tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post113958588323801840..comments2024-03-19T07:27:06.216-04:00Comments on VOTARIES OF HORROR: Commentary about CommentaryKatherine Woodburyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14364517253667798449noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-1140239491680184582006-02-18T00:11:00.000-05:002006-02-18T00:11:00.000-05:00PS. Signed, Carole :)PS. Signed, Carole :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-1140239445217680752006-02-18T00:10:00.000-05:002006-02-18T00:10:00.000-05:00Going against the consensus, I, on the whole, love...Going against the consensus, I, on the whole, love commentaries. True, a lot of them are not that useful or interesting but a lot of them are. I actually enjoy the "non-scripted" chit-chat ones as much as the informative ones. I've been known to watch commentaries as much as the movie.<BR/><BR/>Joss Whedon and Nathan Fillion’s commentary on Firefly's pilot (the real one, not the one shown on TV) is pretty interesting and entertaining, but Joss always loses me halfway through his commentary in Objects In Space.<BR/><BR/>One of the Buffy guys--David Greenwalt, I think--did a commentary in season 2 of Buffy which was a narration. It bored me silly, of course. But on another DVD (Buffy s3, I believe) he said "My last commentary was like, narration for the blind, I promise not to do that this time." so I forgave him.<BR/><BR/>I'm a sucker for Julie Andrews and Anne Hatheway's commentary of The Princess Diaries, but hate Gary Marshall's, as he spends the whole time talking like his audience is five.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-1139678936354971712006-02-11T12:28:00.000-05:002006-02-11T12:28:00.000-05:00Joe said...I tend to agree commentary is a waste o...Joe said...<BR/><BR/>I tend to agree commentary is a waste of time. There are exceptions:<BR/><BR/><I>Black Hawk Down</I>; the commentary by author Mark Bowden and screenwriter Ken Nolan.<BR/><BR/>The commentary on <I>Monty Python and the Holy Grail</I> wasn't great, but rather interesting (especially to find out how much of the movie was filmed in so few places.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-1139636129646157922006-02-11T00:35:00.000-05:002006-02-11T00:35:00.000-05:00This may sound dumb in the midst of of all these s...This may sound dumb in the midst of of all these smart people, but I love the Moose Commentary on "Brother Bear." Classic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9721761.post-1139615201274927312006-02-10T18:46:00.000-05:002006-02-10T18:46:00.000-05:00My nomination for a commentary that may actually b...My nomination for a commentary that may actually be better than the movie is the 1985 anime classic <I>Megazone 23,</I> principally by Matt Greenfield, one of the founders of ADV Films. He essentially treats you to a history of the company and the early days of the anime importing business. And makes note of all the gaping plot holes in the story along the way, plus the eerie resemblances to <I>The Matrix,</I> fifteen years before the <I>The Matrix</I> was made. Fascinating.Eugenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03182644885948983861noreply@blogger.com