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.
空洞且肤浅的剧本一塌糊涂。这本来应该是一个表面激烈内里复杂的剧本，拍出来冗长儿戏，上气不接下气。演员都已经尽力了，身兼男主和制片的库神非常帅气，演得也不错，无奈这个角色被写成空心人，没有纵深，没有回味空间。三个女配更不用说，纯纯的工具人。难怪颁奖季颗粒无收。
用史诗片的时长去翻新一部黑色电影，无疑是一种暴露短板的做法，陀螺这位导演编剧部分比较弱，但独特的电影审美依旧很在线，服装道具化妆场景仍然是好莱坞电影中的第一梯队。只可惜在这个画质越来越高清的时代，翻新一部黑色电影大概率只会落得既不卖座，又没口碑的下场。但我仍然会为陀螺这次勇敢的尝试，表示肯定。
可能库珀破碎感太强了，看到最后居然对这个角色产生了一种同情。战时底层的悲哀，也就只有陀螺这些老导演还愿意拍这些东西。
老版没看过。陀螺这部，影片1小时的时候男女主离开马戏团，此后开始呈现一种四平八稳的感觉，围绕着三次通灵的几场高潮戏都有些无力感，而且男主的童年阴影、弑父情结和主线结合的也不好。
除了奇怪的结构之外，还是很喜欢这部气质怪异的作品。
7.1 陀螺在后半部分的改编比原版更脸谱化，一旦这样，人物塑造也没了意思，果不其然，后半部分非常“走剧情”。但前1小时的马戏团扩充改编太好了，如果可以，更想看到一部纯粹的陀螺马戏团电影
起初以为陀螺终于改“邪”归正，老老实实拍现实惊悚了，结果上来就是一个钟头高强度马戏团畸形秀，捏马！怀旧质感这一块儿和《SOHO区惊魂夜》大同小异，除了越来越讨厌的凯特布兰切特以外，所有影像表演都还蛮四平八稳的，拍到最后跟两性关系犯罪啥的都没关系，还是大男孩对一去不返时代的怀旧
故事说，你不能愚弄人，因为人们会愚弄自己。对这部以及更多部好莱坞电影来说，他们不能老是控制观众，因为观众会控制自己。对于陀螺来说，他不能在电影里解释一切，因为他的观众需要自己的解释（情节太实，不干脆，人物没立起来）。
终于把94奥斯卡的bp提名电影看完了！放低期待后发现还行，布景很精致，配乐承袭了水形物语神秘又怪诞的风格。前半部分在戏团里看得津津有味，离开戏团后的部分的人物动机很不明确，大魔王那么晚才出场，且害男主的动机没有能够很明朗，男主的演技撑不起这大男主戏。抽空把原版看一下对比对比。
【C+】第一幕的时长就足以说明陀螺的马戏团情结，过分狂热，也过分庞杂，几乎没有给影像任何喘息的空间，视觉元素眼花缭乱的同时却又无法把握真正的视觉重心。而到了影片的后半段，却又显得过于简略，正如通灵仪式一样的空洞实质。镜头运动从未停歇，哪怕其内部蒙太奇已经完全，也执意要继续无用的运动。只有结局是恰到好处的收敛，宿命论的工整剧作下终于平静地凝视那张入魔的面孔。
终于看到了，感觉我已经免疫了，在凛遥分手的时候我甚至因为双方都相当心疼而露出微笑
可能库珀破碎感太强了，看到最后居然对这个角色产生了一种同情。战时底层的悲哀，也就只有陀螺这些老导演还愿意拍这些东西。
我全程都不是特别关心这些角色……倒是有点让我想到Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus，那部电影好看多了。三星给Bradley的美颜。
即便跟原作比，故事也太俗了，俗到什么地步呢？就是一个讲（伪）灵媒师的故事，能让观众觉得自己才是灵媒师，因为故事的每一步走向几乎都能被观众预料到，包括斯坦如何赢得马戏团的尊敬，以及赢得的方式，包括彼得的第一场戏就能看出这个人物要死，包括他死的那一刻用脚趾头都能想出斯坦给了红色箱子的酒，包括布兰切特的所有行为，以及最后反将一军，还有大法官的死……一切都在预料之中，那这个观影体验跟接下茬有什么区别？
还没看的建议等后篇出，前篇没什么主线但看完又疯狂想知道后篇是什么剧情
Bradley Cooper演不出young buck了，大家都好苍老
女性角色很有魅力，尤其是布兰切特最后的反击太酷。然而太冗长了，疲惫的心不想看漫长的恶有恶报的故事，想看善有善报和小动物跳舞。【老年
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。
服化道还挺讲究，前面的马戏团戏份是陀螺味道的怪诞诡异。后面都是垃圾，人物动机没一个能合理解释的,我也是服气。
明明是同一个角度，但从不同的语境捕捉，他说来竟显得如此精彩而令人心怀希望，笑。那就期待虽然一直反复但总会天明吧
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