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.
全程无泪点平平无奇的青春片，可能是我不懂欣赏
Kaitlyn的zoe真的不错 个人觉得requiem比音乐剧版要好 电影版没有收录good for you有点失望
原封不动的把音乐剧改编成电影，而不顾两种艺术形式的不同，一定是灾难
删掉了Anyone那首和父亲的自白曲，总觉得缺了点什么
属于那种我第一首歌哭最后一首歌也哭的电影。边演边唱那个表情就情感到位，很喜欢；电影画面做出来了许多音乐剧现场出不来的画面（爬树,太阳的温度etc），超喜欢。甚至对于剪掉两首表达了家长情感的歌剪掉加上妹子的原创曲这点也让我当做是为了推防止自杀这一主题觉得很合理，接受良好。最后的原创曲我更加是感谢制作，因为电影补了康纳本人的形象，这点比音乐剧会显得更加圆满，就很温柔，很喜欢。
高中喜欢的女生最喜欢的音乐剧。之前本想搜索来看，奈何画质和音质都达不到我的最低观影需求，无意间发现有电影版，惊喜之下迅速下载来看。故事非常有趣，奈何音乐部分不妙。电影缺少了舞台原本的浪漫以及歌唱的合理性，如果大手笔直接做成歌舞片会更好，抑或是直接快刀斩乱麻直接摒除所有歌唱部分，最终影片还是没能呈现出期望中的样子。影片围绕着“失语”展开，一直到主角“拾语”结束，是非常工整的剧情片，可惜的是男主扮相太像变态，使得内心在整个观影过程十分矛盾。
改編得差強人意，我不太理解為什麼刪掉某些情節，以及把那個主席女孩放入主線。
加了一首Alana的歌，而且也改了Alana的人设，结尾也改了一点点，说实话整个片子的基调是有改变的，我第一次看DEH的时候觉得片子里对社交网络是有讽刺成分的，但是现在，就，#温情感人励志好莱坞片
听了几十遍的OST突然有了故事还挺奇妙的，只是没想到故事是这样……当年在百老汇没看成算是最大的遗憾，这个改编我就算没看过原版都觉得别扭
还是要社恐走出去，站起来。But我觉得躲着挺好
如果像拍《奇迹男孩》那样把配角塑造得更立体就好了
202157 抱着很大的期待但还是被音乐剧改电影的先天不足打回现实 虽然还算及格 毕竟唱歌的部分没有什么翻车的地方 只是剧院天生地会更适合 所以考虑到和剧院版的对比打四星 不能理解的是把开场和部分情节改了 讲真为什么要删anybody has a map? 还有一点是布景使得影片定位很肤浅 太过于干净和空旷 明明这是一部生活气息极浓的作品啊 但整个故事没得说 平淡 平凡 但巧妙 复杂到真实 从几年前第一遍看的时候不以为然 到现在更能咀嚼出里面人物的丰满度（以Evan妈妈为最）这个剧本真的是妙 就演员来说 觉得Murfy一家人很奇怪 都不理想 想回看一下OBC版本 再差的画质我也愿意）btw我真的好喜欢Laura Dreyfuss版本的Zoe
就想看看艾米和摩尔，却要尴尬的看他们一言不合就开唱。
很喜欢音乐和表达，但是有点青春伤痛文学…改的一般，为了拍故事加了些过场，反而削弱了前面的讽刺感，太贪了。女主真是太漂亮了，表白戏看得我要犯心脏病🥲🥲🥲
就看了10分钟，跟音乐剧不是好像，简直是一模一样，连台词都没变，然而这样原封不动放在电影里就很奇怪。小本也是奔三的人了吧，还在演高中生，我记得好几年前完美音调里至少演的还是一个大学生。总之就是奇奇怪怪无语子
虽然但是真的，Ben Platt 你看上去真的不像17，18岁的人了。。。
不知道是音乐剧看太多遍了还是歌儿听了太多遍，改编成电影后感觉节奏变快了，但本的表演真是太棒了。个人感觉把唱歌部分全去掉，只以BGM的形式穿插，花更多时间做铺垫，把人物形象塑造更饱满一些，观感可能更好。电影出来之前，我幻想的evan爬的那棵树是在一大片绿油油的草地上，一颗孤独的大树拔地而起，他努力爬到树顶，眺望远方的落日，夕阳余晖散落在他稚嫩的脸庞，眼里熠熠生辉。
为什么ben长的和snl fred一样
我不懂这部电影居然不到7分。大家都太行家了。作为一个第一次看这个音乐剧的观影者，觉得还不错。每首歌都很好听，所有角色的形象都立住了。用愤怒狂躁掩盖其实已经走到悬崖边上的高中生，被伤害所以无法悲哀亲人去世的继父和妹妹，忙于生计而忽略和儿子沟通的单身母亲，看起来阳光活泼实际内心疲惫的学校积极分子 。人的身心就像是一个钟摆，都有状态好和不好的时候，别放弃，总会有人wave back。
【2021.12.04 观毕】
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