Three Thousand Years of Longing & Shimmer and Shine

This week’s show starts with a look at the Top 5 Journeys because that word sounds a bit like genie. Yeah, that's the level we're at this week. We're big fans of George Miller around these parts so we thought we'd take a look at the Australian auteurs most recent effort, THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING (2022). 'Narratologist' Alithea (Tilda Swinton) discovers a trinket whilst on a speaking engagement in Istanbul which contains the Djinn (Idris Elba), who proceeds to tell her the story of his incarceration and promises the scholar three wishes in order to fulfil her hearts desires. For the bulk of its runtime, TTYOL is an intimate conversational piece about companionship and loneliness taking place within the confines of an hotel room whilst simultaneously being an epic fantasy romance spanning thousands of years, involving magic and real historical figures, which is clearly a bit of a bizarre combination. It's also awful and impossible to connect to in any way according to two of the Dads and whilst I did enjoy this inventive, unusual and clearly very personal movie, with it's difficult to completely discern themes about the impact that science and technology have on our sense of wonder and our need for intimacy, I did find the film's final act which moves the couple to London and introduces several new conflicts to the story to be a bit of a jarring come-down from the weirdness of the preceding hour. It is of course often quite incredible to look at; beautifully composed and with Miller's trademark vibrant maximalism on display to the fore. Not for everyone it's fair to say. Thankfully SHIMMER AND SHINE unites us all this week in that we universally decree it to be mindless, badly written fluff with the exception of Cris who couldn't be bothered to watch it. Smart choice. This incredibly ugly Nickelodeon animated series sees the cretinous Leah given three wishes every day by the glammed-up genies, yet somehow they all conspire to fuck it up. Moronic. You can now text us anonymously to leave feedback, suggest future content or simply hurl abuse at us. We'll read out any texts we receive on the show. Click here to try it out!We love to hear from our listeners! By which I mean we tolerate it. If it hasn't been completely destroyed yet you can usually find us on twitter @dads_film, on Facebook Bad Dads Film Review, on email at [email protected] or on our website baddadsfilm.com. Until next time, we remain... Bad Dads