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.
你们不要再打啦，要打去练舞室打啊。故事也太老套了，不考虑好好改编一下吗。部分歌舞还不错，女主唱的不错，整体还是挺无趣的
开头让我痛苦地回忆起为啥老版电影看了5min就看不下去了。真的没必要如此忠诚地还原舞台并告诉大家我们这是musical…后面倒是还好，虽然剧情狗屎但整体是电影而不是舞台的翻版。说是说罗朱，其实就是老美习惯性做着自己国家民族大融合的梦。三星给镜头调度和歌曲，还有女主唱得真是很不错。ansel就，不开静音是我最后的宽容。
2. Tony和Riff抢枪那段设计的不错。
繼星巴克紅杯之後，電影也開始聖誕版了⋯⋯交友軟件上用假照片一定會見光死啊，但聊得來跟愛得上是完全不一樣的兩回事⋯⋯
太陈旧过时，完全看不出任何翻拍的必要，就连歌舞也是直观上的boring，果然只有Ariana的女配是最出彩。
歌舞剧蛮老套的，不过光影动作色彩都是非常教科书般的。种族主义是好莱坞拍摄永恒的主题
爱好难 爱也好甜，感觉国内的“程路”可以做Jimmy的平替啊。
虽然是无脑俗套的浪漫爱情戏，却极富现代感且有着很多超出预期的笑点和猝不及防的泪点。女主真美。被网恋中的欺骗深深戳中
两个主角的人设全都是恋爱脑。
不太出彩，但运镜，歌舞等让这部电影也还可以
影评的视觉效果和场面调度不错。结尾略显意犹未尽。男主角诠释爱便是生命的时刻没有感动到我，眼神里的爱意缺了一点。和我一同坐在电影院的观众好像目睹过至少西区故事的舞台剧，有些观众甚至能跟着银幕一道唱。最喜欢的场景就是两个帮派准备去夜斗，the Jets和the Sharks怒气冲冲地为领地奔赴战场，此时交叉剪辑男女主也迫不及待地渴望奔赴爱的约会，浪漫与凝重交织，激烈与温情相融，这一段感觉很美妙。再次感悟，男演员的爱意不是很够。另，该剧的内核真的不是未完待续的罗密欧与朱丽叶吗。
斯皮尔伯格用自己的方式拍出了自己的“摄影机不要停”，这可能是观看本片唯一能被触动的部分了。能看出斯皮尔伯格想把新意思和经典文本、现实环境和舞台质感一网打尽的野心，但最终只止于了一场光影调度教科书，现实场景和舞台文本的结合在开场焕发一点神采之后，逐渐鸡肋，甚至在第二幕之后加剧了原有剧作的陈腐和不可信，除了政治正确上的拨乱反正，几乎没有更多情节或主题上的当代视角和观点，让仓库武斗之后的观感更接近于忍受。选角整体还行，迈克·费斯特的里弗印象最深，但男女主角特别是艾尔高特的木讷扁平演出，取消了作为主线的爱情故事能够打动人的最后可能。相比剧本和呈现，反倒是伯恩斯坦的音乐仍闪耀超出时代的光彩，这也让部分纯配乐段落成为了电影最具张力的部分。三星半
就像罗密欧在朱丽叶的阳台下屡次地回头一样，东尼唱着爱情的夜曲，在玛利亚的阳台下千转百回，辗转徘徊。
电影一定是一种形式艺术表达，但一部电影仅靠100%的形式，忽略主题甚至内容，确实太煎熬了……
出乎意料还不错，21世纪的romcom难得拍的不让人翻白眼。
虽然是无脑俗套的浪漫爱情戏，却极富现代感且有着很多超出预期的笑点和猝不及防的泪点。女主真美。被网恋中的欺骗深深戳中
好久不见Nina Dobrev，真爱至上太作弊了哇
还拿了不少奖...就这么个破玩意？杀了他哥直接上床？在电影院坐2小时看这杂乱无章的小混混斗殴？连配爆米花的激情都没有...宣扬地痞文化几个意思，为政治正确选角改肤色也很刻意
看标题、主题和卡司觉得是个超级 cliche 会尬完全场的那种 Netflix 无脑流水线量产爱情烂片的圣诞版（这么早就开始圣诞电影了即便对美国来说也太早了吧？！），看了觉得超出预期，故事和冲突居然还蛮自然的。四星偏多三星偏少，看完蛮高兴的那就四星拉高一下吧。标题起这么 generic 是真的没预算了吗
遇到主角就跳过
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