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.
美妆和时装还有婚礼旅拍广告？
什么想不开，非要演这个；我也是什么想不开，非要看！
23.03.2022 | @ Regal Majestic | 感觉看了三个小时。前面好闷啊！不过这个波洛还不错。
无聊，又臭又长。肯尼思·布拉纳太可怕了，没才华不说，偏偏又很勤奋，没才华偏偏又勤奋不说，还能拿到好IP，阿婆这几部杰作，您是挨个糟蹋啊。
看点：《性教育》的女主艾玛演技超赞，加朵反而不适合这种有点夸张的角色；两位的美还是很美的。构图打光也是极致，我是一种很喜欢这个系列的美术。（也是肯导牛逼的地方）
首先震惊一刀未剪
绿幕河上的招魂！波洛的自我批判「I’m vain」像是导演歪打正着的刀尖向内，加朵和汉莫两位浮夸演技油腻程度不相上下的爱情抓马仿佛是大型反好莱坞广告，而好莱坞一切定义商业片的元素都被三脚猫的手法七拼八凑成起航都有风险的漂亮纸船，单拎审判每一步骤都及格，但组装成型却是灾难。塑料质感的布景和特效连满足国门封锁当前银幕豪华出国游的爆米花基准也做不到，混乱不堪的叙事流程浪费一众大牌，更别说导演为了服务自恋宗旨硬是杜撰了又臭又长的侦探前史，大有意欲拓展电影宇宙的野心，其实根本不及他作为演员打造的维兰德这个形象的皮毛。越严肃越搞笑，本片的滑稽很大程度上源于导演本人像对待莎剧角色一样处理蹩脚刻奇法国口音神探的业余cosplay效果，好比退休的爷爷突然狂热投入南北战争角色扮演，好言相劝不如一句，你开心就好。
前面加那么多铺垫干嘛，而且结局能不能不要那么好猜。还有，背景真的好假。
参加蜜月旅行的一群人，上坟的衣服倒是没少带，导演用心了。
3星 整体节奏很拖沓 差不多电影进程一半了才有第一桩凶案 然而破案过程却如此简单 嫌疑人没怎么挣扎就认罪自裁
Kenneth Branagh is on my blacklist.
基本没有存在的必要，除非是作为埃及旅游宣传片。演技都很尴尬，Gal Gadot快成烂片女王了。
前摇过长，中段混杂，后程无力；综合台前幕后的林林总总实乃一出真的惨案。
看完之后我深刻怀疑推理的真正意义，三颗星给高级却不知道有啥叙事作用的黑白灰色调
其实第二个故事也不错，又搞笑又惊悚～
金光灿灿的埃及风光和橘红色调的尼罗河风光，尼罗河游船之旅暗藏杀机。开头十分钟仿佛走错片场的黑白一战场面应该另拍成一部前传电影！符合预期，铺垫太长，只有审问和结果公布，缺失推理过程。油腻锤子哥演渣男实在太合适不过，假惺惺的痛哭大笑，我都笑出声了！淡忘了原著中的重要情节，反让观影途中获得紧张的悬疑感和未知感。虽为胶片拍摄，但和《丛林奇航》一样塑料感CG假到爆棚，全程绿幕电影？Emma Mackey演技绘声绘色，狡黠邪魅的表演过目难忘，比Samara Weaving更像Margot Robbie，三人啥时候组成三姐妹？看了半晌才认出久违多年的Russell Brand！Annette Bening风韵犹存，上一部的《东方快车谋杀案》有Michelle Pfeiffer，这一部有同为美女老戏骨的她，真好啊！[2.23看的]
什么想不开，非要演这个；我也是什么想不开，非要看！
（剧透）确实节奏有问题，很多段落删掉或许好些。但是布克中弹的时候波洛那本能地一愣，严肃审问突然转变为错愕，一句“我的朋友布克”那种语气让我莫名触动，我把这看作是这个人物的弧光，是这个自恋角色内心柔软的表现，我喜欢这种反差。
我本来是想给三颗星的，因为影片很会糊弄观众，只要奢华的场景、服装设计、摄影、特效到位，就能忽略其他问题，但是，我偏不，而且外景特效也太假了。
反转挺有意思，一切都展示给观众了，但是需要一点儿化学或者美术知识才能注意到。遗憾之处在于请了盖尔加朵，但是既没有展示她的力量感，妆容也没有展示她的美。另外感觉前中期有很多环节不完整，是因为时长缘故被删减了吗？
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