At the very end of the David Koepp/William Goldman commentary track for Panic Room, William Goldman mentions Gigli, and horrible movies in general, and how he'd love to see some extras on a DVD of a movie that ended up being horrible and/or bombed, a commentary track maybe, where those involved actually sit down and admit how everything fell apart, and simply go over why they think things turned out the way they did, in an honest and candid way.

Are there any DVDs out there that cover anything like that in a serious way?

The commentaries on Batman Forever and Batman and Robin touch on this a bit.

Track down the 2-disc Batman and Robin, the making of featurette explains eveything that went wrong, then in the commentary Joel Schumacher apologizes for making the movie. Great Stuff for such a shitty movie.

In The Cut Unrated... Try checking the special features .. how the lead actor addressed his disappointment being casted in the role.

Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather: Part III commentary. He accepts and points out where the picture was flawed and gives reasons why, and fiercely defends his daughter's performance.

I know this isn't what you're looking for, but I was pleasantly surprised by Penelope Spheeris' commentary for Wayne's World. The movie wasn't bad and certainly didn't bomb, but her commentary just seemed really honest. She didn't seem to be kissing anyone's ass or holding anything back. She says at one point "SNL was such a boys' club" and talks about how she couldn't always shoot things the way she wanted but could shoot it multiple ways and then get her way in editing.

So, if you were also interested in hearing an honest commentary for a successful film, check that one out.

The insert for Freddy Got Fingered has the one good review the movie got on the front and several bad reviews inside.

Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre III

I think 1941 discussed it's flaws. Even mentioned that John Wayne was looking at it, but backed out saying it was "anti-american" or something like that.

Kingdom of Heaven Director's Cut discusses how and why the theatrical did not do well.

I thought it was quite big of Joel Schumacher to admit problems with his Batman films, good stuff.

On The Island commentary track, Michael Bay explains why the movie flopped, saying it was mainly his fault because he okayed the advertising campaign, which confused and turned off audiences.

Considering that his daughter's performance was the very worst thing about the movie, it's not a very honest depiction of what went wrong with the film though.

Alien 3 SE

Mallrats hits on this in a few places (commentary,documentary, etc)

The Limey - audio commentary.

iirc, soderbergh and screenwriter lem dobbs have a polite disagreement over how the film differed from the sceenplay, or somthing to that effect.

The Criterion release of Brazil covers the problems the film had pretty well.

He doesn't defend it by claiming Sofia's performance was good -- he defends it because he adamantly believes that critics saw the flaws in the film and as a way to get to the director attacked his daughter's performance more than anything else.

Some of the commentary participants of Fight Club touches on how the advertising didn't get the real idea of the movie across. Some of the extras even mention and quote all the bad reviews it received.

The Postman supposedly has a great commentary by Kevin Costner in which he apologizes for every aspect of the movie.

Just finished the installment on "Batman and Robin". Akiva Goldsman sounds like a douche bag defending that pile of poo, but at least the exec. producer made some sense re: each film representing a different era.

For any movie put out within the last year, they can just say the movie bombed because nobody wants to pay $10 per person to see an out-of-focus picture on a small screen with a rude audience.

I've been told that one of Uwe Boll's crapfests contains a commentary from the writer explaining how Boll ruined the script.

If that's true then I'll actually pick up his DVDs for used somewhere for cheap. Can anyone confirm that or the one about The Postman?

The Ultimate Matrix Collection contains critical commentaries.

UHF goes into it. The movie opened up against some mega heavy summer blockbusters at the time, and Weird Al jokes quite a bit about it on the commentary.