02/19/2007: "The Number 23 starring Jim Carrey"

Have you seen the trailer for this film? I think it looks ridiculously bad (think The Da Vinci Code), but I was intrigued by as short montage sequence in which Jim Carrey's voice over mentions a bunch of tragic events and their correlation to the number 23.

Then I got to thinking - does Sept. 11th, the most significantly historical event of my lifetime, have any correlation to the number 23?

Some quick math - 9 + 11 = 20.

Nope. Then I thought about it for a second longer and that's when I lost my shit:

9 + 11 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 23.

Snap! You heard it here first. If the movie fails to recognize this coincidence, then someone obviously wasn't doing their homework. Then again, if this coincidence is in the film, it does seem a bit exploitative doesn't it? Though, you could argue:

9 + 11 + 2001 = 2021.

If we want to go even more bat shit about this - On Sept 11th I was working for a law firm, whose address was 2300 N St. Um, maybe I should read this Number 23 book.

Happy President's Day.

Replies: 2 Comments

on Wednesday, February 21st, terry said

I just watched the trailer and did not see the reference. They mention the Oklahoma City bombing and Hiroshima but not 9/11. I guess one of us will have to go and see the movie . . . I volunteer Keith!

on Tuesday, February 20th, emceeeeeeeee said

you heard it here second. i'm pretty positive that the 9 + 11 + 2 + 0 + 0 + 1 = 23 equation appears in the trailer. don't forget, joel schumacher is much smarter than you.