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.
喜欢电影的言外之意, 喜欢这种思维的延伸.
就单独的电影来看，场景色调灯光音乐摄像统一又协调，完美加分。演技虽然刚开始会觉得有点刻意，但也还能接受
这矫揉造作的表演真叫人难受，情绪电影，无爱与压抑的王室，别刻意模仿英音了。。。。实在是看起来过于神经质，不过挺适合情绪不好的时候找共鸣的，就那种疯批的感觉
沙莉霍金斯10分钟的出场秒掉小K两个小时的用力和造作。
看了一半，小K演得挺好的，衣服也好看，只是这片子神经兮兮的又有些无聊，我不喜欢。我印象里戴安娜王妃是一个正面评价的女性，这片子里的却是一个恋爱脑的弃妇，在我看的二分之一里根本没有任何能让人有正面评价的表现。
惊艳！！完全的Cinema！！不屑于流水线叙事的拍法，沉浸与控制是电影的主题，不完美的童话生活，完美的悲剧人物，一种精神状态的图腾描摹，KS自身的焦虑不安敏感都被放大且清晰的捕捉到，她从未如此契合也没如此脆弱，个人与银幕形象合二为一的表演，值得一切表彰
怎么形容戴安娜呢，一个字“作”，两个字“虚荣”，三个字“吃太饱”，四个字“无病呻吟”，五个字“不作不会死”。
排场肃穆华贵，服化道都无可挑剔，女主扮相美艳动人，梨花带雨楚楚可怜。就以电影表达来理解戴安娜王妃的失态是不够的，甚至会觉得查尔斯王子说得没错：你就像一个没被宠够的孩子，我们必须有二种面孔，对公众的一面要尽力负责。也许是戴妃的生平太被英国人熟悉了，影片就不在观众的同情面上进行铺垫了。但对海外观众来说，会觉得王妃的抑郁不可理喻。
小K的独角戏，太用力了，不如《王冠》版黛安娜自然。
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3星半，作为小k十几年老粉，实事求是，没有crown里那小姑娘演的好。基本就是低眉垂首歪头公式化的表演，怎么看，都还是小k。剧情没有海报美。（因为看错影院迟到没看到小k真人，已和买错票没见到c罗并列为人生两大遗憾）/二刷，终于见到了小K！！但没拿到签名，难过。。二刷观感小k的台词和动作越发片段化，真的不太行啊。很有电影感，但是究竟说了什么？
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没想到我是哭着看完的 （音乐非常非常喜欢 原来是Jonny Greenwood
Anne Boleyn and dying pheasants
演员标签还是很重，感觉看完后对黛安娜更不了解了，她的痛苦、孤独充斥着整个片子，非常用力的描述她的痛苦、压抑，反而显得很不真实，其他人（皇室）的反应近乎于雕塑，毫无人味，这很不对，香奈儿花了大价钱吧。
确实女演员演技有点点做作，但我还是打出四星，那种压抑的、悲剧的氛围很到位，而且并非流水账记录式的电影，而是通过生活的一个小片段来体现人物内心。
不认为说这种题材是小题大做，家庭对女人精神和身体的桎梏是非常大的，尤其是做王室成员这种家庭就是事业。过不下去就应该离婚，人活着就应该追求自由的生活。
塑造的斯宾塞是矫情的，小K的表演更是矫揉造作的，还好复古视听风格让片子有了亮点，最后的蒙太奇也颇显水准。
智利导演+美国女演员，诠释了英国戴安娜王妃的三天时光，就像拿了好几次金酸梅最差女演员的暮光女小K操着一口英国腔一样，本身就是件很难完成的事情。我对戴妃没有太多了解，也没看过暮光之城，就电影和演员本身而言我挺喜欢的，小K能从最差女演员一跃晋级可以提名奥斯卡女主的表演是值得尊敬的。导演在细节挖掘氛围营造节奏把控等方面都展示了一个大师级的沉稳。奥斯卡至少能提一个最佳服装设计吧。
戴安娜之所以被称为人民的王妃应该有很多原因，其中一个大概是因为她的痛苦人民最能够想象和共情。高度风格化的影像和配乐，搭建起一个极具电影感和戏剧性的舞台，人物被困于牢笼的逼仄感以及皇室荒谬又无处不在的重压，都在这个舞台上被生动有力的呈示出来。开场部队进场的段落太精彩，融反讽于无形，用服饰串联冲突亦可算巧思，女王和男管家等次要人物的设计和展现也不错。但全片最明显也是根本性的问题，就是对于绝对中心戴安娜的人物定位和推动方式缺乏可信度和贯通性，人物一上来就已经是濒临崩溃的女人，让电影从始至终被笼罩在过于强烈和反复的情绪之下，而且类似利用安妮·博林进行对比映照的塑造方式也过于直白和陈旧了，这一切都让小K卖力演出的这个人物并没能成为这部传记电影的重量和核心，只是成为了其中最大的一个符号。整体三星半。
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