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.
最后一个长镜头，主演们的观影习惯，我认为费里尼有被冒犯到，也引起我的生理不适。我不认为，这是一种致敬方式，如果仅仅讲一个嵌套费里尼《爱情神话》的“罗马假日”式的偶遇故事，就是「神话」了，那爱情，未免也太肤浅了吧。全片像极了上海地方台的生活情景剧，丝毫没有get到笑点，徐峥与小女孩的台词抖包袱，也是一个“尬”字了得。你可以说，它是夹带了导演私货，献给上海的情诗，是不是也可以说，在上海这样开放的大都会，却使用了沪语甚至只有上海人才懂的梗，来呈现故事叙事。真的想说，这也太狭隘和没有格局了。全片可惜了这阵容卡司演员，导演拍出40集电视连续剧既视感，但却连情节剧的叙事能力，也没有。可能抱有太高期待，全程真是失望透顶。如果「题眼」是离异人群的中年友情与爱情，那我也不愿意接受这种假惺惺的扭捏和造作。
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这个片子风格有些像话唠模式的欧洲电影，气质清新小资，佐以独立姿态的女性主义，在一惯俗套的国产都市片中，它显得很质朴。但我感觉也并没有达到8分应有的惊艳，影片结束，我没办法陈述它要表达的内容，也无法和它产生联系，它有人物塑造，但人物之间又很冷漠，索然的平淡，现在是不是流行感觉派，可能我不是很灵的那批观众。 ps：我后面补了一些赏析类影评，企图发现自己理解的局限性，但是好像失败了，人对事物的感受可能就是如此不同吧。
一部电影浓缩了很多焦点问题，在看的过程直呼过瘾。认可网友的评论。它的其他意义远远大于电影悬疑的意义。
昨天看了RRR，一边笑一边调侃印度人是真敢拍，今天看了这部是一边震撼一边感慨，印度人是真敢拍👍👍👍
离开罗马那天，老乌就死了，只是30多年才断气；太难去的地方就不要去了，世上无谓爱情神话，中年人选择不相信。
要先把问题摆上台面，然后才有通过现代文明途径解决的可能性。
不必崇拜阿三的电影，若是没有层层的迷雾笼罩，这片天空抬头望也有繁星，只是雾霭茵茵，何以见星！
3、有点儿12公民的意思，在任何没有确凿的证据之前不可以妄下定论
电影不错，但是短评里一顿疯狂赞扬印度制度的，不知道为啥不移民去印度，按说就算当不了高种姓，应该也不至于沦为贱民，“至少那个国家的人民有尊严”嘛
我看不下去了 政治的东西 我还是理解不了 可能还要看看评论再决定要不要认真看下去
手法有点太老套，人物塑造也蛮刻板，好多渲染情绪的慢镜头，下半部的反转有点厉害，男主的故事有些一带而过，如果改编成mini剧也许能讲得更好，一部电影杂糅了学术腐败、把控舆论、操纵民意、女性处境、种姓歧视等等议题，虽然讨论都不深刻但也着实让人惊讶印度电影已经掌握了流量密码（褒义）总之瑕不掩瑜！一个不负责任的预感，再过五年陈思诚会买下版权翻牌成误杀5哈哈哈
很难想象一部包含了大量政治批判、甚至是种姓批判的电影在印度是如何过审的，后一小时四十分渐入佳境，法庭上的辩驳情节十分出色，但想叙述的元素太多了，其实前一个小时可以不要，或穿插在法庭辩驳中，后十分钟通过不断的切镜头短暂地交代了律师的经历，给人一头雾水的感觉
以为又是一个普通的为强奸受害者申冤的故事，没想到还能有这么多反转，律师在法庭上的一次次发问简直振聋发聩，直接将故事升华了。缺点就是警长态度变化太快，那个议员脑子进水了才会去伤害他儿子，直接让他叛变。
其实现在大多数国家都是这样 舆论被少数人操控 自以为正义和一头热的网民是被利用的棋子和助长社会戾气的帮凶 而极少数对一些争议提出质疑和全盘考虑的的人 基本都会立刻被骂的狗血喷头 导致理智的声音越来越少 而无脑网友日渐增多 这是我们这个时代最悲哀，也是最难改变的地方
印度电影的节奏真的奇奇怪怪…最后的落脚点太大了，反而减分，种姓制度和政治腐败这种社会大问题戳到了又能有多痛呢，反而是即时正义的概念更吸引我
印度电影最受诟病的是时长，这部也长达162分钟，但我没觉得冗长，一气看完，意犹未尽。
从女性生存状况到师生不对等剥削到警方滥用职权到无良媒体对情绪的煽动作用到腐败政客操纵选举。一个看似简单的案件能够涉及到印度社会的种种问题，不能说编剧设计的不巧妙
拍的真是太棒了，如果没有最后一段转来转去的，会给5星。
如坐针毡。上海的都市文化近年已经有影棚化的趋势，一种脱离土地的悬浮光鲜，打卡小洋楼，满城咖啡店。电影把这种生活当真，且要加倍盆景化地呈现出来，使每个人物都失去了实感。尤其是女性人物的塑造，情节不够，台词来凑，变成一种年度金句角色。这样去表现新都市的女性主义，就像消费一样空泛。
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