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.
高中时代，只是提到了张伯伦搬起石头扎了自己的脚。宏观背后微观的故事表现不错。从宏观历史讲，欧洲人的绥靖主义风行，前有《敦刻尔克》为英国的不战而退洗锅，谓之曰：保留有生力量，然后这部《慕尼黑，战争边缘》为张伯伦正名，谓之曰：牺牲个人名誉，让美国看到德国的真面目。怯战？苟且偷安的表现不过是怯战。日不落帝国还是一副胜利者的姿态，顿时搞到恶心。牺牲小国，跟当下之乌克兰没啥区别！
2月24號之後看這部電影，就顯得異常艱難，每一分鐘都像是針刺。人類就這些花樣，歷史不斷重複。Sudetenland? Donbas&Crimea? 謊言永遠就那些。唉，嘆氣，也只能嘆氣。
execuse me？导演拍这部电影完美诠释啥叫普信没有国界
卡司不负我望 这种半架空的剧情知道历史就知道结局了 所以比较弱也可以理解
电影氛围感挺强，演员演技中规中矩不是很推荐的影视作品，高潮部分不够精彩，过程不够流畅，对我而言断断续续的。
张伯伦一直以绥靖政策而被作为丘吉尔的反面例子，这一部给了一些不同的视角，虽然很无力。
历史框架内的虚构看得人心累，毕竟不能像无耻混蛋那样把希特勒炸上天。
Hoping is waiting for someone else to do it 想来这是我第一次看到希特勒形象的电影，压迫感太强，刺杀太紧张，车上永别太好哭了……时代的洪流将会席卷每一个人，sooner or later
特写晃动如娄烨，还好是流媒不那么晕。两人车内最后谈话犹如老左和他们认为的“激进主义”对话一般。德国小哥真美啊
好基友的惺惺相惜令人动容，大时代下个人是那样渺小。元首的选角太失败了，是营养不良么？两人交换情报是不是太明目张胆了，非要在人多嘴杂的酒吧？
不建议看，史观不正，可能主要是小说视角的问题。一年时间为英国备战作出贡献这种静态历史观太可怕了。大约和湾湾说不撕毁ecfa是怕立刻梧桐一样可笑，再等两年差距不更大了。
喜欢看小人物在大历史背景下的挣扎，浪潮推着大家一步步往前走，明知眼前是无路也会挣扎着走下去。喜欢夜晚两个人交错吸那同一支的香烟，万般愁苦。
电影拍的好的一点在于，即使已经知道了历史的结局，但男主在纠结是否行刺希特勒的时候还是看的紧张的要死。
这没想到这么烂，再精美的服化道也掩盖不了剧本的弱智，不知道是原著小说的弱还是改编的弱，种种不符基本逻辑、违背常识的弱智场景看得让人尴尬要死（您干嘛不再喊大声点“我要刺杀希特勒”），“夏洛特小姐”和老戏骨们也救不了这烂戏，俩男主角除了长得好看演技也是令人尴尬，一个面瘫一个“马景涛”。。。
不要再塑造一个又一个千篇一律的妻子角色了，真的。
We don't choose the times we live in. The only choice we have is how we respond.
影片没有像过去的二战时期一样叙事，更多的着笔于人物内心的刻画与演变，以人为本，总是好事；任何大背景下都有义盖云天的小人物在努力，可能尽管改变不了结局，也会彰显人性的光芒；人物越笨拙，故事越真实，人若是从结局往开始的方向活着，会出现更多拔枪的壮士。摄影有点操蛋，该晃不该晃的都瞎几把晃，既没添光加彩，还略失时代庄重，晕车患者慎入……
对于西方国家来说，国内的民意和支持率才是政客们的关注点，在当时英国国内反战情绪高昂的大背景下，张伯伦被现世诟病谴责的“绥靖政策”，也存在着历史的必然性。
一个有信念的人能把自身的安危不顾而铤而走险，好感动。想阻止希特勒的战争，一个人的力量是何其的渺小，但是还要试一试，甚至要去刺杀希特勒。
还行吧，导演就是把一位秘书如何获取德国情报的经历给拍了一遍，中间穿插着张伯伦与希特勒博弈的过程，但人物的表现力不如暴风前夕，尤其我不喜欢结尾张伯伦自我辩驳的那段言辞，这典型又是导演在那里借张伯伦的口抛出所谓的大棋论，你可以洗白张伯伦，说慕尼黑协定是缓兵之计，但麻烦导演能不能不要直接用嘴炮的方式表现人物的复杂性，这种表现形式tm有点蠢。个人认为塑造最好的人物是德国那位小哥，朴素爱国主义和极端民族主义的矛盾情感在他身上得到了体现，其他角色还是相对太单薄了。
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