Pretty straight forward and mundane without any great insight or revelations. It's not unlistenable or horrible really, it's just boring and uneventful. Kind of like watching a bug crawl across the floor stopping and walking and stopping and then after a while you're resenting the bug for being there because it wasn't doing anything but wasting your time. You probably should just kill it which would be a lot more interesting but it's too easy and you don't want to be that cruel. So you leave it but now you can't stop watching it. That's precisely what this commentary is like.

At least Hoffman didn't use his Capote voice in this. Capote's voice was borderline annoying but Hoffman's imitation was over the top annoying. Great actor they said, maybe but not necessarily in this case. However the movie still works and its a great film.

I hate to knock a track, especially after Hoffman died, but this track is boring most of the time. That said, I did appreciate learning that Hoffman definitely put in the effort to play him right, spending months beforehand to get the physical aspects perfect, and listened nonstop to audio recordings to sound like the real Capote. He talks about not wanting to do a mere biopic, but wanted to be the characters, and well, he did exactly that, earning his Oscar win. (And pretty much every other acting award that year.)

This commentary is a bit better than the first. It's actually director Bennet Miller and cinematographer Adam Kimmel. The writer was busy at the hospital with his wife who was having a baby.
Apparently these two guys ( Miller and Kimmel ) lived together during the filming and the friendship is evident as the conversation flows better. This one is at least worth a listen.

The second track is not as lively or exciting as the first, but I think it is still one point better. I am surprised I listened to it, much less made it through considering I was bored through most of Hoffmans, but it is a testament to this one that it was actually interesting, even though there seemed to be a lot more dead air.

The writers absence is espeically notable if you watch some of his interviews in the dvd supplements. He would have been perfect to fill in the quiet moments, and add stuff not found in either track.