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Author Topic: The Number 23 (2007) Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 02-25-2007 09:53 AM                     I went into this with kind of a high expectation. That was my first mistake. Although it kept my interest throughout and made me think...it just wasn't very entertaining. It was a unique concept, but was overall pretty dull. Oh, and talk about a cliched ending! 2/5  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 02-25-2007 04:41 PM                        This movie both blows and sucks. Jim Carrey is miscast and that's just the biggest of the movie's problems. It was putting me to sleep. I didn't give a crap about any of the characters. Regal Cinema World 8 in Eugene, no presentation problems, looked and sounded good. Their last day of operation is 3/4/07 and they have 8 screens and 1 working popcorn popper. 3+4+7+8+1 = 23!! 1.5 out of 5  |  IP: Logged Brad Miller Administrator Posts: 17775 From: Plano, TX (36.2 miles NW of Rockwall) Registered: May 99 posted 02-25-2007 04:48 PM                     Ummmmmm, don't you mean 23 stars out of 76.6 or 6.9 out of 23 stars? Thankfully I called "not it" on this one.  |  IP: Logged Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 02-26-2007 12:13 AM                     Luckily I took advantage of AMCinema and only paid 4.00 to see it  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-26-2007 01:02 AM                     I got paid to see it, and I still feel ripped off.  |  IP: Logged Mike Heenan Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1896 From: Scottsdale, AZ, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 02-26-2007 10:35 AM                     Is it worse than Fun with Dick and Jane?  |  IP: Logged Kyle Anderson Film Handler Posts: 86 From: Tyler, TX, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 02-27-2007 04:25 PM                     Casting: could have been better; Jim Carey really wasn't the best for this - maybe someone less well-known - an ex-TV actor, perhaps. Writing: pretty good - the myth is enough to make you check the digital readout on the house CD-player to see if it adds up to 23 (it didn't ). Could have used more well-hidden allusions (even if the whole 23 book was one giant allusion to the movie itself?) Overall, if this were a graphic novel-turned movie the feel would be spot-on. Some of the scenes are Frank Miller-esque (and frankly those were the best parts).  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-27-2007 05:27 PM                     quote: Kyle Anderson Some of the scenes are Frank Miller-esque Yeah, well let's just keep in mind that Miller wrote ROBOCOP 3.  |  IP: Logged Dave Williams Wet nipple scene Posts: 1836 From: Salt Lake City, UT, USA Registered: Jan 2000 posted 02-27-2007 10:18 PM                        And David Fincher directed Alien 3. I think everyone has their bad days.  |  IP: Logged Mike Schindler Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1039 From: Oak Park, IL, USA Registered: Jun 2002 posted 02-28-2007 02:54 AM                     I liked ALIEN 3.  |  IP: Logged Christian Appelt Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 505 From: Frankfurt, Germany Registered: Dec 2001 posted 02-28-2007 11:01 AM                     If you like films about the number 23 and conspiracy theories, get a DVD of "23" (1998): Could this link be any longer? It's a Region 2, I hope it has English subtitles... [ 03-09-2007, 07:53 PM: Message edited by: Adam Martin ]  |  IP: Logged Mark Strube Master Film Handler Posts: 322 From: Milwaukee, WI, United States Registered: Feb 2007 posted 03-09-2007 06:41 PM                        I went in with kind of low expectations, and I was still shocked at how bad it was... wow. How Roeper & whoever was sitting in for Ebert gave it two thumbs up is beyond me... I should've paid more attention to Rotten Tomatoes (currently at 8%). As soon as the flashback scene with the suicide blonde started... it was all over for me. So many scenes and edits were just so akward, I was smiling through 70% of this thing, everytime 23 would pop up somewhere obvious I'd start to snicker. When the best performances come from the actor playing the son (I recognize him from a canned WB show I rather liked) and the guy in prison - this movie hasn't got much going for it. The one positive thing I can say is that it has some very well-done CG shots involving transitions in and out of the book, I was impressed with that... but not worth the price of admission. Beyond those shots, it felt like a direct to video release, and a pretty bad one at that.  |  IP: Logged Robert Minichino Master Film Handler Posts: 350 From: Haskell, NJ, USA Registered: Dec 2005 posted 03-09-2007 11:17 PM                        Judging from the title I thought this was going to be a fine discordian movie. No such luck. Fnord.  |  IP: Logged Damien Taylor Master Film Handler Posts: 493 From: Perth, Western Australia Registered: Apr 2007 posted 04-26-2007 12:25 AM                     I went to the third showing of this movie and it was dusty as f**k. There was massive gaps at the splices. Can any Aussies tell me if we get overseas sloppy seconds prints? I personally never saw the ending coming. But the movie was slightly thought provoking, at least to warrant me and my buddies standing outside the cinema for an hour after debunking the thing. I think that movies are starting to treat the audience like idiots. I was having fun looking for 23 in scenes only to have a flashback close-up of it, to point it out for the brain dead. (AKA: the usher who built this print)  |  IP: Logged

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