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.
很艰难的耐着性子看完了。前面三分之一马戏团的戏码和后面城市的戏码仿若两部剧的拼凑，观感特别割裂。对男主的内心创伤的描绘总觉得不够清晰，也没有太看懂最后凯特扮演的心理医生的转变。以及必须说一句，前面马戏团的剧情真的看得身心不适，无论是畸形人还是特异表演，都看得我浑身不舒服。再以及，看评论才知道原来这部电影也是《水形物语》的导演，难怪两部片都给我一种类似的不适感，以后要避雷这个导演，大概和我八字不合。
You are just an Okie with straight teeth.
观看的每一分钟都在好奇原版是怎么拍的，一个充满戏剧张力和悬疑色彩的故事，因为陀螺选择了观众全知的视角而被拍得非常无聊。我看他采访说他在这一部里想重点做好人物，可人物塑造的关键，不必要展现连篇累牍的成长史，而是在重要行为动机上埋好伏笔，导演的叙事效率太低。Cooper明明机关算尽却不聪明，凯特和玛拉都缺乏与他的化学反应，一个困在房间里做有限的戏剧表演，另一个看似拥有完整弧光但反叛完全没有力度。陀螺美学在这部里面最集中体现在嘉年华的布景上，其他特征只靠阴森打光和下雨下雪来烘托可实在算不上高级。
瞅瞅奥斯卡最佳过誉导演的新片。★★☆/5.7
故事说，你不能愚弄人，因为人们会愚弄自己。对这部以及更多部好莱坞电影来说，他们不能老是控制观众，因为观众会控制自己。对于陀螺来说，他不能在电影里解释一切，因为他的观众需要自己的解释（情节太实，不干脆，人物没立起来）。
不知为何我的初始信息导演是托德海因斯，全程惊掉下巴的我打开条目后终于释然：make sense.
预告片不错，魔术题材。
圣经咏唱:本人认为河浪荣作还没有达到胜任监督这一职位的领域。本人认为河浪荣作还没有达到胜任系构这一职位的领域。因此请求京都动画公司不再启用河浪荣作当担监督与系构职位。
女性角色很有魅力，尤其是布兰切特最后的反击太酷。然而太冗长了，疲惫的心不想看漫长的恶有恶报的故事，想看善有善报和小动物跳舞。【老年
Cooper is forever a small small man, yes, we know! 最后的born for this收得不错
过于冗长，以至于前后失衡，使得后半部分人物的小丑式表演匆匆上演，但精准的镜头依然彰显了制作水准之高
《君子报仇十年不晚》、杀死一个人的只能是他自己本身，当开始做坏事的时候，也是开始丧失自我评价的时候，你会把自己定义为一个坏人，这个不用任何人报复，化学效应已经吞噬其本身。
谁改的剧本？这是谁干的？！苍天啊😩之前还澄清这是根据小说而不是1947年电影改编的，真后悔太勤奋既看了原著又看了前作，这个剧本真是让人感叹好莱坞黄金时代一去不复返，弱得让人挠心挠肺。😩
后篇都上映一阵子了我终于看完了前篇，我算是看明白了，没点心理问题都无法在运动番里出场。为我磕到的真遥宗凛旭郁枫日等cp们多加一星，京阿尼真.端水大师。
Bradley Cooper在我这里也可以归为演啥都一样的演员了，演得什么鬼东西？剧情也是一马平川，可以说是没有任何优点，啥都没刻画出来。这是什么幼儿园马戏团，美恐freak show那季马戏团才是诡谲深邃的神。很多兔子和Cooper同框的画面极其割裂，兔子白到发光，像是加了层虚化滤镜，而Cooper的脸又是原画画质，我以为这种镜头效果只有国产影视剧里才会有……
跟原版一样电影重点一直不突出，而且过于冗长。结尾惩罚性情节展示还不错。
前半荒野的马戏团极好，是陀螺自己的快乐星球，在那里诡异、灵动是不需要理由的，是解构之下赤裸的坦诚，是纯粹的人物关系，以至于库伯长期失语。但来到都市就破功了，总有人要分析你、看透你、利用你，就连镜头也会贪婪，总想要答案。电影的魔法，表演的通灵，在去年已经有滨口(好如天国还很遥远)和圣母的前提下有一些黯然，但是情绪足够浓郁晦暗。
没看过老版本的（没有中文字幕），这部陀螺翻拍电影观看后总体感觉良好，是一次愉快的观影体验。强烈推荐观赏。
前面太长，后面真正的剧情感觉又在快进。库柏演的也很差，对手戏被碾压
情怀分给四星吧
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