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.
星光 能有些形似已经不错了，情怀氛围到位，可惜情节流于表面。
0分。以一个传记片的角度，是部彻头彻尾的垃圾。梅艳芳是香港之女，剥离掉了香港的时代元素，把她简化成一个底层逆袭励志女星加点虐恋元素，蠢到不行。但就这样都没拍好，梅艳芳一生中最重要的恋人赵文卓何在？日本渣男凭什么在电影里变成了痴心汉？梅艳芳的吸血鬼母亲为何缺席？
一部情怀拉满的音乐纪录片，金曲之多很难不共情。说些感动我的点，身处疫情期间还能看到非典疫情时，香港人被疫情新闻影响的波动，一种隔空的共鸣；没有向走说教煽情，整片看完后没有不甘不舍，反而很坦然舒适，这点很难得。
这个逻辑不太对，但气氛把握还可以，但大部分靠的是纪实
当我们回顾过往的一次又一次送别，悲伤的情绪更甚从前。仰视无光的夜空时，才体会到陨落的繁星曾照亮过怎样一个灿烂的时代。
看过梅艳芳后全场只剩下四个人，坐在我前排的女人大概四十岁左右，开灯后我发现她在抹眼泪，之后再电梯上我又碰见了她，我提醒她眼角粘上了纸，她把纸拿掉，我说刚刚好像有看见你在电影结束的时候擦泪，她点点头不好意思的笑了笑，18年前可能她正处在和我相仿的年纪吧，我想问她很多事情，可是电梯停下来了，我也不知道可以问点什么。她走了，我想起码多年以后这有个人还记着她。03年和今年，大家都是过得不太顺心的一年。
不幸看了国语配音版 体感好差 但这样一来片方选择不配音的那些原footage/歌曲/背景音里的粤语 和故事中一些关于语言的nuances反而变得又多了一层｜等我读了Jean Ma再来看看对于songstress的处理 ｜现在开始觉得此类remake也好biopic reenactment也好 都demand from观众一些contextual knowledge 一种filling-in 来最终consummate historical fantasy 哪些not said 哪些cant be said
提前点映，影片和预期差不多，意料之中，主要是卖情怀。我触动的点可能跟一般人不一样，太挂念香港了。
是来看火柴的。我就很为爷爷抱不平，爷爷一死了之后，那些以前不敢的事现在都报复式全都开花了。退公司的，解散的，结婚的…杰尼斯不剩几个了，现在说亚洲第一渣男是因为爷爷干涉恋爱才渣的就好笑。爷爷要气的蹦起来了。。后藤夕辉是什么东西？
一部平庸的作品，浪费了梅艳芳这个好题材，对其诠释甚至不如《女人花》的万一，而原本这是一个可以比肩甚至超越2004年《灵魂歌王》的好题材。观影时我一直在想，“港味”到底是什么，最终觉得也许就是三个字：不如意。本片题眼的慢歌唏嘘、快歌反叛，无不是梅艳芳对不如意的反应，而这不如意的本质，也许来自于繁华社会本身的空洞，宛如1920年代的《了不起的盖茨比》，以及1980年代日本的city pop，归根结底，是现代人灵魂的空虚吧……
(导剪五集版)看之前没想到Anita的传记竟然给了那么重的篇幅洗白近藤真彦这个空前绝后大渣男 可能因为新人演员本身是模特出身 无法短期内训练出在歌舞台风上重现的实力 所以对演艺事业上的风采和才华 表现得还没有KTV掌掴事件这样的人生插曲多 而且化妆师也挺省力的 20岁和40岁几乎一个妆 打出年份全靠观众自己脑补 不过第四集还是看得我破了防 但也是因为放出真人影像 与影片差口气的演绎没多大关系
理解想拍成电影的心情，无法接受拍出来的电影，就又觉得没有拍的必要。全靠情怀，看完还是难受了。
杨过长发的造型像慈爱的大妈，袁承志也老了。
把梅姐这样一个生于舞台死于舞台忠于舞台的大女人演成了渴望家庭而不得除了舞台一无所有的小女人。梅姐感怀没穿过“婚纱”，可她一辈子除了婚纱还穿过那么多“衣裳”，主创单单要把这件“婚纱”拎出来无限放大，真是糟践东西作践人啊！
流水的剧情，人物匆匆漂过
我哭了两次，一次是切换成真人梅姐的第一个镜头出来时。流了眼泪。第二次就是4月1日。简直控制不了的哭。但感觉那都是真人影像带给我的。电影的本身平淡且琐碎。可能很多所谓传记片为求真实都这么拍。但那是天后啊。这么传奇的一生，拍成一个港女励志片真的好么？我也预料十足女主不能演出梅艳芳十分之一。但让我更想不到是哥哥的演员更让我出戏。这俩在一起我完全想不到是梅姑和荣少。三星实在是情怀。
粗剪和上映的版本各看过一次 梅艳芳华绝代 专属的美无可复制
女主很多角度神似梅姐，清冷傲气，但又有着一片赤诚的热血之气，《夕阳之歌》响起是眼泪的大杀器。不仅仅是舞台传奇纪录片，更是那个黄金时代的缅念，香港的女儿，我们都挂住你。
观影前我并不知道梅艳芳是谁，但当我随着影片过完她的一生，了解了她和小哥的故事后，我为之动容。从那些真实的片段里，我感受到，她一定是一位更侠义、更坚定、更有风韵的时代巨星，影片里的她定不及半分。
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