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.
就很傻 很漫长 laughable 看起来辗转反侧这个那个的 然鹅我只是觉得突兀又做作 看得好尴尬，然后payback看起来是好像挺厉害让人深思的，然而我的耐心已经被折腾完了，一落幕就迫不及待的离场了，坚持到了最后结束只是替自己不值得，一秒也不想多浪费了，还没有crimson peak好笑
前面40分钟确实有点劝退，冗长无味；但电影的最后几分钟，又让前面的40分钟(主要是怪胎的故事线)有了意义，就还挺奇妙的。
虽然脸会不太一样，但是，终于要来了！
靠火太近会被焚。
期待一下后传
挺好的剧情框架，但是节奏很奇怪，有时拖沓，看着犯困；有时又贼快。我看完印象最深的还是作为心理医生同时又有点psychopath的cate的人物形象，这也是给这个片上了一星的原因。cate的办公室的置景真的很厉害，精致的道具，视觉上金色为主，显示出主人的社会地位；空间上的设计，比如暗门，存放录音的柜子，以及做心理咨询时候的躺椅，都从空间上对叙事起到了辅助作用。办公室的窗外一直在下雪，主角Stan弑父时也是这样一个季节，也算是剧情上一个环形的伏笔，Stan本人在冬日彻底堕落到谷底；办公室内部虽然有壁炉，烟草和烈酒等有温暖意象的符号，但两人的互动却是与之相对的冰冷和残酷。
马戏团完全是陀螺展览他怪诞爱好的场所，以至于第一幕过长，中段和心理师的相爱相杀蛮有张力，而最终，读心者永远读出自己被反噬的宿命。三星半。
破茧成蝶时的糟污，大厦将倾时的优雅，人物以一种阅后即焚用后即弃的决绝状态闪现纠缠。对陀螺而言，童话不是底色，而是血统，是故事开枝散叶时必须汲取的养分，也是落地生根时不得不背叛的枷锁。
前半荒野的马戏团极好，是陀螺自己的快乐星球，在那里诡异、灵动是不需要理由的，是解构之下赤裸的坦诚，是纯粹的人物关系，以至于库伯长期失语。但来到都市就破功了，总有人要分析你、看透你、利用你，就连镜头也会贪婪，总想要答案。电影的魔法，表演的通灵，在去年已经有滨口(好如天国还很遥远)和圣母的前提下有一些黯然，但是情绪足够浓郁晦暗。
对真琴好点啊呜呜呜呜，真琴推落泪了
凯特大魔头出场很晚，戏很少，没担当大反转，动机也离谱，1941年的女心理医生，处心积虑向一个小人物证明自己足够强？
德尔托罗的这部新黑色电影风格虚无、略显压抑，第一幕用色调和各类视觉元素（如多次使用虹膜镜头）致敬早期默片，之后则回到他最爱的二战前后年代。本片的摄影、美术、服化道都水准颇高，片中的嘉年华场景让人印象深刻，但人物塑造颇为薄弱，比如鲁妮玛拉的角色非常苍白，布兰切特的角色更是没能有机融入叙事。影片中心围绕在男主角的心理活动上，确切地说是围绕在他如何面对自己装神弄鬼的骗术上，不过影片并非纯粹基于逻辑和事实，也有意滑向神秘主义。影片最大问题在于，在男主角做出结尾的重要决定前，影片既没有进行充分的戏剧铺垫也没有完善的心理描写，导致影片的结局显得生硬、刻意，难以与迷人的第一幕媲美。
还好还好，挺宿命的，但男主
最后十分钟成功拉到2星，真的没矛盾就嗯造呗。前段虽然程式化，乱炖下对个话再来点回忆渲染下羁绊几乎贯穿全片，但整体是舒畅的，关系处理也跟作画和演出一般半油不油，但不至于太腻歪。但最后为啥突然犯病。河浪你是香港电影粉丝吗？也玩突然癫狂这套？
不好看 没意思 就是俗套的马戏团故事 除了看一众大牌露脸 没有任何看点
一个看尽苦难不幸但看不到自己的自以为是走火入魔的男人的短暂“巅峰”人生故事。故事展开理所当然了些，不过马戏团的部分很不错。
bravo 这就是一版现代的美式寓言故事，也是蛇咬尾的又一版本。这个故事精致又巧妙，而且套进了很多美国元素与历史片段，先是男主乡村男孩儿从一个诡异的开头，到后来奇异的马戏团里干活儿，再到后来欲望与野心的膨胀使他一步一步走向深渊，在城市里他遇到了真正的对手，而这个对手才是他激怒的女主角，也是本故事最大的主角，或者说这部电影的主题与中心就是这个女人。到男主设局玩蹦的每一步都是步入圈套里，这是他的命运注定，而命运早已由他的人性掌控。
五星送给有free陪伴的青春～～（还是最喜欢玉米小天使💓）
永远年轻永远存在主义危机永远靠吸血幼驯染话疗暂缓崩塌——最后还是塌了，这炒冷饭剧情可怜声优还要想办法夸。卖腐更是随意，竹马们之间的隔阂都能实体化了。卖成这个样子不如改头换面画新番少霍霍我前男友。但我多少也有点释然了，害怕被留在原地的橘真琴其实是主动挥手告别回家陪弟弟妹妹打游戏的那个人，更别提选择了现在的专业让他能成为山崎宗介的复健训练搭档，一种体贴温柔又帅得人神共愤声音还好听的新男友正在人生前方徐徐打开，橘真琴只要你开口我立刻给你凿一个双箭头出来——从13年开始看Free开始，我的愿望就是希望你得到幸福。
京都动画出品，质量没的说，帅哥们好美型养眼
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