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.
不用借托美轮美奂的空镜头呈现其摄影之精湛，仅靠镜头推移，即可告诉观众其摄影功底不可小觑。虽不知为何陀螺钟情于这个并不算难得惊艳的故事，但本片融入他自身所擅长的惊悚与奇幻氛围之后，完成度颇高，质感可见一斑。会拍电影的导演，仅用几个简单的镜头就能彻底拉开与平庸导演的距离，陀螺轻易就能做到。
大概就是个还愿的活儿，陀螺拉着一大票明星用精致的电影语言圆了儿时的一个梦，但对影迷来说这个梦未免太过时了。
当初看老版有多惊艳这版就有多无聊，漫长的叨叨油的发光！男主还是可以，布兰切特和鲁妮毫无CP感还要说多少次不要拉郎了救命！如何翻拍一部成功的作品显然不是这样！
救命 最后在干嘛 论橘真琴先离开带给七濑遥的精神打击？
习得魔术用来与亡者通灵，诊疗病患用来窃生者之私。以为是用看穿的戏法告慰生者，却送了他们了断的子弹。佯装满手鲜血的表演解脱活人，却成了封印在甲醇里死婴的标本。试图扭转倒吊人先兆的塔罗，却还是逃不掉成为嗜血怪胎的命运。若能记得老头死前的忠告，就不会相信自己捏造的谎言，在夜路一去不回。
游泳都可以有动漫系列，日本真的是绝绝子。而且一众男主，不追漫画其实看剧场版基本无感。应该是有很长的铺垫，从小一起长大的一帮兄弟，都在练不同的游泳项目，彼此之间有竞争，也有陪伴的故事。几乎都是帅哥组合，没有变腐也是厉害。单就故事性来看，不够。
虽然影片的拍摄制作层面有诸多可圈可点之处，然而其故事剧情却没能逐渐引我入胜，个人观感也就和《猩红山峰》差不多水平。—— 2022.02.08 第94届奥斯卡奖提名名单公布，02.09 我才看到，53部提名作品看过23部，本想观看《玉面情魔》顺便做下记录，但由于时间精力等原因还是先补看了动画短片，02.16 才终于前来观影。
怎么说呢，翻拍老片进行一定的改动无可厚非，但陀螺处理本片的问题是他扩充的东西太多了，加了很多冗杂的旁支，又把原作里留给观众自行去体会的东西交由角色讲出来，说了那么多却让人感受不到角色行事的推动点在哪里。服化道非常精美，前半段马戏团部分差不多相当于陀螺翻拍了一段[畸形人]，结尾也停在了当初原作无法实现的最佳位置，但整体还是趋于平庸了。两星半
女性角色很有魅力，尤其是布兰切特最后的反击太酷。然而太冗长了，疲惫的心不想看漫长的恶有恶报的故事，想看善有善报和小动物跳舞。【老年
绝对是五星的制作，但是剧情太弱，而且几个主角没有一个是观众能共能带入情的，都是脱离现实的角色，看得抖腿
胜负心很强，但又偏偏容易哭鼻子的Rin，怀抱着炽热的心的Rin，一旦下定决心便立即为之奋斗的Rin。身边的Ruaw也是这样呢（笑），和这样的人在一起永远都很充实，这也许是我一直都喜欢Rin的原因吧！
跟原版一样电影重点一直不突出，而且过于冗长。结尾惩罚性情节展示还不错。
过于冗长，以至于前后失衡，使得后半部分人物的小丑式表演匆匆上演，但精准的镜头依然彰显了制作水准之高
把原作里所有我喜欢的处理全抛弃了，剩下了个超长40s装潢教学视频。或许当成陀螺风的恐怖片看能有点意思吧，但当翻拍片看就什么也不是，顶多结尾弥补原作遗憾
想打人，期待了那么久，就这？魔兔五年再聚就这玩意儿？
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问题或许出在成像风格上，陀螺的调子总感觉马上就有水怪或魔杖要登场了，而film noir要的只有黑色。PS. 达福演的那叫Clem Hoately啊
继歌舞片、乡愁体之后，马戏团也成了每个准大师的还愿刚需？前2/3冗长无趣的心理铺垫，甚至不如格雷《移民》般的流水情节剧有诗意，结局水准在线的收束处理，也突兀得如女心理师反水般莫名其妙。
free怎么也开始用瞳色改变搭上人格改变这个路子了哦……虽然明白这部只是为后篇做个引子，但真的太无趣了。Albert的配音完全棒读，简直怀疑是素人配音。不过日和送给郁弥的北极熊太太太太可爱了，一颗星给我们日郁酱。
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