Best Movie Commentaries?

[sinnick]

@Brian Rubin

Without a Paddle with Seth Green right? Haven’t seen it but I do adore him.

Oh God, for the love of all that is good and pure, don’t subject yourself to Without a Paddle. Especially if you adore Seth Green.

I listened to a lot of DVD commentaries when my kids were first born and I was up late with them. I posted this on another thread, but it’s worth reposting here:

@sinnick

This is Spinal Tap: Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer do a mock-review in character as though it were a real documentary, with the angle that Marty DiBergi really screwed them in his portrayal.

Almost Famous: Cameron Crowe is there with a troupe of crewmembers, and his real life mother. Who is hilarious, and says stuff like “You had Frances McDormand in bare feet there. I never go barefoot around the house, I think it’s disgusting”. Also, cue uncomfortable laughs from Crowe during the scene were the kid loses his virginity. It’s also cool to hear a ton of rock history from Crowe, and some of his real-life adventures that the movie was based on.

My Basic Instinct DVD has a commentary by Camille Paglia for a “feminist” analysis of the movie (spoiler: she liked it). You can tell she’s reading off notes, but it was still quite interesting.

Oddly, one of my more disappointing commentaries was Ang Lee and James Schamus for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. I was hoping for some great film making insight, but they basically just cracked jokes.