I listen to some but find it reather boring and there is no one I like to hear there voices talking anyway.So I leave it off most of the time.JM
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I watch all the commentaries that I can. If they are there I will take the time to listen to them because you really find a lot of information through listening to them.
I like the directors commentaries because they give you information you wouldn’t know just by watching the movie or reading reviews. The information that I collect from these commentaries is very useful when making comments with in a area such as this.
As for actor commentaries they are alright only if the actor is acting like a normal human and doesn’t take up a half hour of the movie to explain the theory of one part of the movie. I also find it aggravating when they use these big words to try to make them seem overly educated, very boring.
On some DVDs that you get there are production notes that you can read, which I also find very interesting. It gives you some idea how the picture came together and what happened and what didn’t happen and why. You can also find how much the picture cost to make, and how long it took to totally produce such a film.
My advice to many people who I talk to about this issue, I tell them if you want to know about everything that went on and how it was made is to listen to the commentaries as much as possible.
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Word of advice, don't bother with the "Predator SE" commentary. John McTiernan sounds as if he just woke up, and subsequently realized he hasn't seen his own film since 1987, which is funny, because the first words he speaks are "Wow. I haven't watched this in a long, long time".
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I know what you are talking about; I think the older movies should be left alone if you ask me because of just that, not everyone remembers what really went on. If you ever heard Sylvester Stallone do his own commentary on First Blood it would be enough to make you want to give up on commentaries all together.
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I've listened to nearly everyone I have on DVD's. I'm still contemplating listening to the Big Fish commentary by Tim Burton, it sounds like it would be boring.
One commentary I totally recommend to everyone is "The Part Commentary" on Eurotrip Unrated. It's nothing but a drinking game with the three directors. Tons of fun.
best commentary vote from me goes to Phonebooth. Schumakers not a director i rate very highly but his voiceover on Phonebooth is top notch. Part background , part gossip, part deconstruction of the shoot, part perving over colin f. Sheer gold.
i like certain chat-tracks (such as the lotr and star wars ones), but unless it's a really old film, i find them boring. i recently listened to a commentary of Yankee Doodle Dandy, followed by errol flynn's robin hood and both were informative and interesting. instead of telling you about how fun a certain scene was, they delve into the history of the production, detailing the highs and lows. if all commentaries were like this, they'd catch on fast.
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