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.
虽然剧情上经不起推敲，不过一个喜剧，何必过于苛求了呢？知道崔志佳还是通过爱笑会议室，这部电影证明了崔志佳的功底，确实是足够开门立户了。从关注刑满释放人员的生活做切入点，夹杂了纯属于北方喜剧土地的喜剧元素，包括老四、宋晓峰、梁龙、张子栋、李会长的加盟，让整部电影笑声不断，美中不足的就是崔志佳在煽情功底上的体现不够突出，刀爷和范大明白两人的关联在前面埋下的伏笔不够多，以至于最后丧礼的爆发时有些力度不够。
真的还不错，相较于以往我看过的东北题材的电影好了不少，很多都是装傻充愣，但这部里头能看出佳佳还是用心的，也许自己饰演的这个角色没立起来，但是刀爷确实立起来了，群像上还是差一点的。剧情连贯度不够，前一半还不错，中间开始剧情的连贯度就不够了，最后的结尾将颓势拉了一拉。但超过我的预期太多了，值得多给一颗星。
这种剧叫做中年人下饭电影，就是你低下头10分钟玩手机再抬起头来，仍然能接得上情节的玩意儿………
剧情似乎没有什么波折，故事一点点地渗入，真奈和堇的双视角体验让两人的关系体现得更深刻，是双向的需要，但又无法对彼此说明。电影开头的吻，中间的抓手，后部的似吻非吻都让我心肺暂停。记住了堇的小猫钱包和摄影机，长发的堇笑起来似乎更明朗可爱一些。可惜的是时间线似乎不甚清楚，从大学到社会的描写多少令人有些恍惚。
每一个你都忽远忽近/
崔志佳的处女导演作品，能感受到强烈的有心意没诚意的作品。作品完成度很高，很像一个经过名师指点没有太多瑕疵的学霸作业，但是没有自己的热情。导演真的对主题很有感情吗，我完全感觉不到，就连点主题的旁白字幕都要秒过，真的想骂人。不过过场明星和中间夹杂的笑点确实是能看出心意，就是有点小品通病了，小品和其他影视作品的区别在于 题材和主题只是个容器，而非一个骨架。还有一个特别给四颗星的原因，东北地方电影没有下岗和下雪还真是难得中的难得。
故事节奏不太好，主题不太明确，但情绪到了。
眼睛却贪婪地将你吸进
看进去之后发现百合元素才不是卖点。
国内普通人的葬礼，反正不是影片中那样。
就当无脑烂片用来缓解焦虑的，也不好笑也不感人
很喜欢，情感流动非常细腻的电影。使用大海、天空这样的意象，却借助相机这一客体，不断切换两个女孩之间凝视与被凝视的关系，缩小叙事表现空间，聚焦回忆的同时，也放大了她们心中对彼此凝重的爱。因此结尾处湖谷的微笑才让我忍不住堕泪，一切都显得稀松平常，像我们第一次遇见的那个晴天，也像现在不得不同你告别的今天。用双视角的叙事手法，串联起同一时空下被海吞没的幽微情愫，揭示了堇的成长悲剧。从长发到短发，从长裙到长裤，从伪装合群到独自旅行，堇想找到从小被母亲丢掉的另一个自己。学不会谄笑的湖谷，比起自己就显得那么强大且真实。面对这样的湖谷，堇显得小心翼翼，温柔地像对待宝物，是因为湖谷的存在，她才得以看到完整的自己。虽情节略显稚嫩，但胜在情感流动的真实性。
美波给多一星，如果唔系睇佢，可直接弃...
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虽然剧情上经不起推敲，不过一个喜剧，何必过于苛求了呢？知道崔志佳还是通过爱笑会议室，这部电影证明了崔志佳的功底，确实是足够开门立户了。从关注刑满释放人员的生活做切入点，夹杂了纯属于北方喜剧土地的喜剧元素，包括老四、宋晓峰、梁龙、张子栋、李会长的加盟，让整部电影笑声不断，美中不足的就是崔志佳在煽情功底上的体现不够突出，刀爷和范大明白两人的关联在前面埋下的伏笔不够多，以至于最后丧礼的爆发时有些力度不够。
人生到处都充满着意外，总以为还有下次，可一次的擦肩而过就永远失去了所爱。在往后的漫漫人生路上，真奈也只能在记忆中与堇见面😭😭😭
透过本片再次感受到豆瓣某些评价的“逼格”属性——宁愿为自己都看不太明白的故弄玄虚的所谓风格作品打高分来保持自己的优越感，也不愿意给一部简单真诚的喜剧合理的分数。现在5.9的分数过低，客观点来说，6.9都尚可。的确有很多过于讨巧的段子拼贴痕迹，但演员们的演技都很在线（尤其刀爷这一角色的扮演者——张琪），对葬礼这一中国人骨子里较为避讳的话题展现得也算笑中带泪，比不少网大甚至上映的某些电影都强太多了。
其实东北现在拥有非常不错的喜剧资源，没落的暴发户与小人物在这个后工业城市下用自身的幽默上演着一幕幕情景剧讲述这个时代的变化，然而可能是这几年错误的引导，越来越有野心的导演却在一开始就定错了调，通过极具夸张巨额的钱或权反观小人物的走向，以一种非人的奇观先在的物化人，无论后面再讲述什么了不起的和解故事，这个调性都很难拉回来，也就是说，无论后面再怎么拉，观众被先前的奇观或不可能影响，已经认定这部影片与现实无关了
挺可以，文本干净利索，老爷子真帅啊，&替这片不值，第一部关注殡葬的电影不应该是这个吗，怎么就人生大事了啊哈哈哈哈哈？
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