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.
设计还挺巧妙的，重情绪轻讨论的片子，不深入但感受到了。
克隆人、面对死亡、身份困惑，都是老生常谈，不过这片好在放弃讲道理，把重点放在描述情绪，很感性，大量面部特写，配合音乐营造氛围，很适合在夜深人静时体会，一个人临终前回忆了自己所有难以言说的情感，看着另一个“自己”鸩占鹊巢，对家人的无私和嫉妒的自私交织，他的符号继续存在于社会，作为一个个体却被遗忘，这可能就是死亡的真相，不管留在身后的是什么都不是真实的“我”。
只有我的狗发出质疑
这部影片从一个特殊的角度，以极简的方式探讨了生命与死亡、何以为人，以及最重要的，什么是爱。
人要与自己和解是最难的，以及，从自我的高傲中剥离出来也是最难的，所以，这剧情来得太轻松了。
虚假的自杀小队，真实的正义联盟。说实在的，现在还能把超级英雄电影玩儿出新花样来真挺不容易的，而且这部电影拍得也确实好，五星没毛病！
学会认命道别，接受更新替代，论如何在苹果跨国大资本企业主导包装下政治正确地翻拍《逃出克隆岛》和《第六日》；开篇就用一个心灵鸡汤老梗拍浪漫邂逅，也以此定下全片塑料感基调，强行煽情精致缺乏灵魂，跟《她》完全木有可比性；不过演员都挺靠谱，能撑下戏，如果林家珍的戏份多点就好了
克隆一个自己，包括记忆，由他（她）将自己的人生继续下去。没啥不行吧？有点儿强说愁。科技既已发展到如此程度，却还是对付不了肿瘤。
和平使者真是个美国笑话哈哈哈。
2星，一个披着科幻概念的人性片，主要就是讨论人性与科技的碰撞。比较文艺，很多不合理之处可以忽略。
列车，湖边画画很美好
生命走到尽头，该怎么去和生活和亲人告别。女主弹钢琴唱歌那段很戳人。
滚导就是滚导，别人拍的《自杀小队》和《哈莉奎茵》烂成那样，他这一接手，就活了？！你敢信吗？
以为会喜欢，结果看了一半起来吃了两包饼干，一包鸡汤味，一包趣多多，我果然还是爱吃甜的，时间和胃容量都有限，就不要浪费空间了。
导演像嗑药了一样，拍的太嗨了，各种小包袱抖得真是喜欢极了。
影片采用倒叙、插叙。因妻子波比曾对孪生兄弟安德烈的车祸离世而伤痛欲绝，男主卡梅隆担心自己患绝症死后妻子会在心里无法再承受打击，就选择了让克隆人杰克代替自己好好照顾家人生活下去。主线之中，倒叙、插叙男主、女主相识、相恋、结婚生子等副线。科隆计划一波三折，卡梅隆感觉自己被替代、冒犯，而一再犹豫。在此之前，院方已有两个成功案例，斯科特博士让卡梅隆与第二个克隆计划的女子凯特接触了解情况。了解情况后，再加上自己日益严重的癫痫，最终卡梅隆同意实施了克隆计划。
和平使者真是个美国笑话哈哈哈。
海星和老鼠，我TM，我真的~~~害怕老鼠和密恐的人真的受不了！！！！！
克隆一个自己，包括记忆，由他（她）将自己的人生继续下去。没啥不行吧？有点儿强说愁。科技既已发展到如此程度，却还是对付不了肿瘤。
克隆人研究因为伦理问题戛然而止，电影把这个命题放在垂死之人的选择下。若你知道自己生命将至，而生者还有很长的路要走，那么你是否愿意接受被挚爱之人遗忘，独自承受孤独恐惧痛苦，而把欢乐希望幸福留给他们呢？卡梅隆回到家里，看到一切安好，跟孩子和妻子做了最后的告别，那段真的很感人。I love you，always have，and always will。
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