Audio Commentary Best and Worst

[tob]

I don't know if a thread like this was done before but just like to see what are people's best commentary track to listen too and what is the worst.

[smapdi80]

Arnold's Total Recall commentary fits into both categories.

[GorillaGuy]

Tropic thunder best

[robgmun]

Worst for me was The Spy who shagged me, it was dull and 2/3rds into the movie they just stopped

[camper]

I have yet to listen to an audio commentary that was worth it.

The Goonies started out REALLY good, but then after like 15 or 20 minutes was as dry as all the others.

[jwerk]

Anchorman's commentary was different. I didn't care for it, but if you've heard a bunch of them, and want to hear something unique, give it a shot. It's just a bunch of goofy guys being goofy. They even invite Any Richter and Lou Rawls, even though they have nothing to do with the movie

[SymbioticFunction]

My favourite ones are:

John Carpenter & Kurt Russell - The Thing
Catriona MacColl & David Warbeck - The Beyond
John Carpenter & Kurt Russell - Escape From New York

Worst? Not sure but I've always struggled to make it all of the way through most of the James Bond commentary tracks (they usually tend to be incredibly dull imo).

[TyTimp]

I stopped listening to audio commentaries long ago because I found most of them to be completely useless, and uninformative. Not all but most. The exception is the Matrix trilogy audio commentaries. It gave so much philisophical insight into the trilogy it made me really appreciate all 3 movies as a whole. I always like Reloaded and Revolutions anyway. To me it's the best of the best. Everything else is just producers, actors and directors patting each other on the back. Same goes with special features.

[Astro Zombie]

Originally Posted by GorillaGuy

Tropic thunder best

Agreed.

[SymbioticFunction]

Originally Posted by TyTimp

I stopped listening to audio commentaries long ago because I found most of them to be completely useless, and uninformative. Not all but most. The exception is the Matrix trilogy audio commentaries. It gave so much philisophical insight into the trilogy it made me really appreciate all 3 movies as a whole. I always like Reloaded and Revolutions anyway. To me it's the best of the best. Everything else is just producers, actors and directors patting each other on the back. Same goes with special features.

I've only listened to one Matrix commentary track (on Reloaded). The one by two critics who didn't like the film at all. I thought that was a really interesting use of the feature and it was a good listen.

[Michael24]

My favorites are any with John Carpenter. Bonus points for ones where Kurt Russell joins him. I also really enjoy the Wes Craven/Kevin Williamson one for Scream, which was my very first commentary when I bought a special two-VHS box set.

The worst I've heard is probably Stuart Baird's commentary for U.S. Marshals. I love the movie, but the commentary is sooooo boring. He's really dry, goes for long stretches without saying anything and, if I remember correctly, the commentary actually ends about 40 minutes or so before the movie does!!

[robgmun]

Originally Posted by SymbioticFunction

I've only listened to one Matrix commentary track (on Reloaded). The one by two critics who didn't like the film at all. I thought that was a really interesting use of the feature and it was a good listen.

I liked that one so much i listened to all three, great commentaries and to be fair to them did point pout the bits they liked so it wasn't all 'hate hate hate'

[jan_tran]

Originally Posted by tob

I don't know if a thread like this was done before but just like to see what are people's best commentary track to listen too and what is the worst.

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[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by Astro Zombie

Agreed.

I don't drop character 'til I done the dvd commentary.

[kobol]

Big Trouble in Little China

Battlestar Galactica (2004)

Lord of the Rings extended trilogy

[EvilResident]

My favorite, hands down, is Milla Jovovich and Michelle Rodriguez in the first Resident Evil. Hilarious. It's the only commentary I've listened to several times.

The worst is anything where they just describe what's happening on screen for the entire movie (like The Exorcist).

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

The Superbad commentary is worth a listen. About half way into it Jonah Hill and Judd Apatow have a fight about Jonah cursing infront of Judd's daughter. After so long Judd and his daughter leave the commentary.

Whether the fight was real or for the commentary who knows.

[StevenHarvey1990]

Originally Posted by Michael Bay Fan

The Superbad commentary is worth a listen. About half way into it Jonah Hill and Judd Apatow have a fight about Jonah cursing infront of Judd's daughter. After so long Judd and his daughter leave the commentary.

Whether the fight was real or for the commentary who knows.

Was going to say that. Pretty funny. They talk about finding Christopher Mintz-Plasse too which is extremely funny, the way in which they tell that story.

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by StevenHarvey1990

Was going to say that. Pretty funny. They talk about finding Christopher Mintz-Plasse too which is extremely funny, the way in which they tell that story.

And the certain things they could do since he was only 17 at the time. So if they wanted him to leave they just draw a pic of a d*ck and he'd have to leave the room.

[L-Rouge]

LoTR FOTR and TTT cast commentary for both are filled with good banter/anecdotes and insightful commentary.

Hot Fuzz, struggle to finish the movie with out it. great level of humour from the staff of Sanford police station.