This is my second review. In attempt to perfect my reviewing skills. I'm trying to focus on things that I missed during my first review.
(For those who don't know, I reviewed the movie "Cube"). (Also my grammar is not the best).
I'm a big fan of Jim Carrey and I love his acting in both in funny and serious movies. I was looking for a film to watch and camed up on "The Number 23". I went to check its score on RottenTomatoes and I discover they putted a 8%. After I've seen the movie, I camed to a conclusion...RottenTomatoes can go **** themselves.
The Concept: Every movie has a concept. "The Number 23" has the concept of the "23 egnima". This concept is real. It fascinated Jim Carrey and I was also fascinated, because I like to study the human mind. (It fuck with your head, it's fascinating)
Genre: Suspense
The Story: Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) is an animal controller who get bitten by a dog named Ned. The dog escaped Walter and guided the controller to a cemetery. Walter noticed a tombstone with the name of Laura Tollins.
Later, Walter received a gift from his wife Agatha (Viginia Madsen). The gift is book with the title of "The Number 23" by Topsy kretts. The main character of the book calls himself "Fingerling" (also played by Carrey). Walter starts reading the book and discover that Fingerling and him had a similar childhood. This makes Walter more connected to the book.
Fingerling became a detective and had a girlfriend named Fabrizia (again Madsen). Fabrizia is your typical girl who loves sex and has weird fetishs. However, one day Fingerling met a suicidal girl who had an obsession with the number 23. She went crazy and Fingerling calmed her down, until when he went by the alley and the girl suicided herself. After awhile, Fingerling himself is starting to think about the number and for some reasons it's starting to get to him
While reading the book, Walter is realizing that he sees the number every where(Not sure about this one). Trying to know the end of the book he realized that Fingerling killed Frabrizia, because she cheated on him. The book finished at Chapter 2 when Fingerling hesitated to suicide himself.
The next morning, Walter see the dog Ned. He chased the dog back to the graveyard. Ned stops at the grave of Laura Tollins. There was a discussion between 2 men that mentionned that the body was not founded. Later that night, Walter finds an article about the death of Laura. She had a sexual affair with the psychology teacher. There was a circumstance that matched the book, becaused Fabrizia had sex with a psychologist.
The teacher was accused of murder and when Walter went to talk to him, he said he was framed. He also claimed he was not the author of the book.
Walter starts to investigate the murder
I'll stop telling the story here. I dont want to give the twist.
Things that I liked:
-Acting: Personnaly, I think it is the thing that saved the filmed. The actors did a great job with little they had.
-Concept: Already explained
Even thought they gaved a nomination for Jim Carrey at the Razzie Awards. I think that he really did a good job.
Things that I didnt liked:
-The Writing: I know, I didnt explained the ending and the twist of the movie, but the twist is something that's not really original and the ending didnt really fitted (Hint: It a happy ending...For the story, not the interest of the fan).
Summary:I think I can compare this movie to the game Assasin Creed. Because let me tell you that if you come with the right approach you might love this movie.
The major thing about the movie and the other critics pointed. It tends to stick too much to people who go crazy about the number.
Verdict: Rent it if your interested in the 23 egnima
Other stuff: The poster of this film makes a good wallpaper.
Score:
Concept :9,5
Story: 4,0
Acting: 8,5
Score: 7,0
(For those who don't know, I reviewed the movie "Cube"). (Also my grammar is not the best).
I'm a big fan of Jim Carrey and I love his acting in both in funny and serious movies. I was looking for a film to watch and camed up on "The Number 23". I went to check its score on RottenTomatoes and I discover they putted a 8%. After I've seen the movie, I camed to a conclusion...RottenTomatoes can go **** themselves.
The Concept: Every movie has a concept. "The Number 23" has the concept of the "23 egnima". This concept is real. It fascinated Jim Carrey and I was also fascinated, because I like to study the human mind. (It fuck with your head, it's fascinating)
Genre: Suspense
The Story: Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey) is an animal controller who get bitten by a dog named Ned. The dog escaped Walter and guided the controller to a cemetery. Walter noticed a tombstone with the name of Laura Tollins.
Later, Walter received a gift from his wife Agatha (Viginia Madsen). The gift is book with the title of "The Number 23" by Topsy kretts. The main character of the book calls himself "Fingerling" (also played by Carrey). Walter starts reading the book and discover that Fingerling and him had a similar childhood. This makes Walter more connected to the book.
Fingerling became a detective and had a girlfriend named Fabrizia (again Madsen). Fabrizia is your typical girl who loves sex and has weird fetishs. However, one day Fingerling met a suicidal girl who had an obsession with the number 23. She went crazy and Fingerling calmed her down, until when he went by the alley and the girl suicided herself. After awhile, Fingerling himself is starting to think about the number and for some reasons it's starting to get to him
While reading the book, Walter is realizing that he sees the number every where(Not sure about this one). Trying to know the end of the book he realized that Fingerling killed Frabrizia, because she cheated on him. The book finished at Chapter 2 when Fingerling hesitated to suicide himself.
The next morning, Walter see the dog Ned. He chased the dog back to the graveyard. Ned stops at the grave of Laura Tollins. There was a discussion between 2 men that mentionned that the body was not founded. Later that night, Walter finds an article about the death of Laura. She had a sexual affair with the psychology teacher. There was a circumstance that matched the book, becaused Fabrizia had sex with a psychologist.
The teacher was accused of murder and when Walter went to talk to him, he said he was framed. He also claimed he was not the author of the book.
Walter starts to investigate the murder
I'll stop telling the story here. I dont want to give the twist.
Things that I liked:
-Acting: Personnaly, I think it is the thing that saved the filmed. The actors did a great job with little they had.
-Concept: Already explained
Even thought they gaved a nomination for Jim Carrey at the Razzie Awards. I think that he really did a good job.
Things that I didnt liked:
-The Writing: I know, I didnt explained the ending and the twist of the movie, but the twist is something that's not really original and the ending didnt really fitted (Hint: It a happy ending...For the story, not the interest of the fan).
Summary:I think I can compare this movie to the game Assasin Creed. Because let me tell you that if you come with the right approach you might love this movie.
The major thing about the movie and the other critics pointed. It tends to stick too much to people who go crazy about the number.
Verdict: Rent it if your interested in the 23 egnima
Other stuff: The poster of this film makes a good wallpaper.
Score:
Concept :9,5
Story: 4,0
Acting: 8,5
Score: 7,0
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