Bruce Almighty

The place to discuss other entertainment such as movies, television, art, literature, and music.
Post Reply
User avatar
Heroine of the Dragon
Administrator
Administrator
Posts: 44841
Joined: Sun Jul 30, 2000 1:00 am
Location: ǝlod ɥʇnos ǝɥʇ ɟo ɥʇɹou
Has thanked: 807 times
Been thanked: 1149 times
Contact:

Bruce Almighty

#1

Post by Heroine of the Dragon » Sun Apr 16, 2023 7:24 pm

Have you watched Bruce Almighty?
What was your favourite parts?

Bruce Nolan is a television field reporter for Eyewitness News on WKBW-TV in Buffalo, New York, but desires to be the news' anchorman. When Bruce's coveted job is instead taken by his rival, Evan Baxter, a vulgar on-camera outburst leads to his dismissal from the station. After a series of misfortunes, Bruce complains to God that "He's the one that should be fired". Bruce receives a message on his pager, which takes him to an empty warehouse where he meets God. God offers to give Bruce his powers for a week, under two conditions - Bruce cannot tell others he's God (in order to avoid the media attention), nor can he use the powers to alter free will.

Bruce at first uses his powers for personal gains, such as getting his job back, exacting revenge on a street gang that bullied him earlier, and impressing his girlfriend, Grace Connelly. He also causes miraculous events to occur at otherwise mundane events that he covers, such as discovering Jimmy Hoffa's body during a segment on police training, or causing a meteor to harmlessly land near a cook-off, earning him the nickname "Mr. Exclusive". Bruce also causes Evan to embarrass himself on-air, consequently getting Evan fired and Bruce becomes the new anchor. Bruce, however, also starts hearing voices in his head and re-encounters God, who explains the voices are prayers that Bruce must deal with. Bruce creates a computerized email-like system to handle the prayers but finds that the influx is far too many for him to handle, and thus sets the program to answer every prayer Yes automatically.
-https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Almighty



She lives in the clouds and talks to the birds...

Happiest faerie of VGF.

User avatar
CaptHayfever
Supermod
Supermod
Posts: 40592
Joined: Tue Jul 16, 2002 1:00 am
Location: (n) - the place where I am
Has thanked: 1203 times
Been thanked: 795 times
Contact:

Re: Bruce Almighty

#2

Post by CaptHayfever » Mon Apr 17, 2023 2:17 am

It's a fun movie. My favorite parts are when it's just Bruce & God.

And remember, "I'm-a Luigi, number one!"

User avatar
I REALLY HATE POKEMON!
Member
Member
Posts: 33163
Joined: Thu Jun 08, 2000 1:00 am
Location: California, U.S.A
Has thanked: 5569 times
Been thanked: 498 times

Re: Bruce Almighty

#3

Post by I REALLY HATE POKEMON! » Mon Apr 17, 2023 3:16 am

I liked it a lot, not one of Jim Carrey's best but it's good. Morgan Freeman was surprisingly good in this too, usually he's who I expect for serious films, not comedies, plus he isn't the first actor to come to mind for the role of God. The sequel was okay too, but definitely not as memorable at all.

Post Reply