The Number 23
The number three for example is engrained in everything from a joke, to a story, to life. Dramatists say that the number is just part of how the human brain functions. It’s how we structure our thoughts, in three acts – a beginning, middle, and end. Even the Bible has a number obsession.
But the number 23 is an obsession of conspiracy theory nuts around the world. Does it really appear everywhere, or is it just merely a coincidence? If we were to explore the occurrences of another number, would we find the same thing? Does the mere hunt become a self fulfilling prophecy? Without googling the phenomenon, I assume that 23 occurs more often because of some mathematical reasoning.
Chip Denman once said, “Luck is probability taken personally.” One could probably say the same thing about fate, and the reoccurrence of the number 23. It’s not much more than a expected coincidence.
The movie follows Walter Sparrow (Jim Carrey), a guy who becomes obsessed with The Number 23, a mysterious novel which perpetrates his number 23 obsession and somehow closely resembles his childhood years.
Great.. Super daming 23...
- age of the Detective Fingerling (32, 23 in revers)
- age of Walter sparrow when he meets his future wife (23 years old)
- the color of their living room wall RED number 5 on the list of colors RED is equals to 27 in the alphabet R is 18+ E is 5+ D is 4=27 (27 + 5=32 (23 in revers ))
- the date when they first met (September 14 (9+14=23) )
- they married October 13 (10+13=23)
- suicide blond handed the book to fingerling on his 32nd Birthday.(23 in reverse)
- fingerling called it FATE, F=6,A=1,T=20,E=5==32(23 in reverse)
- Walter and his family lives in 1814(1+8+14=23)(1+4+18=23)(18+14=32(23 in reverse))
- his wife has 23 pairs of shoes.
- many more. countless 23's.
Wargames: The Dead Code
A brilliant hacker inadvertently sets the wheels of World War III into motion after hacking into a restricted online gaming network and learning of a national defense system designed to identify fledgling terrorist cells in this belated sequel to the popular 1982 thriller. There isn't a system on the planet that Will Farmer (Matt Lanter) can't hack into with a little work, so when he manages to breach the security of a restricted online gaming network known as R.I.P.L.E.Y., he's convinced that his skills are still as sharp as ever. But what Matt hasn't realized is that R.I.P.L.E.Y. is actually a highly classified government defense system, and he's just become its next target. Now the system knows his identity, and his entire hometown faces the threat of an automated military response. In order to clear his name, Matt will have to beat the computer at its own game. The game turns deadly, however, when R.I.P.L.E.Y. suddenly raises the stakes, threatening Armageddon in a time when the world is already dangerously unstable. With no time left to lose before the missiles start to fly, Matt must now use his formidable hacking skills to save the world from the government's own hopelessly flawed doomsday device.
Untraceable
Untraceable starts out well, keeping things simple and mysterious. As the gore begins to mount, though, you realize that director Gregory Hoblit is going for shock value, perhaps trying to make up for a lack of overall cohesion. There's nothing wrong with a little gore here and there, and in fact the gore in Untraceable is pretty well done, but when found in a movie that is criticizing society for both its reliance on technology and its obsession with inappropriate things, the story begins to look hypocritical. Hypocrisy doesn't really bother me, though. When the bad guy hacks into Diane Lane's car and takes control of it, you realize that the screenwriters are pushing things a little too far. Maybe that could happen, but they're just trying to force the "technology-is-everywhere-and-it's-bad" philosophy down our throats. Still, I don't really care about that, either.
Ultimately, Untraceable is just a subpar thriller. It isn't terrible, but it lacks suspense and excitement. Lane isn't particularly great in the lead, probably because it's just hard to buy someone as good looking and normal as her being a master at taking on hackers in cyberspace. Colin Hanks is a much better fit for the assignment, but against Lane he also seems out of place. The villain is also hard to buy into, and is introduced too late to leave any kind of lasting mark.
Swordfish
Swordfish is smarter than it lets on. The dialogue is glossy, the action is loud and intense, and the acting isn't that bad either. It is the first movie I can think of that has successfully mimicked The Matrix's camera tricks without making it look like it is mimicking it. The camera trick only happens once, but it is an intense moment as we get to see, from a 360 degree rotation, bodies and buildings get blown apart. That is just the beginning.
Swordfish research into an underworld of crime and corruption, and into the life of a hacker, played by Hugh Jackman (X-Men's Wolverine). He is hired by a criminal mastermind (John Travolta) to create a hacking program. What results from all this is a racy and surprisingly intricate plot with some good twists and exciting action scenes. I won't go as far to say that Swordfish is anywhere near the best action movie, but it was definitely a sigh of relief in this stagnant summer.
I have been waiting a long time for a good, R-rated action movie with violence, nudity, and everything else, and Swordfish satisfies my appetite.
There are a few small problems. After the opening action sequence, Swordfish flashes back four days. When it finally reaches the point where the beginning sequence started, the movie seemingly cuts out a whole segment of the story. There are also a few dialogue blips here and there.
Swordifsh is a hip, stylish, and entertaining action movie, the first real serious action movie of the 21st century. It is not the best ever created, but in a period of plain films, it is a shining star.
Pirate of the Silicon Valley
This is the story of the persons who are considered as world's greatest treasure. The story of the two people battling on the gates of fame and of enhanced job. The movie while based on historical fact, did alter things a bit for dramatic reasons. These two people is our best treasure.
very easily, they give everything we love, and we desire.
I am one of the millions of people who are so sad of what had happen to Steve Jobs, I remember my 3rd phone, at pag nakikita ko ung phone ko ngayon na hawak ng kapatid ko, naaalala ko si Steve Jobs, “IPhone3”, nung first time ko humawak ng ganung Phone, super careful ako.
These two will forever remembered, for those great things that they pass on.
In Memory of Apple’s Greatest Treasure.
"I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today? And whenever the answer's been no for too many days in a row, I knew I need to change something."
