Bruce Almighty Compared to the Bible
Bruce Almighty Vs. The Bible
Over time popular works of art, plays and films have documented many situations that portray parts of the Bible. The Bible is well portrayed in the movie Bruce Almighty starring Jim Carrey. Bruce’s situations are easily compared to books such as Genesis, Exodus, and Job. Also the movies has touches of religious humor through symbolic moments that are used to display Bruce’s faith towards God in the film. First, a description of the characters will help show why certain situations play out throughout the film. Bruce is a self-centered and sometimes sacrilegious jerk, but when times really get tough he is a relatable character that the audience watches developing. Grace, Bruce’s girlfriend is a kind Christian women who is constantly hurt by Bruce’s selfishness. God played by Morgan Freeman comes off visually bright and light, as well as all knowing, understanding and forgiving, truly symbolizing God. Bruce is constantly underestimating the respect of Grace and God and taking them for granted. Finally when Bruce is in the car asking for a sign which is clearly given by a truck with caution signs on it, he ignores it and luckily lives after getting hit by a car, which really got the point across as the sign. Second the symbolic moments of the film demonstrate modern day interpretations of the instances from the Bible. Certain moments are obvious like when Bruce Is walking on water or parting his tomato soup as if it were the red sea. Some other symbolisms are when Bruce goes to meet with God but does not know it yet. The reference to the number 7 happens several times because he has to go to the seventh floor to meet him and also Jim Carrey has a line about being “free on the 7th at 7”. The reference to the number 7 derives from the 7 days of creation in Genesis 1. Another simple symbolism is the fact that the website that Bruce puts on the computer to receive prayers is called Yahweh.com, making a play on words
Over time popular works of art, plays and films have documented many situations that portray parts of the Bible. The Bible is well portrayed in the movie Bruce Almighty starring Jim Carrey. Bruce’s situations are easily compared to books such as Genesis, Exodus, and Job. Also the movies has touches of religious humor through symbolic moments that are used to display Bruce’s faith towards God in the film. First, a description of the characters will help show why certain situations play out throughout the film. Bruce is a self-centered and sometimes sacrilegious jerk, but when times really get tough he is a relatable character that the audience watches developing. Grace, Bruce’s girlfriend is a kind Christian women who is constantly hurt by Bruce’s selfishness. God played by Morgan Freeman comes off visually bright and light, as well as all knowing, understanding and forgiving, truly symbolizing God. Bruce is constantly underestimating the respect of Grace and God and taking them for granted. Finally when Bruce is in the car asking for a sign which is clearly given by a truck with caution signs on it, he ignores it and luckily lives after getting hit by a car, which really got the point across as the sign. Second the symbolic moments of the film demonstrate modern day interpretations of the instances from the Bible. Certain moments are obvious like when Bruce Is walking on water or parting his tomato soup as if it were the red sea. Some other symbolisms are when Bruce goes to meet with God but does not know it yet. The reference to the number 7 happens several times because he has to go to the seventh floor to meet him and also Jim Carrey has a line about being “free on the 7th at 7”. The reference to the number 7 derives from the 7 days of creation in Genesis 1. Another simple symbolism is the fact that the website that Bruce puts on the computer to receive prayers is called Yahweh.com, making a play on words