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.
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6.5/10 作为陈善圭二十年绿草演艺生涯之后第一部单独主演作品, 他仍旧以成熟且优秀的演技奉献了一次精彩的表演。 然而, 八八年奥林匹克不正判决事件作为原型人物人生最重要节点, 本可以作为优秀素材讲述韩国体育界黑暗一面; 可惜本作按部就班格式化的剧本, 却不仅让对这一面的描述浅浅被带过, 也让部分人物的故事没能得到足够描绘。 最终留下一部缺乏热血与感动, 极其平庸的运动类电影。
很励志的一部电影!
挺好玩的关于拳击的故事
3.5(2023.4.5)
为世界各国人民所熟知的各种体育竞赛都富有“体育精神"的南朝鲜,拍出这个片子……影片最后还说经过国际奥委会复议没有发现南朝鲜有收买裁判行为,继续洗白……对不起,这只能打一颗星星了。
快乐励志的乡村振兴故事
很有意思
这部电影太穷了😄
真实改编的电影、演技都不错嘛
能不能让我磕一嘴小男主和他的暴躁队友
韩国青年拳击片,题材还不错,制作成本小了点。
一些明知套路但还是看得我咧开嘴笑的热血笨蛋的故事。成侑彬真的很像魏河俊年少粗糙版+致我的星星小厨师合体