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.
整个故事到表达到风格到演员选角整个都很迷～两个演员毫无火花，电影表达的点也非常迷。主要是2个多小时真的有点撑不下去…
垃圾剪辑，你搁这乱切啥呀，很明显这是文艺片，需要的是情绪，情绪，情绪；不是镜头数量！！！
虽然个别片段/台词确有所触动，但整体上只能说是折磨
长生真的好吗 那样世界会不会乱了 我猜想人类应该具备这样的条件也不会付诸行动
有些压箱底的东西就应该被灰尘掩埋 永不见天日
比起死人，更害怕活人。干细胞有那么神奇吗，起死回生啊，先死后长寿。
1、看了仿佛又没看，总结不出什么来。2、剧中北方女生的爱，和我们南方的差异还挺大。3、莫名其妙跑战地沙漠去干嘛，女演员跑去拿人受精卵自己生，太突兀。4、片尾曲不错
2021.12.12 旁白多到都能凑出一部广播剧了，你说我是看电影呢，还是听电影呢？反正我是真的讨厌王朔。
我大概知道你想说什么，但是你前后很割裂啊……以及，王朔他们那波儿老院派好像很喜欢这种没心没肺的北京大蜜（盘儿亮条顺，但智商不高，忽悠两句就能睡到），徐静蕾是，王子文也是，嗯，这种性癖也是挺混蛋的……
为王啸坤而看。这片子分数着实有点低了，虽然的确要素过多，不容易懂，但是镜头真的不错。王啸坤演这种角色真的是演活了，全剧搞笑担当。里面有个镜头，他长头发带墨镜这不是星野源的伟明嘛，哈哈哈哈，就说他两长得很像了。
王朔的对白和故事还是绝的一批，“从那一夜起，在我的记忆里苏的味道就从下雨天的草腥味变成了酱香味的白酒。”这句子太有王朔的标识，让人念念不忘。电影对王朔的文本进行了忠实的视觉化，视觉呈现算是及格，叙事结构的问题较大。丁萌萌这个角色的演绎和塑造让人印象深刻。坐在电影院里，一句句王朔式的对白和情节打进心里，让人不愿意从王朔记忆中的80年代中出来，那个理想主义和反叛精神的黄金时代。
第一句话就误导，第一眼心动 分开几十年还一辈子都心动，胡扯
王朔从来都不满足于现状，一直在跟自己的回忆打交道。片子的气质就像半拉语境在北京的北欧科幻。每段的节奏单拎出来都还行，过渡有些生硬。（是不是电视剧本子啊）
看片名以为会是另一部《本杰明巴顿奇事》 但竟然会是这么奇怪的电影 怪到可以让人继续往下看能翻出什么花来//原来是王朔的编剧 难怪前半段的戏谑京味如此熟悉//而从中段开始故事转向对生死与记忆的思考 不过就是真的没有想到导演能这么拍 又疯癫又神奇//活着怕时间不够用 死了怕事情没做完 永生不老又仿佛是一种可怕的诅咒//人的三次死亡到文艺男中年这儿只剩下一次 就是初次心动的爱人彻底忘记自己
王朔自比阿甘，是郭小鲁也是苏玲芳，一次完整的抄书。前半截尤其王朔，特贫、逗乐，王珞丹真的很适合风尘女；后半截所谓的科幻有点拖沓，但是终究比郭帆《李献计历险记》拍得好。高粱饴是真的很难吃，勾起了一些不好的回忆，王传君的形象像我一个没联系了的好朋友，我很想他。
百转轮回心不变，人生忆往无所住，竭我一生照现实。
1.王珞丹好像从《北辙南辕》里无缝走进了这个世界。
十年内最好的中国电影剧本! 神级电影!!!
流水账，没中心，背景设定几乎不会为人物服务，处处缝合其他电影，今年看的烂片差不多是近10年的总和
期待值拉高了。。。
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