Am I the only one who finds subtle animations much more pleasant?

I think there is a reason why it's dark when the stage set of a theatre is being changed between scenes, but with user interfaces somehow any rearrangement must be a distracting visual gimmick these days.

Edit: Seriously, why do you need a hard change to a blue background only to then move a white cloud up across nearly the complete height of the screen?

https://github.com/realpaliy/ios-login/raw/master/art/finalA...