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.
吐了，白眼翻上天，欣赏不来。复古怀旧画风➕音乐像一包高甜棉花糖，齁死。马上30了，这种青春片真的不想再看了，看完我整个灵魂都空虚了，不知道自己为什么要浪费自己珍贵的两个小时在这种自以为是的东西上…
莫名其妙，从第一幕开始就莫名其妙，中间也总是莫名其妙，到最后也还是莫名其妙，尽管PTA的电影经常让我觉得莫名其妙，但这次是莫名其妙到我没法找到任何合法性了（没想到我想起的是另一部糟糕的电影《世界上最糟糕的人》）。
《雨中曲》插得莫名其妙的，出现这个致敬彩蛋的时候我满脸写着问号，这也并不能很好的表现人物内心啊，真的很突兀，就硬凑是吧。
笑不出来，浪费我100分钟。但看得出来魏翔很努力，电影院好多人笑的前仰后合，可能这个搞笑形式就是不适合我吧。最后cue到《荒野大镖客》，点赞👍
我对一男一女永远含情脉脉但又永远在阴差阳错中彼此误会曲折满满的故事抱有伤感美学的执念，但你以为是个凝重纯爱但它真的是个“快乐存货”，看着主角傻逼逼兮兮做各种不着调的事情，可以改名叫《向左奔向右奔》，二主角在卖水床和演戏之间反复横跳，仿佛是为了说明垮掉的一代干啥啥不成。而女主角每次的调转枪头都是因为现役男暧昧对象不靠谱，所以最后那句“我爱你”让人感觉不舒适。但是影片中出现的形形色色以自我为中心的中年油腻伪君子着实映衬出具备女性温柔气质的少年的可贵之处。
很小清新，看完很舒服。简单美好的青春爱恋。
太爱70年代了，David Bowie bgm一出来瞬间泪目。我爱pre web2.0时代的热情，真挚，和所有包裹汗水泪水愤怒蓬勃steamy的人性。上世纪末的人，更像人，以前的爱情，更接近爱情。
笑不出来，浪费我100分钟。但看得出来魏翔很努力，电影院好多人笑的前仰后合，可能这个搞笑形式就是不适合我吧。最后cue到《荒野大镖客》，点赞👍
扯的地方有很多，最扯的是真哈维竟然能原谅假卡尔
“我们都只是跑来跑去”孟克柔的话好适合这两个人关系。
喜欢70年代的画风，纯纯的爱，放到国内情人节上映多好啊
一众夸导演的夸运镜夸剧本夸角度的，我就觉得这剧情真没意思。
15岁的他能让25岁的她心动的原因在于，他有着30岁的成熟度。甘草和披萨看似很违和的东西最终也能因为各种奇奇怪怪的原因搭配到一起，世界就是这么奇妙。没想到《life on mars》 出现在一个阳光灿烂而无足轻重的场景。 PTA依然细腻真实，两个人的情感流通表现得不够深入。选角没有亮点，音乐也没用到位。
好久没看麻花的片了 一看 哎 角色行事逻辑和包袱节奏 还是那样的套路化 没什么惊喜
像是大麻的烟雾中露出一丝清醒的尴尬，或是极佳的光源和花样的镜头调度下迷幻的人物说着不着边际的台词，荒诞的胡闹过后在破晓时分认清自己的处境。
本质上还是青春爱情小品，放在了70年代好莱坞的大背景下，让一些伤痛小清新都裹上了Valley气质。未成年的小孩明星和成年不得意的女性，进行了一场两个多小时的爱情追逐，相伴或者闹变扭都像过家家一样，前两场奔跑的戏份是恰到好处，最后一场双向奔赴就添了几分刻意。我始终不看好女孩能忍耐男孩的幼稚到何时。至于PTA拿亚裔开涮这事儿，好莱坞不就这个德性么，zzzq不过是老白男掩耳盗铃罢了。
好久没看麻花的片了 一看 哎 角色行事逻辑和包袱节奏 还是那样的套路化 没什么惊喜
影片讲述上世纪70年代发生在加州圣费尔南多谷的一对相差十岁的年轻男女之间的纯真爱情故事。
三星半。麻花一贯的架空夸张风格让它以往做故事时很难建立可信情境，三谷幸喜成功的舞台式喜剧对它而言无疑是瞌睡送枕头，可无缝化用。欣喜的是，《杀手》在保留日版的互动模式（跨服聊天、以假乱真）基础上，对人物关系和视点作了集中优化，也另起炉灶提炼出更易共鸣的龙套追梦主题，节奏舒服，笑点密集，没有三俗小笑话，没强煽情也没硬上价值，是春节档看得最舒心的一部。
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