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.
两星半，预告片 is overrated，看完成片倒觉得有点无聊。斯图尔特你为什么每次演戏都有种嗑完药的抽搐感？
三星半吧，老莎，看看真实（x）的北欧王子复仇吧（xxx 场景在很克和优衣库出外景之间（。）反复横跳。女性强的部分倒是还看得蛮爽的。
3,5 风格与15年《麦克白》有异曲同工之妙（甚至可以怀疑参考了最后的duel）至始至终都没脱离莎翁式复仇悲剧的框架，但电影从后半部分愈来愈失控，朝着外放与疯癫的方向散发，任由血腥暴力扩张。
身体美学固然好，大片空洞乏力的文本让人根本没耐心看。虽然是新奇的设定，但愣是演出呆板无趣的迷幻世界了...
奥丁的渡鸦护卫左右，进行成人式化身芬里尔之狼尖啸，命运纺织者在仿徨之际预言指路，生死停留女武神瓦尔基里驾接踏向天界之门，接触血液洞悉世界树藤蔓缠绕的家族血脉……北欧神话迷会看得超爽。资本到位后导演在试听方面已臻化境，摄影与调色有当年刚看扎导的享受感。满足。
冲两大女神看的，没想到还有Bjork惊鸿一瞥！导演用肃穆清冷的风格展示了北欧文化，所以不好看但仍值得看。后面复仇部分的剧情拖得不合逻辑，降分了，惊喜之处是大妮可自爆的一段，非常精彩！
经历了期待、失望、惊喜，没去电影院观看不遗憾，一是因为台词难理解，即使加了字幕，逻辑上也自成一体，有时需要暂停反复品，二是电影太性感比较私人体验。
我从未见过这么艺术的史诗片。一开始我是冲着《冰海战记》真人版看的，结果开场没多久错认为这是醇厚的A24暴力神棍片，结尾回想确实是哈姆雷特原型。看到导演我明白了，他的片子后劲都有点大。以及冰岛演员演冰岛人好合适啊！尤其是Björk哈哈哈哈！
是什么样的勇气让大厂投了这么多钱。。。老土的剧情 #欧美人也不想看王子复仇记
妮可·基德曼的表演可以封神。剧情和亚历山大的表演中规中矩，但还是有亮点。安雅反正又像在拍画报。
故事神神叨叨，节奏拖拖拉拉，内核空无一物，口音又别扭得毫无必要。
这导演是个混子……根本不会拍，只不过在美国的制作环境下，混的更容易一些
可以消化塑料到底是变异还是进化？
四星半。最喜欢的《哈姆雷特》改编。完全剔除了莎翁戏剧的多愁善感。神话和写实水乳交融。
身体的改造？器官的切除？艺术的解构？
不知为何，想起绿衣骑士……剧场出身的导演是不是很容易就很沉迷这种戏剧感啊。人复仇就会死……
天又要阴了（文艺恐怖片）；这次主线还挺明确，复仇//一个北欧人的荣耀，生命的延续，家族的荣耀，最后光荣的进入英灵殿。省去了诸多烧脑设定，这次是一个战士的荣耀。何为战士，猛兽是战士最好的老师，我们模仿狼，称呼自己为熊，以乌鸦做部族标志。在恶略的环境丝毫不影响战斗的意志，并且视死亡为荣耀；单色调画面 干净而决绝。运镜于主角时果决的无畏的战斗，运镜于配角时慌张和害怕。更有诸多魔幻时刻预示命运与指引。
高概念设置，人类在后科技时代极端异化后的生命本质和目的诘问，以冷酷同时又是热烈的自残方式。人，陷入不断加速生长的精神毒瘤、改造自身来适应自己制造的垃圾环境、与环境互渗互戕之中。异化成为常态，逐步消解“人性”，且通过孩童塑性成为新的基因。扭曲的意义，畸形的审美造成时间节点纪录的荒凉，所有雕上美丽花纹的增殖器官，所有切割精神的行为和装置，带来的不是残酷的艺术美，而是世界的绝望。
虽然对这种古典戏剧新改体裁+北欧神话史诗题材不太感冒，但视听还是强大到撑得起140分钟，这梦幻卡司也是极其捧场，Eggers感觉要火。
从头到尾耍猴戏 最美就是那匹马 p.s. 当然知道神话民俗 巫教邪灵是 Alex Skarsgård 和 Robert Eggers 更感兴趣的 Björk 牵线搭桥介绍 Sjón 给他们认识 找了好几位瑞典冰岛的历史专家结果做了个中学生戏剧排练一样的作品还能说什么呢 表演 导演 摄影 剧本 无一不土 无一不差的成品 啧啧啧 Eggers 从第一部的黑羊到第二部的海鸥 这一次的献祭斩首马 嗯 以后不会拍人拍故事就好好拍拍动物挺好哒
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