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).

[Astro Zombie]

Originally Posted by GorillaGuy

Tropic thunder best

Agreed.

[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.

[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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[Yeti4928]

Best: Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2: James Newman, Lee Harry and Joe Earle.

Worst: Edward Scissorhands: Tim Burton.

[Kill Bren]

the laserdisc commentary for Evil Dead 2 (with Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Scott Spiegel and Greg Nicotero) is so good, that it was re-used for dvd and blu-ray releases.

[Monterey Jack]

Originally Posted by Yeti4928

Worst: Edward Scissorhands

Any solo commentary with Tim Burton is a snooze.

"This is a cool shot. I'm not exactly sure why..." [long pause, laughs]

[$plash]

not the best but i watched Ben Affleck's commentary on The Town extended cut/alternate ending the other night. you can see why hes a good director, extremely informative entertaining commentary track. recommended for those that like the movie.

[SilentDawn]

The Blu-ray of Boogie Nights has two commentary tracks, and one is amazing and one is pretty dull.

The good one is just PTA going through the film, and It's one of the most absorbing commentaries that I've heard.

The bad one is PTA with a variety of guests, and it eventually becomes a track of aimless noise and conversations without context.

[Thomas Guycott]

Originally Posted by Monterey Jack

Any solo commentary with Tim Burton is a snooze.

"This is a cool shot. I'm not exactly sure why..." [long pause, laughs]

Both of his commentaries for Batman and Batman returns are aggravating for precisely that reason.

I'm surprised to not see any nomination for Mallrats under best: that commentary session is a scream.

Honorable mention: UHF. Al and the director are a real pleasure to listen to.

For worst I'll suggest two:

-Star Wars OT because Ben Burtt won't shut up about his stupid sound effects, to the detriment of anything else. Probably best illustrated by Vader betraying the Emperor in RotJ: instead of hearing Lucas discus Anakin's redemption you get Burtt yammering on about yet another sound effect.

And as a bonus, the occasional mumblings from a burnt out Carrie Fisher.

-The producers' commentary on Superman 1, 2, and 3 due to Ilya Salkind's incessant overdefensiveness of the fact that he and his father Alexander wanted to make Superman into a big dumb spoof, while avoiding the elephant in the room of Richard Donner's termination for wanting to make movies which were actually good.

[AaronJ]

Originally Posted by Thomas Guycott

I'm surprised to not see any nomination for Mallrats under best: that commentary session is a scream.

Oh yeah! How did I not think of that? It really is fantastic.