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.
劇情其實非常碎片，往往一段沒有講完就進入下一段。劉培基應該特別傷心，先後看著兩位巨星朋友離世，白髮人送黑髮人。男主其實就是香港這所城市吧，所有對8090年代流行文化感興趣的人都會在這部片裡找到共鳴，追憶那個群星璀璨的黃金年代的同時一片唏噓。
我这种对梅艳芳知之甚少的观众，影片的目的达到了。
张：有义气。
4.0分。这部电影在类型上是一个奇怪的混搭物：它拍的是梅艳芳的故事，也找到了一个还算合适的演员来演她，可演员演着演着，突然就插进来一段梅艳芳本人的影像资料，于是你难以判断它究竟算纪录片，还是剧情片。最吊诡的地方在于，当我看着王丹妮的表演试图相信她就是梅艳芳时，真正的梅艳芳出现了——且往往在动情/煽情时出现，这是在干嘛？这不就是在提醒我正努力共情的梅艳芳是假的吗？电影是假的，但情感必须是真的，亲手摧毁自己的虚构，说明连创作者自己都不相信。关于这部电影在技术上有多糟糕，只需要一个例子就能说明：王丹妮在泰国决心离开杨祐宁的那场戏，她下车，转身离开，面无表情，杨祐宁在身后注视着她的背影…我勒个去，真是巧了，我大学里的某次学生作业就这么拍的，简直一模一样！那个作业我至今不敢回放，因为连我自己都觉得太尬了。
PS：看的普通话版😭太违和
挺拉的，第一个调调起来就是缅怀态，然而“死者为大”的做戏理念，本身更是对“香港女儿”极不尊重的素材浪费。而梁乐民作为全港最会平衡娱乐性和地缘隐喻的青年创作者，也露出了狡黠的一面，尽可能剥离一切政治联想，能规避规避，能弱化弱化，总之“扁平至上”。尤为体现在对掌掴事件和97节点，用强调个体困境的方式转移逻辑。然而本片还是没能规避一处大雷，即“1:99”演唱会筹备初衷，与目前大陆的防疫管控明显犯冲，往大了说就是东西意识形态的冲撞。居然没几个人拿来带节奏，只能说还是情怀帮了忙，喷子也得卖梅姐个面子。而王丹妮的表演略为扁平化，全程都是老派人民艺术家的矫作姿态，反倒是刘俊谦演出了哥哥的神态与魄力，市场理应更鼓励这种勇于逆风而行的野心演员。
啥都想说，啥都没说好。太多人都还在世，讳莫如深
陆中百丽宫9厅。许鞍华说她有commitment to香港，来自不同阶层的梅艳芳也有，对舞台，或者说entertainment，所以你能看到夜总会现场那种短兵交接的残酷，一切现开销，这种浓缩的环境只有高速发展的时代能承载，体现在拿来拿去的创作、飞来飞去的际会和人来人去的交心，所以电影的失败也是它的成功，毕恭毕敬、原文附注地拍，倒是满足了那代人想要留下的东西：一个未必完整、但高光的身影，当这种commitment被生命压缩为婚纱的夕阳之歌时，没人顶的住这种能量。事实上也没人接得了，氛围变了，武行也好艺人也好，生涯都不再押上人生，搏命就像博物馆文物，拿钱赌自己，不如炒币，就像今天观影，其他观众连不看手机的commitment都做不到，从这点说，夕阳的也是一个时代。BTW短发罗丹妮更像袁泉……
三星半，感情分可以占到四分之三，电影真的很流水账，不过还是有感动到
张：有义气。
17'选秀经理林家栋登场
拋開情懷，有所有人物傳記的通病。往事唏噓。有機會在網上搜一下粵語版。
将五集导演剪辑版看完也将梅艳芳一生看完说实话作为传记片这部做很不出色。但着眼梅姐感情事业亲情友情经历来说如此处理也是可取的。毕竟梅姐此生大起大落太多，演员们演绎是对梅姐敬仰与真实录像交相呼应让人动容03年我们失去了两位巨星如今只能在电影中回忆
影片就如同一个大事年表，割裂迷离，被感动到的是那个时代可以被称为传奇的人们带有的人物魅力，我愿为此致敬和缅怀。
电影省略了很多复杂和黑暗的东西，像是美颜过的照片。我印象中梅艳芳身世挺惨的，有个吸血鬼老妈。有几场戏不错，比如夜店演出。感情戏有点多。女演员身高179太高了。
电影省略了很多复杂和黑暗的东西，像是美颜过的照片。我印象中梅艳芳身世挺惨的，有个吸血鬼老妈。有几场戏不错，比如夜店演出。感情戏有点多。女演员身高179太高了。
截取了少年、成名、恋爱、风波、告别等几个重要人生节点串联起其一生，我觉得没大问题，少年演出前的帮忙摘气球和迟到嫁给鬼阿公，也算是剧作上的一个性格和宿命的伏笔。张国荣扮演者开始让人出戏后面我还是认可了，侧脸挺像的，而女主也很不错了，或许少了点倔强。看的cinity厅，环绕声效果惊人，夜总会里仿佛身边和身后就有人在劝酒猜拳。收尾处的虚实结合和真实影像彩蛋似乎已经成了音乐传记片标配了。唉，2003年演唱会上的《夕阳之歌》和1989年演唱会上的《风再起时》是我大学生涯最爱的MV啊。
浅薄如隔靴搔痒的传记电影，走马观花如同两小时的大型预告片。“深入”几乎成了奢侈品。
三星半，感情分可以占到四分之三，电影真的很流水账，不过还是有感动到
梅艳芳的一生，多想做一个真实的自己，喊一句：我命由我不由天！可惜，她的时代不允许……那是一个群星璀璨的香港时代，也是资本全盘运作娱乐业的时代，阿梅感叹老天给了她太多，其实老天也夺去了她很多，但是，这就是人生！如她歌里所唱，如她戏里所演，用尽全力去拼！不向人生低头！
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