When it's just Elba and Swinton telling stories, and us seeing the stories as they're told? Could've watched that forever. Elba in particular is doing really interesting stuff to make this genie character real.

I liked it notably less once they left the hotel. Like, I get what he's going for, and it definitely feels novelistic and thoughtful (even if it's not exactly how the book ends or whatever, I've no clue on that front)... but it just can't match how awesome everything in the hotel is. So it feels like a relative letdown.

But yeah, Miller's incapable of making a boring movie.

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