The new Batman Begins HD-DVD, commentaries.

[ldhenson]

Why was there practically no promotion for this?

It apparently came out Oct. 10 and I heard nothing about it until I wandered over to the boards at SHH. Even the official Batman Begins site doesn't mention it.

At Amazon

A detailed review at DVDtown.com

If there was one thing I missed on the 2-disc DVD, it was a commentary track. I love commentary tracks. Now this new HD-DVD has a "In-Movie Experience," which sounds like it's a commentary track but with inset video. Something like that. If so, I may seriously consider getting it, even though it sounds like the rest of the features are the same as the 2-disc. Still, that's about 2 hours of new material. And I'd love to hear Nolan's thoughts.

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Speaking of commentary tracks, I can't get enough of 'em. I sometimes wind up watching them more often than the movie itself.

My current top desert-island CT's:

1. Once Upon a Time in Mexico. Robert Rodriguez takes us on a whirlwind tour of low-budget, high-production values filmmaking.

2. Equilibrium. See above, but with Kurt Wimmer and Lucas Foster.

3. LOTR, all three SE's. Not only do we get three directing/effects/writing tracks each, we also get the actors ripping on each other. And no, I've never finished listening to all...let's see...12 tracks. That's something like 44 hours total.

Honorable Mention: Van Helsing. The actor track is hilarious, with David Wenham getting (lovingly) slammed in absentia.

Recommendations, anyone?

Comments

[theboysgonehome.livejournal.com]

It's seems poor David Wenham is always being slammed (lovingly, of course). Or should I say, Daisy Wenham?

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

At leat he gives at good as he gets (or perhaps it's the other way around), what with his practical-joking tendencies.

[tainry.livejournal.com]

Heee! I love commentaries too!
If you like Joss Whedon's stuff, his commentaries are entertaining and informative...and occasionally hilarious.
Trying to think of more...LOTR, yeah... Oh! Pirates of the Caribbean! With Johnny Depp and the director? Very amusing.
Sky Captain I found sadly repetitive and slightly boring? Alas.
Fantastic Four actor track was fun. ^__^ Plus, y'know, just listening to Ioan Gruffud is worth it...
Big Trouble in Little China was okay...Kurt Russell has a GREAT laugh. But he and the producer? director? Too close of friends and they went off on their own personal tangents, not about the movie...kind of funny the first time through? But not the second. -_-
Hellboy ones are good! -- Ron Perlman is hilarious!

Yeah, I wish I had versions of some movies with commentaries: Bram Stoker's Dracula, Constantine, actor tracks of the X-Men movies...particularly the third one. ^_____^

[tainry.livejournal.com]

OH! I'd love to have commentaries on the Harry Potter movies! But...they don't want to spoil the magic for the kids??? Huh? Maybe when all seven are out and they make some kind of super-mega-uber-giganto-box set with zillions of special features? Sigh.

[ldhenson.livejournal.com]

Ooh...I like Joss Whedon a lot. Why didn't I ever think of listening to his commentaries?

POTC CT is fun...I actually like Kiera Knightly and Jack Davenport's best, even if it was truncated. JD is hilarious. I love when he's complaining about having to practice hard for his fancy sword-twir; and then getting stuck in the background during the actual shot.

Strangely I have never gotten round to listening to Sky Captain. I adore the movie, but when I bought it I was fairly discouraged about its low box-office. Kerry Conran, I still love you.

Believe it or not, I have never seen/read HP. I'm not purposely avoiding it or anything, I just haven't gotten to it yet.