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.
作为动画党，因为巴在电影中显得比较爱剑心，简化了巴的复杂性和故事悲剧内核而有些失望。 总得来说故事和内容都太商业，没有什么特别出彩的地方。
女性的视角，最能体现影片的主题，全世界都一样，古代的女人实在可怜又可悲，而最后的决斗，双方都只是为了男性的尊严，而女人即便有在强的反抗世俗的意识，也只能像一只无助的羔羊，听天由命
《罗生门》式的叙事，在拍摄上可以取巧；第三部分玛格丽特的叙述最为可信，最后的决斗场面也很精彩。
不小的制作，却拍得这么丑，难得的魄力和创作决心。唯一遗憾的是，结尾还是不够给力，总感觉背后还有真相，编导似乎也有这个意图，但没点破。
罗生门叙事处理的很出彩，把这个有些简单明了的故事拍的很浑厚。服化道各方面极其考究，尤其是光线的运用非常出色，真是不可多得的古装佳作
教士可以摆脱强奸案的控诉？繁殖癌的困惑。
多角度叙事，更有立体感，但稍显冗长。前面的沉闷，是为最后的迸发作铺垫。女性受男性凌辱，不仅被同性谴责，还要受男权的审判。人性的虚伪，表露无遗。
2.5。结构性闪回叙事在这部片子里起到的立场强化作用被最后一章“真相”中决斗的悲怆感消解得所剩无几。要不是结尾赫然打出“尚德卡鲁日数年后在十字军东征战死”的字幕略带暗讽意味的找补一下，就连现行立场的正确性也都不是那么让人笃信了。
雷德利·斯科特2021年作品，女权向，罗生门式，多重叙事较平并无反转或出彩。
前半段的感觉还好，可池田屋事件之后整体的节奏却马上慢了下来并一直延续到片尾，导致后半程观影体验拖沓且絮叨，虽然使劲在铺垫氛围但也没啥用，佐藤健的表演有点过分面瘫，早年拔刀斋单纯的一面并没有表现出来，而高桥一生的桂小五郎倒是能无缝连接到间谍之妻…总体看下来感觉是比较平庸的，要不是有动作戏撑着吧那真是不太行虽然也没太撑得住
只有高潮才能怀孕的女人，额。被强暴与有快感是两回事。我的快感只属于我的丈夫。名不正言不顺，引爆花心也没用。第二段才是真相。中世纪的Me-too。三星半
电影是好的，但当下这种气候，这样的叙事也过于安全保守了吧~
年度剧情迷惑大赏，老爷子投机取巧的拍摄方式让观众很难从不同的角度上得出有价值的线索去判断剧中人孰是孰非，也许是因为女权这个主题太敏感，也许是因为我还是太浅薄了，啥也没看出来……
最后的决斗那段很好看。
在现代可能立案的机会都不会给，从正义伸张总有渠道的目标来看，还有个国王给大家一场公平的决斗，并且有让原告被告说谎的代价的制度，反而是挺含智慧的。比滴血认亲，比举证困难因此不立案的科学思维好的多。
真相并不重要，人情世故才是。
朱迪演得好啊
以一个罗生门的故事，讲述了女性在男权社会下的处境。前两番以男性视角来叙述，最后转到女性视角，这种视角转换本身，或者说叙述者身份的转变，已经表明态度。
一个暴躁易怒，一个花心自恋，但是每个人在自己的故事中都近乎完美
已夸了一篇大作文。补充一个小不满，巴演员头太大了OTZ导致那幕共度良宵后两人披着衣服赤裸相拥只露出头的经典一幕佐藤健的脸看着小很多，画面不够美了。佐藤健凭此系列就可以说是演艺生涯一个高峰了，就是那么精彩，活的剑心，完美演绎。真人版五部前后十年，有幸都是在电影院看的，感谢命运的相遇，一个完美的句号🙏
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