Dubious DVD commentary director theories of comic book style movies

For some reason tonight I was thinking about two DVD commentaries in which directors talk about their dubious theories. In the Daredevil DVD, Mark Steven Johnson says that in the courthouse scene, the camera doesn't move to follow Ben Affleck expressing his powerlessness within the court system. So when Affleck moves, they simply cut to a different shot. It's actually an interesting idea—represent a character's weakness by his inability to draw the attention of the camera. Except when you see the effect, it doesn't express anything in particular...it just looks like they chose to cut instead of follow Affleck with the camera. It's a cute idea though.

Then I was thinking about Underworld Evolution. The commentary is pretty interesting—lots of good director stories about working within a (comparatively) limited budget. Anyway, Len Wiseman talks about adding rocks to the side of the road to make the truck chase scenes look claustrophobic. Sounds good. Except it just makes the roads look smaller and the production cheaper. Another dubious idea is the use of a stuntman on a wire to play the role of a demon to add to the sense of realism (the wings are CGI extensions). Actually I thought the whole creature was a composite; it really looked like one.