center around the redneck private eye actually being the deposed prince of Czechoslovakia. The entire commentary is done with such a straight face that I can imagine someone actually falling for it, even as he talks about Dan Hedaya's character being written for Rosemary Clooney, or gets sidetracked talking about his personal feud with an executive at Merchant Ivory.