They just didn't care. It was like listening to some random sketch show. They had Lou Rawls there for NO reason! "...I don't even know why I'm here." - Lou. Hilarious.
Smith, Affleck, Lee, Mewes, and Mosier. At some points in the commentary (indicated by a little button that shows up at the parts in the movie when the feature is available), you can overlay video of the commentary session along with its audio over the bottom half of the movie.
It's great, these guys are awesome together which makes sense considering the number of movies they've done together.
33. "I always loved the Boogie Nights one" In response to Reply # 1
b/c they talk about everything from the feuds on set to references to the bullshit he went their on PTA first film. You know it's good when the director isn't allowed to do any more commentaries on his films anymore b/c of it.
41. "School Daze cast commentary, Spike's on Bamboozled" In response to Reply # 1
Doug McHenry's on "Kingdom Come" (don't laugh: the film may have been silly and implausible, but the commentary was mostly steeped in technicals and therefore interesting to me)
Most commentaries for Disney and Pixar animated films are always good, particularly the ones for "Snow White" and "Fantasia", where they take old recordings of Walt Disney's voice and use those as the commentary (with extra notes by animation historian John Canemaker) . As is Don Bluth's self-deprecating commentary on "Anastasia".
In truth, I find most audio commentaries interesting. The worst I ever heard is Spike's director's commentary for "School Daze", which was forgivable because of the excellent and hilarious cast commentary on the latest edition.
42. "I don't like the fluffy, press-kit joints on most DVD sets" In response to Reply # 2
I need to hear about dirt and mud being slung, people finding themselves under the bus, etc.
I also appreciate immersible depth into the minutiae of the filmmaking.
The best DVDs on both counts for me have been the "Superman" ultimate box set (with four discs dedicated to Part I, three to Part II) and the "Aladdin" Platinum Edition. The "Emperor's New Groove" DVD has a lot of pencil tests, unsused character concepts, and a lot of the details of the production, but next-to-nothing on "Kingdom of the Sun", the original version of the film (read the wiki: it's a long, messy story).
The "Dreamgirls" DVD is pretty in depth, but there's too much fluff and gloss to the behind-the-scenes material. And for a movie with such poor dancing, far too much of the behind-the-scenes is devoted to dance rehearsal footage with Fatima and her talented co-choreographers (too bad that dance talent didn't extend to Eddie Murphy, J-Hud and them on screen)
27. "I will not buy a DVD without them" In response to Reply # 0
I hate when I get a DVD and there are no special features, like Vicki Christina Barcelona. You would think a Woody Allen film would be tricked out, but it didn't have anything.
43. "I feel cheapted if a DVD doesn't have:" In response to Reply # 0
-a commentary -a French and Spanish language track (b/c it's interesting to hear the translation and the dubbing) -A substantial making of/behind the scenes documentary -deleted scenes -the TRAILER, gotdammit
Ted Gee Seal Member since Apr 18th 2007 10091 posts
Mon Mar-02-09 03:33 PM
56. "Trailers are far too often neglected" In response to Reply # 43
I used to wonder if it had anything to do with music licensing, kind of like how Massive Attack's Teardrop isn't the theme music for House MD in New Zealand.
>-a commentary >-a French and Spanish language track (b/c it's interesting to >hear the translation and the dubbing) >-A substantial making of/behind the scenes documentary >-deleted scenes >-the TRAILER, gotdammit
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