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.
还是很开心看到本马达再次联手编剧的，不过这次感觉前面稍微冗长了，到最后女性视角才有趣起来，也能理解为什么票房会扑街。朱迪科默太美啦，本和马达都啥造型啊（btw亚当司机在里面居然一直被夸英俊，作为粉丝我都爆笑如雷了
强奸案是由于涉及两名骑士的决斗才被记录下来，仅仅以男性的角度记录显然是不完整的，案件的受害者失语才是整个社会的疾病。
多声部复调叙述，大家第一反应就对标《罗生门》，其实二者之间，有个不明显、但很关键的差异：
1，雷公今年84岁了，Damn！2，直男在战场上救过渣男，渣男强暴了直男的妻子，直男和渣男决斗的简单故事，雷公通过直男，渣男，妻子三个视角讲述故事——甚至有好些同一场面在不同视角里都出现的情况下，楞是讲出花儿来了——虽然这样的结构不新鲜，但讲出水准很难。3，救人一命真的不算个事，对被救者来说，事后，救过他命可能不敌一句阿谀奉承，对此本人也是深有体会的。4，呆萌和阿弗莱特这对好基友在本片里双双演技突破，不知是导演调教之功，还是两人双双爆发了。5，妻子视角最后升华了，不知是雷公迎合当下女权风潮还是自己内心感受，但这一笔点得，尺度很好。6，异形，黑鹰坠落，银翼杀手，角斗士等皆出自雷公之手，咱也只叫雷公没叫雷神。虽然我也喜欢维伦纽瓦，但看着对他的封神之声，只想感慨，这样的年代连封神都这么浮躁，急躁。
一个男人粗鲁野蛮，另一个男人自我催眠
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救命有生之年竟看到我喜欢的三个男演员一台戏。电影本身也好看！！！
妙龄少女嫁给二婚老男人，就够无语了。丈夫和强奸犯一样都让人无语，结婚了就是👏为了传宗接代，搞个决斗整的还所有人为他欢呼，却从没有人关注过受伤的jodie！女性的境遇现在好一点了吗，我还是持悲观态度。
往往一个女人的子宫就决定了整个世界
斯科特当然是一如既往地稳健，一个只能单薄输出的命题作文被分离成三层交错的复调（“这就是生活最不幸的一面：每个人都有他们的理由”），为全片唯一的戏剧高点铺下众多共情的小径，同时又消解了它作为一种议题解答的可能。当两个分别自私的男人走上决斗场的时分，女性的悲剧在致命的两难中已然无法避免，因此斯科特让这场血肉之战在疲倦中耗尽自身，以至于即便迎来胜利，狂欢和凯旋也挡不住惨痛的虚无。
2021上映剧情片的个人年度第二部五星，进入2021个人年度TOP3内已毫无疑问。标准三段式结构，三个人物的视觉推进。随着Margerite戏份的渐进加大，个性越来越鲜明，主题越来越清晰。没有一句台词强调性别来说教，却处处呈现了那个权力金钱及男性至上的时代烙印。社会华丽光鲜外表的裹挟下，充斥虚伪、无情、膨胀、肮脏的权欲。
+ 被荒谬盘问+被朋友背叛(回看了一下这位朋友自己还说: I think that could be arranged regardless + but you will die happy. 虽然不必当真但反咬女主真是可怕，选择朋友真是得擦亮眼睛)
换人物视角，看似一场metoo大戏，但编剧对事件的悬念不感兴趣，讲男人和女人如何看待事件，而上帝总会站在正义的一边。老雷拍这种历史剧也是好莱坞第一人了，功力毋庸置疑。
他的版本和她的版本。哇1386年的事情，放在现在依然不违和：）））））
决斗戏真是揪心极了，乌合之众对暴行的荒谬审判增添了现实张力。警谕当代世界的残酷历史剧作。
去他丫的正义，去他丫的上帝。本来以为看点是马特达蒙的暴躁，抑或亚当德赖弗的潇洒，又或本阿弗莱克的阴邪，没想到，这是“小变态”一个人的精彩！三种视角下，层出不穷的细节变换，嘴脸丑陋的群像，女性的物化，勾勒了足够腐朽荒谬的中世纪，全是心口爆裂而密集的鼓点。女性视角起，拍案叫绝，魔鬼无处不在，但不幸之源始终唯一。终局虽只寥寥数语，却教人心领神会。
很多历史事件都需要一个属于女性的第三视角。
丈夫、妻子、被指控强奸妻子的人，三个人的罗生门，无法断案只能选择决斗，决斗中杀死对方的人将获得真理和正义，现在看来是多么愚蠢的一件事啊，然而有人为了自己相信的东西而献出生命，只能说一声骑士精神赛高。最后吧，我个人觉得，没有QJ，有的是借精生子。
一场决斗的取胜，书写了英雄的荣誉史话，巩固了男权的文明堡垒，同时泥埋了女性的真实呼喊。
“看的我都厌男症了”，“逃离男人吧”，
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