The Number 23

I’ve always wanted to see Jim Carey act in a non-comedy movie People always knew Jim by his marvelous comedies, which made me laugh so many times. But not everybody thought Jim was a laugh making machine. After all, what is the use of an actor if he only does comedies? As far as I am concerned, Stallone and schwarzenegger have always made part in action movies. That’s not bad. I’ve always loved movies with them since I was a kid. Now, Jim impressed me with “The Truman show”, which made quite a feel people get disappointed. It was NOT a comedy movie, it was a drama and it went pretty fine. So, I started to really enjoy his movies concerning the drama genre, but I wasn’t expecting this.

              It’s been quite a while since the first time I watched this movie. “The Number 23″. A psychological paranoia inducing thriller which talks about a man who, after reading a book from an anonymous writer, stars to see the number 23 everywhere. As said in the Wikipedia website: the 23 enigma refers to the belief that most incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23.

                  I didn’t quite buy it at first, but if you take a close look at it, the facts are unrefusable. If you believe it or not, it doesn’t really matter. It could be a hell of a coincidence, or if you prefer, fate. Jim Carey’s character gets crazy as he reads each chapter till a moment where he believes the number 23 is everywhere and he can’t escape it. It’s a movie that it’s worth a try. I’ll close this post by giving some examples of the 23 enigma.

A little nickel’s worth of advice: Try not getting nuts.

 ·  Each parent contributes 23 chromosomes to start a new human life.

·  Julius Caesar was thought to have been stabbed 23 times.

·  Basketball legend Michael Jordan famously wore the number 23 on his shirt.

·  William Shakespeare was born and died on April 23.

·  The cell in which Princess Leia was held in the original Star Wars movie was AA23. Director George Lucas’s first film, THX 1138, included a police robot numbered 23.

·  William Burroughs’ last TV appearance was in the video for U2′s Last Night on Earth video. The letter U is the 21st in the alphabet and adding the 2 gives 23.

·  In The Beatles film Yellow Submarine, The Butterfly Stomper, who destroys all things of beauty, wears a shirt with the number 23.

·  Nirvana star Kurt Cobain was born in 1967 and died in 1994. 1+9+6+7=23 and 1+9+9+4=23.

·  The German movie 23 explored an obsession with the number, based on a real-life story.