The Number 23, the Movie
Feb. 27th, 2007 10:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kallistiiWell, the team I am on at Fnord went out to see the 23 movie.
Short review, it's great, if you know what you are getting into. It is very much a post-modernist movie, like the author's works which it is ultimately based upon, Robert Anton Wilson. It is probably as close as a Hollywood movie could get to being true to the spirit of Illuminatus! and Schrodinger's cat. I won't give away any of the plot details, but if you are a Discordian, you will love the 23s, and the in-jokes. The writer & director of the movie are obviously fairly familiar with RAW's works, and this makes the movie a venerable smorgasbord of Discordian culture, without giving anything away...too much. :-)
If you are not a Discordian, well, it might be an OK thriller. It's obviously popular, based upon the box office take...or that simply could be the "23 Effect"...
ttyl
Short review, it's great, if you know what you are getting into. It is very much a post-modernist movie, like the author's works which it is ultimately based upon, Robert Anton Wilson. It is probably as close as a Hollywood movie could get to being true to the spirit of Illuminatus! and Schrodinger's cat. I won't give away any of the plot details, but if you are a Discordian, you will love the 23s, and the in-jokes. The writer & director of the movie are obviously fairly familiar with RAW's works, and this makes the movie a venerable smorgasbord of Discordian culture, without giving anything away...too much. :-)
If you are not a Discordian, well, it might be an OK thriller. It's obviously popular, based upon the box office take...or that simply could be the "23 Effect"...
ttyl
