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  1. John_Simpson

    The Best Disc Commentary?

    If it's a part of the movie it's not commentary. I don't want to go down the philosophical rabbit hole of a character in a movie commenting about the movie inside the movie. Breaking the Fourth Wall isn't "commentary". Commentary has to come from outside whatever is being commented on.
  2. John_Simpson

    The Best Disc Commentary?

    I neglected to answer your other question. Leverage aired on TNT from December 7, 2008, to December 25, 2012 for five seasons.
  3. John_Simpson

    The Best Disc Commentary?

    Yup, What's Up Tiger Lily? Without running downstairs to check my copy I don't believe it had a commentary. Woody Allen's introduction really doesn't count as 'commentary' because it was edited into the film itself. Like I said, it was an intro and not an optional audio track. On a side note...
  4. John_Simpson

    The Best Disc Commentary?

    I really enjoy the commentary by William Friedkin on his film To Live and Die in LA.
  5. John_Simpson

    The Best Disc Commentary?

    Really, really, bad guys exclusively.
  6. John_Simpson

    The Best Disc Commentary?

    Think more along the lines of The Sting with Newman and Redford.
  7. John_Simpson

    The Best Disc Commentary?

    No, a caper film is like Rififi in 1955 or Topkapi in 1964. It's not slang it's a label. I call action films action films. Actually, the heist film or caper film is a subgenre of crime film, consisting of films that focus on the planning, execution and aftermath of a large robbery. Think of...
  8. John_Simpson

    The Best Disc Commentary?

    If you're into caper films it's a terrific series.
  9. John_Simpson

    The Best Disc Commentary?

    I don't know if it's my favorite but I rather enjoyed the commentaries for the TV series Leverage with the caveat that DOESN'T include any of the commentaries where Aldis Hodge sat in. As in, what were they thinking?
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