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I only do so on rare occasions.
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I have never listened to a commentary yet. Maybe one of these days I will.
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I always listen to the commentaries. I run across a few that are just not interesting, but overall I enjoy them.
I love humorous ones like Kevin Smith and Bruce Campbell do. As funny goes Charade and This is Spinal Tap are two favorites I have listened to on several occasions. I don't like the ones like Marian Keene did on the Criterion Hitchcocks that are very technical and boring. Film Scholars in general are terrible commentaries from my experience. I've never made it more than thirty minutes into a commentary done by a Scholar. They great ones are from Film Historians. They usually fill you in on all the things that happened during filming, give you great trivia and interesting stories about the people involved in making the film. Bruce Eder, David Skal, Rudy Behlmer, and Tom Weaver are among my favorites. I also like those done by Film Critics. Roger Ebert was excellent on Citizen Kane and Casablanca. Leonard Maltin did a great job on the LD version of A Night at the Opera. |
Waste of time, never watch them.
I think I've watched 2 the whole time I've had a DVD Player (since Dec. 1998). I'm just not a hardcore film fan, and really am not in to learning about he filmmaking process. I rarely even watch the documentaries and what not, only for something like Star Wars or LOTR that I count among my favorite films. I also don't have a lot of free time, and have several hobbies besides movies so I'd rather watch a movie than a commentary. |
I'll usually check out a few of my favorite scenes, but for the whole commentary I'll reserve for when people on the board say it's really funny or entertaining. I can see why some people like them but for me the appeal is limited
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I only check it for certain scenes (action sequences, effects shots, cameos and very crude humor scenes). Stand out scenes.
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I love the commentaries where the movie is based on a true story and they got the people it was based on to do the commentary. A perfect example is the James and Marrilyn Lovell track on Apollo 13.
Another commentary that I really liked was Chris Columbus' on Mrs. Doubtfire. That track was so organized and filled with unique information and there was none of that ..."look what Robin Williams is doing now on the screen." A great commentary. |
I listen to only the informative Commentaries. Yes, there are some trashy commentaries. For example, as much as I love Bowling For Columbine, its commentary has got to be worst. Do I really care what the intern or the secretary or some random joe shmoe has to say about the movie??? Does anyone in the freaking world, besides their parents, care??? Come on!
On the other hand, all CC commentaries are always worth listening. I enjoy Roger Ebert's commentaries; his Citizen Kane commentary is one of my favs. |
I try to listen to all commentaries, though it doesn't work out. I love the ones Steven Soderbergh does. Same for Kevin Smith. Roger Ebert. There are many others.
What I don't like are commentaries where people just describe what's happening onscreen, or commentaries that are just like "Kevin Spacey was so good in this scene - see, here's the part where he raises an eyebrow and yells, and he just nails it. It was such a pleasure working with such a talented actor." Stuff that sounds like a press kit usually bores me. Fortunately, the commentaries for most of the films I enjoy are better than that. |
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