'Di uso papel 'dun 'eh!

I liked it. Creepy, but good creepy. I mean, artistic and with basis creepy, and not just plain, dumb, trying hard creepy. I am increasingly liking Jim Carrey as an actor (not just a comedian).

It was a pretty dark movie, but of course you'd expect that because it's about fear and paranoia. If the aim was to make you paranoid, then it definitely accomplished it. I can imagine that everyone who saw this film would immediately count the numbers of letters in their names, and look for ways on how to deduce those numbers to 23. I know because I did. And although my name doesn't equal 23 (The lowest I could deduce it to was 8, in case you're curious.) the time I ended counting (and I only accidentally looked at the clock), was 11:12.

11 + 12 = 23

Yep, paranoia can really get you.

Well, I don't want to say too much in here, in case you're planning on seeing the movie. I don't want to spoil it. But in case you'd like to know more about the story, well, it's about this dog catcher (he works for the Animal Control Center or whatever you call it) Walter, who is given a book on his 32nd (that's 23 backwards) birthday, February 3 (2/3) called "The Number 23".

Anyway, he reads it and it's about some guy who's completely obsessed with the number 23, that he finds it everywhere--in his name, license plate numbers, the words he speaks, etc. Curious, Walter starts counting things in his own life, and realizes that he too, is completely surrounded by the number. So he goes on this quest to find out what it means, why it's connected to everything, and well I'm sure you can figure out how it goes (that there's of course a twist at the end, but I'm not going to tell you what it is).

Really very interesting, I tell you. Although I wouldn't recommend it if you sleep alone in your room with a digital clock near your bed.

Am I glad that the "Answer to Everything" in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is 42. Now that, would've been creepy had it been 23.