netflixed several items and i would classify them all as 'for fans only'.

first, i watched the "halloween" remake by rob zombie. what a piece of shit. you truly have to be a fan of the original (or series) or of horror in general to get through this remake. i almost didn't finish it but curiosity got the best of me. i wanted to know if it would get better or what else would be changed. why is it that everyone who makes a remake feels that they can do something superior to the original and that always comes in the forms of little twists. yeah, michael meyers was scary, but what if he was a vegetarian? just kidding. that's not the twist. after watching this film, i longed to watched the original to untaint my horror cinema soul.

second was "mr. bean's holiday". by the trailer, it seemed like an even worse movie than the first bean movie, which was a crap version of the show. yet i thought, what could there possibly be left within the world of bean that it was withheld until this movie? and so i netflixed it. well, it didn't start off so great but you really must watch this all the way through for the payoff. the comedy wasn't that funny. i've too familiar for anything to outdo the old days. what could top it? i doubt anything. but some of rowan atkinson's other comedic sense comes through. (it has been a long time since i've watched mr. bean but i'm pretty sure some of this stuff is much closer to a live performance i once saw where he did various skits by himself and a narrator.) that said, if you enjoy rowan overall, then the film should be somewhat enjoyable. the payoff for me was at the end when there was a bit of cinematic genius. i don't know how much i should say or withhold. the main crux of the plot is that bean is traveling with a kid and an actress. the actress is trying to get to a film festival and when they arrive at the festival, bean botches up a film screening. it is there when cinematic genius takes place and i feel like the new film created by bean's interference is brilliant.

third, i've always loved the comedy of "tracey ullman", ever since i was a kid and she got her own show on fox. her ability to do various characters and voices is amazing. plus she can do a bit of song and dance. "live and exposed" is her solo show about her life and career. it's about how she developed her characters and her early days just trying to get a job and how that led up to where she is now. these are done by tracey talking to the audience and then performing skits. as it is so personal, you must really be a fan to enjoy it. i never looked into her personal life so this was new material to me. as she relates her tale, now and then there are images projected of pictures from that period of her life. sometimes she even made the local paper and so those clippings are shown. those accessories just help to paint the overall picture.