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.
先看的《魔幻时刻》，再看翻拍的本片，基本全程没笑。并不是因为同一个故事讲两遍就没笑点，比如周星驰的电影就每看必笑，常看常新，而是本片为了搞笑而搞笑，在包袱没抖响的尴尬里，继续吃力抖包袱的拧巴劲儿，丧失了笑果。本片相比原作各个方面都差了一大截。原作里每个人物都有自己的“魔幻时刻”，完成“自我救赎”。本片全部人物都是围绕着魏成功来写，全是工具人。原作里对故事发生的年代，小城和主要场地小酒吧，都有详尽的刻画，大大增加故事的可信度。本片一看就是拙劣的微缩景观+CG，强行设定一个架空的故事，再加上话剧式的灯光和表演，机械的起承转合，看起来哪哪都不缺，又哪哪都不对。说多了就险隘，新导演理应被鼓励。也但愿，所有的新导演都不用再依赖鼓励，画皮画肉也画心。
5.当个博人一笑的小品看就行了，卖弄的表演风格也是迎合了长久浸染在媚俗的社会审美趣味的观众。戏剧电影重舞台，表演腔，跳脱现实本无可厚非。但改编，只是单纯的加快节奏、缩短篇幅、比原版更加通俗易懂，甚至看不出任何“有意义的再创作”意愿。作为电影，创作者更是不具备对电影语言使用的自觉。
what？
三谷幸喜的原剧本还是太好，魏翔与这个角色那是天作之合，跑了好久的龙套等来了一个男一号，直接就可以本色出演，拍一个假拍戏的电影，魏成功是唯一有着双重表演身份的人，其余人加上观众都在戏外，很多喜剧的设计因为他的不知情得以完成。
有一点点get到星仔的气氛
没看完走了，真真看不下去，太尴尬了，求一双没看过的眼睛
You were given this life because God knows that you are strong enough to live it.
没想到可以做到这么不落地，太厉害了！时隔一天，还能想到片子的不少细节和片段，还能笑出声来。这才是献给电影的一封情书吧！对action和cut永远保有敬畏心！
最适合春节档的一部电影了，全场笑声不断。好笑的梗基本都来自《魔幻时刻》，主要是情境与身份的双重错位。但改编存在问题，人物从一开始就没立住，魏成功作为龙套演员，表演浮夸，而且热衷加戏，这些操作都削减了后续情境的可信度，到模仿《赌神》一节已经让人出戏了。其实可以参考原作，男主出场后三谷幸喜一直在铺垫，夯实人物。《杀手》比较讨巧的是，将角色与演员来了个互文联动，增添了情怀。同时，还借用米兰之口对魏成功的表演做了嘲谑。
喜剧看的是笑果。一开始觉得有点卖傻，但角色越演越让你相信的时候，喜剧效果就出来了。这种风格的电影不要较真，它就是追求这种夸张荒诞的表演。喜剧片有两到三场让你笑喷的情节，其实效果就挺到位的了。十八线城市出身的从业者表示，这个肯定是春节黑马了，毋庸置疑。
那些西部枪战片、雨中曲舞蹈的小彩蛋，在暂歇的笑声中，也有一点普通人造梦一般的茫远和感慨。
感觉日本作业快不够抄了，三谷幸喜应该还剩个《广播时间》能改，下一位估计就得是矢口史靖了。选角最大的问题出在主扛票房的马丽身上，这两年不知所谓的角色接得太多，回到喜剧片还当个花瓶使，笑匠的信用快透支没了。
还是尬的时候比笑的多，还是挺尊敬魏翔这名演员的，他和这个角色真的太有共鸣了
包袱密集但生硬，每一处我都看见了但几乎没有笑出来过。假如可以冒昧地称之为电影的话，那这部电影给我留下的唯一印象便是超级冗长的舞台小品，并且一如既往地不考虑是否突兀，强行加入情节、升华人物形象，例如假儿子一幕。几处反转更是像章子怡曾经的点评：“无法让观众相信这个角色”，包括米兰从欺骗魏成功到舍身相救的转变、卡尔从刺杀哈维失败到协助除去吉米的转变。尽管致敬了诸多经典电影的镜头，我仍对这种廉价的伪电影嗤之以鼻。
其次当《教父》《荒野大镖客》《雨中曲》呈现的时候，我开始怀疑，这里面有多少东西是自己的，猜的过程很难受，也会怀疑自己。看到最后才知道原来翻拍自《魔幻时刻》，当然没有说翻拍不好的意思。
大陆条件下，拍不了高山流水，就多整点这种呗
可优化的地方也太多了，确实是以做（东北）小品的心态在做电影，矛盾解决也很闹剧。但在春节档是相对尊重观众的作品，不完成主旋律任务做灌输，也不自我沉醉自说自话，够浅俗，够符合市场规律。当我真心想为这些品质喝彩的时候，也深刻悲哀地觉得，中国电影产业确实是一片黄昏。本来想吐槽下男主角，但花絮里看到他戏里戏外都是第一个男一号，忍不住有点感动和心酸。
三星半。电影院效果还是好的，蛮好笑的。算是合格的贺岁片电影。看到结尾说是致敬《魔幻时刻》，我要去看看对比一下。
处处透着外行的廉价。如果男主角真的是一个沉浸式的演员，是不会因为枪太重而把它从箱子里拿出来，说后期做特效这种话的，也不会忘了所有的戏都是one take，这个人设根本没立住。
贺岁档电影还是喜剧片为主流，这部电影做到了包袱全面，给观众解压放松。
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