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.
无限趋近于我最爱的那种电影。这是一种真正参透了古典好莱坞魅力才能呈现出的光影与运镜魔法，近些年史匹堡喜欢走这个路子，但他真正完成度高的也基本只有《华盛顿邮报》；斯科塞斯赞这片也很能理解，某种意义它就是又一部更浓稠的《爱尔兰人》。只是布拉德利库珀的念白真难听啊，真是一种毫无意义的口齿不清
看完也没什么值得回味细究的东西，就是一个名导演的作品看完罢了，没啥惊喜
不知道是库珀太没魅力还是电影本身太没魅力，总之看不进去。《不要抬头》里觉得凯特布兰奇的奇怪样子是刻意的化妆，这里看好像脸真的有点不自然了，反正她也越来越徒有气场了，大概被大魔王这SB称号把演技都吸走了吧。
读心术，毒心术。不要扮演上帝。一星给打光。
結局加一星，沒有落入老套的壞人伏法好人平安的發展。公司的經營理念“努力”“平衡”“忠誠”在黑心老闆的詮釋下變得如此諷刺，公平從來只是上等人用來放縱的藉口。
【C】拥有一部翻拍作品的最大美德：只是拿来剧本做底，表达上看不见前作身上的一丝影子，彻彻底底的在解构与重构。srds，最后所呈现的，可以，但没必要。陀螺精心加入了大量的元素，最后却适得其反，试图丰满人物弧线以及服化道具上的精美构造只是画蛇添足，完全忘却了同《水形物语》简单的魅力，最后臃肿不堪。甚至演员的表演都一样，过犹不及。原作的一切都显得那么恰到好处。
原版的Noir荡然无存，细枝末节只是点到为止，只是在道具上认出了陀螺。
结局真是讽刺啊。。兜兜转转回到原点了
这么个阵容拼凑这么个东西其实，反而冲淡了故事的表现力，150分钟的片长也没什么必要。
前后呼应还是可以的 男主最终成为了他口中没有soul的geek 但是凯特那个Doctor角色的行为动机真的有点不清晰 还有说的很厉害的那个2号客人那段剧情很虎头蛇尾 把自己的女友叫来装鬼魂 一秒破功是什么鬼？而且这样的大老板竟然被男主这个骗子在自己的地盘赤手空拳打死？头号手下被他用车撞死？总觉得过于敷衍
马戏团背景还是黑白粗砺的影像更有时代的味道。
建议改名，沿用香港的译名是滑稽的。陀螺善于营造氛围，但叙事并不精彩。
前一个小时以为看到神作了，但是后面似乎找不到一个足够怪力乱神的叙事方式来支撑它诡诞的开头结尾，让中间的部分显得冗长不堪，骗中骗的剧情也过分简单，也没能展现出心灵魔术的奇妙所在，陀螺在剧情片掌控上的空白暴露严重，真正好看的部分又游离于主线之外。这过长的片长，也只是为了一种美学的展示而做了拉长。即使我再说自己是陀螺粉，分也确实给不到五星了，（但我还是好喜欢啊）。
滥用“心理学”？
马戏团的戏难道不应该是个少年来演吗？！如同他所有的片子一样肤浅！
完全搞不明白它是怎么打败《倒数时刻》的。陀螺舍弃了故事将重心放在了艺术上，两个半小时废话太多，又是铺垫又是悬念的，挖了一个又一个坑然后告诉你这是个反诈宣传片。看不懂，也不震撼。
整体太缓了，跟这个故事最不搭的就是时长了，第一幕太长，不过这个色调是真的好好看，很有《致命魔术》那味儿…
导演一贯喜欢的重口风😆节奏真慢。。上一个因为节奏慢没看完的还是一个明星的诞生😂
好奇怪，开头又臭又长的马戏团戏像在看擦妈Back to Basics那张专辑的MV，大魔王出场就变成上世纪的黑色电影（哦，原来真是翻拍）。故事讲得稀巴烂，主角的技能吧啦吧啦地说完了所有配角想干嘛，就是不知道主角们先干嘛，使得主角的命运变得完全不抓人，结局除了呼应前文外，没有任何表达，不了了之。
没看过原版，但两个半小时的时长太拖沓！开头悬念，男主放火烧尸，中间回忆几度闪回，尽管有因有果，可男主性格有着说不出的别扭，感觉是剧本强行让他走向geek之路。《卡罗尔》两位女主几乎零互动！啊！宣传照骗人！
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