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.
2022-02-22
你说不好吧，我觉得演技可以～你说好吧，我不知道这个剧本的逻辑是啥～
介于2-3⭐之间吧。 剧情简单，中间儿子桥段实在多余而且煽情。 喜剧最核心的，其实是演员，男主看得出用心了，可这东西确实需要天赋。 我相信男主是个不错的喜剧电影配角，但主演，他撑不起来。
UGC Bercy ennuyeux, anodin, banal
以及最喜欢的麻花演员其实是15年欢乐喜剧人参演不少作品的小胖啊啊！为什么总是见不到他
1、抱歉男女主有点颜值抱歉，很难坚持看下去（我很震惊我居然说了这么过分的外貌攻击，我会反思自己，但这就是强烈的真实感受），并且真的看不出10岁的年龄差，这么重要的戏剧冲突点没有表现出来。2、导演可以讲一个“兜兜转转发现真爱就在身边，两人互相折磨互相挂念爱恋”的经典爱情故事老套路，但没头没尾看得让人懵圈，叫人迅速失掉兴趣，观感挺差的……没过多久就令人右上角叉叉……
城市和工业不再是主角，但valley转角与黄金时代已逝的影星相遇，骑摩托车跨过焰火依然会赢得满场欢呼。punch-drunk love里纠结的男孩女孩，木兰花和不羁夜里痛苦长大的小童星和青少年，也可以成长和幸福。
奇奇怪怪的卡司；HAIM爸爸的台词100%即兴演出；Alana本人真实完成所有驾驶部分，Alana车技高超
看完回想起来，就是看了俩个多小时没有移动端年代的琐事，却那么动人，pta拿捏小题材简直是降维打击。最后那一句我爱你，才让人幡然醒过来，哦是啊，喜欢一个人哪有那么容易，五味感慨便涌上来。想给pta生娃。看到铁打的绿木配乐，还是露出姨母笑。question：片名意义没有get到
我们有所保留，我们付出一切；我们心猿意马，我们两情相悦；我们彼此折磨，我们拯救对方；我们针锋相对，我们同仇敌忾。我有好多好多理由不喜欢你，我喜欢你。
Punch Drunk Love 2.0，PTA真是个永动机
绝对轻快的、愉悦的、曼妙的好看，会让人暂时将烦恼抛之脑后的好看，以至于观看过程中会不自觉地扬起嘴角。这不仅是属于PTA的70s玩乐时空，也满足了人们对复古爱情片的一切想象，就连腐朽批判的部分也变得如此诙谐有趣。鲜活的Alana Haim给这部影片注入了太多直接的能量，心神不定的思念在孤寂的夜晚发酵，沉默呼吸的节奏在电话中传递，时代灿烂的韵律在矛盾的角色身上复现，Alana和Gary向着彼此相视奔跑的那一刻就像是刺破了阴暗世俗的甜蜜曙光，一种穿透了上世纪虚假梦幻的身体势能在当代迸发复活，和二十年前那句“我现在拥有爱了”同样充满着力量，这是属于蒙太奇之外的部分，一个多么老套却又不失诚挚的“技巧”，甚至比「私恋失调」里溢于言表的氛围形式更能深入作者本真。你们究竟还想要在这般纯真的电影中找寻到什么？
啥呀这是？初恋故事版的好莱坞往事？对于非美国观众完全没有吸引力。刚开始还算正常，自从肖恩潘出来直接崩盘，让这些大牌出来秀一下难道就想让大家认识一下PTA你的朋友圈？
日本原版的人物动机不够合理，节奏也不紧凑，这版对这两点都做了改动，把这两个缺点突出到了夸张的程度。观感类似看世纪初那些爱自己编词的字幕组翻译电影：大量牵强的本土化，另外强行塞入不少过时的网络俗梗。电影里有两个情节和现实是重合的：1.魏翔第一次演男主角，2.这帮导演和演员没找编剧。
犯了和《平行母亲》一样的毛病，就是割裂感太重。在轻灵时生硬转折，但是依旧是PTA所造的调调。电话互听对方的心跳，青春的迷茫不再是棱模两可，我认准了你，我就付出了到底。穿上白西装，假装长大成人。我脱离低俗走入社会，要活成大人的模样。想起那日警局的奔跑，飞车上的逃命，要选择爱你的人，要痛骂天下所有渣男，要坚定的，执着的，不回头的，双向的去拥抱，去迎接彼此。我们时而勇敢，时而怯懦，时而奔跑，时而争吵，时而崩溃，时而哭泣，舔狗要舔好，认人要认好。宛如盛夏的曼哈顿，一场黑胶复古年代青春梦。
PTA拍糖水片日剧跑，带着三分漫不经心和七分玩票交差。
充分说明了预告片就是XJB剪…电影远超预期，应该算是《夏洛特烦恼》《西虹市首富》《羞羞的铁拳》之后最好的一部吧！适合春节的氛围:)
“我不会忘记你的，就像你也不会忘记我。”——不过这导演片子里总有种脏，而且是一种不纯的脏法，属于恶属于苟且并不属于自由的脏，让我恶心。
若是真爱请勿呼吸，以色列马伽术不及自愿裸露，中东战争影响水床销量，Tom Waits Sean Penn 火坑局，倒车请注意，“心系社会”亦自私……一群像大人的孩子和像孩子的大人，挺傻愣挺青涩挺甜
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