Movie Commentaries

Am I the only one who listens to the commentaries of movies on DVDs? As far as I know, none of my friends listen to them, and they usually look at me like I'm crazy when I mention something I learned from a commentary. Even the directors and stars of the movies, who are doing the commentaries, often say that no one listens to the commentary tracks. Why?!?!?!

Commentary tracks are awesome! At least, if it's a comedy. I've never listened to the commentary for a horror or action or drama before, because I never buy those kinds of movies. I only buy comedies, because those are the only movies I rewatch. Anyways, the director makes jokes, the actors make jokes, friends who drop in make jokes, and you learn some really cool stuff about the movie. For example, if I hadn't listened to the commentary track of Pineapple Express, I may never have thought that the movie is actually kind of an anti-weed movie. And if I hadn't listened to the commentary of Superbad, I'd never know that Judd Apatow has a giant stick up his ass when people cuss around his daughter. And the commentary of Chasing Amy taught me that Kevin Smith actually fucked Joey Lauren Adams, which blew my mind. If a fat guy like Smith can get a beautiful girl like Joey Adams to go out with him, why can't I? That seriously boosted my confidence when I heard about it, years ago.

But enough shit from me. Does anyone else listen to commentaries?

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Sure, they can be alot of fun, especially with the right people doing them. Any commentary with Will Ferrell is usually worth a laugh or two, although I also enjoy it when people are simply trying to describe a scene and telling me how shit was done, especially in horror movies. I prefer that to watching the 'making of' specials found on most DVD's these days. Credit also goes to Joss Whedon for making the Commentary on 'Dr. Horrible' into a musical - that was fun.

So if you haven't listened to them, just try going through your dvd collection and rewatching some old favorites with the commentary track on; I think most people would be surprised by how much fun they could have just listening to it.

EDIT: One commentary I really recommend is for the movie 'Carnival of Souls'. It is done by Mike from MST3K, and this horrible movie suddenly becomes hilarious thanks to his input. ...alot of movies could use commentary simply done by MST3K people...

Hell yeah I listen to commentaries!

It's a great way, as you guys have said, to learn more about the movies. They're better with the right people doing them though. I've listened to some, and can't recall what the person said because they were so boring.

Don't worry Shaggy, my friends also look at me weird when I mention something that was on the commentary. They ask me how I know that, and give me blank stares when I ask if anybody listens to the commentaries. It's what I do when I buy a DVD, I watch everything, EVERYTHING! I actually buy less comedies than other genres though.

Well, I only buy movies that I really love or know I'll love. And like The Korolev, when I buy a DVD, I watch everything on it, or try to. But I also don't buy a lot of DVDs period, so I have the time to watch all the special stuff. I never have to put down one DVD to watch another. It's just one DVD every six months (if I'm lucky enough to get one every six months).

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The people doing the commentary definitely matter. The Clerks II DVD has three different commentary tracks, I believe, and one of them is just Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier, and it's hard to get through. But the one with Kevin and all the actors is hilarious and actually worth rewatching.



Good to know another person out there's gotten that stare before. It's not such a strange thing though, is it? If you buy the DVD, why not enjoy all of it? I mean, if people simply didn't find the commentary interesting, that'd be one thing, and it's completely understandable, but it's as if people never even try to listen to the commentaries. They buy a movie, and it never occurs to them to give the commentary a try? Wuh?

And I thought I didn't buy that many DVD's. I only buy one every 2-4 months, sometimes a bit more if I find I have the money.
Exactly. Even if there is multiple tracks, I still try to watch them all. Reminds me of when I bought the Lord of the Rings 3. I watched all 3(4?) commentaries, and that was a really long movie. So, it took me a while to get through them

I am also reminded of a commentary I watched that just included the sounds made on a sound stage, or voiced over due to interference when filming. That was hard to get through, but the director would say some interesting things at the beginning of the scene, then let us listen to the rest.

I've watched a few movies with commentaries but I don't own many movies as I have little desire to see any twice.
But there are some movies I never get tired of. Those are the ones I'll watch the special features and perhaps turn on the commentary.

U r right, me too. Sometimes its interesting hear comments.

Watching commentaries bores the hell out of me. I usually can't get pass the first ten minutes because they're boring as hell. The only ones I can stand are the ones from TV shows like The Simpsons or South Park because the episodes are only 20 minutes long and it's nice to know where all the references and insides jokes in that episode came from.

Rarely listens to it, i've never really found it interesting.