I do occasionally, but not when initially watching the movies,and it depends on who is doing the commentary. Some of the Kevin Smith ones are pretty
good.
Well I've got a feeling I'm gonna get mine in. Retribution let the games begin.
YEah, I have watched some of the Kevin Smith ones as well. Gummo has an "interesting" comentary. I watched the OG Texas Chainsaw Massacre with it as
well, some interesting tidbits on that one. My favorite is when Gunnar Hansen who played Leatherface talks about the part where he cuts Sally's
finger. He kept trying it and trying it with tape on the edge of the knife and a squeeze bulb in his hand to make it look like he cut her. It was
quite a while into shooting in the 110 degree weather in that hot outfit and he said he started getting pissed and the heat was getting the best of
him mentaly so what happens? Well, he turned around between takes and removed the tape from the blade and discarded the FX tubing and bulb. Thr shot
in the movie is her actually getting her hand cut.
When they are done well, they add a whole new dimension to the movie for me. I enjoy hearing some of the stories from filming the director and
actors/actresses have. The ones for Seven and Fight Club are pretty good, along with the cast commentary for Dawn of the Dead. I'm not enough of a
tech nerd to enjoy the technical ones (on the Seven 2 disc DVD there are commentaries by the photography unit and lighting unit that get really in
depth).
The shitty ones, where there are too many people, are too damned hard to follow for me.
Generally only movies I'm obsessed with i.e. GF I and II and the Michael Mann catalogue...it's very interesting to know how movies you love came
together behind the scenes. What things weren't meant to be or things that were mistakes that stayed etc etc.
One of my favorites is the one on Thief. Hearing Michael Mann and James Caan talk about making that movie and about how good Caan got at safe cracking
(as part of his meticulous research for the part) ruled. How when a talk show host asked a real safe cracker (who was with Caan at an interview) how
good he became at the work, the safe cracker non-chalantly says.."I don't know why we're here right now".
It's not something meant to watch on every movie you own...but the ones you have watched like 500 times....it's a nice way to see inside them.
I've only watched the commentaries on the Star Wars flicks in order to win some petty interweb argument with other Star Wars geeks. And only on a
scene by scene basis. I'm more interested in hearing what George Lucas has to say about the background of Jedi and the Force than hearing Brett Burt
talk about how he did a sound effect.
Cannibal The Musical has the best commentary ever. Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and the cast get hammered while they watch the movie. They sound drunk as
hail by the end.
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