Friday, November 30, 2007

EVAN ALMIGHTY - not as almighty as bruce

Compared to the first one, Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty still has a long way to go. With a ballooning budget of 200Million(5 miliion goes to Steve Carrel) Sony had to hand it over to universal. But its okay cuz 20-25 million went to Virginia. I guess you cant blame Sony for handing it over to universal. Production was quite difficult. You have animals running around(How did they control them? And dont worry PETA was around to ensure all of the animal's safety.) and 3 designers just to work on Steve's beard. Thats tough. And storywise, i think they really tried hard to add a sequel to bruce almighty(Sequels are a trend nowadays). it works. but the humor is not as good as Jim Carrey's version. I have to commend them for the good visual effects. A flood and the ark barging into the city hall, nice. i would suggest watching both bruce and evan almighty. so you can compare. Just a thought, the animals probably pooed a lot. Hope they had janitors around hehe Well, also, congratulations to Director Shadyac for planting trees during his production to reduce carbon emmisions. Good work. GREEN GREEN GREEN!!


CAST:
Steve Carell - Evan Baxter
Morgan Freeman - God
Lauren Graham - Joan Baxter
John Goodman - Congressman Chuck Long
Wanda Sykes - Rita
John Michael - Higgins Marty
Jonah Hill - Eugene Tenanbaum
Jimmy Bennett - Ryan Baxter
Graham Phillips - Jordan Baxter
Johnny Simmons - Dylan Baxter
Rachael Harris - Markie Parkington
Molly Shannon - real estate agent Eve Adams
Ed Helms - Ed Carson
Maile Flanagan - Mail-lady
Jon Stewart - Himself
Catherine Bell - Susan Ortega (uncredited)
P. J. Byrne - Evan's Staffer #1

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