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.
题材内容确实让人想起《罗马》，但格局和诗意差太多，不是精巧的构图设计可以填补的
多南和爷爷的演员都是Belfast本地人。小男孩很会演。
镜头语言成熟，较多长镜头，开始时的两个环绕镜头运用得当。
多说一句，这个电影居然能拿奥斯卡7提我真的有无语到…如果能拿最佳影片我可能这辈子都不相信奥斯卡了。
2022.2.6正月初六，早上11点和瑜仔嘉韵在领汇的左岸电影院观看，是瑜仔第一次到电影院看电影。
就算不十分了解故事的背景，有一点却总能让人感同身受，那就是选择。人的一生不知会做出多少选择，换句话，人生就是在数不清的选择中歪歪斜斜的前进的。那些曾经让人感觉割裂的、绝望的、甚至是“背叛”的时刻，终将烟消云散，也终将刻骨铭心。如同爷爷下葬后，一个转折，振奋的音乐声中，妈妈在跳舞，爸爸在唱歌，奶奶和巴迪很快乐，但他们不会忘记爷爷，也不会因此让远走他乡变得轻松。只是，他们必须要放下一些羁绊，选择“Go, Go now”。他们的人生将因这个选择而不同，而不变的是爱：对亲人，对故乡，对懵懂的情感，对熟悉的一切，对未来......它如同少年巴迪手中的盾，和平时是玩具，身处险境时，
“好哭”，“儿童视角”，“怀旧”，“爱上电影的过程”，“老戏骨演技教科书”简直是照着奥斯卡checklist 拍的，还好小孩子是可爱的。
不配音乐只看画面以为是惊悚片。老k放下执着，别导演了求求了
看不出一点水平的电影。明显更像是戴维斯电影的仿作，居然一堆人看成了落马
情怀还情怀，但是1969年的电影和黑白电视机有这么高清的画质？我是不信。
两岁多的然然的第一场电影 我觉得很好看 又正能量
同样是儿童视角的回忆往事，同样精致的摄影运用，本片更显一份童真有趣，音乐不错。
D / 第一幕的动荡出现还以为真的想拍出什么东西出来，结果全片都是糖衣炮弹般的真空叙事，配乐用的更是停不下来。
属于一眼就能望到头的好，和爷爷奶奶亲近的孩子会更有感触，Buddy虎头虎脑精力过剩，妈妈也是当代孟母了，爸爸把儿子当成小男子汉，结尾三致如期而来，离别的伤感情绪迅速抽离，肯爵一直专注戏剧的宏大叙事，老了拍点文艺小品还挺惊喜的
黑白影像，对称构图，走火入魔这一块儿恰好处于《法兰西特派》和《罗马》之间，中产阶级童年怀旧往事，一些纯真的点睛之笔掩盖不住表达的纯粹。不论是褒奖还是贬低，肯尼斯布拉纳都是目前好莱坞最会拍开心麻花的导演
导演夹了很多私货，但好像也无可厚非，不过我们这个年代的人难以共鸣。黑白风格的呈现与影片时而风趣的风格有些割裂，影片也始终难以沉下去。歌不错。
12.12.2021 | @ Regal Majestic | 看片门槛还挺高的，对不了解英国和爱尔兰过往的观众并不友好。本来也不是那么古早的时期，真有拍成黑白片的必要吗？
质量不错，但不是中文配音扣一颗星。
I love you so
北爱尔兰的宗教冲突题材 并没有像其他描述此主题的电影如《血腥星期日》那样集中描写冲突的残酷露骨 而是把目光聚集在孩童和母亲和老人身上 温情更足 而作为父亲的男人 则承担了无奈的角色 算是这段历史的情感化描写 有点《生活多美好》的意思 但是情感的表现又远不如 场景过于舞台剧化了 歌舞的加入渲染了一种乐观的生活态度 但在整个片子所要表现的主题来说 其实会消减那种紧张感 两头不沾
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