Forgot to mention the movies I saw yesterday- "Mallrats", which was disgusting and hilarious and altogether far more amusing than it should have been, and "Dead Again" starring and directed by...Kenneth Brannaugh.

It was one of dad's netflicks DVDs, and he usually gets some weird shit from netflicks, which is why I headed towards Lulu when he pulled out the DVD. As soon as he mentioned that it had Kenneth Brannaugh in it, I came running back. It's from the late 80's or early 90's, back when he was really cute. Harry Potter just didn't do him justice- you've got to watch Hamlet or some of his other earlier movies to understand why I'm so obsessed with him.

"Dead Again" had him not only ten years ago when he was gorgeous (he still is, mind, he's just gotten a bit older- looked somewhat like Ewan McGregor back then, actually...only a rather better actor and that's saying a lot since Ewan is pretty good at what he does. Anyway.) but it had him with an alternating German and American accent (he sounds utterly obnoxious as an American- it was delightful) and with a goatee at times, short spiky hair at others, and a silly foofy haircut for the most part. It was great. The movie was something of a murder mystery- with all sorts of lovely things like hypnosis and reincarnation and...scissors thrown in. Oh, the scissors. *horror* The scissors!

*'hem* Twas good. 'Twas very good, and brilliantly directed. Y'know how a movie is supposed to have you on the edge of your seat gasping for air because you're just that engrossed in it? Oh yeah. Any and all scenes involving scissors managed that brilliantly. Watch the movie and you'll understand. "You know I would never hurt you, Margaret." *shudder*

Robin Williams was in it, as an ex-shrink working at a convenience store. And Emma Thompson was in it as...uh...well, that would be spoiling it, wouldn't it? Andy Garcia, also, as a newspaper reporter. A very cynical newspaper reporter. Oh, so cynical.

But, oh, it was good. Everything a gal could want- reincarnation and Robin Williams and black and white film and Andy Garcia and ancient jewelry and gender-bending and Kenneth Brannaugh and much hypnosis and, of course, scissors.

Such a good movie.
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