Talk:Bruce Almighty/Archive 1

Goof
Okay, when Grace donates blood for Bruce, the packet say AB Positive, and she says that earlier in the film too. But, AB Positive is the Universal Receptor, O Negative is the universal donor, so its a goof.--Kevin mills (talk) 19:59, 21 January 2008 (UTC)


 * Yeah, the writers missed out on that crucial point. You could write a section on it, or try to pretend that God prevented Bruce from dying of massive blood clots. 128.210.127.54 (talk) 14:32, 20 May 2008 (UTC)

Buffalo
Something should be mentioned about how people in Buffalo were angry over the fact that it did not depict Buffalo accuratly and was not filmed in Buffalo.

555 Phone Fiasco
Michigan? I haven't seen the movie (I detest Jim Carrey), but the news articles that discussed the 555 phone fiasco said that the producers had said that they used the phone number they used because the exchange doesn't exist in Buffalo, New York, where the movie takes place. -- Zoe


 * You're correct. Hmm ... I wonder how I came up with Michigan? Anyway, fixed. --Eloquence


 * On a similar note, the last paragraph claims that the movie is controversial because of the phone number thing. Surely in a movie where God is a middle-aged black man who gives his powers to a mortal human, ignoring all theological questions these ideas raise, surely with all this -- isn't there something more controversial than the phone number being a real number? Tuf-Kat


 * I haven't read about any controversy from religious watchdogs. -- Zoe

Is it really a moonshine rendezvous or actually a moonlight rendezvous?

Removal
Hi. I removed a part of the article that seemed rather... wrong. If you disagree with this, you're welcome to discuss the changes here.

"The universe in Bruce Almighty seems to be entirely centered around planet Earth, as is vividly illustrated by a scene where Bruce adds a few stars to the sky and removes some others -- not suns, but merely decorations for his moonlight rendezvous."
 * The problem is that given Bruce's calibre for the most of the movie, the setting is effectively not Earth-centric or heliocentric but Bruce-centric. He is completely within his rights to remove indascendent spheres of nuclear fire in sizes that boggle the imagination, and add some new ones. The other adjustments in the scene, such as rubbing out the cloud cover, further drive the point home. It's about what Bruce can do, not how the universe revolves around Earth.

The existence of God is taken for granted in the entire movie, even before God contacts the protagonist and removes all doubt.
 * All of two people have their beliefs shown with any depth. Both believe in God and so both think that He exists. In addition, Bruce meets God very soon after the movie starts, and Grace has very few lines about Him. So... neither of them having a crisis of faith during this time is somehow odd?

Okay, so there are a lot of praying people as well. Not exactly a suitable sample of the entire population, though.

Supernatural events, on the other hand, appear to leave little impression on the population of Bruce's world.
 * What? There are very few things in the film that would convince onlookers that they're witnessing definite supernatural phenomena. Rule one of the whole endeavour is that Bruce has to maintain his cover. The few events that do qualify are met with considerable surprise, alarm and disbelief (the butt-monkey's cute, isn't it?) which certainly seems accurate enough. -- Kizor 15:17, 29 Sep 2004 (UTC)

No logic?
I was just thinking it seems weird, this whole thing with God not being able to mess with free will seems weird, I mean shouldn't he be able to circumvent this?

And another thing, it is stated that he only controls bufallo yet he manipulated the moon, and that is technically not a part of Bufallo.

XSpaceyx 22:20, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

Well, it only ever says the prayers he hears are from Buffalo. But as having all of God's powers, he should have control over the Moon.

Drake Clawfang, February 18, 2006.

Was it not mentioned in the movie that he infact did not have omnipotence nor omniscience though? Though, I may be wrong

XSpaceyx 08:50, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

Well I'm not sure about that, but I do remember God saying outright: "You have all of my powers".

[User:Drake Clawfang|Drake Clawfang]], February 20, 2006.

Yeah I understand that, but really studying the movie he does not appear to have omniscience in any part of it, and the fact that he can't override the free mind, would really interfere with the general theory around omnipotence

XSpaceyx 16:26, 21 February 2006 (UTC)


 * The "don't mess with free will" was a rule given to Bruce by God, to stop him from causing any more damage.... God does have the ability to remove free will, but doesn't. Hence Bruce isn't omniscient in that regard or on the same level as God is (in real life).

Yoda921 02:45, 18 February 2007 (UTC)Yoda

When God gives him the powers he says that he has all his powers. Yet the prays are just in Bufallo.

Also God cant mess with free will. In the early parts of the bible its mentioned (vagely when Adam and Eve are being kicked out of the Garden of Eden)

Oh, God! Resemblance?
God in the form of a human being giving a regular person powers seems very similar to the 1977 movie starring George Burns (except for the fact that he never gives the main character, John Denver). The plot is very different, for another reason, as God is not spreading any kind of message, as it did in Oh, God!, but all the same it shows God in human form in Bruce Almighty. So is there any kind of influence Oh, God! had with Bruce Almighty?

Leopard Gecko 20:13, 27 July 2006 (UTC)Leopard Gecko God in the form of a human being giving a regular person powers seems very similar to the 1977 movie starring George Burns (except for the fact that he never gives the main character, John Denver). The plot is very different, for another reason, as God is not spreading any kind of message, as it did in Oh, God!, but all the same it shows God in human form in Bruce Almighty. So is there any kind of influence Oh, God! had with Bruce Almighty?

I haven't seen Bruce Almighty, but I've seen Oh, God!, and I suspect this would come up in any movie that portrays a truly anthropomorphisized God figure. If there is influence, I suspect it is at a very basic level. Perhaps it should only be mentioned briefly for some similarity in concept. WikiZipo 10:27, 23 June 2007 (UTC)

"Telephone numbers" section
In my memory, there was telephone number controversy because, in the original version, real phone number used. So the crew changed into fictional number. However, this article explains incorrectly--59.5.188.72 06:11, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

Notable biblical references
Is that section entirely nessecary? I think it's quite silly to explain all or most the jokes that are based on what happened or is said in The Bible. I think the movie clearly assumes that viewers understand the connections and references to the bible, and I think most of the viewers do understand the references, so I don't see it nessecary to explain the jokes here. Rather the article could say something like "the movie draws some of it's humour by referencing Biblical miracles and phrases in new context, for example instead of using his powers to spilt a sea, Bruce splits his tomato soup."Shubi 22:17, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Almighty Me
Several bullets in the trivia section seem to be a bit more ulterior than they should be, notably: "The film is also extremely similar to Robert Bausch's 1991 novel Almighty Me, which had been circulating in Hollywood during the mid-Nineties. Bausch contends that his novel is the source material for the film, and has never received credit for his contribution." I'm not making any accusations, but it sounds a lot like an advertisement or cry for attention. Neither Robert Bausch nor "Almighty Me" have a Wikipedia page at the time of posting, so it seems highly suspect that there is any solid proof behind this accusation, especially since no accredited or valid publication states that there are similarities between the two. I'll wait five days, and if no changes are made, then I'm deleting that part of the Trivia section. Icetitan17 17:30, 20 June 2007 (UTC)

Yehi Hai Zindagi
This movie appears to be loosely based on the 1977 Bollywood movie Yehi Hai Zindagi.

Yahoo
The name used by Bruce was similar to yahoo but I think the name they used was purposly similar to what god is called by the Jewish holy book but I'm not sure if it is it should be added to the allusions--Addude 01:34, 10 August 2007 (UTC)

Neutrality
I removed the neutrality tag as there doesn't seem to be much arguement here and I cant see what the issue is. If Im wrong then please up it back and give me a shout as to why! John CaptinJohn 12:14, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

The above is not understood by the author Yahoo is phonecian name of the planet saturn, In the occult saturn is the god of authority , his color is black this is why all people in power Police , Rabbis , Catholic preist ,judges , Swat nazi all wear black , Morgan freeman played god in rep of the occult God which all the world worships and has no Idea , Yahwey as i said comes from YAHOO exactly like the browser , it was a play on words because in the phonecian tounge , thats what the jews speak ancient Phonecia , the word Yahwey means SATURN hence the saying The Children of Israel , are called the children of the devil because SATURN from the childean is SATAN. The word yahoo is yahwey, the black robes rep the saturnian priesthood and rep the femal side of god or saturn , thats what all the kilts black robes ect it also rep androgeny as the angles and demons are neither male or female so a man in a womans robe balances it out — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.57.202.5 (talk) 21:56, 9 June 2012 (UTC)

I reoved the trivia
I had to do it.--Angel David 00:59, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

"Usage of the Bruce Almighty Name"
Wtf, this doesn't deserve it's own section. Hardly mentionable, I'm removing it 22:44, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Controversies and Reception
The bullet "The film parodies Yahoo! into Yahweh, the Jewish name for God. Bruce creates the system to organize incoming prayers into emails", is which, a controvery or a reception? Nolefan32 (talk) 21:07, 3 February 2009 (UTC)

None. Just more mumbo-jumbo, like all wikipedia content. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 193.136.152.161 (talk) 16:15, 15 November 2009 (UTC)

problems, questions
What is a "live action comedy", how does the reference support this to be the 17th highest grossing live action comedy, and why does the article Jim_Carrey say this is the second highest grossing live action comedy?

Sheesh, who writes these articles?

81.186.253.47 (talk) 21:46, 19 February 2011 (UTC)


 * You are right, the reference does not support that bit. I removed it. A "live action comedy" would be a movie like Ghostbusters (not animated, centered around action sequences). Box Office Mojo calls the genre of Bruce Almighty "Fantasy Comedy", which seems appropriate, as there isn't much action. 64.252.129.5 (talk) 19:59, 4 May 2012

Addition Of New Section
Can a new section be added describing all the possible influences on this film?

Buena Vista Pictures missing from infobox
Touchstone Pictures released the film internationally, so I added Buena Vista Pictures under distribution. Odd that it was missing Dpm12 (talk) 12:05, 12 January 2018 (UTC)


 * The proper name should be Buena Vista International (BVI). Here are a few sources mentioning that and Bruce Almighty: 1 and 2. Erik (talk &#124; contrib) (ping me) 14:04, 12 January 2018 (UTC)