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.
三星半。年轻导演有这样的完成度很不错了，摄影和声音的质感都在线，确实是邦哥+科长的混合味道。主要是让柬埔寨的电影有机会在国际上崭露头角，这很重要
逊于[goedam1]，有几个也太滥竽充数了点，个人觉得相对较好一点<齿虫><冥婚><人形模特>。
“二手家具”首个镜头女主和沙发靓丽的配色非常舒适。以及后面夜拍橙黄与蓝色系的打光很协调。躲去卫生间那里看到了《闪灵》的影子
受不了了怎么2022年还有这么难看老套的恐怖片
总共十个小故事，一般般吧，也没啥看头，不过是每个故事做了点留白，做了点让人想象的空间，没有说的那么直白。一般。
我觉得还行吧，没那么差，解闷看可以的，《齿虫》可以扩展一个长片哎～
有些故事真的好奇怪 特效一眼假的那种 什么女鬼抓着头发爬到楼顶啊 笑死我了哈哈哈哈 没有怪奇宅好看
2022年的第一部电影，很惊喜在现场看到贾樟柯导演，展会也会用心，力图给北京影迷提供整套的平遥电影节体验。说回影片，的确如导演所说是个私人化电影，纯粹的个人故事写照，只能说平淡无奇。
大场面已经有太多可复制的先例，影片的大悲大喜从某种层面上来说，可以把它当成是一种技术活。平淡的生活，拍得也太多，留下印象的缺乏可陈，这就考验导演和演员的功力了。导演有百态细碎从嚼出情感共鸣的意识，但是叙述的本事还没有到火候，很明显能感觉到后期影片的发展脱离了导演的控制，随着影片的自然进展在推进。值得肯定的一点是，阳光明媚下的压迫，比战火连天的效果更强，以上台湾导演留做的很好。不拿苦难作戏，因为苦难也是生活的写照
女鬼还能飞檐走壁也算创新了。「齿虫」丧尸走向烂俗。「捉迷藏」最佳。「冥婚」啱我性癖。有效恐怖演出奖颁给人形模特男。
猜想爱奇艺本打算让这部电影走“艺联院线”，但终究没算到现如今这持久的疫情和无奈的社会现实，于是干脆直接上了自家的视频门户网站。从电影开端部分那一组非常漂亮的航拍镜头，就基本确定了这部电影的主题和风格，所以在观影过程中也就没有太多意外的惊喜。作为一部长片电影来看，其揭示的社会现实，以及刻画出的年轻人努力追寻梦想的实现是一个非常好的出发点，可惜在后面的故事展开上明显感觉到了力度的不足，以至于让整部电影十分突显的主旨矛盾慢慢变得微乎其微，且年轻人怀揣的梦想也变得不值一提；如果把它看做是一部了解柬埔寨生活文化的纪实影像的话，那确实是较为成功的，毕竟柬埔寨于国际影坛来说还是较为陌生的。电影在艺术表现手法上，有一定的突出价值，一些镜头的处理也可看出导演对于认真做电影的态度，但故事很难得到主流市场的偏爱。
故事有点太多了，也就变得有点碎，其中有些的创意还可以，整体执行都一般。
对视，把你变同类。
茶余饭后休闲看看还是不错的，没什么让人眼前一亮的情节。
没头没尾的一惊一乍的故事组合。不过这电影让我感觉到韩国老龄化问题一点都不严重😂
三星给电影，一星给青年导演。土地迟钝，机器轰鸣，人们的脚趾和生活狡黠地溃败，新的时代在电钻尖端闪烁。
猜想爱奇艺本打算让这部电影走“艺联院线”，但终究没算到现如今这持久的疫情和无奈的社会现实，于是干脆直接上了自家的视频门户网站。从电影开端部分那一组非常漂亮的航拍镜头，就基本确定了这部电影的主题和风格，所以在观影过程中也就没有太多意外的惊喜。作为一部长片电影来看，其揭示的社会现实，以及刻画出的年轻人努力追寻梦想的实现是一个非常好的出发点，可惜在后面的故事展开上明显感觉到了力度的不足，以至于让整部电影十分突显的主旨矛盾慢慢变得微乎其微，且年轻人怀揣的梦想也变得不值一提；如果把它看做是一部了解柬埔寨生活文化的纪实影像的话，那确实是较为成功的，毕竟柬埔寨于国际影坛来说还是较为陌生的。电影在艺术表现手法上，有一定的突出价值，一些镜头的处理也可看出导演对于认真做电影的态度，但故事很难得到主流市场的偏爱。
画面很好看，熟悉的疏离克制，生活的无奈在哪里都没有什么不同，只能说类似的题材早已有且拍不出彩吧…配乐也有点拉，还好只有一个半小时
这届鬼的业务能力不行，人都不是吓死的，有的故事还挺无聊。
跟怪奇宅的不同：1.更俗套 2.不吓人 3.分集之间没联系 最后一点是致命缺点 就这种单元故事电影来说 每个分集都应该是一段圆弧 共同构成一个首尾相接 逻辑链完整 让我们看到最后说一句“原来如此”的大故事 这才应该是它最吸引人的地方
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