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The Descent (2005)

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Commentaries on this disc:

Commentary 1: Screenwriter/director Neil Marshall, producer Christian Colson, editor Jon Harris, assistant editor Catriona Richardson, and production designer Simon Bowles Rating:8.0/10 (1 vote) [graph]Login to vote or review
Reviewed by grimjack on September 19th, 2019:Find all reviews by grimjack
One of those tracks that is right on the edge of being really great or really terrible. The actress (and probably director) are drinking throughout, and making lots of sexual innuendoes and many in jokes. Yet, they point out enough good things, and talk about shooting difficulties, changes in the script, and other great things, that it stays mostly entertaining and mostly interesting. The film had homages to many more films than I would have thought, and some of the more interesting comments are the 2nd hand ones that were told to them by friends and viewers at film festivals. There is no real mention of the official ending of the film, unlike in the other track, but they do talk about several plot elements that were removed (and some that were reshot and added later), that add to ones enjoyment of the film.
Commentary 2: Screenwriter/director Neil Marshall and actors Nora-Jane Noone, Saskia Mulder, MyAnna Buring, Shauna Macdonald, and Alex Reid Rating:9.0/10 (1 vote) [graph]Login to vote or review
Reviewed by grimjack on September 19th, 2019:Find all reviews by grimjack
Arguably the better of the two tracks, but one is sort of forced to listen to the other one as well because many times the director says things like "I talked about it in the other commentary" and "listen to the other commentary for the full story about...". Technically strong, with various things pointed out including story points, and motivations that make you appreciate this great film even more.