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Bruce Almighty
2003 · Film · 101 min
Part of Almighty Collection
Directed by Tom Shadyac
Bruce Nolan toils as a "human interest" television reporter in Buffalo, NY, but despite his high ratings and the love of his beautiful girlfriend, Bruce remains unfulfilled. At the end of the worst day in his life, he angrily ridicules God — and the Almighty responds, endowing Bruce with all of His divine powers.
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I miss the cheesy but wholesome comedies and parodies of the 1990s and 2000s: Anger Management, Rush Hour, The Cable Guy, American Pie, Scary Movie, Bruce Almighty, Eurotrip, Tropic Thunder, Hot Shots, Borat, Idiocracy, How High, White Chicks, etc.
We can't have any like those in this age because someone on Twitter will claim to be offended. Good thing to back-up those old gems as well before they get cancelled/edited to comply with modern sensibilities.
I think darkmode provides a variety of practical advantages in the VFX context.
* It would seem to be easier to transition a dark mode UI between solid and translucent/transparent/hologram elements. I think the moment you have transparent/holography elements, you're almost immediately sucked into a dark-mode type UI.
* Dark-mode displays are just going to be... darker on average. I imagine it would simplify lighting in a lot of scenarios. Probably also gives you more flexibility when framing/creating reflection shots
* I feel like in film, big expanses of white / light grey carry much stronger connotations than big expanses of black / dark grey. Large expanses of black can be interpreted as absence, and somewhat natural. We are familiar with deep pits of shadow. We are familiar with the night sky. While big expanses of white / light grey is interpreted as sterile or unnatural, or at least "unusual". Think of the first training scenario in the Matrix (the white expanse with tv and two chairs). Think of God's office in Bruce Almighty.
Haha. Seems like a "Bruce Almighty" kind of film.