*Movies That I've Seen With Audio Commentary
- See Author comments for opinions on selected commenteries
- Commentaries can get a lot of bad comments about them , people sometimes see them as pointless and boring. There is no doubt that they can be VERY boring, but when they get it right, i find them very informative and worth while. So i do listen to quite a few when i get the chance, and when i come across a good one (Juno /Shattered Glass/ sideways) it only adds to my love for the film.
- The Dark Knight (2008) Commentary by Movie Blog Team
- This is a downloadable commentary, download HERE
- Star Trek (2009) Commentary by Director J.J. Abrams and various writers and producers
- Futurama : Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009) Commentary by various writers, producers and cast memebers
- Wallace & Gromit : A Matter Of Loaf And Death (2008) Commentary by Director Nick Park & Editor David McCormick
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Commentary by Director David Fincher
- Role Models (2008) Commentary by Director David Wain
- Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Commentary by Director Danny Boyle & Actor Dev Patel
- Frost/Nixon (2008) Commentary by Director Ron Howard
- Tropic Thunder (2008) Commentary by Actor/Director Ben Stiller & Actors Jack Black & Robert Downey Jr.
- WALL·E (2008) Commentary by Director Andrew Stanton
- Son Of Rambow (2008) Commentary by Director Garth Jennings, Producer Nick Goldsmith and Actors Will Poulter & Bill Milner
- Cloverfield (2008) Commentary by Director Matt Reeves
- Futurama: The Beast with a Billion Backs (2008) Commentary by various writers, producers and cast memebers
- Pineapple Express (2008) Commentary With Cast & Crew
- Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) Commentary by Director Nicholas Stoller & Various Cast
- Walk Hard - The Dewey Cox Story (2007) Commentary by John C. Reilly, Judd Apatow, and Director Jake Kasdan
- Superbad (2007) Commentary With Cast & Crew
- Knocked Up (2007) Commentary by Director Judd Apatow and Actors Seth Rogen & Bill Hader
- Juno (2007) Commentary by Director Jason Reitman and Screenwriter Diablo Cody (x2)
- The Simpsons Movie (2007) Commentary by Director David Silverman and various writers and producers
- The Simpsons Movie (2007) Commentary By Matt Groening and various writers, producers and cast members
- Futurama : Bender's Big Score (2007) Commentary by various writers, producers and cast memebers
- Zodiac (2007) Commentary by Director David Fincher
- Hot Fuzz (2007) Commentary by Actor/Writer Simon Pegg and Writer/Director Edgar Wright
- Sunshine (2007) Commentary by Director Danny Boyle
- Saw IV (2007) Commentary by Director Darren Lynn Bousman and Actor, Lyriq Bent
- Saw III (2006) Commentary by Director Darren Lynn Bousman, Writer/Executive Producer Leigh Whannell and Executive Producers Peter Block and Jason Constantine
- Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny (2006) Commentary by Jack Black & Kyle Gass
- Rocky Balboa (2006) Commentary by Actor & Director Sylvester Stallone
- Jackass Number Two (2006) Commentary by Various Members Of Jackass & Director Jeff Tremaine
- Saw II (2005) Commentary by writer/executive producer Leigh Whannell and executive producer James Wan
- Brick (2005) Commentary from Director Rian Johnson
- Thank You for Smoking (2005) Commentary by Director Jason Reitman and Actors Aaron Eckhart & David Koechner
- Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004) Commentary by Director Michel Gondry and Screenwriter Charlie Kaufman
- Saw (2004) Commentary by Director James Wan and Writer/Actor Leigh Whannell
- Sideways (2004) Commentary by Actors Paul Giamatti & Thomas Haden Church
- Garden State (2004) Commentary by Director Zach Braff & Actress Natalie Portman
- Garden State(2004) Commentary by Director Zach Braff and Various producers and crew
- Shaun Of The Dead (2004) Commentary by Actor/Writer Simon Pegg and Writer/Director Edgar Wright
- Anger Management (2003) Commentary by Director Peter Segal and Actor Adam Sandler
- School Of Rock (2003) Commentary by Director Richard Linklater and Actor Jack Black
- School Of Rock (2003) Commentary by the kids of the School Of Rock
- Finding Nemo (2003) Commentary by Director Andrew Stanton, Co-Director Lee Unkrich & Co-Writer Bob Peterson
- Shattered Glass (2003) Commentary by Director Billy Ray & New Republic editor Chuck Lane (x2)
- Panic Room (2002) Commentary by Director David Fincher
- One Hour Photo (2002) Commentary by Director Mark Romanek & Actor Robin Williams
- Jackass: The Movie (2002) Commentary by Various Members Of Jackass
- Bowling For Columbine (2002) Commentary by Production Interns with an introduction from Michael Moore
- Austin Powers : Goldmember (2002) Commentary by Director Jay Roach and Writer/Actor Mike Myers
- The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) Commentary by Director Wes Anderson
- Joe Dirt (2001) Commentary by Director Dennie Gordon
- Almost Famous (2000) Commentary by Director Cameron Crowe, His Mother & Various Others
- Fight Club (1999) Commentary by Director David Fincher
- Toy Story 2 (1999) Commentary by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich & Ash Brannon (x2)
- Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) Commentary by Director Jay Roach and Writer/Actor Mike Myers
- Austin Powers : International Man Of Mystery (1997) Commentary by Director Jay Roach and Writer/Actor Mike Myers
- Se7en (1995) Commentary By Director David Fincher and Actors Brad Pitt (in same room) & Morgan Freeman (recorded sep.)
- Toy Story (1995) Commentary by John Lasseter, Pete Docter, Andrew Stanton & Various Producers (x2)
- Batman Forever (1995) Commentary by Director Joel Schumacher
- Die Hard: With A Vengeance (1995) Commentary by Director John McTiernan & Writer Jonathan Hensleigh
- True Romance (1993) Commentary by Writer Quentin Tarantino
- True Romance (1993) Commentary by Actor Christian Slater and Actress Patricia Arquette
- Wayne's World 2 (1993) Commentary by Director Stephen Surjik
- Wayne's World (1992) Commentary by Director Penelope Spheeris
- Die Hard (1988) Commentary by Director John McTiernan & Production Designer Jackson De Govia
- Predator (1987) Commentary by Director John McTiernan
- Batman: The Movie (1966) Commentary by Actors Adam West & Burt Ward
- DVDS I WISH HAD COMMENTARY, BUT DONT
- South Park Biggger, Longer & Uncut - by far my most requested. this would be great, in fact the whole film needs a 2 disc special edition with bunch of extras.
- The Dark Knight - pull your finger out Nolan. I mean with the success of the film and amount of new houses that bought you, you could at least sit down for 2 1/2 hrs to record a commentary.
- Dumb & Dumber - really would love this, farrelly bros with Carrey & Daniels or just carrey & Daniels.
- Lost In Translation
opinions on the COMMENTARY TRACK, not the film. If i have not stated my opinions on a track thats on the above list and you want me too, feel free to ask and i will post my thoughts here.
Tropic Thunder - fun overall, some great moments but ben stiller (not so much jack) seemed put off by Downey staying in character for the commentary, something that was a slight let down for me too
Pineapple Express - Very funny commentary that for a comedy movie commentary was strangly informative at times. good stuff
Finding Nemo - Audio commentary that at times would change to visual stuff explaining certain shots or showing something said in the audio (like takes of Albert brooks riffing on a joke) you can skip the visual stuff if you want, so its a nice optional feature. The commentary itself is brilliant, they all bounce off eachother very well, have fun and its great.
WALL·E - A lot better than expected, thought it could be on the boring side, but stanton manages to mix well the informative with the funny stories. i enjoyed his story on him meeting Sigourney Weaver "now you get to be mother" recommended.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall - not as good as you might expect, Russell brand hardly said 3 words. I expected more from these guys.
Juno - fun, yet informative, recommended!
Thank You for Smoking - meh, they spend a lot of time complimenting eachother's acting and directing. Aaron Eckhart hardly says more than 3 words and david isn't as funny as you might hope.
Cloverfield - very good for those who like the more informative commentary tracks, tad boring at times but overall pretty good.
Shattered Glass - Very intering insight to the film's subject, with the real chuck lane joining in the commentary, very good.
Sideways - Very good, really laid back and cool. Funny enough and infomative enough. Really recommended, they seem to be having tons of fun doing it
Son Of Rambow - Very fun! they play music that doesn't fit at certain scenes, they re-dub the dialogue which was funny, they get the mother's of the two leads in to talk for a few minutes, a lot of fun
You should check out Tarantino's track for True Romance, it's killer. Easily my favorite commentary.
actually funny you should bring that up, i have heard it before but i forgot to put it on this list, and yes from what i remember it was great. just hearing him talk about his influences , he is such a movie buff, its brilliant. I think there is one on the reservoir dogs dvd which i haven't listened too but i do wish he had done one for jackie brown, pulp and death proof, oh and kill bill vol.1. I'll add that true romance track to this list but i will re-listen to it now you mention it to refresh my memory
do you listen to many commentary tracks?
There is some stuff with him in the Reservoir Dogs commentary, but apparently the track is just a series of interviews edited together. Still, it's Tarantino, so it's worth a listen.
I used to listen to commentaries a lot, but not so much anymore (something I wouldn't mind rectifying). They're usually pretty awesome, especially the ones for Kevin Smith's films or the Apatow productions.
One of the funniest was the commentary by Bruce Campbell in the Evil Dead movie. Awesome.
my brother has that Evil dead dvd, i'll borrow it and listen to it, though i haven't seen the film before. do you think the commentary will still be worth while without seeing the film? like watching the com first
It'd be better if you see it without the commentary, but it's one of the most RE-watchable films out there, I saw it three times on a row: without commentary, with Bruce's commentary and finally with Sam Raimi's commentary, but it's not really good, because there are quite a few akward silences. Bruce never stops talking, it's funny and insightful.