The Number 23 (2007)

[LeviManis 0]

The Number 23

[PhilboRaggins 9]

I remember when this film came out, it started a phenomenon at my high school

[RyanSz 3140]

I like that unlike other threads this long in the forum, there really isn't a post longer than a couple sentences as this movie just sucks the life out of you as it did Carrrey's characters in the film. I just want to hear the show try and break down the dumbass version of inception like story within a story going on in this movie, because you have Carrey the dogcatcher, Carrey the storybook police officer/killer, and then Carrey the actual killer/crazy person. That alone would make this episode amazing, especially after the infamous confusion over the parents in Sleepaway Camp.

[brickly 0]

Please do The Number 23. Jim Carey supposedly fired his manager and agent at the premiere.

One of the most ludicrous, contrived plots in movie history, soulful, tribal-tattoed and beater-wearing Jim Carey, some nonsense about the number 23, and lots of lines like, "We’re not crazy. We circled every 23rd word on every 23rd page, and it told us to come down here!"

[Lando 2019]

From what I remember this movie sets it up so that there's something more mystical about the number 23 than other numbers and it acts like your mind is going to be BLOWN when they get around to telling you why it's so mystical and then is like "yeah, I got nothin..." So anticlimactic.

[taylor anne photo 11311]

Jim Carrey sex scene.

 

That's upsetting enough.

[Blast Hardcheese 636]

Let's not forget Joel Schumacher's other foray into David Fincher-esque deviant/mystery territory, 8mm. At least that turd had the good graces to star Nicholas Cage.

 

At least now we know the answer to "Would Nicholas Cage be better in The Number 23?"

[RyanSz 3140]

Jim Carrey sex scene.

 

That's upsetting enough.

I doubt it's more upsetting that the Kathleen Turner/Sam Waterson sex scene from Serial Mom.

 

http://www.anyclip.com/movies/serial-mom/parental-sex/

[taylor anne photo 11311]

I doubt it's more upsetting that the Kathleen Turner/Sam Waterson sex scene from Serial Mom.

 

http://www.anyclip.com/movies/serial-mom/parental-sex/

I am not watching that because even the idea of it is upsetting.

[Blast Hardcheese 636]

I am not watching that because even the idea of it is upsetting.

 

To be fair, Sam Waterson was hotter back then.

[RyanSz 3140]

 

To be fair, Sam Waterson was hotter back then.

And he went full tilt in the scene, which is pretty funny because he was really known only as the Law & Order district attorney to most people and to see him comically go full porn star was hilarious.

[Blast Hardcheese 636]

And he went full tilt in the scene, which is pretty funny because he was really known only as the Law & Order district attorney to most people and to see him comically go full porn star was pretty funny.

 

I'm in!

[nthurkettle 148]

True story - I had a meeting with a literary manager who was trying to recruit me as a client not long before this movie came out. He was basically doing the Hollywood rep's version of negging me by trying to tell me that the missing piece in my script arsenal was a truly killer high-concept spec script - and THIS was the script he considered the perfect example. He even e-mailed it to me so I would have it for reference. I started reading it and stopped, thinking "this is dumb". Then I went to see the movie and thought, "No, wait, this is SUPER dumb."

 

Although every time Jim Carrey as his growly-voiced fantasy noir counterpart says the word "Fingerling", you can tell the tension between his desire for this to be a super-serious thriller and his subconscious awareness that this is SUPER dumb is tearing him apart.

[JackMeyers 3]

An unbearable movie, I own it and have never been able to watch it all the way through. May God have mercy on your souls should you try to watch the whole thing.

[Snake 165]

This is the exact kind of movie the podcast should be focusing on

[Shampoodler 1489]

Do this movie or delete your podcast.

 

[faye-raye 109]

All I remember about this film is thinking 'why is his wife going along with this.' If your husband starts talking gibberish about the number 23, you don't humour him, you get medical help.

[nthurkettle 148]

This movie is up there as among the ones I am most truly amazed that the podcast hasn't made it to, yet; because it was made by grownups who legitimately thought they were blowing the lid off this astonishing, world-defining secret that you could add and multiply numbers and thus make them into other numbers.

[Angrymanatee 0]

I wanted this movie to be good, too, and I thought it would be for awhile. But ...

[Call Waiting for Godot 169]

Please do this movie. I've listened to every single episode of this show I don't know how many times, and I feel like this would be a real cherry on top of the sundae you've already scooped and served.

 

There's a STAGGERING twist involving an author named "Topsy Kretts"... but I'll keep it top secret and not say another word.

[KelseyKing 2]

MY FAVORITE COLOR IS PINK and that is also 23 after I talk for two minutes.

[GrahamS. 803]

Well shit, since Paul himself brought this movie up in the 2:22 episode, I have to ask WHY THE HELL HAVEN’T THEY DONE THIS YET??? 

it’s been a long time since I’ve seen this movie, but I remember it being every bit as insane as this preview suggests.

 

[RyanSz 3140]

Prior to this post are 46 other posts, which is 23 twice. Also not including short films or bit parts/cameos when he was getting into acting, this is Carrey's 23rd major theatrical release.

[GrahamS. 803]

 

20 hours ago, RyanSz said:

Prior to this post are 46 other posts, which is 23 twice. Also not including short films or bit parts/cameos when he was getting into acting, this is Carrey's 23rd major theatrical release.

When this film came out, I was 33, which is ten more numbers than 23. I turn 46 this month, which like you said, is 23 twice. It’s been 13 years since 2007 and look at our luck this year!

IT’S TIME TO WAKE UP, PEOPLE!!!!

[RyanSz 3140]

11 hours ago, GrahamS. said:

 

When this film came out, I was 33, which is ten more numbers than 23. I turn 46 this month, which like you said, is 23 twice. It’s been 13 years since 2007 and look at our luck this year!

IT’S TIME TO WAKE UP, PEOPLE!!!!

If they don't get James Adomian for this episode then this is all for nothing!