I keep seeing these previews for Jim Carrey’s new flick, The Number 23[imdb]. I love the fact that he’s going to be in this creepy movie. A bit of a change, and I have to say that I’m curious to see it. Opening day? Probably not, but sometime thereafter.
In the preview, they keep talking about the significance of the number itself, 23. Long story short, you divide the 2 by 3 and it’s .666. Quite evil, don’t you think? Then there is all these various examples of how it’s portrayed throughout history. When you add all the digits together of 9/11/2001, you get the sum of 23. The tilt of the Earth at its axis is 23 degrees. So on and so on.
What gets me is that they say Kurt Cobain[wiki] died when he was 23. No, he died when he was 27, and Tony Pierce would beat you up for saying different. If you go to the website, it does make the case for the digits to the years of his birth (1967) and death (1994) each totaling that magical, creepy digit.
Maybe I’ve been seeing or hearing this trailer wrong, but I can’t find proof to back this up anywhere. Rebecca swears she’s seen and heard this as well. Perhaps they pulled it once they realized the error. You can’t simply say that Cobain died at the age of 23 when you meant something completely different. It’s like how the Texas Chainsaw Massacre[imdb] is “based on true events”. It kind of is, but the story actually stems from a crazy guy, Ed Glein[wiki], from Wisconsin that also fueled inspiration for Psycho[imdb] and Silence of the Lambs[imdb], just to name a few.
Still, you can’t bend the facts about Cobain’s death to help sell a movie. Maybe some one else out there can back me up or disprove this. I’ve ventured through Google and YouTube to find no trace of the trailer I’m seeing on TV. By the way, if you want more funny numbers things to check out, see this Wiki about the 27 Club.
Haven’t seen it, but that would be a bad blunder by them to mess up Cobain’s age at the time of his death. I doubt they made that mistake.
As a fan of Carrey’s work, I don’t mind seeing him venture into a new type of role. But I still can’t look past the fact that he was Ace Ventura. It’s like I’m always waiting for him to say or do something funny, even when he plays a serious role!
i’ve seen a lot of the marketing materials and web stuff and all i’ve seen about cobain is his birth and death years – no reference to his age. not sure which one you saw that said that – but it sure sounds weird, based on all the other stuff i’ve seen w/curt referenced never mentioning his age as 23.
i agree – it can be weird to see a comedian shift to drama. but i think that’s where jim is going – ala robin williams and steve martin and jamie foxx. i think he has the talent to do it – and am looking forward to seeing teh #23 this weekend.
DAMMIT!
i bet that kurt cobain was 23 with someone who bet he was 27 i lost 50p cause of this movie!