#also idris elba curing her neighbors of racism by being so hot was dumb

[moonybadger]

Is there anyone else out there who both read "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye" AND watched the movie "Three Thousand Years of Longing" who I can complain to about the movie making Alithea care WAY more about her boring ex-husband then she ever did in the original short story? And for taking out what her original first wish was? Because I'm still annoyed about both of those story decisions.

#part of what I liked so much about her first wish was how it deconstructed what you expect her to value most about her body #and led into my favorite of her personal stories that she tells the Djinn #I really wish they hadn't taken it out I'm still annoyed #And her dumb ex-husband ugh #I loved that he just gets like a paragraph about him in the original short story and then she doesn't give a shit about him #I do still really like this movie and can't believe it exists but I do have my problems with it #also idris elba curing her neighbors of racism by being so hot was dumb #bored badgering #three thousand years of longing #the djinn in the nightingale's eye