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.
其实我不太想再看一版西区故事，但考虑到他是斯皮尔伯格，还是得看一看。斯导的镜头和调度没得说，能够漂亮地重现一些经典场面。
其实除了男主僵硬的演技以外（可能是导演觉得他的气质跟这部电影的调调比较搭），整部电影我还是蛮喜欢的，不管是场景调度还是摄影，配角们的塑造，还有那非常有质感的调色。希望斯皮尔伯格有生之年再多拍点电影。
美术灯光的配合下营造出来的那种老电影感的纽约街头虽然美，但是架不住男女主角演技都太渣了，Ansel Elgort实在是太奶油。最后，这个60年代的故事即使给了trans角色更多nuance也架不住故事太过老套了。
歌舞场面还挺华丽的，不愧为大投资。女主挺美的。
其实我不太想再看一版西区故事，但考虑到他是斯皮尔伯格，还是得看一看。斯导的镜头和调度没得说，能够漂亮地重现一些经典场面。
Everything is good but not so good.
技术上特别厉害，故事虽然我有些疑虑但在当下特别有意义，人与人间分歧产生的争端升级后只会带来伤害，愿大家平和，愿世界和平。这是我在豆瓣标记看过的第3000部电影。
中国真的是歌舞片坟场。这片子在北美不说叫好叫座，起码褒大于贬是肯定的。但在豆瓣简直快变成斯皮尔伯格生涯污点了。桑德海姆早期作品还很古典，罗密欧与朱丽叶的主题，这版电影和老版以及音乐剧原作的剧情都没有太大改动。古典不代表过时，况且舞美真的很强，桑德海姆哪怕不那么别出心裁，也远远高过百分之九十的音乐剧作家。
6.0/10 作为歌舞片相比老版肯定是更“好看”了，观赏性更佳，也更符合当下的主流审美。但工业技术还是完全占据了上风，它依托的是工业化程度，是工业合作体系之下运作的一个循环系统，调度井然有序却不含有作者意识，虽然这么说并不公平，毕竟老斯从来都是最顶尖的匠人导演，是一位电影工匠，而非电影作者。老斯的每部电影都有最优质的工业水准保驾护航，可往往技术才是可复制的，它作为商业片确实各项技术指标都达到了，但我看不到任何可遇见的灵光乍现的时刻。btw: 这光晕用的已经多到污染视觉了，不至于是被JJ影响的吧… 2021.12.13号@BFI IMAX
毫无诚意的翻拍，编舞平庸、对白无趣又冗长，2021版《西区故事》更像是二流戏剧而非电影。
这次终于强撑着逃脱了我看《西区故事》必睡着的套路。我对《罗朱》有多爱，对《西区故事》就有多不耐烦。希望各位大导们放弃对自己童年梦想的孜孜追求，多看看当下。就算是Tony Kushner出山改编剧本也抵挡不住这陈旧的故事。还有强行翻排舞台剧，景越真戏就越假。舞台上吸引眼球的歌舞，放到实景里就是满满的中二感。女主的确人美声甜，看什么都是深情满满爱意流露……然而她这表情从始至终未变就导致最后很崩塌。男主又傻又愣，的确不像会唱出Today the world was just an address的样子。都2021了，谁还爱看白男爱上minority女孩的故事。America好像比上版电影多用了些舞台剧版台词，强化了移民男女对生活追求的分歧，保留了点点美国梦的尊严。让人觉得时代变了但也没太变。
本片既是惊悚片，又是心理片，着重展现了男主崩溃的过程，而他的命运似乎从开篇即已预告。——《法兰克福汇报》
在既没有足够多共同经历又沾染血仇的情况下，男女主坚持要相依在一起的感情的的确确难让人理解与被打动。甚至这部影片大部分的活力都来自于男女主缺席的场景桥段。即使对歌舞电影不感冒的人，多少都能从中看到电影这一媒介的魅力与魔力，不得不承认斯皮尔伯格的技艺实在是娴熟到令人嫉妒与折服。但只是用在这么一个故事身上，多少有些可惜与不必要。
近几年最让我失望的斯皮尔伯格。暂且不说是否看过原版吧，单就歌舞片最基本的代入感和沉浸感，这部电影就完全让我感受不到。就更不用说故事本身就是一个老到牙都掉光的地步。主人公感情线不合理也就算了，主要是两个主人公的存在感居然可以这么低，还不如女主的哥哥和嫂子让人印象深刻，最起码哥嫂二人在纽约街头的拉丁热舞真的是够调动情绪的。但是讲真的，硬件是真的没话说，服化道以及整部电影的场面调度，绝对是一流水平。
罗密欧与朱丽叶剧情，两个半小时显得太拖沓。喜欢警局里那一段
是这个故事的男女主角本身就没魅力可言，还是说演员没选好？两版看下来，都是配角比主角有戏，两主角行尸走肉一样，就这样女主角还拿了金球奖？倒是这一版的美术和摄影颇美，America那一段更是比61版还要燃。
糟糕的故事，男主也演得好糟糕，唱歌和女主不是一个度，跳舞也和兄弟们相形见绌。希望这世上不会再有这种罗密欧朱丽叶危害人间，救命啊。所有星星都给anita了。
斯皮尔伯格大戏调度精彩/ 大银幕听一遍伯恩斯坦大满足 / Anita演员魅力非常
又一部IMDb评分高于豆瓣评分的电影，而个人观感介于二者之间。—— 看过获得十项奥斯卡奖的1961年电影版（个人并没有很喜欢，当初知道史蒂文·斯皮尔伯格导演要翻拍有些意外，但还是因此有点期待），因而对其故事和歌舞大致有所了解，2021年版算是不功不过符合我的预期，倒是艺术指导（尤其是还原20世纪50年代纽约街头的布景）、服化道、灯光摄影等技术方面的出色让我比较惊喜。★★★☆
最大的问题在于，在当下精神供给异常丰裕的环境里，单纯的“茱罗恋”已经无法打动我们的心，因此男女主角不被允许的爱情根本无法让人产生共鸣。所以，在选角上头一定一定要找那种特别养眼特别合观众眼缘的，否则就会让故事全盘崩坏。从头到尾观众只有一个疑问——有没搞错，他杀了她亲哥的当天，她就跟他上床？
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