The story appears simple on the surface, but is revealed, especially after multiple viewings, as more multi-layered and textured than Cassavetes at his best. Ostensibly it concerns a 14-year old Catholic girl, Wynne (Agutter) growing up in this post-modern wasteland, who develops a crush on her much older adoptive brother (Marshall)- a crush which perversely deepens and grows into infatuation once she starts to believe he is the local sex killer. This is in itself an idea that makes you sit up and jolt, but as the narrative develops, it continues not necessarily along a linear path but in several confusing and fascinating directions: the family's history, (detailed effectively in chilling flashback during an improvised seance) is a chequered one, and has suffered at least one major relocation and upheaval in the last ten years. At the crux, however, it's the depiction of socialal changes that make I Start Counting so fascinating and elevate its language far beyond the confines of the standard horror film. The major subtext- that teenage girls were maturing more quickly than before, and developing full sexual and romantic appetites (even if in thought rather than deed) but were not possessed of enough discretion to make the right choices- was a step forward for a genre in which its young females had previously been portrayed as bimbo victims (Cover Girl Killer and The Night Caller spring to mind), but not one that all viewers would necessarily agree with. But most striking of all, and possibly the most enduring image which the viewer will take away with them, is of the masterful symbolism with which director Greene invests every shot. Every inch of the Kinch family's world- their house, their walls, their TV, Agutters underwear, bedroom furniture and toys, Sutcliffe's clothes, Marshalls van, the local Catholic church, their town centre, their record shop) - is painted a bright, scintillating white- a white which, by inference, is slowly becoming smudged and corrupted with the dirt of the outside world. White also symbolises, of course, purity and innocence (two qualities Catholic schoolgirls are supposed to hold dear), and it is into this world of innocence that the ever-present red bus (a symbol of violation and penetration), conducted by the lecherous yet similarly juvenile Simon Ward, makes regular journeys. The allegory is further expanded in one scene where Agutter believes she sees the Christ figure in church weeping blood: by the time we acknowledge it, its gone, but the seed has already been planted. Rarely in a genre production has the use of colour and background been so important or effective in creating a uniformity of mood. I Start Counting is as near-perfect an end to a decade as one could hope for, and exactly the kind of film people should be making now- which is, of course, exactly why they never will. A genre essential. by D.R.
我是靠影评才确信这部片子真的有在批判toxic masculinity…… 单论电影的话 表达重心没找好 更像是拍了一个猎奇故事 仅此而已
1.5 / 马克·里朗斯演得真好。片子本身比上一部还像无聊微信爆款文。
这些场景在过去新冠的两年都太熟悉了。脑补了一会儿中国版，比如A妹唱主题曲的场景，跟各卫视跨年晚会主旋律实在太像了。
年度总结，甚至是阶段性的历史总结，不仅仅是关于大事件的走向，更是关于每一个人的选择，行至今日，美国留下了什么，世界留下了什么，人类留下了什么，电影成为了如片中马克·里朗斯掌握的预言之书，莱昂纳多并未像预言那般孤独死去，斯特里普却真的被异星种族所吞食，但结局似乎都是一样的，荒诞和愚乐的尽头是虚无与悲伤，关乎时事的空想笑料，又是实实在在的现实警钟。
群星云集拍成这样，我恨不得想跟《法兰西特派>加一星
BC无论外型还是表演风格都不太适合演这个角色，画面相对于故事也显得有些过于干净明亮。
好的改编能让观众对原著小说感兴趣，很遗憾本片没做到。
爱死刚开头这段旁白！这个氛围和配乐，真的很锈湖啊！卷福还是太英国太有文化了，这个角色给他有点违和。影片里很多细节，找机会看看原著。
克制版烧女图？拍得太压抑，浪费了卷福一身戏
Jane Campion显然是智慧型 on masculinity
BC无论外型还是表演风格都不太适合演这个角色，画面相对于故事也显得有些过于干净明亮。
父权与控制的意味溢出荧幕。兄长控制弟弟，弟弟违反兄长意志与兄长不喜欢的女人结婚，兄长继而通过交好女人的儿子来控制她，母亲也控制儿子，儿子又通过捕捉与解剖又掌控那些动物的生死，每个人都通过向下控制来确定自己所处的地位，而兄长隐晦的同性倾向则是一切的根源。
但凡这种脑力激荡，狂喷的电影都容易烂尾，麦凯算把电影安全着落在灾难片的心理舒适区。论收尾就是麦凯和库布里克最大的差距。
我们本该思考，本该对很多事情保持严肃。可现实如何呢？繁重的工作、铺天盖地的娱乐化信息早已把太多的人淹没、埋葬。他们早已丧失了愤怒的能力、力量与动机，化作一个个无情的娱乐机器。尽管讽刺得有点过饱和，但正如电影叙述的那般——我们都和Dibiasky、Randall一样对这巨大浪潮无能为力——所以即便讽刺到没边，也什么都难以改变；讽刺多到极致，实际上是一种对现实绝望的悲哀。笑点自不必多说，每一个都很有梗、紧跟时事。只是笑过之后——哪怕现实难以撼动——也请不要忘记：对必要的事情保持愤怒，保持严肃…
美如画，稳如山。比美美哒瑟琳席安玛多了一份粗粝。始终在规避传统类型，向内心里钻得很深
不是隐喻，已经是声嘶力竭的明喻了。用力过猛，没有举重若轻的感觉，好的黑色喜剧不是这样。真的从头到尾，一丁点都笑不出来。
冗长、沉闷、无趣的一个故事，套了个西部的外壳。
下一层，则是犬儒主义与消费主义的盛行，是娱乐至上对人类作为整体的异化，这一层里，资本已经完成了它的驯化功能，人以为自己想得开，其实都是被蛊惑的结果。就像你已经开了水龙头，准备去洗澡，这个时候手机响了。你明知道不过就是个八卦推送，但你任凭水开着，也想要看完。
最初可见端倪又人不可貌相，什么文明与原始的碰撞，还是忍不住的好气哦！（片子节奏不太好
#美少年为助母摆脱困境，色诱巧殺深情深柜叔叔？
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