Good DVD Commentaries?

[Bartman387]

I'm looking to having a relaxing/boring stay at home friday night tonight. So I figured what better time than to buy myself a new movie, but one with a great director commentary as well.

While funny one's where the actors are being real entertaining (Arrested Development commentary comes to mind) can be fun, I'm looking for more of a serious commentary.

So what are people's favorite ones? Are the commentaries on the Batman Anthology set any good? I've been thinking of buying them for a while.

Thanks

[econophile]

I love listening to Roger Ebert's commentaries, but he doesn't have very many.

Here are the ones that I know of:

Casablanca
Citizen Kane
Dark City
Floating Weeds (Criterion Collection)

[nyc999]

Thomas Hayden Church and Paul Giamatti do a very funny commentary on the Sideways DVD.

Edit: Saw you wanted a serious commentary. I got nothing.

[samsonite2100]

The Fight Club commentary between Fincher and Norton is really, really good, IMO.

[4 High]

If you are willing to go TV, The Office commentaries are sometimes funnier then the actual episodes.

[Dids]

While I'm not the world's biggest Kevin Smith fan, I think his DVD commentary stuff is hilarious.

Oceans 11 has some pretty rofl stuff.

I really enjoyed the tech stuff on the LOTR movies, but I'm an LOTR movie mark.

Co-sign on fight club.

David Milch gives interesting, if not at times frustrating stuff on Deadwood, but the cast themselves are fantastic.

DO NOT, and I mean DO NOT watch the dr commentary for Suicide Kings, it will make you hate the movie and everybody involved with it a whole lot.

[ElSapo]

I really enjoyed the commentary on Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

[Bartman387]

I just moved out to DC and am without most of my DVD's, many of which have been named here for having good commentaries (Fight Club, Deadwood, Suicide Kings) that somehow I hadn't watched yet; damn my procrastinating self!

I might have to go and get Citizen Kane, I've been meaning to buy that for a while. Any other opinions out there?

[KneeCo]

How do you not hate everyone involved in Suicide Kings just based on the crapiness of the movie? (except for Walked of course and to a much lesser extent Leary)

(Because I love movies) I don't like technical director commentaries, I find them pompous let-me-explain-my-genius-to-you-idiots type stuff, except for the 'how we made this movie on a shoe string budget variety' which are cool. But if you really want a 'film making' commentary I guess stick with the critic/historian analysis stuff you can find on criterion disc and a lot of classics. of the rare exceptions, I would include the 'Sopranos' commentaries which I enjoy, amongst others Steve Buscemi does great work on his episodes.

If you just want a good, funny entertaining commentary, a lot of the ones mentioned are good. I also like the Simpsons /AD commentaries and I think easily then funniest I've ever heard is the 'in character' commentary on the 'This is Spinal Tap' DVD.

[RunDownHouse]

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